Creative Law Center

MAY 7, 2023

Using Book Disclaimers to Protect Your Work and YourselfReal life inspires stories. Sometimes what they see is not pretty, or […] The post Book Disclaimers: Tips for the Indie Author appeared first on Creative Law Center. It can't be helped. When a story has intimacy with reality, readers will see themselves in it.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2023

Santa Clara County has cancelled a plagiarism-filled book project and says that it spent over $1 million on the now-cancelled book. The post $1 Million Book Project Cancelled Due to Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 30, 2025

Plagairism Jonathan Bailey June 30, 2025 4 minutes read In early June, Clover Press launched a Kickstarter for a new book entitled The Marvel Art of Tyler Kirkham. The 200+ page book features the artwork of renowned comic artist Tyler Kirkham. The book easily met its $10,000 goal and, so far, has raised over $107,000.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 10, 2024

Maris Kreizman at Literary Hub has a simple idea: Add credit pages to books. The post Why We Should Add Credit Pages to Books appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Here's why it's an idea whose time has come.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Image: Shutterstock Canada infamously tried to take a leaf from Australias book in dealing with large internet platforms, like Google and Meta, that benefit from news media content without paying for it. In 2023, Canada introduced the Online News Act (Bill C-18), a Canadian version of Australias News Media Bargaining Code.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The book is currently available in hardback and ebook formats. The book provides substantial international context that helps explain some of the changes to EU GI laws over time. In terms of the substance of the laws, this book takes a slightly different approach to many other IP textbooks.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 26, 2025

Anthropic PBC, granting in part and denying in part Defendant Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment on the sole issue of whether its use of Plaintiffs’ books as training data for Anthropic’s large language models (LLMs) was “quintessential” fair use. By: Venable LLP

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JD Supra Law

JULY 8, 2025

On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) renewed its efforts to challenge pharmaceutical manufacturers that have allegedly listed patents improperly in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) publication of “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutics Equivalence Evaluations,” also known as the Orange Book. By: Haug Partners LLP

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

After much anticipation, we are ready to announce this year's winners of the IPKat Book of the Year Awards! Michelle Bogre and Nancy Wolff (reviewed by The IPKat here ) Best book on Trade Mark Law Research Handbook on the History of Trademark Law Edward Elgar Lionel Bently and Robert G.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The listing of patents in the Orange Book has an important role in intellectual property protection for pharmaceuticals. Patents listed in the Orange Book can include, without question, patents covering compositions or methods of use for pharmaceuticals.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 27, 2025

Anthropic PBC, clarifying the application of the fair use doctrine to the use of copyrighted books in training large language models (LLMs). On June 23, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant order in Bartz, et al.

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2025

As its title suggests, this book is an obvious fit for lawyers, consultants and researchers who work with the issue of GIs in the African region. In this sense, the book not only offers an exhaustive overview of the laws in place, but it also provides insights on the forthcoming changes in legislation.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 29, 2024

That, combined with the size of the book (much smaller than the usual legal textbooks) makes it a very handy accessory for one's desk drawer. In fact, this occurs in various sections of the book, such as in Chapter 4 on unregistered design rights, where the context as to their inception (i.e.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

Image from here Amazon Owns Your E-Books and Wants More Arnav Kaman To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Kindle is not a bookseller.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 23, 2025

MPA and RIAA interject in DMCA subpoena case, You-Gi-Oh mystery solved after 18 years and UNESCO celebrates World Book and Copyright Day. The post 3 Count: Book and Copyright Day appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

JUNE 20, 2025

This is a review of the book, The Protection of Traditional Knowledge at the Frontiers of Drug Discovery (Hart, 2024) by Peter S.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 21, 2024

LLC, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered Teva to delist five patents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (commonly referred to as the Orange Book). Amneal Pharms. By: DLA Piper

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The Illusion of More

APRIL 18, 2025

Except Wynn-Williams is real, and so are […] The post Careless People: The Book Meta Doesnt Want You to Read appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 9, 2025

On June 23, Judge William Alsup ruled that Anthropic’s use of millions of pirated books to train the Claude LLM was “exceedingly transformative” and did not affect any relevant markets for those works. Then, on June 25, Judge Vince Chhabria held that Meta’s alleged.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 13, 2025

Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 It then assesses how far the achievement of these mandated functions is frustrated by a lack of access to e-books. As a reminder, full extracts from laws, with links to original texts, are available here.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2025

This case has a clear piracy angle, as Meta used BitTorrent to download archives of pirated books to use as training material. Notably, the authors argue that, in addition to copying pirated books from Anna’s Archive and Z-Library, in the same process Meta also uploaded pirated books to third parties.

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The IPKat

MAY 31, 2025

In this volume, Mr. Keeling, former member of the EUIPOs Boards of Appeal, focuses on general principles of trade mark law and absolute grounds of refusal.The book consists of 23 chapters that can be broadly divided into three Keeling (Publishing Push LTD, 2024, 1170 pp.).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Yesterday, the Internet Archive lost its appeal in its case against book publishers. Here's what you need to know. The post 5 Takeaways from the Internet Archive Ruling appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 22, 2025

Food & Drug Administrations (FDA) Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, also known as the Orange Book. Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a series of seven warning letters to several pharmaceutical companies renewing the agencys challenge to dozens of patent listings in the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2025

Key Takeaways - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), now under Republican leadership, has continued its scrutiny of Orange Book listings for device patents, signaling bipartisan concern over potential anti-competitive practices. By: Polsinelli

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Amneal Pharmaceuticals that impacts Orange Book (OB) listings for patents related to FDA-approved drug/device combination products. On December 20th, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an important decision in Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 20, 2025

Book authors, in particular, complained about the use of pirated books as training material. In various lawsuits, companies including OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, and NVIDIA are accused of obtaining books from ‘pirate’ sources, including the controversial Books3 database and shadow library LibGen.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

Disney acquired the rights to the book and its characters in 1961 and, since then, has released a steady stream of movies, TV shows and products featuring the book’s cast of characters. What this means is that the Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh book is now free of copyright.

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The IPKat

JUNE 24, 2025

From the emergence of the concept of moral rights to their treatment in various jurisdictions and at the international level, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of Sundara Rajan.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Court affirmed the district courts order to delist from the Orange Book certain patents directed to components of a metered inhaler device. In order to be listed in the Orange Book, a patent must both claim the drug and be infringed by the NDA product. By: WilmerHale

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 12, 2025

Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 The question of the terms under which libraries are able to acquire or access and then lend e-books is arguably illustrative of the situation facing these institutions more broadly in the digital world.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 27, 2025

On May 21, 2025 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued renewed warning letters to five companies regarding over 200 allegedly improperly-listed patents in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)s Orange Book.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 24, 2025

A California federal judge said artificial intelligence firm Anthropic can use books to train its LLM under the principle of fair use, but said the company would go to trial against a group of authors over the storage of millions of pirated books.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Link-Busters clients (selection) Websites such as Z-Library and Anna’s Archive allow the public to download free books. These books can also be used for AI training. For one, many of the reported domains are mirrors, which show the same pirated books and articles duplicated across different URLs.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Last weekend, shadow library Anna’s Archive argued that, for AI companies, access to ‘pirated’ books may be a matter of national security. “Meta downloaded millions of pirated books from LibGen through the bit torrent protocol using a platform called LibTorrent. copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Romantsy authors battle over book similarities, 3Blue1Brown video restored and popular anime pirate site passes Disney. The post 3 Count: Bigger Than Disney appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2025

Moana 2 sparks lawsuit against Disney, Travis Scott sued over Telekinesis and Meta trained its AI systems on pirated books. The post 3 Count: Moana Lawsuit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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