Sat.Mar 29, 2025

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Copyright, Cultural Issues and Canada’s General Election, 2025

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock (AI generated) As we complete the first few days in what is the shortest election campaign in Canadian history, the minimum 37 days required by law, where do the copyright and cultural industries stand with respect to electoral platforms and public consciousness?

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Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law!

SpicyIP

Prof (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. We are very happy to announce the results of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law! The annual essay competition was earlier announced on 14 May 2024, on the occasion of Prof. Basheers 48th birth anniversary. It took a little longer than anticipated to review all the fantastic entries we received, but we are very excited to announce the results after a very close finish between our finalist

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Texaco sees dead licensees

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2010-06-21 17:46:10. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDuets Blog reports on a case in which Chevron — now owner of one the biggest trademarks around, the Texaco star, and one of the major trademark owners most affected by this problem — is finally going after what we call “ghost branding” here at LIKELIHOOD OF […] The post Texaco sees dead licensees appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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Dramacool Was Targeted by Kocowa as Part of an Ongoing U.S. Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

Fans of Asian drama and anime with a preference for pirate sites were hit hard last November when Dramacool and several associated sites shut down. The Dramacool team permanently closed its Asianc, Asianwiki, Watchasia, Dramanice and Runasian websites, citing pressure from copyright holders. These streaming sites catered to a massive audience, as was exemplified by the shutdown message on X, which was viewed more than five million times.

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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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Are You Ready for MAGA to Weaponize Anti-Doxxing Statutes?–Watts v. Daily Kos

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Wikipedia describes Anthony Watts as “a climate change denial blogger” who “opposes the scientific consensus on climate change.” The Daily Kos published an article about Watts, “ Heartland Fundraising For Tony Watts’ $2,000 Thermometers To Compete With Global Temp Network ,” that was uploaded by a third-party “contributor,” “ClimateDenierRoundup.” The article contains the following line with links: Are the $2,000 stations going to

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USPTO Director Takes Control of Expanded Discretionary Denials Amid PTAB Staffing Concerns

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In a significant procedural shift, Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart has announced a new " Interim Process for PTAB Workload Management " that fundamentally changes aspects of how America Invents Act (AIA) patent challenges are handled. The March 26, 2025 memorandum bifurcates the institution decision process by centralizing discretionary denial authority with the Director herself.