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Architect Sues Pinterest Over Scraping

Plagiarism Today

Menu Search for About About the Author Reprint & Permissions Consulting Stop Plagiarism 1. How to Find Plagiarism 2. Contacting a Plagiarist 3. Finding the Host 4. Contacting the Host 5. When All Else Fails 6. The Long Haul Stock Letters Your Copyrights Online 1. What is a Copyright? 2. Limitations of Copyright 3. Copyright Myths Contact Facebook YouTube RSS Mastodon Bluesky Search for Architect Sues Pinterest Over Scraping Jonathan Bailey July 9, 2025 4 minutes read Last week, Estonian arc

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Leveraging cybersecurity to establish trade secret protection in the age of AI

IAM Magazine

Long considered the realm of compliance and IT, cybersecurity should play a starring role in positioning valuable data as a legally enforceable trade secret

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The Lockpicking Copyright Fight

Plagiarism Today

Menu Search for About About the Author Reprint & Permissions Consulting Stop Plagiarism 1. How to Find Plagiarism 2. Contacting a Plagiarist 3. Finding the Host 4. Contacting the Host 5. When All Else Fails 6. The Long Haul Stock Letters Your Copyrights Online 1. What is a Copyright? 2. Limitations of Copyright 3. Copyright Myths Contact Facebook YouTube RSS Mastodon Bluesky Search for The Lockpicking Copyright Fight Jonathan Bailey July 7, 2025 6 minutes read U pdate July 7, 2025: Just hou

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Canada and the Digital Services Tax (DST): A Humiliating Climbdown to Mark Canada Day

Hugh Stephens Blog

Photo: Author (in Agnew’s General Store, Wilberforce, ON) Mark Carney’s first Canada Day as Prime Minister (Canada’s 158th) was supposed to mark a milestone; the end (or at least the beginning of the end) of federal-provincial trade barriers, the enactment of legislation to fast-track major projects, and passage of tax relief.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Registrar Snubs DMCA Subpoena, Claims Passive Conduit Immunity

TorrentFreak

Obtaining a DMCA subpoena to identify an alleged infringer is relatively easy, fairly cheap, and doesn’t require a judge to get involved. A case in California has already stomped all over that general theory, but how far it will be allowed to progress and where any effects will be felt, currently hang in the balance. Subpoena Application Considered Sufficient In an application dated June 2, 2025, the pro se applicant systematically ticks the required boxes.

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Scaling the 21st-century leadership factory

McKinsey Operations

CEOs and their teams should be laser focused on developing next-generation leaders with the unique skills and capabilities to perform and thrive in challenging times. Here is a playbook for doing that.

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Infographic | 4th of July inventions

Olartemoure Blog

Fireworks, grills, cold drinks — July 4th comes with its own kind of rituals. Independence Day in the U.S. is a celebration of history, but also of the many everyday inventions that turn summer into a shared experience: cookouts, sparklers, parades, pool days, and late-night fireworks. Many of these now-classic traditions are possible thanks to ideas that were patented decades ago — and some, still evolving.

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Sci-Hub’s Crypto Coin Aims to Power a New Era of ‘Open’ Science

TorrentFreak

By offering free access to millions of ‘paywalled’ research papers, Sci-Hub is an unauthorized bastion of knowledge. The site is used by researchers from all over the world to access papers they otherwise have a hard time accessing. For some, the site is essential to their work. Major academic publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society, view the site quite differently.

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NIL Isn't Just For Athletes — Securing "Name, Image, and Likeness Rights" in Marketing

JD Supra Law

You need “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) rights to use an individual’s name, voice, image, or AI replica. The Internet and social media have rapidly multiplied the ways companies can promote their businesses and products, while drawing attention to important legal questions about ensuring these digital marketing initiatives are executed within legal guardrails.

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YouTube Targets “Inauthentic” Content

Plagiarism Today

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from June 2025  

Copyright Alliance

In June, courts were extremely busy with AI and copyright activities. Two judges issued mixed-bag decisions in AI copyright cases squarely addressing the issue of whether the unlicensed use of […] The post Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from June 2025 appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 30 – July 6)

SpicyIP

The Prada Kolhapuri Chappals fiasco, thoughts on alternative prizes for sickle cell treatment and analysis on the US judgements on the GenAI- copyright debate. This and much more in our weekly roundup of our blog posts, case summaries, and top IP developments in the country and the world. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know.

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FBI Seizes Gaming Piracy Domains Including ‘Pre-Release’ Target NSW2U

TorrentFreak

Nintendo and other gaming companies are doing everything in their power to stop the public from playing pirated games. This includes sending a steady stream of cease-and-desist notices, as well as filing lawsuits. And in some rare cases, law enforcement agencies are stepping up to help. Feds Seize Gaming Piracy Domains Today, the FBI seized several domain names linked to well-known game piracy websites, including NSW2U.com, Game-2u.com, Bigngame.com, and ps4pkg.com.

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From Copyright Case to AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies’ Data Governance and eDiscovery Strategy

JD Supra Law

The New York Times v. OpenAI litigation has garnered significant attention as a landmark copyright dispute; however, it has rapidly evolved into a global data privacy conflict that will inform how enterprises approach AI and data governance. When Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang issued a May 13, 2025 preservation order requiring OpenAI to retain all ChatGPT conversation logs – affecting over 400 million users worldwide – she inadvertently created a watershed moment for AI data management that.

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3 Count: Handbag Sandbag

Plagiarism Today

Hermès wins copyright fight in France, UK sculptor seeks to sue New Zealand artist and UMG executive says copyright is not the enemy of innovation.

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Coping with Alice: Strategies for Winning on Patent Eligibility | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we dive into patent eligibility waters, with a discussion on how patent attorneys and litigators alike can cope with Alice. Our conversation will triangulate patent eligibility from the political perspective, from the perspective of a patent litigator who represents patent owners in federal court, and from the perspective of a patent attorney who represents clients as they attempt to obtain software patents.

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Notes from the Doctoral Diary: 16th Annual Workshop of ISHTIP (25-26 June 2025)

SpicyIP

Image from here Namaskar, As June bade farewell, so too did the season of conferences—a rumoured rite of passage in the European academic circuit. Around this time last year, I wrote about my experience of ATRIP in Rome. This year, I return not from Rome, but from Madrid, where I had the pleasure of attending ISHTIP—the 16th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property.

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Reddit Claims Anti-Piracy Subpoenas Are a “Publicity Campaign,” Seeks $55K in Fees

TorrentFreak

Reddit has gone head-to-head with a group of filmmakers over the past two years, aiming to protect the privacy of its users. In three separate cases, the filmmakers subpoenaed Reddit for details of users who commented on various piracy-related topics. The movie companies said they are not planning to go after these people in court but want to use their comments as evidence in piracy liability lawsuits against ISPs, including Frontier Communications.

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The IP Landmine That Can Kill Your Startup’s Exit: Avoiding Common Ownership Pitfalls

JD Supra Law

Unclear intellectual property (IP) ownership can pose significant challenges for startups, especially during a sale process (i.e., M&A) or investment rounds. Investors and buyers meticulously examine the chain of title for IP assets, and any ambiguity can lead to deal delays, reduced valuations, or even failed transactions when the IP is a key component of the deal.

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3 Count: Que Sera, Sera

Plagiarism Today

Family of victim reach settlement over images, UK host Innetra wants lawsuit dismissed and Que, Sera Sera composer in copyright termination battle.

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In Sonos v. Google, the Federal Circuit Has a Chance to Fix Its Prosecution Laches Doctrine

IP Watchdog

On Thursday, July 10, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear oral arguments in Google v. Sonos (No. 24-1097). Front and center in this appeal is the issue of prosecution laches. Sonos’ brief frames the question in this way: “Whether the district court erred in applying prosecution laches to declare the ‘885 and ‘966 patents unenforceable, based on nothing but standard continuation practice that did not extend the patents’ terms.

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Trademark Tussle on Two Wheels: Yamaha v. Trademark Registrar

SpicyIP

Taking a look at the BHC’s judgement in Yamaha v. Registrar of Trademarks, Anureet Kaur explains how the Registrar erred in non application of Section 20(1) of the Trademark Act. Anureet is a second-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. She has a keen interest in Intellectual Property Law and enjoys exploring the intersection of legal principles with innovation and creativity through research and writing.

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Data shows USPTO treating IPR, PGR discretionary denials differently

IAM Magazine

Just 14% of PGRs compared to 56% of IPR decisions granted a discretionary denial with patent attorneys pointing to three IPR rulings as fundamentally changing the PTAB litigation landscape

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AI Created It—But Do You Own It? IP Issues Explained

JD Supra Law

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly generate content, designs, code, inventions, and even music, businesses face a pressing legal question: who owns the output when a machine creates it? The legal landscape governing AI-generated intellectual property (IP) is still evolving—and while AI offers enormous efficiencies, it also presents novel risks for companies that fail to secure ownership rights, manage licensing, or anticipate infringement exposure.

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The Courts Should Embrace the Novelty of Generative AI in Copyright Law

The Illusion of More

Courts can’t stick their heads in the sand to an obvious way that a new technology might severely harm the incentive to create, just because the issue has not come up before. Indeed, it seems likely that market dilution will often cause plaintiffs to decisively win the fourth factor—and thus win the fair use question […] The post The Courts Should Embrace the Novelty of Generative AI in Copyright Law appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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iRhythm Urges Stewart to Reconsider and Clarify ‘Settled Expectations’ Basis for Discretionary Denial

IP Watchdog

On Thursday, July 3, iRhythm Technologies, Inc. filed a petition for Director Review of Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart’s June 6 Director Discretionary Denial decision denying institution of five inter partes reviews (IPR) it brought against Welch Allyn, Inc., claiming Stewart’s decision has “unsettled the IP community.” In the June 6 decision, Stewart denied institution of five IPRs brought by iRhythm against Welch Allyn, finding that, while several factors weighed against denial, the failu

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The Devil Wears Kolhapuri or Prada? Understanding GI Law, Cultural Appropriation & More

SpicyIP

This article has been co-authored with Shikhar Aggarwal, a lawyer based in Delhi. The recently unveiled Prada Spring/Summer 2026 collection made headlines in India for all the wrong reasons. While “ plagiarism ” in fashion is not uncommon domestically and internationally , this instance brought focus to a GI-tagged product – the humble Kolhapuri Chappals.

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TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out?

The TTABlog

Last year the Board affirmed about 88% of the Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals reviewed on appeal. So far this year, the rate is well over 90%. Here are three recent appeals. How do you think they came out? You might respond by asking, what was the evidence? Well, give it a try anyway. [Answer in first comment]. In re Lifetime Brands, Inc. , Serial No. 98012956 (June 30, 2025) [Opinion by Judge Angela Lykos].

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Towards Commercial Rationality: HMRC’s New Unilateral APA Process Will Reduce Uncertainty Over Cost-Sharing Participation

JD Supra Law

Multinational groups adopting cost contribution arrangements (CCAs) — or cost share agreements in US parlance — as part of their cross-border intellectual property (IP) development strategies have a new opportunity to simplify their UK tax planning. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently released additional pages within the International Manual setting out new guidance (INTM422160) on unilateral advance pricing agreements (APAs), together with the draft text of a model APA (INTM422170).

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11th Circ. Revives Case Over $3.1M Glassware Verdict Debt

IP Law 360

The Eleventh Circuit has revived a case over $3.1 million in debt resulting from a jury verdict finding that two glass companies had copied the designs of another business, saying a lower court was wrong to find that the infringing companies' bankruptcy had wiped the debt out.

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EU Publishes Code of Practice as Deadline for AI Act’s Provisions on General-Purpose AI Models Nears

IP Watchdog

The European Commission on Thursday published “The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice,” which is meant to complement the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act approved last year. The Code was developed by 13 independent experts across four working groups and with input from over 1,000 stakeholders, according to the European Commission. The EU AI Act came into force on August 1, 2024, with most provisions of the regulation applying as of August 2, 2026.

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The UPC has already reshaped the European litigation landscape: insights from its first two years

IAM Magazine

Key takeaways from the Unified Patent Court's extraordinary first 24 months

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Precedential No. 6: TTAB Refuses to Add Affirmative Defense of Abandonment but Allows Addition as Counterclaims

The TTABlog

In this opposition to registration of the mark JOKER SMOKER , in the form shown below, for smoker's articles and related retail services, the applicant moved for leave to amend its answer to add an affirmative defense of abandonment regarding the opposer's pleaded JOKER registrations. The Board deemed the proposed addition improper, since an abandonment claim is an attack against the validity of the registrations that can be raised only by way of a counterclaim or separate petition for cancellat

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A Tale of Three Cases: How Fair Use Is Playing Out in AI Copyright Lawsuits

JD Supra Law

In two recent Northern District of California decisions, AI companies prevailed on a fair use defense after being accused of infringing copyrights in works used to train AI models. The decisions, on their face, seem to contrast with an earlier District of Delaware ruling that an AI company was not protected by the doctrine of fair use.

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Pitfalls of cell therapy manufacturing IP - A case study (T 0868/23)

The IPKat

The recent Board of Appeal decision in T 0868/23 is a powerful example of the potential fragility of process IP in the field of cell therapy. The decision in T 0868/23 illustrates how a cell therapy process invention may evolve over time to the detriment of the IP.

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