ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee is “deeply concerned” about the credibility of the new gTLD program’s Next Round, after a scheme to broaden the geographic spread of applicants has started to look like a failure. The GAC and ALAC are calling for ICANN to address urgently what is sees as flaws in its Applicant Support Program,…
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The DMCA online safe harbor is a notice-and-takedown scheme. Web hosts aren’t liable for copyright-infringing third-party uploads unless and until the copyright owner submits a proper takedown notice to the host, at which point the web host can remain legally protected by expeditiously removing the targeted item. By taking web hosts out of the liability…
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Super Lawyers has named 24 Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers as 2023 Texas Rising Stars. The honor recognizes the top lawyers in Texas who are 40 or younger or have been practicing law for 10 years or less. Those selected received the highest point totals during the peer nomination, research and peer review process. Candidates are…
Doors Open Toronto – TIFF Film Reference Library by City of Toronto https://flic.kr/p/26t1KgA CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The Toronto International Film Festival has removed from its 2025 schedule a documentary film by Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich that tells the story of Noam Tibon’s mission to save his family during the October 7th attacks by Hamas in…
Originally posted 2011-04-05 09:36:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter The Escapist (via Punning Pundit): In a battle that refuses to die, publisher Capcom filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against the Dawn of the Dead film owners as part of a dispute over patenting [sic] zombie action. Capcom requested a declaratory judgment against MKR productions, because,…
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This article includes a legal and regulatory perspective on AI behavior and technology, covering U.S. and international frameworks, legal risks, compliance requirements, and the evolving landscape of AI law. What Is “AI Behavior” in Legal Terms? In legal contexts, “AI behavior” refers to the outputs or actions of an AI system (e.g., decisions, recommendations, predictions, content generation) and the implications of those…
ICANN seems set to start creating more rules governing DNS abuse, including limits on bulk registrations and more tracking of registrants. A small team of GNSO volunteers have put together a list (pdf) of dozens of proposed policy change areas, covering everything from registrant data accuracy to pricing to API access to getting ICANN Compliance…
This case involves two competitors in the industry of auto protection plans (VSCs). The rival’s affiliates bought the plaintiff’s trademark “CarShield” for competitive keyword ads. The plaintiff alleged: Defendant’s agents do not label or indicate that their generic ads direct a customer to Defendant and other competitors who pay for the websites to send them…
A team of IP and disputes lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright secured a summary judgment for Match Group, invalidating US Patent No. 7,243,105 asserted by British Telecommunications PLC (BT), which sought US$113 million in damages. The case, filed in March 2018, involved the ‘105 Patent, which is directed to “a method and apparatus for updating user profiles…
Late last night, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced that the government was leaving in place a CRTC decision that granted wholesale access to fibre networks. By sheer coincidence, today the Globe and Mail runs my opinion piece on the issue, in which I argued that maximizing competition regardless of provider should be the guiding principle…
