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The Nightmare Plagiarism Scenario Comes True

Plagiarism Today

For over a year, the pair have been trying to publish a paper about green entrepreneurship, focusing on “small-scale Norwegian manufacturing companies.” How was Meyer able to obtain a copy of the unpublished paper? Why was a third SAGE journal willing to publish it after two others rejected it?

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Section 60 of the Copyright Act: Finally, Some Answers(?)

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The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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The James Corden Plagiarism Controversy

Plagiarism Today

Gervais took the dispute in stride, saying that it was most likely someone on Corden’s writing team that “’came up with it’ for him” and that it was unlikely he would knowingly copy such a famous routine. . I doubt he would knowingly just copy such a famous stand up routine word for word like that.

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Bombay High Court Grants (the First?) Section 32 License to Translate a Literary Work in Marathi

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Karkhanis (petitioner) who expressed his intent to produce and publish the translated version of Madeleine Slade (popularly known as Mira Behn)’s autobiography “The Spirit’s Pilgrimage” in Marathi. Originally authored in English, the work was first published in 1960 in India by Orient Longman Private Ltd. 450 per copies X 1000 copies).

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Copyrighting the Ogopogo Monster: The © story behind the news story

The IPKat

Unfortunately, while CIPO’s database records registration, it has no copy of what was registered. Thirty years later, in 1984, local author Don Levers wrote a self-published children’s book called “Ogopogo-The Misunderstood Lake Monster”, that sold well. And remember, when a work is registered with CIPO, no copies are retained.

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Synergy Between Ipr And E-Commerce Platforms

IIPRD

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. Challenges in IPR Regulation in e-commerce As per a survey, around 38% online buyers experienced counterfeit products and 1/3 rd people have gotten copied products. In the case of Tiffany v. 12] Kent RO Systems Ltd.

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The Intriguing Debate Over Copyrighted Content in AI Training: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know

LexBlog IP

You see, when I was growing up, computers took up entire rooms and content was published on paper – books, newspapers, magazines, and yes, sometimes even broadcast on television or radio. Copying was tedious. Copying took effort. Are you safeguarding your innovations with due diligence?