Hugh Stephens Blog
AUGUST 11, 2024
Image: Shutterstock (with AI assist: Note AI misspelling) The sad, slow decline of professional journalism continues.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 11, 2024
Music piracy has been around for decades and there are no signs that it will disappear anytime soon. While legitimate subscription streaming services are commonplace today, some people prefer to download or rip music instead; particularly people with limited financial means. That’s a problem for labels and music publishers alike. According to the RIAA, the U.S. economy loses billions of dollars annually due to piracy.
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IP Watchdog
AUGUST 11, 2024
On August 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential ruling in Unification Technologies LLC v. Micron Technologies Inc., affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decisions invalidating claims of data management patents owned by Unification Technologies. The Federal Circuit found substantial evidence supporting obviousness based on a single prior art reference, and held that there was no due process issue arising from Kathi Vidal’s actions as lead co
Dear Rich IP Blog
AUGUST 11, 2024
Listen to Bessie Smith Dear Rich: I'm trying to determine if a recording of a song from 1923 is in the public domain for use as background music in a film scene. The song is 'Baby Won't You Please Come Home' by Bessie Smith. It was recorded on April 11, 1923, and written by Clarence Williams. My understanding is that this recording is now in the public domain because of the Music Modernization Act of 2018.
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?
Likelihood of Confusion
AUGUST 11, 2024
Originally posted 2014-01-03 09:49:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGlenn Reynolds wonders aloud whether the Maine blogger dustup (UPDATE: suit withdrawn!) will generate some interest in his new “libel in the blogosphere” article. Well, what is LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION if not an obsequious devotee of Instapundit, who has been known to link here on a frequency […] The post Libel in the blogosphere appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
Patently-O
AUGUST 11, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The newest patent-focused petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court was recently filed by Zebra Technologies , challenging the Federal Circuit’s determination that the a patentee had standing to sue for infringement even though a third party separately held rights to assign, license, and enforce patent rights. The case offers an increasingly common situation in patent litigation finance where the litigation funder is seeking legal assurances and collateral righ
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