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Why There is No One Standard of Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Citation standards vary wildly depending on the type of work. Here's why there is no singular standard for everything. The post Why There is No One Standard of Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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25 Examples of Non Traditional Trademarks

Erik K Pelton

Celebrating our 25th year with the 25 series. Erik shares 25 examples of non traditional trademarks in this episode. The post 25 Examples of Non Traditional Trademarks appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Celebrating our 25th year with the 25 series. Erik shares 25 examples of non traditional trademarks in this episode.

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3 Count: ELVIS Impersonation

Plagiarism Today

Tennessee passes ELVIS Act, Spanish judge blocks 8 million Telegram users and Universal settles copyright termination dispute. The post 3 Count: ELVIS Impersonation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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After Blocking News in Canada, Meta Challenges Australia

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock via AI modification It was inevitable. After Meta pulled the plug on news content on its platform in Canada as its way of complying with the obligations of the Online News Act, Australia, the model that Canada sought to emulate, was surely next in line.

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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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Piracy Shield Source Code & Internal Documentation Leak Online

TorrentFreak

Ever since Italian authorities announced their intent to introduce an even more aggressive anti-piracy blocking system than the one already in place, controversy has rarely been far behind. Recent reports of avoidable overblocking, a reluctance to admit that the Piracy Shield system is fallible, and new reports that telecoms regulator AGCOM is now rejecting complaints from wrongfully blocked Cloudflare customers, are just some of the ingredients in a volatile mix that has always threatened to bo

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Patent Poetry: Patent and Trademark Offices Publish Study on NFT IP Issues

JD Supra Law

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Copyright Office have published the results of their joint study on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property (IP). The Report was created in response to a June 2022 request from Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to undertake a study.

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GOA report details how USPTO must to more to identify trademark fraud risks and implement technologies for identifying fraud

Erik K Pelton

A recent r eport from the United States Government Accountability Office detailed the need for better handling of the fraudulent trademark filings at the USPTO. The report, which was sent to the judiciary committees of the House and Senate, as well as the Secretary Commerce, notes that the GAO recommends “improving USPTO’s fraud risk management to help address the problem” of registrations that “may include false or inaccurate claims and could be fraudulent.

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Women in STEM: Representation Matters

U.S. Department of Commerce

Women in STEM: Representation Matters March 21, 2024 KCPullen@doc.gov Thu, 03/21/2024 - 15:36 ICT Supply Chain Manufacturing Laurie Locascio, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Photo taken in 2001). Post by Laurie E. Locascio Growing up as a scientist, I did not see role models who looked like me.

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Publishers Secure Widespread Support in Landmark Copyright Battle With Internet Archive

TorrentFreak

The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve digital history for generations to come. The digital library is a staunch supporter of a free and open Internet and began meticulously archiving the web over a quarter century ago. In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books.

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[Video] Was the classic song “Over The Rainbow” plagiarized? How about a claim of copyright infringement against the script for “The Holdovers?” AI Legal strategies switch to claims of CMI removal

JD Supra Law

Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss: Was “Over The Rainbow” copied; Was the script of “The Holdovers” copied; This month a “loyalty certificate” is original enough for copyright protection compared to the case we discussed in Episode 165; Legal strategies are shifting in AI cases toward removal of copyright management information; “Road House” remake is the target of a copyright grant termination notice; Link to chart of AI and IP lawsuits; Nickelback wins in Fifth.

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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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3 Count: Brief Briefs

Plagiarism Today

Amicus briefs filed in support of publishers in Internet Archive case, man arrested for selling pirate IPTV devices in Singapore and more. The post 3 Count: Brief Briefs appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Trademark Lessons from a Swiftie

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Trademark Lessons from Taylor Swift The Eras Tour. Have you seen The Eras Tour, live or on video? It is a tremendous show and performance. I found five takeaways for brand owners. Many elements go into making something great. Great songs, great voice, great connection with the audience, great charisma, great performance, great production—a lot of elements that go into it.

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‘IP Rights’ is the National High School Debate Topic for 2024-2025

IP Watchdog

After a year-long process involving 38 state organizations and dozens of individual representatives, IP rights has been selected as the topic for the 2024-2025 debate competition by The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). “Should the U.S. strengthen intellectual property rights” was chosen over “Nuclear Weapons Reduction” by a 25-17 vote in the final balloting process.

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Disney Can't Slip Patent Claims In Suit Over Thanos VFX Tech

IP Law 360

A California federal judge has kept alive a visual effects company's patent infringement claims alleging The Walt Disney Co. unlawfully used its technology to create iconic Marvel film characters, such as Thanos and the Hulk, but once again tossed its claims of copyright infringement.

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Live ‘Piracy Shield’ Data Exposed By New Platform Reveals Akamai IP Blocking

TorrentFreak

After initially denying that Italy’s new Piracy Shield anti-piracy platform had been responsible for any over-blocking, last week telecoms regulator AGCOM conceded that an IP address belonging to Cloudflare had been blocked in error. While that might be considered progress of sorts, the incident was downplayed as minor on the basis it was rectified a few hours later.

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[Audio] AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - How Foreign Companies Can Protect Their IP and Brand in the U.S.

JD Supra Law

In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-leader of the firm’s International Initiative, is joined by Lorna Conn, CEO of talent solutions organization Cpl, to discuss “Brand Ireland.” Mike and Lorna look at the ethos of the island of Ireland, the importance of education in the Irish economy, Ireland’s foreign direct investment into the U.S., and more.

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Variable Takt at Fendt in Marktoberdorf—Part 2

Christopher Roser

In my previous post I started to show you how Fendt uses the distance between tractors on their assembly line to manage their quite high variability. By changing the distance between parts on the line, you can adjust the takt time for each part on the assembly line, hence the name Variable Takt. But this. Read more The post Variable Takt at Fendt in Marktoberdorf—Part 2 first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.

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Intel Seeks Delay Of VLSI Damages Retrial Due To Patent Ax

IP Law 360

Intel has asked Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright to hold off on a damages retrial in a case where the Federal Circuit vacated a $1.5 billion chip patent verdict won by VLSI, saying the case should be held while VLSI appeals a decision invalidating the patent.

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‘Operation 404’ Results in First Prison Sentence for Pirate IPTV Operator

TorrentFreak

In the fall of 2019 , Brazilian law enforcement agencies launched the first wave of anti-piracy campaign ‘Operation 404,’ referring to the well-known HTTP error code. With help from law enforcement in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Argentina, the authorities took down more than a hundred sites and services, while several suspects were arrested.

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3 Count: Why the Long Face?

Plagiarism Today

Fight over Nirvana's smiley face is back in court, Nigerian cell provider charged over ring back tones and Italy's Piracy Shield code leaked. The post 3 Count: Why the Long Face? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intel-Commerce Deal Includes Nearly $20 Billion in Funding Under CHIPS Act

IP Watchdog

On March 20, American semiconductor developer Intel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Commerce jointly announced that the chip giant had entered into a preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) that could make Intel eligible for nearly $45 billion in federal investments into chip production facilities and workforce development. At least $19.5 billion of this funding comes from money appropriated under the CHIPS and Science Act, making Intel an early beneficiary of the landmark legislative packa

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The Challenges of Generative Artificial Intelligence and US Copyright Law

JD Supra Law

In 2010, while I was attending my computer information systems class as a freshman at Arizona State University, my professor introduced me to the concept of Moore’s Law - the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double every two years with minimal rise in cost. It was my first time really digesting how fast technology moves in an academic sense.

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Report Ranks Lawmakers On IP But Finds Few Are Engaged

IP Law 360

The Council for Innovation Promotion issued a report Thursday ranking members of Congress on their support for strong intellectual property rights, praising a few "IP champions," criticizing some detractors, but concluding that "the vast majority of legislators fail entirely to engage meaningfully on IP.

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Court Says Twitter Misused Litigation to Punish Defendants for Their Speech–X v. CCDH

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist Elon Musk is notoriously thin-skinned when it comes to criticism directed at him. (As the phrase goes, “ he can dish it out, but he can’t take it “). This well-publicized lawsuit is an example of Musk waging lawfare over a critic’s speech. Judge Breyer of the Northern District of California had none of it.

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Yet Another Magic: The Gathering Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

Wizards of the Coast is at the heart of another art plagiarism scandal, this one involving a new Magic: The Gathering card. The post Yet Another Magic: The Gathering Plagiarism Scandal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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DoodStream: Hollywood, Netflix, Amazon & Apple Sue “Rogue Cyberlocker”

TorrentFreak

The Motion Picture Association’s interest in file-hosting platform DoodStream first came to light in a submission to the USTR in October 2022. The MPA described DoodStream as a video hosting service offering free storage and premium services including priority encoding and an ad-free experience. Videos uploaded to the platform were embedded on many other streaming sites, the MPA reported, and as a result, traffic was booming.

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Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Developments Impacting Business and Legal Decisions

JD Supra Law

With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet that content is king has been disrupted by the “fair use” affirmative defense being deployed in the courts by artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies operating platforms that generate creative works based on a user’s prompts, known as generative AI (GenAI).

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$900M Trade Secrets Case Against Kaiser Foundation Flops

IP Law 360

A California state judge has ruled that, after more than five years of litigation against the Kaiser Foundation, a pastor's small medical technology startup cannot "explain what was unique or secret about its conception for transmitting patient data" that was purportedly worth beyond $900 million.

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Another "buy" button lawsuit over digital licenses continues

43(B)log

In re Amazon Prime Video Litig., 2024 WL 1138906, No. 2:22-cv-00401-RSM (W.D. Wash. Mar. 15, 2024) This putative class action alleged that Amazon overcharged and “[d]eceived consumers by misrepresenting that it was selling them Digital Content when, in fact, it was really only licensing it to them[.]” Plaintiffs brought claims under California, New York, and Washington consumer protection law, and common law claims for unjust enrichment.

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The Obviousness Hurdle

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to grant certiorari in Vanda Pharmaceuticals v. Teva Pharmaceuticals. I have been closely watching this obviousness case that could have significant implications beyond the pharmaceutical industry. The following essay provides an overview of the key legal issues at stake and introduces Teva’s recent briefing.

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Premier League IPTV Piracy Clickbait Reaches New Low, But Will Go Lower

TorrentFreak

Being able to receive and impart knowledge and ideas with other people is one of the most important things any human will ever do. The information shared or received won’t always be accurate, even if we believe it is. It might not be accurate even if it appears in several widely read online newspapers. All anyone really expects is a tiny effort to ensure that they aren’t being fed fabricated nonsense made up on the spot.

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Tennessee Governor Signs into Law First-of-its-Kind Bill Addressing AI Misappropriation of Voices, Images, and Songs

JD Supra Law

Beginning July 1, 2024, Tennessee musicians and artists will have an additional layer of protection for their voices and songs from generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and create unauthorized fake works in their images and voices.

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TTAB Ruling May Broaden Alcohol Trademark Analysis

IP Law 360

A February U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision that wine is inherently related to bars and cocktail lounges for trademark protection purposes appears to broaden the scope of exclusivity, highlighting that the more similar the marks, the less related the products must be for the TTAB to refuse registration, says William Borchard at Cowan Liebowitz.

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[Guest post] Works of applied art – the difference between design and copyright law

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg) on the German Federal Supreme Court’s recent referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling pursuant to Article 267 TFEU concerning the interpretation of Directive 2001/29/EC in the USM Haller case (C-795/23) [IPKat here ].

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Human Voice Gaining Protection in Confronting Generative AI

The Illusion of More

Last week, Tennessee passed the ELVIS Act to expand its statutory right of publicity (ROP) law to include voice as a protected aspect of an individual’s “likeness.” In response to artificial intelligence enabling more precise replication of specific, human sounding voices, it is little surprise that the music powerhouse state has taken swift action to […] The post Human Voice Gaining Protection in Confronting Generative AI appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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