Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Bell’s announcement this week that it is laying off thousands of workers – including nearly 500 Bell Media employees – has sparked political outrage with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau characterizing it as a “garbage decision.” The job losses are obviously brutal for those directly affected and it would be silly to claim that a single policy response was responsible.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In recent years, rightsholders have repeatedly teamed up with Egyptian law enforcement to tackle several large pirate sites and services. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) booked several successes, shutting down domains related to popular piracy rings , streaming portals such as MyCima and, more recently, Cima4U. Several of these actions took place in coordination with sports broadcaster beIN.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In response to a series of unstarred questions regarding copyright infringement by generative AI, directed towards the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri. Som Parkash, the Minister clarified that the existing IPR regime is well-equipped to protect Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated works, thus indicating no necessity to establish a separate category of rights.

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Arguably the most important sports event in the U.S.A., the Super Bowl moves billions of dollars, mainly through advertising. The National Football League (NFL) , organizers of the event, have created and grown the brand of the Super Bowl to what it is today. THE SUPER BOWL TRADEMARK in 1969 In 1969, the NFL trademarked “Super Bowl”. Since then, it has made a conscious effort to enforce this trademark.

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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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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Image accessed from here In Priya Randolph v. Deputy Controller , Madras High court rejected the contention that the subject invention was excluded for being business method. The findings of this short judgement have possible significant implications on the jurisprudence regarding 3(k) and business methods in the Patent Act. The judgement comes on the heels of OpenTV v.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

If you've been tied up with other things this week , not to worry, here's your wrap-up of the IP news. Trade Marks and GIs A Kat all wrapped up. Image from Pixabay. Alessandro Cerri discussed a recent decision from the High Court of England & Wales, which found that the packaging of Aldi's own-brand cloudy lemon cider product had not infringed Thatchers Cider Company's trade mark.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In a recent decision ( T-562/22 ) on genuine use of a registered EU trade mark in respect of clothing , the General Court of the European Union (the Court) found that use in a slightly altered form (adding a "Y" in capitals) still constituted genuine use of the mark as registered. Background In 2008, Yannick Noah, a French former tennis player, registered the following figurative sign (the Mark) as a European Union trade mark (EUTM), in respect of a number of categories of goods, including leath

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This year, the Supreme Court is expected to issue an opinion on jawboning and its implications for when Internet services may become state actors because of such government pressure. Until then, plaintiffs will keep losing lawsuits that claim Internet services are state actors. Timothy-Allen Albertson allegedly self-describes as a “curmudgeon” and “counter-troll.” According to that article, “Albertson’s assets…include $100 worth of books and $700 worth of guns

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