Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by Unicolors, which accused H&M of infringing a 2011 design that they created as part of a 2015 one H&M sold in their stores and online. 2: Ruling Opens the Door to Protecting Room Design Under the Copyright Act. The case was brought by LDC Hotels & Resorts against Sheraton Taitung Hotel.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2023

In 2020, the creator of Le Monde newspaper’s font, together with the company he founded, brought a copyright infringement case against Google and the company that created the ‘Spectral’ font. But the court ruled that the font had not been copied Article L.122-4 and some bottom serifs like a, d etc.)

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 26, 2021

5, 2021) The plaintiff benefits from very generous treatment of its false designation and copyright claims, in the process stripping false designation of anything other than a prohibition on copying/vitiating both Wal-Mart and Dastar. 2021 WL 1253803, No. 20-cv-06957-VKD (N.D. The court agreed!

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

9, 2020), Phillip Morris petitioned for post-grant review of the ’542 Patent. The disparagement in the specification from which the claim was copied showed that the copied claims were drawn to a different invention than what was disclosed in the written description of the patent at issue in Baird. 1:20-cv-393 (E.D. filed Apr.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Compendium: Chapter 1200, sections 1201-1202. In particular, Section 1213.2

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In 2019, it was due to road work on my street and both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. This prompted Florence Stoker to sue, a case she won handily with an order that all copies of the film be destroyed. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain. Bottom Line.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It was hot on the heels of a very different kind of copying scandal, one that involved Streamlabs announcing the launch of a new product using content copied and pasted from one of their biggest competitors. Hey, can I copy your homework? ? Yeah, just change it up a bit so it’s not obvious you copied. This is our fault.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the verdict form the jury stated that Defendants had not proven fair use, the Plaintiff (Alexander) should receive $3,750 USD for actual losses from the Defendant’s use of the tattoo designs, and did not answer as to profits can be attributed to the Plaintiff for use of the tattoos. The Court’s Conclusions. Citing Muhammad-Ali v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Their terms say I own full commercial (note they don’t say “exclusive”) rights to it and can apply for trademark registration for it (through the, naturally, even though they aren’t lawyers and will just copy whatever you provide them into the application and submit it whether it’s appropriate or not).

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2024

The launch of ‘Le sac Swoosh’ (or ‘The Swoosh bag’) in February raised an eyebrow from art director and graphic designer Davide Perella, who shared his version of a concept Nike bag in 2020. Eleonora Rosati informed readers that the fifth annual Retromark conference will take place on Tuesday 7 May.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest stream-rippers took matters into his own hands. “Neither YouTube nor the Defendants employ any form of Digital Rights Management or encryption, the inclusion of which would eliminate the ability of the Yout software to allow Yout’s users to make copies of the works.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2022

Microsoft’s problem is that product activation keys can be ‘decoupled’ from the software they were meant to authorize and then reused to activate more copies of the software, in some cases more copies than the attached Microsoft license permits. Microsoft’s complaint can be found here (pdf).

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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest YouTube rippers took the unprecedented step of taking the music industry to court. One of the key issues in this dispute is whether YouTube actually implemented technological measures designed to control access to copyrighted works.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

increase in international registration filings compared to 2020! DESIGN On Saturday, February 5, 2022, WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague System, making it the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and the 77th member of the Hague Union. In 2021, there was a 14.4% Background and outcome of the decision here.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The design was largely attributable to functional and technical considerations and based on simple variations of previously known designs that are part of the general design repertoire. b) the work in question builds on and constitutes a variation of a previously known design or an ongoing design trend?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 19, 2021

Gamon Plus, Inc. , [2020-2344, 2021-1019] (August 19, 2021), the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB determination that U.S. Design Patent Nos. The ’646 and ’645 patents, which each claim “[t]he ornamental design for a gravity feed dispenser display, as shown and described. Design Patent No.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2022

Ferrari was issued a new design patent D945,320 titled, “Car, Toy Car Replica And/Or Other Replica.” ” While this patent does not mention the specific model of vehicle for the design, the look bears similarity to the Scuderia Ferrari SF1000 that raced in the 2020 Formula One season. About Design Patents.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

As teachers, we must encourage the use of LLMs, lest we be considered so 2020, or worse. Machines are, well, prompt compared to humans–at least once they’ve copied all existing content (for example the copying of tens of thousands of full-length books , without permission or payment). LLMs are everywhere.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 24, 2023

In its recent Volva Penta decision, the Federal Circuit found that the PTAB had (1) created too high of a burden to prove nexus and (2) been unduly dismissive of the patentee’s evidence of commercial success and copying. The case also serves as a reminder that product copying still caries significant weight in the obviousness analysis.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

Put in common parlance, if the general public primarily understands the word to designate the product rather than the producer , the word is generic. There is a two-part test used to determine whether a designation is generic: (1) What is the class of goods or services at issue?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In 2020, YouTube ripper Yout.com sued the RIAA , asking a Connecticut district court to declare that the site does not violate the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. “Video creators, educators, journalists, and human rights organizations all depend on the ability to make copies of user-uploaded videos,” EFF adds.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

9, 2020), Phillip Morris petitioned for post-grant review of the ’542 Patent. The disparagement in the specification from which the claim was copied showed that the copied claims were drawn to a different invention than what was disclosed in the written description of the patent at issue in Baird. 1:20-cv-393 (E.D.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 5, 2023

One of the reasons Lucy was looking for investment was that she was worried that someone could copy her idea. Another way to protect her pill box is with a registered design. This will protect the appearance and design of her product. This will protect the appearance and design of her product. A foretold future?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. As part of this scheme, in September 2020, Tesco introduced the Clubcard Prices promotion: Tesco Clubcard holders were given discounts at the point of sale on certain products.

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IPilogue

APRIL 22, 2022

ViiV Healthcare (“ViiV”), majority-owned by GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”), claims that Gilead’s bictegravir (sold under the brand name “Biktarvy”) directly copied its dolutegravir’s formulation under U.S. Under this doctrine, the inventor could not then sue another for using the three-wheeled or four-wheeled design.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 5, 2023

Stream-ripping platform Yout took the initiative in 2020 by suing the RIAA, hoping that the court would declare its service non-infringing. The RIAA’s position couldn’t be more clear but the system actually belongs to YouTube; did the company design the mechanism to limit copying?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest YouTube rippers took the unprecedented step of taking the music industry to court. “I think one thing that would be developed on a fuller record, Your Honor, is what precisely is the technological measure employed by YouTube and does it, is it designed to prevent access?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In 2020, the RIAA attempted to have YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl removed from Github and in the wake of that, YouTube-ripping service Yout filed a preemptive lawsuit against the RIAA. Similarly, the ‘rolling cipher’ mechanism that the RIAA argues is employed by YouTube does not prevent copying of videos or other digital media.

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The IPKat

MAY 9, 2024

018171305 ) as well as case law ( R-51/2006-4 , R-2069/2020 ). Furthermore, the EUIPO pointed out that the infringement cases cited by the Applicant are not sufficient proof of the trade mark’s distinctiveness, as many products are copied without enjoying protection under trade marks or design rights.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

That order actually topped my list of the 5 Worst Copyright Decisions of 2020 because, by sending the case to a jury, the court effectively ruled that anyone with a tattoo is not in control of the uses to which his or her likeness is put. Skull arm design. Bible verse design. Upper back design. Tribal design.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2021

In a summer 2020 lawsuit , Amazon Content Services, publisher Penguin Random House and several authors including John Grisham and Lee Child, accused several pirate eBook sites of infringing their copyrights. The court also ordered assets to be restrained. Early on it became clear the case was unlikely to be straightforward. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2023

The most popular of all customs is a play used by kids called “trick or treat” kids visit neighbour houses dressed in Halloween-themed costumes, which are designed to give a scary feeling, and ask them to give sweets by the phrase “trick or treat” if the owners of the house fail to give sweets, kids play a trick.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 15, 2022

PDF copy available. In December 2020, the Board designated as precedential Sotera Wireless, Inc. Following its designation of Sotera as precedential, the Board has continued to look favorably upon stipulations of equally restrictive scope. 16, 2020). 20, 2020). 20, 2020). Masimo Corporation.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In 2020, complaints from the Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FIEG) over the illegal distribution of newspapers, periodicals, and books, led to an emergency order requiring Telegram to shut down 19 channels or face blocking itself. In early 2020, ODG filed a complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Milan.

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