IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The question that arises with the development of such technology is regarding the legal governance of the same. Which field of law will govern such digital assets and the NFT technology? In this paper, it is argued that Private-property law must be the field of law governing transactions involving Non-Fungible Tokens.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The state government will have to appoint a police officer to oversee the maintenance of records pertaining to an arrest in each district and police station. The judge must render a decision in this matter within 30 days after the trial’s conclusion, and a copy of the judgment must then be posted online within 7 days.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In mid-2022, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced that Government would consider broadening the scope for unlicensed TDM activities and introduce a new E&L that would allow TDM for any purpose (including commercial TDM), subject to a lawful access requirement to the relevant copyright works and other protected subject-matter.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In July 2021, the Government of Canada launched a consultation on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). The Supreme Court concluded that the creation of electronic copies through “cashing” did not implicate the interests of copyright owners. Background. Authorship and Ownership of Works Generated by AI.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Yet the government often seems uninterested in communicating. Rather than communicating, which typically involves an exchange of views, the mandate is to pump out carefully crafted talking points with no engagement or effort to monitor what Canadians actually think or are saying about their government and its policies.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

ICC publishes revised I-Codes every three years, and it also publishes custom codes that reflect versions of the codes as adopted by states and local governments (the “Custom Codes”). It allegedly sold or gave away unauthorized copies of the I-Codes and Custom Codes to both customers and prospective customers. UpCodes, Inc.,

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IPilogue

MAY 3, 2022

In July 2021, the Government of Canada launched a consultation requesting stakeholder submissions on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”). Following the investigation, the Australian Government fined Apple a total of $9 million. Photo by fauxels ( Pexels ). Background.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

I’ve long maintained the government’s claims that the bill will generate billions of dollars in new money was massively exaggerated and that a far more likely scenario would be that the bill would simply lead to a reshuffling of existing expenditures. This conclusion raises both the economic and cultural impact of the bill.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In analogizing semiconductor chips to traditional areas of copyright law, the legislative history notes that, just as a plagiarist who copies only one chapter of a book may be held liable for infringement, a person may be liable for copying a part of a mask work if it is a qualitatively important portion that results in substantial similarity.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

Government regularly goes after copyright-infringing companies and individuals, both domestically and abroad. Last year, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with the software company, concluding that the US Government is indeed liable. 600,000 ‘Infringing’ Copies.

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Copying Copyright Infringement Government Licensing 143

IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2023

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Nike sues BAPE for copying its shoe design; the five largest patent offices announce an increase of 10% in patent grants for 2022; and Hershey settles a trademark dispute with a California cookie company; and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) condemns the Indian government’s takedown (..)

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

Given its powers under the COVID-19 Act, the government sought not just a permanent injunction, but damages, including recission/restitution/disgorgement, as well as civil penalties. The government can show either falsity/misleadingness or lack of substantiation to prevail. Also summary judgment for the government.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

In Brooktree, the court stated that “If the copied portion [of the mask work] is qualitatively important, the finder of fact may properly find substantial similarity under copyright law and the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act,” even if other portions of the chip were not copied. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2d 1555 (Fed.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to Google, there were at least 50 instances of copying, some of which were “word-for-word”. Copy and Paste Roundup. However, it’s difficult to make that claim of impartiality when your reports copy and paste heavily from outside sources without attribution.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. government. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work. Id, section 2407.2(C).

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

million ($3 million) acquiring a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune. With previous ones selling for around €25,000 ($28,000), their copy cost more than 100 times the going rate. Many copies of the book are already easy to access just through a simple search. Last year, the group spent €2.66

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

Next up today, Jordan Pearson at Motherboard reports that the government of Belarus has temporarily legalized the piracy of intellectual property from “unfriendly” nations. The law, which took effect on January 3rd, allows for the piracy of such materials, though the government says it will still collect royalties.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 12, 2023

If you received the notice (copied below), we recommend that you: notify your trademark attorney (incredibly, the USPTO did not send the notice to the attorneys, only to the applicants) be extra vigilant regarding possible scammers of all types, especially trademark related messages that looks official but are not.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At these locations, content supplied by the TV providers had its copy protection stripped before being transmitted, stored, and then retransmitted to Gears subscribers using servers and other hardware controlled by Carrasquillo and his co-defendants. On February 1, 2022, Carrasquillo pled guilty to the following: 1. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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Copyright Infringement Government Television Copying 120

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2022

. § 101 issues, and the other seeking feedback on several practices surrounding patent validity trials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

First off today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street reports that Microsoft has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Search People Enterprises over allegations that the company distributed pirated copies of Microsoft products. 2: Taiwan Amends Copyright Act in Set-Up-Box Crackdown.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In Australia late last month, the Courier-Mail published a 12-page “Special Investigation” by Peter Gleeson entitled Power and Palaszczuk , an unflattering look at the Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her government. That amounted to approximately 62% of the entire column. Simply put, this kind of plagiarism is not accidental.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

CJEU judgments and AG Opinions Ocilion, AG Opinion, C-426/21 This is yet another preliminary reference on the private copying exception in Article 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive coming from the Austrian courts. For the a comment on the most recent Court judgment on private copying and the cloud (Case C-433/20), also coming from Austria, see here.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When law enforcement agencies support these initiatives thanks to direct government backing, opportunities for action can open up signficantly. Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Garland shows that demanding book copies without paying for them is arguably property theft, but it also stifles innovation in the publishing industry by disincentivizing small printing companies from entering the market due to a fear of high costs and outdated government regulations, says Zvi Rosen at Southern Illinois University School of Law.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. government. Copyright Office’s Records Research and Certification Section (RRCS).

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. The Court began by recognizing the general rules that govern motions to dismiss in federal court actions.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” These rules govern which country’s laws apply to a set of facts, activities, or conduct.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In the first phase of the litigation, the government admitted infringement at ten airports, but challenged the validity of the patent, arguing that it was obvious over the prior art. The government’s failure to come forward with any evidence rebutting infringement was a factor that weighed in favor of the Court’s infringement finding.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, as the case went along, LAMCO failed to produce any evidence of copying and even admitted that they didn’t own the tracks at issue. The story began in August 2018 when the Saudi government blocked access to beIN sports as part of a larger dispute with Qatar.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Unless you're willing to follow up on the theft of your website with a threatening letter (or better yet, have your attorney do it), it's unlikely your copyright notice will have much effect on a bad actor bent on copying. Gather evidence of copying. Prepare side-by-side tables showing your site and the copied site.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

government, another of the world’s most recognized book piracy platforms has fresh legal problems of its own. “This collection consists of over 6 million files that include illegal copies of works from a diverse cross-section of the publishing industry. while runner-up India accounts for 7.9%. .” 101 et seq.)

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

This process is handled by India’s powerful Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), a body within the government’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ( I&B ). This ultimately determines the content that citizens are allowed to view and under what circumstances, and the content they must not view at all.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A few days ago, high-quality pirated copies of the new Mission Impossible film began circulating on pirate sites. They include the problem of illegal recording or ‘camming’ in movie theaters, a concern that was previously shared with Chinese government agencies, including the China Film Administration.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

But one area where we’ve seen legislative fretting is when that principle potentially impedes reporting wrongdoing to the government. As we have previously blogged, Congress and many state legislatures are exploring (or, in some cases, already enacted) legislative protections for reporting suspected misconduct to the government.

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