TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Italy has an administrative blocking mechanism and a technical blocking platform, Piracy Shield, operated by rightsholders in the private sector. Up until now, AGCOM, Italy’s independent telecoms regulator, has been Piracy Shield’s greatest supporter, at least of those not already benefiting financially from the activities of football league Serie A, currently the only beneficiary of Piracy Shield blocking.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The deadline for comments on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) updated subject matter eligibility guidance was October 16, and the Office received 24 total submissions. The 19 posted thus far overwhelmingly call for more detail in the guidance in order to avoid undue restrictions on patentability of critical artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ) has submitted its latest overview of “ Notorious Markets ” to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). These submissions serve as input for the USTR’s yearly overview of piracy ‘markets’ which helps to shape the U.S. Government’s global copyright enforcement agenda going forward. The ESA, which represents video game companies including Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and Ubisoft, hopes that the interests of its membe

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Originally posted 2013-09-28 21:24:28. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnother not-safe-for-work story is out there about a trademark registration denied under Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act as “immoral or scandalous.” John Welch and Marc Randazza address the issue brilliantly here and here. Well, in April of last year, in fact, I wrote about the trademark application […] The post Slanted against him appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Jury awards American Airlines $9.4 million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. Talk about a case of the tail wagging the dog. On Tuesday, a Texas jury awarded American Airlines $9.4 million in damages in its lawsuit against Skiplagged , a website that helps travelers score cheaper flights by deliberately skipping the final leg of their itinerary.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Image from judgment 4 Ob 97/24d The Robber Hotzenplotz is the title of a book series for children, written by Ottfried Preußler. The figure of robber Hotzenplotz is characterized on the book cover by a huge black hat, a red band and a feather. A political party incorporated the face of the Austrian city’s mayor into the drawing of robber Hotzenplotz and used it for a political campaign under the slogan ‘Räuber Rathausplatz’ (Town Hall Robber).

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2024

This is a review of the newest edition of The Protection of Geographical Indications: Law and Practice (Edward Elgar, 2024) by Michael Blakeney (University of Western Australia). Now in its third edition, the text provides detailed commentary on the European laws on geographical indications (GIs) and related areas of law. The book is currently available in hardback and ebook formats.

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