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EFF backs eBay in Tiffany spat

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2014-04-09 07:50:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterSee, we don’t agree with Public Citizen all the time! Read on, via the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): [EFF] along with Public Citizen and Public Knowledge urged a U.S. court of appeals Wednesday to reject jewelry-maker Tiffany’s attempt to rewrite trademark law and create new barriers for […] The post EFF backs eBay in Tiffany spat appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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New Vatican AI Guidelines for the development and use of AI models: from AI training to Vatican’s authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs (at least within the Vatican City State)

The IPKat

Kat rescued in St. Peter's square Overwhelmed by AI-related commentaries and looking for something that thinks at least partly out of the box? Then, this is for you. Shortly before the Holidays, the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State released the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence ( here for the English version : note, however, that the English version is not entirely accurate insofar as it translates from Italian) to be applied within this state as of 1 January 2025.

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Manga Publishers Maintain Pressure Despite Pirate Countermeasures

TorrentFreak

After decades of work, supporting a stated mission to destroy online piracy, rightsholders today understand the enormous task ahead. A few prominent outliers aside, more pragmatic terms to describe ongoing anti-piracy work, may even be gaining traction. A staple of law enforcement agencies everywhere, ‘disruption’ is perhaps the most accurate term to describe successes in the context of an expansive, oversupplied, yet adaptive piracy market.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

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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GuestPost: Holistic Approaches in Patent Obviousness: US and EU Perspectives

The IPKat

In his Guestpost below, Konstantin Voropaev (Elbert, Nazaretsky, Rakov & Co) explores how two recent decisions from opposite sides of the Atlantic, the US Federal Circuit decision in Janssen Pharmaceuticals v. Teva and the UPC decision in 10x Genomics , signal a potential convergence in patent obviousness analysis. Konstantin argues that both courts appear to be moving towards a more contextual evaluation of prior art, departing from traditional rigid frameworks.

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76th Republic Day!

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

On this 76th Republic Day, we stand together, bound by the threads of unity woven into the fabric of our tricolour. It is a day to honour the visionaries who etched the values of justice, equality, and liberty into the soul of our Constitution, gifting us the framework of democracy that empowers every Indian voice. As the dawn breaks and the flag unfurls, we feel the pulse of our nationa blend of diversity, resilience, and boundless potential.

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Crossing over the Gap.

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The “Mind the Gap” trademark dispute centers on the legal conflicts arising from the use of the iconic phrase, widely recognized in the context of the London Undergrounds public announcements. The case delves into key issues of trademark registration, the scope of protection for widely used phrases, and potential conflicts with public domain usage.