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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

When that happens, the most common reason given is that the site is “under construction” or “was not meant to be live” This is such a common reason that, back in May 2020, I wrote an article about how your web developer can land you in legal trouble. This includes web developement.

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Why You Should Never Use the Stock Content in a Website Theme

Plagiarism Today

To help with this, many web designers, especially those that are new to it, get help in the form of themes or stock templates that can be obtained from a variety of sites. Many times, designers choose images or text based upon how it looks or reads, not whether they have permission to use it.

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World IP Day 2021 – Focus on IP and SMEs

azrights

Turning ideas into a business and brand involves using the tools of the IP system – trademarks, design rights, copyright, patents, and confidential information or trade secrets. This insight makes it imperative to consider IP strategically when deciding whether an asset your designer is proposing to create for you will be appropriate.

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Police Website Offers Pirated Live Sports Streams as IPTV FOIA Requests Denied

TorrentFreak

“We may be able to provide you with information based on crimes classified as an offense under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and specifically related to illegal streaming. .” Yorkshire Police note that a revised request may be considered but even then, reasons exist for not providing the requested information.

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A Plain English Guide to GDPR & Data Privacy For SaaS Companies

Traverse Legal Blog

If you’re in the web development department, you’re gonna have a set of specific issues. If you’re doing application development, another set of issues. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new set of rules designed to protect the privacy of European citizens.

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Trade Secrets Without Borders: The Defend Trade Secret Act’s Promise as an Extra-Territorial Statute Finally Comes to Pass

LexBlog IP

July 28, 2021) (finding that using an American company (also a defendant) providing design services and travelling to Illinois to work with engineers constituted plausible acts by defendants “in furtherance” of misappropriation ) and in Inventus Power, Inc. Cleveland), Inc. Buan , U.S. LEXIS 140744 (N.D.

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Intent-to-Use Trademark Application: Comprehensive Guide

LexBlog IP

Zazu Designs v. headquartered company and a Japan-based web developer). The public interest at issue is “squatting,” or taking title to a trademark without the intention to use it. Additionally, merely communicating to another individual a vague Intent-to-Use a trademark confers no right to use a trademark. L’ORÉAL, SA , 979 F.