Yay, I’m blogging about more crypto losses. 🙄 An investor bought LDO tokens issued by the Lido DAO (“Decentralized Autonomous Organization”), which is an Ethereum staking service capitalized by token sales, and lost money. Everyone apparently agrees the tokens were unregistered securities, which sounds like a problem. The question is: for whom? The DAO raised […]
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care. Trending in the past week: Interstate compacts Behavioral health Veterinary services Disciplinary guidelines A CLOSER LOOK Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking: In Washington, the Veterinary […]
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is in the midst of conducting a study on protecting freedom of expression that has opened the door to discussing a wide range of issues. I appeared as a witness before the committee yesterday and divided my opening remarks into two issues. First, I discussed the way digital policies […]
Originally posted 2008-09-24 11:39:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter John Welch reports on an interesting, not quite safe for home viewing case called Boston Red Sox Baseball Club Limited Partnership v. Brad Francis Sherman in which the TTAB sustained an opposition to a trademark brought by the Boston Red Sox, owners of the RED […]
Writers of blogs and other short online works will be able to register their copyrights more easily in a new procedure approved by the U.S. Copyright Office. It took two years of deliberation, and came more than 25 years after creation of the World Wide Web, but it will be a benefit to writers of […]
US President-Elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is reportedly looking into torpedoing a deal between the UK and Mauritius that raises serious questions about the future of the .io ccTLD. According to The Independent, Trump wants to veto the deal that would see the UK cede sovereignty over most of the Chagos islands, currently known as […]
In a few months’ time three years will have passed since the French Constitutional Council struck down the core provisions of the Loi Avia – France’s equivalent of the German NetzDG law – for incompatibility with fundamental rights. Although the controversy over the Loi Avia has passed into internet history, the Constitutional Council’s decision provides […]
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw I had the honour of delivering an online plenary address on mindful communication last week to a seminar organised by the Bhawanipur Education Society College in Kolkata, India. The seminar’s coverage in Edugraph The topic was ‘Applying Buddhist principles to communication law and ethics: a mindful approach’. The paper linked […]
A recent decision highlights some of the difficulties of enforcing patent rights concerning products on e-commerce platforms. Plaintiff sued defendants over product takedown notices defendants sent to Amazon. The dispute centered around defendants’ claims that plaintiff’s drone product infringed on defendants’ patent, which covers specific sensor and control systems for drones. Defendants had reported this […]
Rock Staar, Unsplash As we previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it is amending and reorganizing the document requirements for pre-merger notifications under the Hart Scott Rodino Act (“HSR Act”), 15 U.S.C. 18a, which also includes a requirement for buyers to indicate the existence of non-compete and non-solicit agreements among the businesses […]