SpicyIP

DECEMBER 14, 2024

We are pleased to announce that NALSARs Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 15th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is March 31, 2025. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below- Call for Papers: The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Vol.15) The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is the flagship intellectual property law journal of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In 2018, Jason Fyk sued Facebook for removing and blocking his content. My previous summary of this litigation campaign: His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. The Ninth Circuit quickly agreed and then denied his en banc request. The Supreme Court denied cert. Thereafter, he tried to vacate the district court decision, which triggered a new cycle of rejection by the district court, the 9th Circuit, and the Supreme Court.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Image by macrovector on Freepik The National Biodiversity Authority has invited comments to revise the Guidelines on Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefits Sharing Regulations, 2014 better known as the ABS Guidelines, 2014. The notice has cited the recent amendments to the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (see here ) and Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 (see here ) as the reason to revise the 2014 guidelines but does not specify who the signatory officer is or when th

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 14, 2024

by Dennis Crouch BBiTV has signaled its intent to seek Supreme Court review of the Federal Circuit's rejection of its electronic program guide patents, teeing up important questions about patent eligibility for software innovations. The case highlights persistent tensions in how courts evaluate patent eligibility for screen-based user interfaces under 35 U.S.C. 101.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Cover page of the “Power of One” by Bryce Courtenay (image from here ) [ This post is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Shravya Pandre. Shravya is a third year BA.LLB. Hons. student at The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. ] By now most of our readers would have heard about the ambitious One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative of the government.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In 2018, Canadas Federal Court approved the country’s first pirate site-blocking order. Following a complaint from major media companies Rogers, Bell and TVA, the Court ordered several major ISPs to block access to the domains and IP-addresses of pirate IPTV service GoldTV. Site Blocking Appeals There was little opposition from Internet providers, except for TekSavvy, which quickly announced an appeal.

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