The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Heres what they write: The UKs AI and copyright consultation will data protection law render any commercial TDM exception ineffective? By way of brief overview of data protection law, under the UK GDPR personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. the Court identified the use of photographs as “scientific research” under the EU Directive on the Digital Single Market (“DSM Directive”). How can the law address TDM activities? LAION logo.

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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.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For companies, maintaining a competitive advantage over the market is necessary for long-term growth. But if companies fail to implement internal policies required by federal and state law, federal and state trade secret protection may quickly be lost, along with the advantage it confers.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Office of the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a US International Trade Commission finding, explaining that small-market segments can be significant and substantial enough to support the Commissions domestic industry requirement. Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology Corp. International Trade Commission, Case No. 23-1389, (Fed.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2025

Introduction Customs law and trademark law operate at a crucial interface when it comes to protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) and against counterfeiting. As against this, customs law governs the entry and exit of goods in and out of the country under the Customs Act, 1962.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 8, 2025

in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) are now open! From Law to Leadership: How the MIPLC LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Competition Law isnt just about gaining legal knowledge. Patent Law , European and U.S. Copyright Law , European and U.S.

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Corsearch

JANUARY 9, 2025

Enter common law trademarks a practical way to secure certain rights to your brand from the moment you start using it, without the registration process or fees. In this post, well break down what common law trademarks are, how they work, and when they might (or might not) be enough for your brand. What is a common law trademark?

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the review of The Handbook of Fashion Law (eds. Heres what Spyros writes: The cover image portrays a photograph of Signor Valentino himself, in his atelier in the 1960s Fashion law has now been fully established as a field of study, research, and practice worldwide.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Thus, fundamental questions arise, such as whether such copying amounts to infringement under copyright law or whether it falls under the purview of fair use. Google, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

From the 2014 Internet Law Work-in-Progress Event at New York Law School We invite your in-person participation in the Internet Law Works-in-Progress conference, to be held at Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California on March 8, 2025. More background about the series. Regards, Eric.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. Thus, in such cases, copyright laws would favor the producer if the BTS Footage was created as part of the production process. 5] The idea is affected by the market value of the original work and its usage. 1] Llaiyaraja v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Mahindra, Tanishka Goswami analyzes the Court’s findings on the importance of house marks in infringement assessment, and the nature of the relevant market. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

” The plaintiffs brought a pre-enforcement challenge to the law, but the court denies a preliminary injunction. Either way, the deepfakes law is effectively a mandatory disclosure law, where any content is permitted so long as it displays the “parody” label, regardless of whether it would legally qualify as a parody or not.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Sony Pictures, Paramount, and Universal left the Russian market, some celebrated their exit as a positive for local cinema. Pirated Content Blamed For Undermining Legal Market Over the last two years, various politicians have sought to link movie piracy to the war in Ukraine. When Disney, Warner Bros.,

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

” Problematic Reporting Obligations In addition to matters directly related to blocking, the tech industry is concerned about recent amendments to Italian copyright law that introduce obligations that contradict the principles set forth in the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games have ended, the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games have begun, and this article brings to a close our three-part series on Trademarks & the Olympic Games. In June, we reviewed from where the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I’m blogging it now as part of my ongoing efforts to highlight the censorial effects of mandatory editorial transparency laws.] ” In 2018, the state claimed Facebook violated the law, and Facebook stipulated to a $200k judgment. .” The state sued Facebook again in 2020.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2024

He said that the intention of the decision was that: we want to strengthen Kalamata olives PDO by elevating its quality standards and at the same time enable the Kalamata cultivar to be freely traded in the European and international markets. The Law and Findings The decision was made under the previous Agri-GI Regulation ( 1151/2012 ).

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Patent Term Extensions (e.g., in the United States), Supplementary Protection Certificates (e.g., in Europe), and other similar extensions compensate the owner of a patent covering certain approved medical products for the time the product spent under regulatory review.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 3, 2024

National Examination- In sending it to the country of designation for trademark examination, the trademark office in that country will rely on its laws in reviewing the said application. Separate applications for trademarks are still required for those markets.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Trademark law grants legal protection of your business name, logo, or slogan against other individuals using the same with regard to protection over intellectual property. Many businesses secure trademarks at home but forget to protect their brands in the other markets they will expand in.

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IPilogue

MARCH 16, 2025

By 'Damola Adediji Policy researchers and government studies worldwide have continued to express deep concerns surrounding Big Tech firms and their extensive collection of personal digital data, which affects how markets operate and compete. Network effects result from how the number of users in a network (e.g.,

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This market has been described repeatedly as a scam. His name alone means that his work commands high dollar amounts on the market, and those that have invested in him have every incentive to make sure it stays that way: Plagiarism or not. In the case of the art market, those two entities are largely the same. Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2025

The United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) published its annual Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets a few hours ago. Perhaps it will result in another ‘positive development’, which the USTR can highlight in next year’s version of the notorious markets report. The full overview also includes offline markets.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 30, 2024

“We applaud the excellent work of Egyptian law enforcement in protecting the intellectual property rights of ACE’s sports media company members,” said Motion Picture Association (MPA) Executive Vice President and Chief Content Protection Officer, Larissa Knapp.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Opportunities Making Digital Markets Work for People – Fairness, Efficiency and Consumer Welfare in Dialogue The Centre for Business Law at Lund University (ACLU) has launched a call for papers on the the theme of digital markets, ahead of a symposium that will be held in Lund in February 2025.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In a recent report, RIAJ Chairman and Sony Music Entertainment CEO Shunsuke Muramatsu said that 2024 marked the 11th consecutive year of growth in the domestic market. In common with Western markets, streaming is the driving force. Somehow, Japan’s love affair with the CD is still producing steady sales too.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

INTRODUCTION For a long time, logos, names, and jingles have been the mainstays of trademark law. Therefore, most tangible marks depend upon secondary meaning and, thus, there is a huge requirement for significant evidence, for example, consumer surveys, advertisements, and other market data. NON-TRADITIONAL TRADEMARKS: A CRITIQUE.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While that may be scary for the marketplace, it may be precisely what is needed for the market to enjoy any mainstream success. You simply cannot have a legitimate market that trades almost entirely in illegitimate goods. The biggest is how copyright law will apply to marketplaces like OpenSea. Shades of Napster. Bottom Line.

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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.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test under the patents law, and the Hamburg Regional Court’s decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V. Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law Unpacking the Hamburg Regional Court’s landmark ruling in Robert Kneschke v. Nexxbase Marketing Pvt.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 12, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upended years of settled law and ruled that sales and marketing expenses, by themselves, can be the basis for a finding of domestic industry in an International Trade Commission (ITC) enforcement action. In a recent ruling, the U.S. This decision will make the ITC available to U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

” Market effect: “Townsquare’s article reporting on the original Jordan video similarly contained that original video as part of an embedded post from X, including additional text and images from the X post, and there is thus little to no risk of market usurpation.”

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024 Update) Accidental copyright infringement occurs when someone unknowingly violates copyright law. This can happen due to: Lack of Understanding: Not fully comprehending copyright laws and regulations. By understanding copyright law and taking precautions, you can minimize the risk of accidental infringement.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2025

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit lowered barriers that one must overcome to enforce patents at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

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