People applying to visit, study, or work in Canada have to show that they intend to be bona fide temporary residents that will leave the country once their visa / study permit / work permit has expired. This is pursuant to s. 179(b) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which states that: 179. An officer shall issue…
On November 24, 2020, the U.S. government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and Amazon announced a joint effort to address counterfeit goods entering the U.S. In an effort to protect consumers, the operation will analyze data and conduct targeted inspections aimed at preventing counterfeit products from entering the U.S. supply chain. The…
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Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds from Wikipedia Large language models are built on scale. The bigger they are, the better they perform. The appetite for letters of these omnivorous readers is insatiable, so their literary diet must grow steadily if AI is to live up to its promise. If Samuel Johnson, in one of his…
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Poquee v Wheldon 2024 NY Slip Op 51245(U) Decided on September 5, 2024 Supreme Court, Albany County, Hartman, J., restates the well settled (and perhaps unfair) rule that a criminal defendant has no good claim against the defense attorney absent “actual innocence” which generally means acquittal, exoneration or reversal on appeal. Practitioners get a large…
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If you are able to demonstrate that you have a valid reason for wanting to cancel the timeshare agreement, such as a change in your financial circumstances or a medical condition that prevents you from using the timeshare, then it is possible that you will be granted permission to do so in certain circumstances. If…
In two years the Internet Law Center will celebrate its 20th year. This year, however, the firm is celebrating a somewhat bittersweet milestone — our first retirement. After fifteen years of helping this firm as a legal assistant with a specialty in trademark filings, Raun MacKinnon Burnham has taken her final bow. According to SevenReflections.com,…
Source: https://bit.ly/3L9sNxX Praneet Pandey & Kalhan Safaya* In March of 2021, the International Trademark Association (herein referred to as INTA) brought certain ‘amicus briefs’ before the Grand Board of Appeals (GBoA) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) apropos of the three parallel appeals put forth by The Estate of The Late Sonia Brownell…
As part of our commitment to keeping you informed of new regulatory developments and their potential implications, we have highlighted recent statements by federal officials concerning loyalty programs, such as those involving airline miles and credit card points. These comments signal a potential shift in how these programs are viewed under consumer protection laws, and…
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Corona forces German courts into de facto lockdown for 2020 If you want to end a German legal dispute in the foreseeable future – settle! If you have beef with a German business partner, do not count on any help from German civil or business courts during spring and summer 2020. While German civil courts…
More than 300 autonomous members of the Holy Roman Empire came together to create a common currency based on silver in the mid-sixteenth century. Drawing on a new book, Oliver Volckart explains the background to this important moment in Europe’s economic history. In the mid-sixteenth century, the Holy Roman Empire had about 300 largely autonomous…
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