INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- The Copyright Board Begins 2021 with Less Transparency and More Potentially Dysfunctional Delays
- UK Music Rights Group Demands Payment From A Pub That Isn’t Playing Any Music Because It’s Closed Due To COVID
- U.S. Amends the Copyright Act to Establish Copyright Small Claims Tribunal
- Why You Should Be Cautious of the New Copyright Small Claims Court
- Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. ComicMix LLC (USCA, 9th, 12.18.20): Unauthorized Dr. Seuss & Star Trek mash-up “Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go!” was not fair use of copyrights because the book did not parody or critique
- A New CJEU Judgment on Copyright-Related Geoblocking – One Step Forward or One Step Back in the EU Commission’s Fight Against Geoblocking? (Eric Goldman)
- 1925 Was an Annus Mirabilis for Culture
- Ferrari‘s Testarossa passes the “Test of Genuine Use” before CJEU
- Battle of the Bentleys: Bentley Motors loses trade mark appeal against Bentley Clothing
- USA: 25% Fee hike for Trademark Applications via Madrid Protocol
- US Trademark Modernization Act Provides New Relief to Trademark Owners
- Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 – Use It or Lose It
- What to Know About the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020
- 2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 3 (Trademarks) (Eric Goldman)
- Battle of the ballet shoes: UK court finds infringement of registered community design
- Software and Business Method Patents – How to Improve Your Chances?
- Court Interprets Purported Contour Lines in Design Patent Drawings as Claimed Features
- No Simulating Alice Requirements: Application of Abstract Ideas Alone Cannot Transform Patent Ineligible Subject Matter
- Twelve Cannabis Plant Patents and Counting
- Looking for a patent database? Need a little Inspire-ation?
- Patent Licensors Can Prevent Challenges to Patent Validity
- 2021 Intellectual Property Primer: Cases to Watch this Year
- Pro-Trump reporter gloats over access to fleeing Hill staffer’s computer
- Court says Uber can’t hold users to terms they probably didn’t read
- Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business
- Activist hedge fund advises Intel to outsource CPU manufacturing
- 60 Minutes Episode Is Pure Misleading Moral Panic About Section 230; Blames Unrelated Issues On It
- Parler, Desperate For Attention, Pretends It Doesn’t Need Section 230
- Content Moderation Case Study: Dealing With Controversial & Sexual Fan Fiction (May 2007)
- WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app
- Google and Facebook Sued for Antitrust Violations in the U.S
- Too big not to fail? Google’s antitrust woes
- European Commission Unveils Sweeping Proposals to Regulate the Digital Sector
- Regulating the Internet, at Last? The Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act
- Use of fake identities found deceitful in commercial email — why not elsewhere on the Internet?
- Seven Years Ago, CERN Gave Open Access A Huge Boost; Now It’s Doing The Same For Open Data
- 2H 2020 Quick Links, Part 4 (FOSTA) (Eric Goldman)
- En Banc First Circuit Will Decide Whether Government Needs a Warrant to Put Pole Camera Outside Your Home
- The Sinking City returns to stores as legal dispute over publishing rights continues
- CD Projekt gearing up for ‘vigorous action’ against investor lawsuit
- Apple removes 39,000 games from the App Store in China
- Apple removes 39,000 games from China store in biggest single-day takedown
- Microsoft calls for Xbox drift lawsuit to be handled by arbitration
- Washington ALJ Rules Video Game Developer’s Attendance at Trade Show Created Substantial Nexus
- A closer look at Raw Fury’s publishing contract
- Minecraft Earth shutting down
- Minecraft Earth is going dark at the end of June
- Saving video gaming’s source code treasures before it’s too late
- The SpongeBob SquarePants effect: Why THQ Nordic is doubling down on licenses
- The SpongeBob SquarePants effect: Why THQ Nordic is doubling down on licenses
- Sony Pictures Developing 3 Movies, 7 TV Shows Based On PlayStation Games
- Tenet director Christopher Nolan is ‘definitely interested’ in adapting his films into games.
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