Michael Geist

JUNE 29, 2024

The government’s choice for chief of the Canadian Human Rights Commission has been mired in controversy this week given his failure to disclose a record of posts and appearances that call into question the ability for Jewish or Zionist Canadians to get a fair, impartial hearing at the Commission. Birju Dattani, who formerly was known as Mujahid Dattani, is now the subject of an independent investigation by the Ministry of Justice as the calls for his resignation or replacement from stakeholder g

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 29, 2024

In 2023, broadcaster Canal+ went to court in France with the goal of obtaining an order requiring local ISPs to block over 100 pirate sports streaming sites. The French court complied with the request; ISPs including Orange, SFR, OutreMer Télécom, Free, and Bouygues Télécom, were ordered to implement technical measures to prevent access to Footybite.co, Streamcheck.link, SportBay.sx, TVFutbol.info, and Catchystream.com, among dozens of others.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

INTRODUCTION The Delhi High Court’s recent interim order in the case of Jaikishan Kakubhai Saraf aka Jackie Shroff v. The Peppy Store & Ors., took an interesting take concerning the personality vis-à-vis publicity rights of individuals. The plaintiff sought protection for several aspects of his identity, like his name, voice, photograph, image, likeness, distinctive dialogue delivery style, gestures, and mannerisms.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2024

[A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs on the post.] The Exclusion of ICMR from the Patent Application Last weekend, a series of unusual developments regarding the Covaxin patent (Patent Application Number: 202041007559) generated significant buzz. Notably, in The Hindu, Jacob Koshy published back-to-back articles, with the first one appearing on June 22, 2024 (read here (paywalled)).

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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?

Technology

SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2024

The Indian pharmaceutical landscape has seen the emergence of biosimilars like Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab (used as first-line treatment of advanced HER2-positive gastric cancer ) commanding a market worth around 640 crores. In this (delayed yet relevant) post, we will discuss the bizarre ongoing Trastuzumab and Bevacizumab litigation before the DHC, focussing on the September 11, 2023 joint judgement passed in two connected cases (Roche versus DCGI, and versus Cadila, respectively).

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