Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The all-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British House of Commons has just (August 30) issued a welcome report condemning plans announced by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in June of 2022 to create a limitless copyright exemption to enable tech companies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications without having to obtain permission … Continue reading "UK Parliamentary Committee Shoots Down Copyright Exemption for AI Developers–But is it Really D

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

An event organized by Spanish football league LaLiga took place at the Museum of Arts and Sciences of Valencia yesterday. LaLiga were joined at “Fight Against Piracy in Sporting Events” by Víctor Francos Díaz , Spain’s recently appointed Secretary of State for Sports and president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), and MEP Iban García del Blanco.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. Here's what Jakub writes: Artificial Intelligence and (hopefully) the death of copyright by Jakub Wyczik* Last year, I wrote an article about how copyright law relates to creations generated by AI.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Sleeping Beauty by Victor Gabriel Gilbert ‘Sleeping Beauty’: The previous legal regime And now the time has come to write about the lengthy story already mentioned here , the story of the public lending right in Greece; the right that allows authors and other rightsholders to receive payment (usually from government) to compensate for the free loan of their books by public.

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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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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch A short non-precedential opinion from the Federal Circuit provides guidance on two key issues: (1) downstream non-party reliance upon settlement agreements; and (2) personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations. Siemens Industry, Inc. Caddo Sys., Inc. v. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (AG) , Nos. 2022-1623, -1624 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 22, 2023).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

UCL in lovely Bloomsbury If you are interested in all things copyright and wish to discuss the (perduring) legacy of the copyright case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union for UK law and practice following Brexit, then you are warmly invited to join this panel discussion taking place at University College London (UCL) and online in the afternoon of 9 November 2023.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post authored by Katfriends Antonios Baris and Spyridon Sipetas (both Stockholm University), reflecting on the IP implications of the recent unveiling, by Burberry and Gucci, of two new signature colours: Knight Blue and Rosso Ancora , respectively. Here's what Antonios and Spyridon write: Burberry ‘Knight Blue’ and Gucci ‘Rosso Ancora’: New signature colours and also trade marks in the making?

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WIPO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Now in its 25th year, the WIPO Academy, the world’s leading provider of IP training and education is on a mission to equip learners with the IP tools they need for success.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

CAFC: Success/Motivation Record Intertwined in Predictable Arts As borne out by historical PTAB statistics , and not unexpectedly so, patents in the unpredictable arts are more likely to withstand PTAB scrutiny as compared to patents in the unpredictable arts. For example, formulating a pharmaceutical has a lot more variables and unknowns than adding a drop-down menu to a particular computer interface.

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