Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

In January 2022, just months after taking the role of Prime Minister in Romania, Nicolae Ciuc? faced a significant plagiarism scandal. According to reporter Emilia ?ercan (link in Romanian), some 42 pages of Ciuc?’s 38-page 2013 dissertation from the National Defense University in Bucharest were plagiarized from outside sources. Ciuc?, for his part, denied the plagiarism and said that his dissertation was legitimate.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 29, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video What Information Becomes Public in a Trademark Application? An important topic that I get asked about frequently is, “What information from my trademark filing will be public?” I’ll get to explaining why it’s important, but first I want to say that the easiest answer is to presume that all of it will become public because there is a chance that most–if not all of it–will be public.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Appellate Court Affirms Oprah Winfrey’s Victory in Memoir Writer’s Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Greenleaf’ Show. First off today, Adam Lasfeld at Law & Crime reports that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Oprah Winfrey in a lawsuit dealing with her TV series Greenleaf.

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Patently-O

JUNE 29, 2022

Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Company , 21-2209 (Fed. Cir. 2022). Although goods are often shipped globally, many companies manufacture and sell region-specific products. That divide allows the company to cater to local market preferences and regulations and also avoid potential arbitrage. In the 1970’s Coca-Cola withdrew its flagship sugary cola from the Indian market at a time of heavy regulation of foreign companies.

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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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IPilogue

JUNE 29, 2022

Prof. David Vaver presenting the 14th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture ( Screenshot from UCL Recording on YouTube channel ). Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 22, 2022, I had the pleasure of tuning into the 14th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture. Over the years, the lectures have been delivered by distinguished experts from across the globe.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

McKinsey experts predict that video entertainment, in all its forms, will become more immersive, gamified, and personalized.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

Shed the conventional methods. Talent-to-value protection defines the most important cybersecurity roles that demonstrate the greatest reduction in risk for the enterprise.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Louis Vuitton Malletier is a French fashion house and one of the most recognisable luxury goods brands in the world. It was awarded the world’s most valuable luxury brand for six consecutive years (2006-2012), topping even Chanel, Gucci, and Dior. Louis Vuitton began the company in 1854 as a luggage manufacturer, but it was his son who developed the brand’s renowned monogram, the interlocking L and V in a floral pattern, in 1896.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 29, 2022

From ownership to expression to revenue, it’s no secret that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have made a significant impact on the art world in the last 18 months. Join Carlton Fields crypto attorney Matt Kohen as he discusses the explosion of NFTs into the art scene with award-winning artist and filmmaker Haik Kocharian, a New York-based creative using NFTs for fine art photography, poetry, and film.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

The veteran film and TV producer shares her perspective on what the technology shifts roiling the entertainment business mean for both artists and audiences.

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Advertiser: IPO

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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JD Supra Law

JUNE 29, 2022

When new entertainment media emerge, a wave of litigation follows. Novel means of exploitation challenge lawyers to interpret contracts and statutes in contexts that were not originally contemplated. For example, when backend payments are calculated, it makes a substantial difference whether streaming revenues are treated like television or like home video.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 29, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today reversed a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) that had canceled two marks for Thums Up cola and Limca lemon-lime soda owned by Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. The CAFC held that Coca-Cola had not established a statutory cause of action based on lost sales or reputational injury under Section 14(3) of the Lanham Act and thus reversed the decision.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 29, 2022

There’s an old proverb that goes something like “An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city” and that “arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.” Many of us have been there at some point in our lives but most of us don’t have more than 850K followers on Twitter watching our disputes play out in public.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2022

President Joe Biden nominated Delaware Supreme Court Justice Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves to a seat on the Third Circuit on Wednesday.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

Companies highlight their outreach efforts during Pride Month, but LGBTQ+ workers persistently report microaggressions and feelings of isolation at work. Here’s how LGBTQ+ employees report their workplace experience.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 29, 2022

In the summer of 2017, a large coalition of major entertainment industry companies announced a new phase in the war against piracy. With a focus on web-based illegal streaming, pirate IPTV, and associated apps, the Alliance of Creativity and Entertainment embarked on a mission to protect its members rights. Through the MPA, Hollywood studios including Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, and MGM teamed with streaming giants Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

Numbers rebound after declining in 2020, with Samsung, Toyota and Qualcomm leading the way, according to data from the CNIPA.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

Asia’s electric-vehicle market is poised for growth. Those who approach the challenges and opportunities with an ecosystem view can create significant value for their business—and the global climate.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

Moves announced after consultation will affect copyright and database rights, but leave status quo in place for inventorship.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

Want to reduce project costs and timelines while increasing returns? Undertake a top-to-bottom reassessment of your capital investments at every stage of the life cycle.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2022

The maker of Raw rolling papers should be ordered to recall organic hemp papers it sold deceptively because the company hasn't taken the products off the market despite saying it would after losing at trial, a rival told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

Teaming can unlock significant value in North America’s life insurance sector, but only if insurance carriers reimagine their distribution model across five dimensions.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2022

Federal prosecutors in Boston dismissed charges against the wife of a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer after the husband largely beat a case alleging he stole company trade secrets to jump-start his own computer chip business.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JUNE 29, 2022

Pride Will Not End. America’s Diversity is Our Greatest Asset. June 29, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Wed, 06/29/2022 - 11:03. Post by. Gina M. Raimondo. By U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo. I believe strongly in protecting the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and this month has been an opportunity to reflect on the strength, progress, and resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2022

A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday that an attorney can't duck an estate's claims that he wrongfully consigned the original art for a "Blade Runner" poster, finding that it is too soon to tell whether the late artist divested his ownership rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2022

“It was only for the good of his subjects that he collected taxes from them, just as the Sun draws moisture from the Earth to give it back a thousand fold” – Kalidas in Raghuvansh eulogizing King Dalip. The Government in a welfare state takes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, as in health care, education, employment, infrastructure, social security and other development needs.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 29, 2022

European consumer goods companies that adopt a circular business model view extending product life through repair, resale, refurbishment, and recycling as an opportunity for growth rather than a threat.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 29, 2022

The non-physical property of a business comprises Intellectual Property (IP) assets. Such assets are well-protected legally, and this protection could be enforced in a court of law. They possess an economic lifespan, can be identified independently, and are transferrable. About Value of an IP Asset. EXCLUSIVITY – An IP asset’s value comes from its owner’s right to exclude others in the market from using it.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 29, 2022

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-?-Bee) has scheduled five (5) oral hearings for the month of July 2022. The hearings will be held via video conference. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided. July 7, 2022 - 1 PM: In re Di-Namic Records , Serial No. 87399929 [Refusal to register the mark THIS IS FOR MY GIRLS for "entertainment information; musical composition for others; production of musical sound recording," on the ground that the spec

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

The court’s ruling means that delays in responding to examination reports may be permitted when it is clear that an applicant does not intend to abandon their patent application and an unfavourable result is due to negligence on the part of the prosecuting agent.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2022

The United Kingdom's intellectual property agency has rejected calls to change the country's patent and copyright laws to let artificial intelligence-developed work qualify for legal protection, but it has officially added data mining provisions to U.K. copyright laws, which it says will make the country's "copyright framework among the most AI and research friendly in the world.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

Now in its eleventh year, the guide is the definitive resource for those seeking world-class individual and firm-wide private practice expertise - and, for subscribers, more information than ever is available

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2022

Prosecutors in Oklahoma say a customer service representative working at a workplace telephone tech company secretly sold at least $88 million of the company's licensed software through an unauthorized reseller that eventually became one of the largest dealers of the company's software in the world.

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IAM Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

Shared perspective among industry participants will stimulate greater understanding of the cellular market environment and increase confidence and accuracy in IP executive decision-making, write Bowman Heiden and Lew Zeretzki

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 29, 2022

Indianapolis, Indiana – The American Automobile Association, Inc. (“AAA”), the Plaintiff, is a not-for-profit, non-stock Connecticut Corporation. AAA provides approximately 60 million members with products and services throughout the United States and Canada. The products and services include automobile repair services at its AAA Car Care Centers and through AAA Approved auto repair businesses, financial advice, insurance and warranty coverage, and discounts.

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