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Spider-Man and Homage vs. Plagairism

Plagiarism Today

Menu Search for About About the Author Reprint & Permissions Consulting Stop Plagiarism 1. How to Find Plagiarism 2. Contacting a Plagiarist 3. Finding the Host 4. Contacting the Host 5. When All Else Fails 6. The Long Haul Stock Letters Your Copyrights Online 1. What is a Copyright? 2. Limitations of Copyright 3. Copyright Myths Contact Facebook YouTube RSS Mastodon Bluesky Search for Spider-Man and Homage vs.

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Beware of scam from TM-REGISTER

Erik K Pelton

A client recently received this scam in the mail just three weeks after submitting their USPTO trademark application. The scam from TM-REGISTER (with an address in Washington, DC) is for a worthless “publication” of the trademark with a cost of $1,375. The value of this publication is $0. If you got this letter from TM-REGISTER, trash it.

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3 Count: Supreme Review

Plagiarism Today

Menu Search for About About the Author Reprint & Permissions Consulting Stop Plagiarism 1. How to Find Plagiarism 2. Contacting a Plagiarist 3. Finding the Host 4. Contacting the Host 5. When All Else Fails 6. The Long Haul Stock Letters Your Copyrights Online 1. What is a Copyright? 2. Limitations of Copyright 3. Copyright Myths Contact Facebook YouTube RSS Mastodon Bluesky Search for 3 Count: Supreme Review Jonathan Bailey June 30, 2025 2 minutes read Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Supreme Court Grants Cox’s Bid to Reexamine Liability for Pirating Subscribers

TorrentFreak

Last summer, Cox Communications filed a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting a review of the Fourth Circuit ruling that held the company contributorily liable for pirating subscribers. The internet provider ultimately challenged the $1 billion verdict from a Virginia jury in 2019, which went in favor of a group of major record labels, including Sony and Universal.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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ICYMI: AI-Related Copyright Issues Heat Up at End of June

Copyright Alliance

That heat wave we recently experienced in DC was brutal—it seems like it’s all everyone was talking about (besides the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill). But the weather was not […] The post ICYMI: AI-Related Copyright Issues Heat Up at End of June appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Supreme Court May Shape Future Of ISP Liability In Cox Case

IP Law 360

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to take on a $1 billion battle between major music publishers and Cox Communications Inc. could set new liability boundaries for internet service providers that have faced significant damages for allegedly not curbing users who repeatedly download songs illegally.

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SCOTUS Will Review Cox Communications’ Petition on Infringement Liability for ISPs

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Supreme Court today took the advice of the Solicitor General in granting a petition for certiorari brought by Cox Communications and denying one brought by Sony in the same matter. Music publishers including Sony, Arista Records, Warner Music and Universal Music Group filed copyright claims against Cox in July 2018, alleging that Cox was liable for the infringement of 10,017 musical works that were illegally distributed by the ISP’s subscribers.

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[Virtual Conference] Inaugural Summit on GLP-1 Law & Policy - July 24th, 8:15 am - 5:15 pm ET

JD Supra Law

The $100B+ Weight-Loss Drug Market Is Red Hot—But So Are the Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Risks. As the GLP-1 revolution reshapes the future of metabolic health, life sciences companies face mounting scrutiny from regulators, IP challenges from competitors, and exposure to litigation risks.

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North Star Files Petition for Rehearing Challenging CAFC’s ‘Sufficiently Distinct’ Test for Design Patent Infringement

IP Watchdog

Last week, fiberglass pool design company North Star Technology filed a combined petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to challenge that court’s decision this April affirming the Eastern District of Tennessee’s grant of summary judgment of noninfringement in a design patent case against Latham Pool Products.

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Eye Therapies v. Slayback: Federal Circuit Abandons Standard Transition Construction

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Eye Therapies v. Slayback offers a concerning example of the Federal Circuit departing from well-established patent claim construction doctrine. In this case, the court abandoned the standard interpretation of the transitional phrase "consisting essentially of" after finding that the patentee's prosecution statements created sufficient grounds to narrow claim scope.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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Spotify’s Paradox: An Algorithm Can Spot Breakout Artists… But Doesn’t Pay Them

The Trichordist

Spotify’s algorithm is powerful enough to predict which artists are about to break — yet paradoxically, it pays them less as they gain momentum. In this post, Chris Castle breaks down the economic and moral contradiction at the heart of Spotify’s royalty model, exposing how discovery doesn’t translate into fair compensation. A must-read for songwriters, artists, and anyone watching the battle over stream share and music’s digital future.

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China’s five most important IP regulatory developments in the first half of 2025

IAM Magazine

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When Counterfeits Go Viral: What Brands Can Learn from the Lafufu Craze

Corsearch

A viral counterfeit trend is putting the toy industry — and the challenges of modern Brand Protection — under the spotlight. If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve likely seen them: Labubus, the eccentric collectible toys adored by Gen Z and celebrities alike. But have you heard of Lafufus? These off-brand, fake, exaggerated versions of Labubu have taken TikTok and Instagram by storm.

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Fed. Circ. Affirms Mixed PTAB Rulings On Computing IP

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit on Monday backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that Amazon was able to show a Swarm Technology computer processing patent was invalid but refused to throw out a separate patent.

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Five minutes with…Deborah Kirk, Skadden

Managing IP

IP STARS Awards Client Insights Competitor Intelligence Login Subscribe Free Trial Five minutes with…Deborah Kirk, Skadden X LinkedIn Email Show more sharing options Copy Link URL Copied! Print X LinkedIn Email IP Strategy Copyright Patents Trademarks Topics AI Automotive Blockchain and NFTs Counterfeiting & E-commerce Designs Diversity & Inclusion FRAND & SEPs IP Offices Life Sciences Trade Secrets Unitary Patent & UPC AI Automotive Blockchain and NFTs Counterfeiting & E-com

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Fed. Circ. Faults PTAB Ax Of Patent On Bausch Eye Drops

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit ruled Monday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly invalidated all the claims of a patent that Bausch & Lomb licenses for its Lumify eye drops, saying the board used an incorrect claim construction when siding with generics maker Slayback Pharma.

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NPE wielding former Ericsson patents sues Meta

IAM Magazine

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Meta Dodges Authors' DMCA Claim In AI Suit

IP Law 360

A California federal judge has granted Meta's request to throw out a Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim in a lawsuit that authors brought to challenge the company's use of their books to train a large language model.

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AI Visual Effects and Copyright Infringement

Barry Sookman

Does it infringe copyright to make an unauthorized copy of artwork and to use that as a base image for the creation of a commercial product that is substantially similar to the original work using an AI tool to do minor visual editing to produce the commercial product? Yes, according to a recent decision of the Beijing Tongzhou Court. In the case, individuals were convicted of criminal copyright infringement when they used an AI tool, described as a “picture-to-picture’ method to generate effec

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Trending At The PTAB: Shifts In Parallel Proceedings Strategy

IP Law 360

Dynamics are changing between the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts, with two recent discretionary denials and one Federal Circuit decision offering takeaways for both patent owners and challengers navigating parallel proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.

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Gameskraft and the GST Dispute: Skill vs. Chance in Online Gaming

IP and Legal Filings

The online gaming industry in India has emerged as a vibrant and rapidly growing sector, driven by young population and technological advancements. However, this industry faces significant challenges due to a contentious tax dispute under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. The core issue revolves around whether online gaming activities, particularly games like rummy, constitute a “ game of skill ” or a “ game of chance ” and how they should be classified and taxed u

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Xockets Sues Amazon Claiming Data Patent Infringement

IP Law 360

Tech startup Xockets Inc. on Monday hit Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. with two lawsuits in Texas federal court, claiming infringement of its data processing unit patents, which it said are central to advancing artificial intelligence technology.

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Field Tested, Patent Contested: Precision Planter Solutions v. Solid Rock AG Solutions

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Missouri -based company, Precision Planter Solutions, LLC , has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Northern Indiana against Solid Rock AG Solutions, Inc., accusing the company of patent infringement. According to the complaint, Precision Planter owns a patent— U.S. Patent No. 12,274,187 —that describes a method and apparatus aimed at extending the service life of agricultural planters by addressing wear and tear in pivoting support arms.

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Justices To Review Copyright Liability For Internet Providers

IP Law 360

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a petition for certiorari from Cox Communications Inc. that asked justices to review a Fourth Circuit's conclusion that telecom companies can be liable for copyright infringement for providing an internet connection that leads to music piracy online.

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USPTO Updates for 2025 – Free Webinar

Patently-O

A lot has been happening at the USPTO over the past six months! Join me along with an interesting panel of patent law experts for a 1-hour discussion sponsored by the LAIPLA. July 1, 2025: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (PACIFIC TIME) Cost: Free Register: [link] Patrick Maloney (Cork Maloney) organized the event and the panel includes Jessica Hudak (Edwards Lifesciences); David Bailey (KPPB); and Dennis Crouch (Me).

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Justices Allow Chinese Co. To Access Micron's Code Records

IP Law 360

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Micron Technology Inc.'s efforts to block a Chinese semiconductor maker from accessing paper copies of sensitive source code during patent infringement litigation.

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Increasing Volume of Patent Deals Could Signal Bounce in Patent Marketplace | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, we enter the world of patent monetization and patent dealmaking. As you hear the conversation unfold, we discuss the reality that patent deals are getting done. Although the value of the patent deals currently being consummated has not increased in 2025 compared with the last several years, the number of patent deals being done has dramatically increased, which could be the first sign of a bounce in the patent marketplace on the horizon.

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Justices Won't Eye Claim Fed. Circ. Revived Waived Argument

IP Law 360

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a doctor who argued that the Federal Circuit wrongly upheld the rejection of his application for a patent on a COVID-19 treatment by reviving arguments that he claimed the patent office had waived.

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NPE wielding former Ericsson patents sues Meta

IAM Magazine

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Beverage Can Patent Claims

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit on Monday sided with an Ohio federal judge's finding that claims in a pair of Crown Packaging Technology Inc.'s metal beverage can construction patents were invalid, handing a win to competitor Ball Metal.

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Chinese robotics companies targeted by European NPE in new UPC and German suits

IAM Magazine

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Allergan Botox Patent Fight Headed To July Trial In Del.

IP Law 360

Allergan's lawsuit accusing two biotechnology companies of infringing patents related to Botox products is headed to trial in July after a Delaware federal judge rejected the parties' summary judgment arguments Monday.

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The blog is being updated!

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Generated with Perplexity AI We have some exciting news. The Kluwer Copyright Blog is going through a makeover! The blog’s layout will be updated from the middle of July. This means that for the first half of July we will not be posting as the systems are being updating. Nonetheless, there is a lot to catch up with – read Sabine Jacques’ posts on the AG Opinion on Pelham II ( here and here ), as well as João Quintais’ mid-term review of posts on AI/copyright.

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Three Recent TTAB Inter Partes Decisions: a Mixed Bag of Defeats for the Plaintiffs

The TTABlog

Here for your consideration are three recent Board decisions. The plaintiff lost in each one: for lack of standing, failure to prove priority, and failure to prove lack of bona fide intent. California Wheel Distributor Inc. v. Peregrine Automotive, LLC. , Cancellation No. 92080626 (June 26, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas W. Wellington) [The Board denied this petition for cancellation of a registration of the mark REVENGE AUTO PARTS for “on-line wholesale and retail store servi

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Anthem, Blue Cross Sue Ga. Co. Over Alleged Insurance Scam

IP Law 360

A Georgia healthcare analytics company has been hit with a lawsuit from Blue Cross Blue Shield and Anthem Insurance Cos. accusing the company of infringing the health insurance giants' trademarks by offering bogus policies that have no affiliation with any actually existing plan.