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Whitney Houston’s Never-Before-Heard Demo is Now Available as NFT

JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This December, the estate of Whitney Houston plans to sell a demo recorded by then 17-year-old Whitney Houston, minted as a NFT on the OneOf sales platform. The-never-before-heard-track will be unveiled on December 1st during Miami Art week (held from November 29 to December 5, 2021). By: Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP

Art

5x5 Summit: Commerce Agencies Work Together to Advance Public Safety Communications

U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 24, 2024

70+ Tech Demos and 40 Breakout Sessions. Expand your technology horizons and harness a collaborative networking environment through hands-on interaction with various technology demos and breakout sessions. For more information on speakers, sessions, technology demos, contact information and more, visit the 5x5 website.

Technology

Technology Government Designs Design

3 Count: Breaking Up

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2022

3: Rare Lou Reed Demos Released by RCA in Copyright-Extending Move, and Then Quickly Withdrawn. Finally today, Jem Aswad at Variety reports that RCA/Sony Music briefly released a 17-track album of demos from Lou Reed before removing it days later in a bid to extend the copyright on the various tracks.

Licensing

Licensing Reporting Plagiarism Copyright

Patent Poetry: Trade Show Demo Bars Patent

JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2023

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a grant of summary judgment that the asserted claims of a patent are barred because the device sought to be patented was demonstrated at a trade show. Minerva Surgical, Inc. Hologic, Inc., 2021-2246 (Fed.

Patent

Patent Law

Trade Show Demo Sinks Gynecological Patent At Fed. Circ.

IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Delaware federal judge had it right when he ruled a patent cited in a long-brewing legal fight over competing devices for treating heavy menstrual bleeding should never have been issued in the first place, since the device was already demonstrated at the gynecological industry's "Super Bowl."

Patent

No Handling Necessary: Industry Demo Was A Public Use: Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 2023 WL 1999900 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 15, 2023)

JD Supra Law

MARCH 7, 2023

Be careful of showing your claimed inventions at tradeshows. On February 15, 2023, the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed a summary judgment ruling that, by merely showcasing an embodying device at an industry event (the “Event”), Minerva Surgical, Inc.

Public Use

Public Use Invention IP Patent

Researchers Showcase Decentralized AI-Powered Torrent Search Engine

TorrentFreak

APRIL 25, 2024

Endless Possibilities, Limited Use While this sounds exciting, the current demo version is not yet built into the Tribler client. “For this demo, we trained an end-to-end generative Transformer on a small dataset that comprises YouTube URLs, magnet links, and Bitcoin wallet addresses.

Technology

Technology Government Music Licensing

No First Place Trophy Here: Public Demo at Trade Show Found Invalidating

JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Addressing the public use bar of pre-America-Invents-Act (AIA) 35 U.S.C. §

Public Use

Public Use Invention Art Patent

Naming Trends Within a Crowded Trademark Landscape

Corsearch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Request a demo ✕ Request a 30 minute personalized demo Learn why Corsearch is the right choice for you. One of our newest offerings is Name Generator , which is a tool that aids trademark professionals to collaborate more closely with their customers in marketing.

Trademark

Trademark Registration Branding Brands

Fake demos/altered tests v. customer's testimony they didn't matter: a jury will decide

43(B)log

APRIL 27, 2022

Eco Electrical Sys., Reliaguard, Inc., 2022 WL 1157481, No. C 20-00444 WHA (N.D. 19, 2022) The parties compete to supply Pacific Gas & Electric Company with specialized guards that protect birds and other animals from electrocution.

False Advertising

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Reporting

NFT Fraud Detection with Doppel

CoCal IP Law Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Please join us on Monday, October 3 at 12:00 pm, where Doppel, the market leader for NFT brand protection, will provide a live demo hosted by Kevin Tian, Co-founder and CEO. Doppel works with the largest consumer and web3 brands (Dapper Labs, Azra Games, Moonbirds, etc.),

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Marketing

Namecheap Suspends Zorox.to, Upmovies.to and Other ‘Pirate’.to Domains

TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2024

Last week, we reported that an Indian dynamic+ court order had taken down movie-web’s demo site, along with several other pirate sites. The injunction, issued by the New Delhi High Court, requires local ISPs to block access to the domains. In addition, domain name registrars are also urged to take action.

Copying

Copying Reporting Copyright

How the New USPTO Pre-Application Assessment Program Only Reinforces the Need for Integrated & Intelligent Patent Evaluation Software

IP.com

JANUARY 29, 2024

Learn more about the power of IQ Ideas+ and Innovation Q+ now – Schedule a free demo. Schedule a Free Demo uspto.gov Legal Zoom uspto.gov/patents uspto.gov/patents

Inventor

Inventor Patent Application Patent Technology

[Guest post] Anderson.Paak got a new tattoo- and we might have an idea why

The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Those were just demos and never intended to be heard by the public.” In Amy Winehouse’s case, after the release of album ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’, compiled of B-sides and demos, Universal Music CEO announced that he had destroyed all of her demo recordings, in an attempt to prevent anyone else from releasing them posthumously.

Moral Rights

Moral Rights Art Music Copyright

Do I Owe Former Collaborator for a Song He Didn't Co-Write?

Dear Rich IP Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

My ex-songwriter friend heard my demo and said that one of my new songs is based on another song that we wrote together. Dear Rich: I used to write songs with a musician friend until we had a falling out. Fast forward four years, and I'm now releasing an album of original songs with a California-based indie label.

Derivative Work

Derivative Work Confidentiality Music Settlement

‘Movie-Web’ Domain Shut Down By Hollywood Complaint

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

No Comeback The surprise takedown only affects Movie-Web’s publicly hosted ‘demo’ instance. The measure is often used to suspend pirate site domains following copyright holder complaints. On Discord, the Movie-Web team says that it has no plans to bring this website back in any shape or form.

Copyright

ALA Conference Draws 14K Attendance

Velocity of Content

JULY 1, 2022

The show floor was quite busy, with long lines for book signings by authors, vendor demos, and galley pickups.”. “Librarians arrived in Washington amid a host of significant political and cultural issues that were reflected in a great, wide-ranging professional program,” he adds.

Publishing

Publishing Registration Reporting Business

‘I Know What You Download’ Overwhelmed By Bogus DMCA Notices

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Demo Project to Showcase Data Availability. While the service is a fully functioning BitTorrent data portal in its own right, it’s actually a live demo of what can be achieved using data collected by tech outfit PeerTrace. Other things make the continuous targeting of IKnowWhatYouDownload even more baffling.

Reporting

Reporting IP Publishing Copyright

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

Corsearch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Request your personalized demo Over 5,000 customers trust Corsearch to help establish, monitor, and protect their brands. Request a personalized demo of our brand protection solutions to see how we can equip your business to win the online battle against modern-day counterfeiters. Request a demo

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Marketing

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

Corsearch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Request your personalized demo Over 5,000 customers trust Corsearch to help establish, monitor, and protect their brands. Request a personalized demo of our brand protection solutions to see how we can equip your business to win the online battle against modern-day counterfeiters. Request a demo

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Marketing

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

Corsearch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Request your personalized demo Over 5,000 customers trust Corsearch to help establish, monitor, and protect their brands. Request a personalized demo of our brand protection solutions to see how we can equip your business to win the online battle against modern-day counterfeiters. Request a demo

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Marketing

[Sponsored] LexisNexis Introduces New Legal Issue Analysis for PTAB Ex Parte Decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor

SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

To learn more or request a demo, visit [link]. With the launch of PTAB Decisions, we continue our commitment to supporting the evolution of the IP professional and fostering data-driven patent prosecution.” said Andrew Matuch, President, LexisNexis Reed Tech and Intellectual Property Solutions.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Patent Prosecution Business IP

When Is a Song Published?

Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

So, for example, sending out a handful of demos to record labels with the restriction, "For evaluation, Not for distribution" or posting the song to an invitation-only website, limiting the listeners, and preventing downloads would not be considered a publication.

Publishing

Publishing Fair Use Copying Copyright

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

Corsearch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Request your personalized demo Over 5,000 customers trust Corsearch to help establish, monitor, and protect their brands. Request a personalized demo of our brand protection solutions to see how we can equip your business to win the online battle against modern-day counterfeiters. Learn more about our Brand Protection solutions.

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Marketing

The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

However, it’s important to replace all the content that comes with a theme and not use any of the demo content. Websites are rarely built from scratch and many, including this one, rely on outside themes and elements as a foundation. That said, it feels like that isn’t what happened here.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Web Development Copying Copyright Notice

Authentically AI, or Just Smoke and Mirrors

IP.com

JANUARY 8, 2024

If you look carefully in the description of the video it states “ For the purposes of this demo, latency has been reduced and Gemini outputs have been shortened for brevity.” Google published a blog post at the same time as the video elaborating further on how the video was made.

Technology

Technology Blogging Editing Government

Artificial Intelligence, Reel Talent: AI’s Growing Role in Multimedia

LexBlog IP

JULY 19, 2023

The new tune (described by McCartney as “the final Beatles record”) was made using a demo recorded by John Lennon shortly before his death in 1980, which some speculate to be the composition “Now and Then”. In a recent interview , Paul McCartney revealed that he used AI to help complete a new Beatles song set to be released later this year.

Music

Music Technology Branding Brands

Can ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing AI Be Used to Find Pirate Websites?

Corsearch

APRIL 27, 2023

Talk to one our experts about your Content Protection strategy today or see our advanced technology in action with a personalized demo. By taking down pirate websites and demoting search results that link to copyright infringing content, content owners can divert traffic and recoup lost revenue. References [1] [link] [2] [link] [3] [link]

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Technology Blogging Copyright

Startup Uses Blockchain and Pirate Sites to Pay Filmmakers Directly

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 28, 2021

This live demo led to the slightly unusual situation that movies such as Disney’s “Luca” were streamed from a pirate site at one of the most prestigious film festivals. The extension then displays a list of official sources and pirated alternatives. Live Pirate Streaming at a Film Festival.

Cinema

Cinema Ownership Licensing Technology

Hollywood Used ‘Dynamic+ Injunction’ to Shut Down movie-web and Other Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This weekend, we reported that the open source movie search app movie-web lost control over the domain name of its demo site. The software is still available for others to use but the official demo website will remain offline. Movie-web kept its word.

Copyright Law

Copyright Law Copying Copyright Registration

Gary Bowser: How a 1980s Hacker Became Nintendo’s Nemesis Decades Later

TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2023

” Gary demoing his OPA TI99 products at a TI Chicago Fair (early 90s) Gary says that he wouldn’t mind sharing his retro ‘hacking’ knowledge in the gaming scene but from now on, he will make 100% sure that everything he does is completely legitimate.

Business

Business Government Technology Advertising

Ed Sheeran’s song “Shape of You” does not infringe Sami Switch’s “Oh Why”

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 19, 2022

Regarding possible sources for the OI Phrase and the evolution of the OI Phrase, the judge accepted Ed Sheeran’s impressive version of the writers’ development of the OI Phrase and Shape of You: after meeting in the recording studio at 11am, a complete demo version of Shape of You had been created by 18:25 that day.

Copying

Copying Music Copyright Copyright Infringement

Removing songs from Spotify could breach label’s duty to exploit: Four Tet v Domino

The IPKat

APRIL 18, 2022

The expression "the Term" shall mean a period commencing on the date hereof and expiring upon your termination thereof in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause 2.2 The expression "the Term" shall mean a period commencing on the date hereof and expiring upon your termination thereof in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause 2.2

Contracts

Contracts Music Copyright Copyright Infringement

Applicability of Taylor v Taylor Principle in Protecting Intellectual Property Rights

Intepat

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The principle of Taylor v Taylor originated in the year 1876. Ever since the principle has been used multiple times in the field of intellectual property and others, to justify the statutory rules and command measures accordingly.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Advertising Advertising Registration

Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

PQ became aware of InSPC v1 when it was promoted in demo form by CyberMetrics in the Summer 2017. Over the next three years they worked together to develop the InSPC software. The software was rewritten in C# and became InSPC v2 in 2017/2018.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Confidentiality Copying

Can You Register Realistic Images of Common Goods as Trademarks?

Corsearch

JULY 7, 2023

Request a demo to see how we can supercharge your search and clearance workflow and deliver swift watch notifications to prevent infringement. That’s why 70% of the Forbes top 100 put their trust in Corsearch’s solutions to search, clear, and watch their trademarks.

Trademark

Trademark Branding Brands Branding

4 Recent Enhancements to RightFind Navigate (And Why We Made Them)

Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

If you’d like to see RightFind Navigate in action, click here to schedule a demo with our team. The post 4 Recent Enhancements to RightFind Navigate (And Why We Made Them) appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center. We have even more in store for 2023.

Branding

Branding Brands Branding Licensing

Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

Intepat

APRIL 4, 2022

Organizing demos and pilot projects with investors. Revealing the idea in conferences and trade shows to add merit to the organization, 3. Displaying the idea in the form of text or video on your website and other social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc., The patent office can also reject the idea if it is too obvious.

Public Domain

Public Domain Social Media Patent Invention

[Guest post] Dua Lipa and Warner Music sued for copyright infringement

The IPKat

AUGUST 15, 2023

If that still hasn't cleared it up, check out this video of Kante demoing the ElectroSpit.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Music Copyright Contracts

UFC on Piracy: Suing YouTube & Facebook Not Viable, They Hide Behind the DMCA

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

These guys are a bunch of…, they bring in a demo that loves to steal. They want content but they don’t want to pay for it and fans of the Pauls are among the worst. “Young people are tech-savvy and unfortunately this Jack Paul, Logan Paul crew. It’s getting worse.”

Law

Law Technology Social Media Copyright

Whitney Houston’s Never-Before-Heard Demo is Now Available as NFT

5x5 Summit: Commerce Agencies Work Together to Advance Public Safety Communications

Trending Sources

3 Count: Breaking Up

Patent Poetry: Trade Show Demo Bars Patent

Trade Show Demo Sinks Gynecological Patent At Fed. Circ.

No Handling Necessary: Industry Demo Was A Public Use: Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 2023 WL 1999900 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 15, 2023)

Researchers Showcase Decentralized AI-Powered Torrent Search Engine

No First Place Trophy Here: Public Demo at Trade Show Found Invalidating

Naming Trends Within a Crowded Trademark Landscape

Fake demos/altered tests v. customer's testimony they didn't matter: a jury will decide

NFT Fraud Detection with Doppel

Namecheap Suspends Zorox.to, Upmovies.to and Other ‘Pirate’.to Domains

How the New USPTO Pre-Application Assessment Program Only Reinforces the Need for Integrated & Intelligent Patent Evaluation Software

[Guest post] Anderson.Paak got a new tattoo- and we might have an idea why

Do I Owe Former Collaborator for a Song He Didn't Co-Write?

‘Movie-Web’ Domain Shut Down By Hollywood Complaint

ALA Conference Draws 14K Attendance

‘I Know What You Download’ Overwhelmed By Bogus DMCA Notices

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

[Sponsored] LexisNexis Introduces New Legal Issue Analysis for PTAB Ex Parte Decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor

When Is a Song Published?

The Threat You’ve Never Heard of: The Modern-Day Counterfeiter

The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Authentically AI, or Just Smoke and Mirrors

Artificial Intelligence, Reel Talent: AI’s Growing Role in Multimedia

Can ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing AI Be Used to Find Pirate Websites?

Startup Uses Blockchain and Pirate Sites to Pay Filmmakers Directly

Hollywood Used ‘Dynamic+ Injunction’ to Shut Down movie-web and Other Pirate Sites

Gary Bowser: How a 1980s Hacker Became Nintendo’s Nemesis Decades Later

Ed Sheeran’s song “Shape of You” does not infringe Sami Switch’s “Oh Why”

Removing songs from Spotify could breach label’s duty to exploit: Four Tet v Domino

Applicability of Taylor v Taylor Principle in Protecting Intellectual Property Rights

Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

Can You Register Realistic Images of Common Goods as Trademarks?

4 Recent Enhancements to RightFind Navigate (And Why We Made Them)

Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

[Guest post] Dua Lipa and Warner Music sued for copyright infringement

UFC on Piracy: Suing YouTube & Facebook Not Viable, They Hide Behind the DMCA

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