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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

I believe that Winston & Strawn will eventually prevail based upon a fair use defense, but it is still an embarrassing situation for the firm and attorneys involved. In this case, HLG alleges that Winston & Strawn plagiarized a motion to dismiss that HLG had filed on behalf of a client in an earlier consolidated patent case.

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3 Count: Scooter Fight

Plagiarism Today

The dispute reaching a boiling point in 2018 when Piaggio had several of Kumpan scooters confiscated at a tradeshow. The estate, however, has argued that Warhol’s creations were a fair use. However, Goldsmith is seeking a more “holistic” analysis, including all the fair use factors.

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3 Count: Slumlord Millionaire

Plagiarism Today

1: Justices to Consider Whether Warhol Image is “Fair Use” of Photograph of Prince. Goldsmith, a case that is expected to be a rare moment of the high court ruling on an issue of fair use. Goldsmith sued, saying that this use far exceeded the agreement that they made. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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3 Count: Disney Defeat

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. He claimed he owned the production bible that the original show was based upon, and Disney did not seek permission or license its use in the reboot.

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3 Count: 2 Chainz Dodge

Plagiarism Today

However, a judge tossed the case, ruling that Corellium’s use was a fair use. Finally today, Kathleen Dailey at Bloomberg Law reports that 2 Chainz, Offset and UMG Recordings have emerged victorious in a lawsuit filed by Soloman Clanton, over the popular 2018 2 Chainz song Proud. ” as evidence of infringement.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

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GitHub, Copilot and the Copyright Around AI

Plagiarism Today

The most vocal critics were in the open-source programming community , who were upset that GitHub trained their AI on significant amounts of open-source code and can even reproduce that code verbatim in some circumstances, but does not follow the respective open-source licenses. Is it so short that its use is a fair use?

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