What the great EU patent fight means for global competition.
https://www.ft.com/content/ebd533a7-b8d1-4d51-bd2e-8288c60490d1
<< really, this is a pretty straightforward lobbying drive by those who are big enough to use others' technology and refuse to pay, led of-bloody-course by Apple.

And yes, if successful, China will copy it to officially sanction Chinese state preferred companies stealing foreign IP ... because that is exactly what Apple and the German car makers are trying to achieve in the EU.
#IP #SEP #IPR #EU #patent

So, the phrase "infringement of Canadian Moral Rights" rather jumps to mind.

Be careful, folks. Unless you are incredibly rich, the loss of a big IP suit can be devastating. Your opinion of someone is simply not relevant to their right of attribution.
#IP #IPR

IPR war erupts between Randeep & producers of ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ #IPR #Randeep #‘SwatantryaVeerSavarkar’ #socialnewsxyz

https://www.socialnews.xyz/2023/08/04/ipr-war-erupts-between-randeep-producers-of-swatantrya-veer-savarkar/

This is the correct way to assess things in private practice.

"banjax" = an Irish word running from broken to totally destroyed.
#ip #ipr #legal #law #advice

sn-news: #ip #ipr #open #free #flok #business A Comprehensive Analysis of the GPL Issues With the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Business Model https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/

With Milan getting the third central division (with #Paris, #Munich), we now have an extremely central #Europe and civil-law based top end of the #UPC.

Coupled with #Brexit and #Ireland's deferred ratification, this means the hard-fought common-law provisions will be consigned to history long before Ireland joins.

#ipr #ip #iplaw #law

German Artist Moebius Wins $120 Million in a ‘Monumental’ Lawsuit Against Hundreds of Foreign Counterfeiters
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-michael-moebius-wins-monumental-copyright-lawsuit-2305533
<< it is cyclical but currently Courts seem to be strengthening their resolve in classic copyright cases. Are they gearing up for the mother of all battles: the inevitable AI copyright cases with the well-armed tech companies.

(I personally suspect the backbone of Courts will vanish at that stage, but I will be happy to be wrong.)
#copyright #ai #law #ipr

Softtwix, or Ballada, or StarryAI? I made the AI image with this prompt, the AI image is a second variation. All the AI variation faces had these markings on them.

"Close up face in shadow large eyes serious thoughtful thin mouth long hair strange expression dreaming background distant city old steel bridge derelict abandoned wasteland detailed painting hyperrealism lyrical abstraction photorealism underground comix Unreal Engine ZBrush shadow depth VRay"

Can we assume these images and artists were part of the scraped data that the prompt drew upon? What singled these images out? They seem pretty close to what I got.

#ai #aiart #stablediffusion #starryai #copyrght #IPR

Essentially, #EU Commision Thierry Breton is basically explaining how lobbying (especially from German car makers) is about to utterly screw over all #patent owners and severely weaken protection for inventors in all technolgy sectors.

He ended this presentation with this statement: "perhaps the only people who will complain about this are acting in bad faith".

America and UK will be rubbing their hands in glee over this.
#IP #IPR #SEP #FRAND #law

Incidentally, if anyone wants to hear the #EU Commisioner spin the worst #IPR proposal in living memory right now, you can do so here:

audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/

#patent #law #badlaw

Many e.g., me, criticize adidas for their often seemingly overzealous #trademark infringement actions.

This image, maybe, provides a little balance #ip #ipr

@design_law

A great article from the IPkat on the mess at the EPO on claim construction - a mess entirely due to some appeal boards not following the European Patent Convention (EPC).

Basically, some boards tried to justify decisions that clearly extend beyong the EPC by pretending there must be an accordance between the extent of the description and claim scope (despite other boards, and the actual evidence, showing this to be wrong).

#badlaw #epo #epc #patent #ipr #legal

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/04/construing-claims-to-include-technical.html?m=1

„Nicht alles, was verfassungsrechtlich zulässig ist, ist auch politisch und rechtlich sinnvoll.“

RALF MICHAELS (@michaelsralf) meint, der Gesetzgeber könnte den Beschluss des BVerfG zum Kinderehegesetz als Anstoß für einen größeren Reformschritt nehmen.

https://verfassungsblog.de/der-gesetzgeber-ist-zu-weit-gegangen/

#kinderehe #BVerfG #IPR

#China has stepped up judicial protection on intellectual property rights (#IPR) over the past five years to facilitate innovation-driven development, said a work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
#TwoSessions
https://xhnewsapi.xinhuaxmt.com/share/news?id=798626952515584&showType=3002&utdId=6772db566a8f41e6bedc04c449d20fd1&version=3.1.3

Roald Dahl and the giant problem with intellectual property
https://www.ft.com/content/6f88a70e-5708-4224-81ca-c689f60d0ae3
<< is there some sort of editorial ban on the phrase "Moral Rights". I absolutely get not knowing/caring about these rights 99.99% of the time.

However, the amount that is written right now on their very point without mentioning them is incredible.

Wikipedia even does a decent summary:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights

#ip #ipr #copyright #law #Moralrights

sn-news: #data #open #flok #ipr Copyright Data, But Do It Right https://hackaday.com/2023/02/04/copyright-data-but-do-it-right/

I saw a funny/tragic post on Reddit about how to put a creative commons licence on an Instagram image. People just dont get how terms and conditions work on private company social media platforms do they?
#copyright #IPR #CC #creativecommons

"The development turns the page on one of music history’s most bitter and infamous copyright struggles, which saw Fogerty—the sole songwriter on hit songs including “Proud Mary,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Bad Moon Rising”—battle to gain control of his work after what he dubbed a bad deal."

Creedence's #JohnFogerty regains song rights after 50-year legal battle | #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #Music #IPR |Inquirer Entertainment
https://entertainment.inquirer.net/481094/creedences-john-fogerty-regains-song-rights-after-50-year-legal-battle

"The development turns the page on one of music history’s most bitter and infamous copyright struggles, which saw Fogerty—the sole songwriter on hit songs including “Proud Mary,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Bad Moon Rising”—battle to gain control of his work after what he dubbed a bad deal."

Creedence's #John
Fogerty regains song rights after 50-year legal battle | #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #Music #IPR |Inquirer Entertainment
https://entertainment.inquirer.net/481094/creedences-john-fogerty-regains-song-rights-after-50-year-legal-battle

"But as the immediate shortages – and issues of cost – play out in one of the world’s largest generic drug-producing countries, they also throw the spotlight on global issues related to intellectual property rights, according to experts who examine access to medicines."

Frustration is rising over #Covid drug shortages in #China, and there are no easy answers | #IPR |CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/13/china/china-covid-antiviral-drug-shortage-intl-hnk-mic/index.html