Topic
Piracy
169 published works
Cruise Law News
Barb Wire and Water Cannons at Sea
By Jim Walker
Recently, there have been a number of articles published about preparing cruise ships for attacks by pirates as the ships pass through the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb into and out of the…
The Right Coast
Want to Become a Pirate? MIT Has a Course for That
Arrggh! Twenty years ago, students at MIT started an underground tradition: the Pirate Certificate. As a student, you can pursue the certificate by taking a sequence of courses including archery,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Sharma on Online Piracy of Live Sports Telecasts in India @Seemantani_21
Seemantani Sharma, Independent, is publishing Online Piracy of Live Sports Telecasts in India in volume 28 of the Marquette Sports Law Review (2018). Here is the abstract.This article highlights the…
China Law Blog
China Piracy and Counterfeiting: Do They Even Matter?
By Dan Harris
Of course they do, but not always and not for every company doing business in China or with China. Let me explain. I just read an article on Engadget, EU withheld…
The Right Coast
Game of Thrones episode 4 leaks online
The new episode has leaked from Star India, one of HBO s international network partners, which receives episodes in advance of air. (There s a watermark on the video which…
Sports Shorts
Premier League scores second ‘live’ blocking injunction
In May 2017, Sports Shorts covered the first ‘live’ blocking injunction ordered by the High Court in favour of the Premier League – a decision which represented a win not…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM, BLOCK THEM. SECTION 115A STRIKES AGAINST PIRACY WEBSITES, THIS TIME FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
By DLA Piper
By Rohan Singh, Jessica Noakesmith and Brett Shandler Universal Music Australia Pty Limited v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 435 (28 April 2017) (Universal Music) Last week in the…
Ship Law Log
Piracy – additional premium and crew costs
In London Arbitration 11/17 it was held in respect of a charter on an amended NYPE 93 form, incorporating the BIMCO Piracy clause and the Conwartime clause, that: A claim…
IP Intelligence
Copyright Content & Platforms – This Week’s Odds & Ends
Fear the Walking Dead. Popularity and piracy go hand in hand. The most tormented television shows are Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. In many instances, episodes of those…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Get Your Intellectual Property Rights Requests For Assistance On Record At The CBSA
[caption id="attachment_1480" align="alignleft" width="150"] SONY DSC[/caption] On November 2, 2015, the Canada Border Services Agency released D-Memorandum D19-4-3 "Copyright and Trade-marks". Until recently, Canada has not had a mechanism to…