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JURIST Deputy Features Editor Anne Bloomberg recently spoke with Elizabeth Goitein, director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, about the case FBI v. Fazaga, for which the Supreme Court held oral arguments last week. The following has been edited and condensed for clarity.  Anne Bloomberg (JURIST): Could you briefly explain [...]

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga and Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennese & Mauritz. While neither case is particularly high profile, both involve subtle interpretations of surveillance and copyright law, respectively. In Fazaga, the FBI is being sued for allegedly conducting improper surveillance on a set [...]

Indian digital liberties organization Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) on Monday made a representation to Google India asserting that recent content takedowns and blocking of YouTube channels belonging to independent news outlets, citizen journalists and satirists result from incorrectly applied copyright rules. In an open letter to Google India’s public policy head, IFF noted that such [...]

Two-time Indian Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu was in the news recently and not just for her Bronze medal run at the Tokyo Olympic, 2020. After the historic win, some companies used her feat to promote their brand by using her name and image. This practice was later frowned upon by her marketing firm. Baseline Ventures, [...]

Google announced Wednesday that it will appeal the €500 million (US $591 million) fine imposed by Autorité de la concurrence (“Autorité”), the French antitrust body, in July. The penalty was issued in response to mounting international pressure on online platforms to share more of the revenue generated by the use of news from local media [...]

Apple reached a settlement Tuesday to end a copyright lawsuit it initiated against Florida startup Corellium LLC for Corellium’s “virtual” version of the iPhone used for research to detect potential bugs. Corellium allows users to run software-only virtualizations of iOS, which means that researchers can test iPhone software on computers instead of iPhone devices. This [...]

With the ever-increasing significance of intellectual property rights in the commercial world, the speedy and effective adjudication of intellectual property (IP) disputes is all the more desirable now. Previously, a three-tier dispute resolution system for IP matters was in place. The initial one being the registrar of the respective registry, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board [...]

China’s State Administration on Market Regulation on Saturday ordered the multinational technology conglomerate Tencent Holdings, Ltd. to relinquish all exclusive music label rights that they currently possess. The company was fined half a million yuan, or around USD $77,000, for unfair market practices relating to their 2016 purchase of the Chinese Music Corporation. Tencent had [...]

France’s competition regulator, fined Google €500 million Tuesday for failing to negotiate “in good faith” with media companies over the use of their content under EU copyright rules. Google had openly disregarded several injunctions issued in April 2020 by displaying snippets of articles on its Google News service. The authority ordered Google to present a [...]

In an order list released Tuesday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal seeking to undo a $2 billion judgment over claims that their talc-based baby powder contained cancer-causing asbestos. The pharmaceutical giant claimed that its due process rights were violated when lower courts consolidated 22 cases from 12 different states [...]