Hugh Stephens Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

That is the fundamental question that authors and publishers in Canada have been asking themselves as the government begins preparing to consider some long-overdue revisions to the Copyright Act. For the past decade, Canadian post-secondary institutions (outside Québec) have been refusing to acquire licences from the Canadian Copyright Collective, Access Copyright (AC), to cover the … Continue reading "Why Are Canadian Universities Vehemently Campaigning Against Any Clarification of Fair D

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 15, 2023

Indie developer Archangel recently learned a hard lesson about buying video game assets: It's difficult to know whether they're original. The post Why Buying Video Game Assets Can Be Risky appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2023

The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) has announced a new statement of policy on “Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence” that will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, March 16. The statement comes following several recent cases that have tested the bounds of copyright protection for works generated solely or in part by AI authors.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 15, 2023

Spinrilla seeks to ban the word piracy at an upcoming trial, Brazil shutters a wave of sites and Disney influencers banned from the park. The post 3 Count: Disney Ban appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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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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TorrentFreak

MARCH 15, 2023

Every day millions of people download or stream pirated movies, which are readily available online through hundreds of dedicated sites. To the broader public, pirate sites and services are the gateways to a darker side of the entertainment world. In turn, however, these sites are heavily reliant on the crucial ‘suppliers’ at the top of the piracy pyramid.

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Patently-O

MARCH 15, 2023

Associates around the country today are drafting motions, patent applications, and other documents using some version of ChatGPT. Of course, If I were a judge or examiner, I might also be interested in using AI to help facilitate my decision-making. ChatGPT is good for that as well and can provide a reasoned structure, including identifying of prior art and obviousness standards.

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IPilogue

MARCH 15, 2023

Gregory Hong is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a professional organization for engineers and technology experts, recently announced the launch of the IEEE GET Program, aimed at providing free access to AI ethics and governance standards. The program is part of IEEE’s ongoing efforts to promote responsible AI practices and help organizations develop and implement ethical AI systems.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2023

TikTok has prevailed as a defendant in a federal trial court against trademark infringement claims brought by plaintiff seeking $116 million in damages. The plaintiff, Stitch Editing, Ltd., is a major video editing firm that provides services to a number of the music industry’s “heavy hitters” like Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 15, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is being touted by news outlets and financial markets alike as the future of industries across the board, including Customer Service. But what does it mean for the present? While there are many benefits to embracing the advancements in AI, some may argue that the technology is not ready to supplant the value of the human touch—at least not in every case.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2023

The Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in Amgen v. Sanofi is the first time in almost a hundred years that the Court has deigned to consider sufficiency of disclosure decisions, in this case enablement under 35 U.S.C. § 112(a). While these circumstances themselves might motivate amici to file briefs with the Court to weigh in on the Question Presented, the Federal Circuit's trend in recent years to apply more tightly the strictures of Section 112 to chemical and biotechnology.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

This is not the first time my blog has been subject to right-to-be-forgotten (RTBF) takedowns. See, e.g., this post (scroll down for the updates). But every time the RTBF is applied to my blog, it’s probably a wrongful application of a misguided policy and worth relaying here. Here is the notice I recently received: If you can’t read the image, here’s what it says: __ Notice of European data protection law removal from Google Search To: Webmaster of [link] Due to a request unde

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2023

Health Tracker Systems LLC (“Health Tracker”) sued Garmin International, Inc. (“Garmin”) for patent infringement in the Central District of California on March 6, 2023. The lawsuit alleges that Garmin’s Forerunner 45/45S smartwatch infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,582,380, entitled “System and Method of Monitoring and Modifying Human Activity-Based Behavior,” which issued in 2003, and expired in June 2021.

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

The time has come for healthcare providers to wake up to the modern consumer and start building the alignment, capabilities, and infrastructure to support next-gen marketing in healthcare.

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Sander Law

MARCH 15, 2023

What is a Trade Secret? Trade Secrets is form of intellectual property rights that protects know-how, processes, methods etc. - almost anything that can be kept a secret. What can be protected? Any information about your business, products, processes, customers etc. that you don’t want your competitors to know Well-known examples Google search algorithm Coca-Cola formulation Steps to protect Trade Secrets confidentiality agreements, NDAs employment agreements measures to protect trade secret inf

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

Commercial road freight is trailing passenger vehicles on decarbonization. But the economic equation is shifting, with fueling services and battery recycling emerging as battlegrounds for new opportunities.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 15, 2023

Women’s History Month: Serving My New Country with a Passion for Increasing Participation in Census Surveys March 15, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Wed, 03/15/2023 - 14:27 By Zakera Ahmed, New York Regional Office Program Manager, U.S. Census Bureau My love for and pride in public service came from watching my father, Badaruddin Ahmed, serve as a government official in Bangladesh.

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

Corporate leaders are addressing the risks while finding the opportunities in digital disruption, the economy, and geopolitical uncertainties.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

Former Proskauer Rose LLP Chief Operating Officer Jonathan O'Brien asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to throw out trade secret misappropriation and conversion claims from a suit accusing him of stealing Proskauer's confidential information, arguing that the firm has not shown that he used the secret documents he allegedly copied.

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

Travel startups may be well positioned to contribute to the industry’s next digital horizon—a new report examines who is investing, and why.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 15, 2023

The Board wasted little time in affirming the USPTO's refusals to register the proposed mark ROSE PETALS for "Dietary supplements in capsule form not containing rose petals as an ingredient." The Board found the mark to be deceptive under Section 2(a) and, alternatively, deceptively misdescriptive under Section 2(e)(1). In re Intimate Science , Serial No. 90123272 (March 13, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C.

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

Fashion companies that adapt to shifts in the industry’s merchandising model can create a competitive advantage.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright has thrown out a wireless patent suit against Verizon, agreeing with the telecommunications giant's argument that the company that brought the suit lost its rights to the patents.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2023

The U.S. Copyright Office (“Office”) has published guidance on its policy and practices for examining and registering works that contain material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology. Some of the key points include the following: Copyright can protect only material that is the product of human creativity – the term “author,” which is used in both the Constitution and the Copyright Act, excludes non-humans In the case of works containing AI-generated material, the Office wil

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice recently hit Google with a sanctions motion over its alleged failure to preserve relevant instant-messaging communications, a predicament that should be a wake-up call for counsel concerning the danger associated with automatic-deletion features and how it's been handled by the courts, say Oscar Shine and Emma Ashe O’Toole at Selendy Gay.

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Patently-O

MARCH 15, 2023

By Jordan Duenckel. Jordan is a second-year law student at the University of Missouri School of Law and a registered patent agent. Apple brought an action against the USPTO Director Vidal in district court under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701– 706, challenging the Director’s instructions to the Board regarding exercise of discretion in IPR institution decisions.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

Samsung opened its defense on Wednesday in a trial over claims that its Galaxy S10 smartphone infringes the trademark of S10 Entertainment by showing a combative video deposition of S10's CEO as he pointedly refused to elaborate on his answers to questions posed by a Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP attorney.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 15, 2023

There was a slight uptick in district court filings last week after a slow January and February, with 43 new patent filings, including a design patent battle involving tumblers and multiple filings indicating an association with high-volume plaintiffs such as Jeffrey Gross and Leigh Rothschild. It was a busy week at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), with over 32 new challenges last week, with only one procedural denial on an institution decision—but that was not based on discretionary de

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

A jury should decide whether a former Mary Kay Inc. employee is unfairly profiting off the multilevel marketing beauty company's copyrights in an upcoming book, a Texas federal judge ruled, finding that neither side had sufficiently shown it should win the case just yet.

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43(B)log

MARCH 15, 2023

Developing Professionalism in Students Register here: [link] Noon EST, March 21 What is professionalism for a lawyer? How can we as teachers help students develop professional identities in ways that honor their diversity and commitments? Norms of professionalism can be exclusionary, even when our students adapt consciously and strategically to them.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

A commercial property listing startup urged a California federal judge to drop two of seven claims against it from rival CoStar's broad lawsuit alleging intellectual property theft, arguing that they rehash claims axed by the court two years prior.

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

Despite overall growth, personal P&C lines are losing market relevance and facing a growing protection gap, with a clear dichotomy between local winners and losers. What’s next?

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

A Florida federal judge issued a final order Tuesday granting several film studios a more than $15 million default judgment against a waste company they say is owned by the same man whose virtual private network provider allowed users to violate copyright laws by downloading pirated movies.

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McKinsey Operations

MARCH 15, 2023

We’ve leveraged data from more than 1,700 teams to understand the relationship between capabilities and performance outcomes.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

The filing of a lawsuit accusing Lego of copyright infringement inherently revoked any implied license that the toy company may have obtained to use a New York artist's custom clothing design in a play set based on the Netflix series "Queer Eye," a Connecticut federal judge ruled Wednesday in declining to toss out the case.

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IAM Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

Marconi's Kasim Alfalahi takes the top spot for Avanci's stellar showing in our countdown of the patent market’s most innovative and influential dealmakers and decision takers

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