TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Anime and manga producers in Japan are pressing ahead with work that aims to disrupt or render inaccessible pirate sites operated by individuals based overseas. These enforcement efforts are spearheaded by the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), an anti-piracy group which counts major local rightsholders and international groups including the Motion Picture Association (MPA) among its members.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Can the Spanish phrase MARICON PERDIDO, which roughly translates as hopeless faggot, be registered as a trade mark in relation to goods and services in the entertainment sector? Not according to the Grand Board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which held ( R 2307/2020G ) such an application to be contrary to accepted principles of morality' under Article 7(1)(f) EUTMR.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 15, 2024

As two social media influencers fight it out in court, a lawsuit over “sad beige” aesthetics sparks debate about creativity, commerce and copyright law. By now, youve no doubt heard about the copyright lawsuit shaping up to be 2024s version of Who Is the Bad Art Friend? : influencers Sydney Nicole Gifford and Alyssa Sheil are squaring off in court over who copied whose minimalist aesthetic on social media.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Two key amicus briefs were filed on Thursday, December 12, backing Judge Pauline Newman's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the dismissal of her case against the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). First, several law professors and a former International Trade Commission (ITC) commissioner joined the Manhattan Institute in submitting an amicus brief urging reversal of the district courts judgment and a declaration t

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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

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Goodness gracious, I could teach an entire semester of Internet Law focused solely on Uber’s TOS formation. It’s a source of never-ending, and sometimes avoidable, drama. This opinion is a companion to the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision in Good v. Uber , which upheld an identical TOS formation process. The highest New York state court agrees.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Originally posted 2013-03-21 13:15:22. Republished by Blog Post PromoterQuestion I seem to get every week: What’s with blogs and defamation? Coleman, are you pro? Con? Here’s[There was once] what appears[ed} to be a very well done article, originally published in the [now-defunct]New Communications Blogzine, that is[was] far more information than I’m going to give anyone […] The post Defamation and Bloggers, Once and For All appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) has sent a detailed letter to President-Elect Trump outlining its recommended qualifications for the next USPTO Director. [IPO-Recommendations-re-USPTO-Director-Qualications-and-cover-letter] Although I do not expect a nomination from the President until well after inauguration on January 20, transition teams are compiling and vetting short lists of potential candidates, and so the letter comes at an important time in the process.

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