JD Supra Law

APRIL 11, 2022

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has recently ruled that the private copying exception contained in the Information Society Directive (the “Directive”) applies to works stored in space made available to users by cloud computing service providers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally). Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E.

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azrights

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For these companies, their need is simple – get a hard copy of their research into the hands of physicians so they know it’s available if they ever need it. It’s a testament to the deeply engrained preference of physicians for hard copies of research and to the value of the tactile experience of a physical copy.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

Counterfeit products, which can be sold as an identical copy or a cheap imitation that looks and feels similar to the original product can hurt many businesses and consumers alike. Over the past decade, counterfeit goods have become a persistent issue with respect to those involved in the e-commerce business.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

Recently, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard the bill for informational purposes. In an attempt to address this concern, Minnesota offers some protection by maintaining the confidentiality of information subject to attorney-client privilege. The bill is currently pending approval by both chambers.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

That the creators of a cheat that almost certainly violates the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA attempted to have a copy taken down based on the same law is both novel and pretty ironic, to say the least. However, Github wasn’t convinced that the crack ‘pirate’ committed any offenses in that respect.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 23, 2024

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 (..)

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

Given that the production of today’s videogames requires the involvement of a large number of people, preventing all information leaks is an impossible task. As the takedown notice shows, Riot Games demanded not only the removal of the video, but also any additional copies that may be uploaded in the future.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A debate is growing within the trade secret community about the scope of information that should be protected–specifically, confidential information that does not rise to the level of a trade secret. On October 12, 2023, in Hanneman Family Funeral Home & Crematorium v. So what was the case about?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 31, 2022

Simply put, it is the means through with which authors convey information that they learned from outside sources in their own words. . When you work with outside sources, it’s crucial that you are able to incorporate their information but retain your own voice. However, there are also benefits to the author. Important First Steps.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2022

Under article 8(1) of the Enforcement Directive (Directive 2004/48/EC) a claimant in infringement proceedings can request a court to order certain parties to disclose information. This so-called ‘right to information’ includes information on the origin of the infringement (e.g. One image is depicted below.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 15, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. Elation is an important decision for California companies suing to recover and prevent the use of confidential information in violation of confidentiality agreements or NDAs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 25, 2024

Website operators in particular are increasingly seeking to use their online terms of service to prohibit the use of content and information hosted on their sites to train AI systems. By: Perkins Coie

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

s advertisement for hats, copying Sarony’s Oscar Wilde No. The post How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Ehrich Bros.’s 2023, Generative AI Works Found Ineligible for Copyright Under the U.S.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

It allegedly sold or gave away unauthorized copies of the I-Codes and Custom Codes to both customers and prospective customers. Meanwhile, UpCodes is a for-profit that provides access to materials and tools of particular importance to building professionals, such as the state and local building codes that govern their projects.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2024

The post didn’t include any other information but came with tags such as #beetlejuice , #timburton , #leak and #warner bros , an archived copy reveals. recently requested a DMCA subpoena at a California federal court, requiring Tumblr to share identifying information on the person behind the account. Warner Bros.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

HathiTrust (which had similar facts as Google ), noting that in both cases the scanning created a searchable database but did not output a copy of the books. However, the output of the GAI is a new image (albeit typically not a copy of the scanned image(s)). The court distinguished the Google Books case and Authors Guild, Inc.

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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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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2022

Accordingly, Emerson was permitted to use confidential information received from BladeRoom after two years in direct competition with BladeRoom. By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 22, 2024

This is valuable in being taken seriously and not being knocked off and copied. 22 Discourages others from even thinking about infringing or copying your brand. For more information about trademark registration, see here. Registration is essentially insurance for your brand by building up a fort of protection around it.

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43(B)log

JUNE 30, 2023

Informal rules became law; he was thinking that Lex Mercatoria was a metaphor for Lex Informatica, where similarly we need to think about new tools. Collect information, organize it, disseminate it. Chair: João Quintais Samuelson: Joel Reidenberg’s Lex Informatica is a foundational text worth revisiting. Goldman: does.

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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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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Maricopa County, Arizona, sounds in two counts: invasion of privacy and negligent disclosure of medical information. The complaint presents itself as a state-law class action on behalf of all persons whose exemption status was allegedly disclosed by the hospital. ”

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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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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. To allege a valid copyright infringement claim, a plaintiff must show that: (1) that he or she owns a valid copyright; and (2) that the defendant “copied aspects of his [or her] work.”

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 12, 2023

On Friday, the USPTO sent out a notice to many trademark owners who’s email address were “recently identified a data security incident that impacted domicile information in certain trademark filings between February 2020 and March 2023.” For more on trademark scams see www.isthisatrademarkscam.com.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2023

Shueisha Target ‘Pirate’ Sites Shueisha obtained a DMCA subpoena at a California federal court which requires CDN provider Cloudflare to share all personal information it holds on the people who maintain the accounts of 13dl.to, takefile.link, novafile.org, wupfile.com, hexupload.net, and manga-zip.is.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 9, 2022

I put it on the back burner, but eventually sought out a cached copy of the article to read, even if I couldn’t write about it or link to it. Reading it, I recognized some information in it, specifically a paragraph about what many consider the world’s first plagiarism case involving the Roman poet Martial in 80 AD.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

First off today, Austen Goslin at Polygon reports that choreographer Kyle Hanagami has filed a lawsuit against Epic Games alleging that the video game company copied his choreography for an emote in the game Fortnite. This gives the scammers access to the user’s email as well as their Instagram account.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 1, 2024

BitTorrent requires at least one person to share a full file copy, which is hard to keep up for decades. The screenshot above only lists one seeder but according to information passed on by OpenTrackr.org, there are four seeders with a full copy. A few days ago the site’s longest surviving torrent turned 20 years old.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

According to Strike 3 the man pirated 54 movies and through discovery it requested permission to inspect a copy of his hard drive and cloud hosting accounts for evidence. While the hard drive and cloud hosting accounts may offer important evidence, they could also expose sensitive personal information. Not Proportional.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The plaintiffs claim that OpenAI and Meta have used unauthorized copies of their books, including copies that were allegedly scraped from notorious pirate sites” as part of their training data for AI systems, Albanese explains. Click below to listen to the latest episode of the Velocity of Content podcast.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The court found, as a matter of law, that Ross copied portions of the Westlaw headnotes. With regard to the headnotes, the court observed that if a headnote merely copies a judicial opinion, it is uncopyrightable. Now, the purpose of the use must be distinct enough from the purpose of the original to justify copying.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

ASSOProvider Files Access to Information Request In a letter dated Monday seen by TorrentFreak, independent ISP association ASSOProvider calls on AGCOM to grant access to information under relevant law. The person in charge of the procedure shall do so within 30 days and inform the Council,” the letter reads.

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