The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Check our usual round-up for a weekly selection of opportunities, vacancies and events to attend! Conferences and calls for papers The role of universities in safeguarding academic freedom: the age of trade secrets (12 December 2024) On December 12, 2024, Jens Schovsbo will deliver a lecture at the European University Institute in Florence. The lecture, which may also be followed online, will discuss trade secrets regimes and their impact on the balance between academic openness and confidential

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Image from here. On December 3, the Swiss Senate (Council of States) overwhelmingly approved an FTA, the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement , between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). With a unanimous 41 votes in favour and 3 abstentions in the Senate, the agreement will now await the approval of the National Council. Signed in March 2024 after 16 years of negotiations, the FTA promises to redefine economic relations between India and the EFTA countries, Switzerland, Ic

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 7, 2024

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Originally posted 2014-12-30 10:38:45. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThere has been some press coverage of the intention of my client, The Slants, to appeal the denial of their application to register THE SLANTS. Some of what has been reported is inaccurate or imprecise. This is not the place to argue the appeal, but because the […] The post Update (and clarifications) about the SLANTS appeal (UPDATED) 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?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Over the past several years, Destiny 2 creator Bungie has pursued legal action against several cheat sellers and cheat makers. This has resulted in a number judgments and settlements in Bungie’s favor, but the gaming company isn’t done just yet. Furthering its efforts to protect the integrity of its games, last year Bungie filed a second lawsuit against numerous individuals allegedly involved in cheat maker and distributor operation Ring-1.

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