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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #240

  Bri Van Til  |  May 19, 2021 2 min read

  It's unclear how many videos YouTube removes each year because of DMCA takedowns, but it seems that most rightsholders instead choose to claim and monetize the content, g...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #239

  Bri Van Til  |  May 11, 2021 2 min read

  President Biden said last week that he supports waiving international patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines. Not surprisingly, Pfizer and BioNTech weighed in to say tha...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #238

  Bri Van Til  |  May 05, 2021 2 min read

  Chanel and Huawei went to court to see who owns interlocking Cs. CNIPA has apparently published the passport details of thousands of foreign applicants, including small b...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #237

  Bri Van Til  |  April 28, 2021 2 min read

  Mistaken DMCA takedown requests have led to content being removed, and even sites owned by NASA and the BBC have been targeted. The University of Massachusetts and Carmel...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #236

  Bri Van Til  |  April 21, 2021 2 min read

  For years Cyprus has argued that halloumi is indicative of its culture, and now it finally passed the final curdle to get protected status. Is MALIBU geographically descr...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #235

  Bri Van Til  |  April 14, 2021 2 min read

  Taiwanese lawmakers last week passed amendments to, among other things, ensure that playing music in parks will no longer be considered copyright infringement. Next week,...

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