TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2025

Offering pirate streaming services is a serious offense in the UK, where several people have received multi-year prison sentences. Last Friday, another seller was added to this growing list. At York Crown Court, 41-year-old Sunny Kanda from Wheatley, Halifax, was sentenced to two years in prison for selling modified Fire Sticks that provided access to pirate IPTV streams.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

With the deadline of January 8 nearing for Naayanthara to file her reply in the high-profile copyright dispute with actor Dhanush’s production house, over the unauthorized use of behind-the-scenes footage, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan and Deepali Vashist discuss whether the De Minimis rule can save the “Lady Superstar” Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur and loves books and IP.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2025

The first week of the new year on The IPKat has, as always, been packed with news from the IP world. Here is a recap of what we have covered: Katcall A Kat trying to get out of bed and catch up with IP news after the Holidays Time is ticking for GuestKat [apply here ] and InternKat [apply here ] applications! Be sure to submit your application by Monday, 20 January (midnight GMT) if you want to join the Kats!

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Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 5, 2025

Originally posted 2005-01-12 17:44:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterPopular music individual Kid Rock has prevailed in the Sixth Circuit appeal of a District Court ruling dismissing thelawsuit against him that sought to prevent him from using the Top Dog trademark. The Circuit Court agreed that the plaintiff, a former business partner, had abandoned the mark […] The post Kid Rocks, Rolls appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 5, 2025

On January 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in CeramTech GmbH v. Coorstek Bioceramics LLC in which the appellate court affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards (TTAB) cancellation of CeramTechs trademark protections for pink-colored ceramic hip components. The Federal Circuit decision underscores the importance of utility patent claims to trademark functionality doctrine even when those claims dont explicitly disclose the utilitarian advan

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