Plagiarism Today
MARCH 16, 2023
US Copyright Office clarifies AI registrations, ACE shuts down a pirate streaming site and publishing groups form a new coalition. The post 3 Count: Shuttered Streamzz appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The IPKat
MARCH 16, 2023
On 21 February 2023, the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued a decision further to a request to register Zarya of the Dawn , a graphic novel that includes images created with the assistance of Midjourney , a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) system. The case In September 2022, Ms. Kristina Kashtanova applied and obtained the copyright registration for the work “ Zarya of the Dawn ”.
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Plagiarism Today
MARCH 16, 2023
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced a new Ferris wheel. But why has a symbol of peace become a target for plagiarism allegations The post Proposed Seoul Ferris Wheel Sparks Plagiarism Allegations appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 16, 2023
In recent years, site blocking has emerged as a preferred anti-piracy solution in dozens of countries. These blocking measures are not bulletproof but pose a hurdle for casual pirates, which can bring down overall piracy rates. In many countries blocking is a relatively new measure, but Denmark has years of experience. The first Danish blocks date back to 2006 , when music industry group IFPI filed a complaint targeting the unlicensed Russian MP3 site AllofMP3.
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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?
IPilogue
MARCH 16, 2023
Katie Graham is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Cyprus (“Cyprus”) lost its latest attempt to obtain trademark protection for its famous cheese, “Halloumi,” in a decision dated January 20, 2023. The Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA) dismissed the appeal and agreed with the trial judge, ruling in favour of the Canadian dairy company, Saputo Produits Laitiers Canada S.E.N.C.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 16, 2023
As part of its relentless campaign to shut down as many pirate sites as possible, on Wednesday the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment reported yet another big win. The anti-piracy coalition’s latest victim is Streamzz, a stream hosting platform that reportedly supplied over 75,000 movies and 15,000 TV episodes, which helped to fuel more than 60 pirate streaming sites.
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SpicyIP
MARCH 16, 2023
Image from here [This post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah] Various authors on this blog have repeatedly pointed out the lack of proper reasoning in patent orders, both from courts (see here ) as well as from the patent offices (see here ). This issue has also been pointed out by courts recently (see here , here and here ). A few days ago, Justice Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court came out with probably the strongest indictment of this practice.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 16, 2023
Affordable broadband with wraparound support could expand access to cost-efficient virtual health for underserved communities. Seven actions could help state and local leaders unlock this opportunity.
Intellectual Property Brief
MARCH 16, 2023
By. Gustav Gulmert Real-time game updates are the lifeblood of sports betters and avid fans. However, sports leagues have limited third-party companies from reporting them. The circuits’ results have differed, and the Supreme Court or Congress should step in to set the record straight. Do you remember the excitement, or perhaps sorrow, that emerged from.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 16, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the synthetic media it is capable of producing are clearly all the rage these days, but there are still many lingering questions about how to responsibly develop, use and host such tools and content to avoid public relations backlash and minimize liability risk.
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Velocity of Content
MARCH 16, 2023
This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). I can see the appeal of this question, as it is fundamentally interesting and futuristic.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 16, 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.
The IP Law Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
I recently wrote about the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Moderna against Pfizer/BioNTech over the COVID-19 vaccine. In its complaint filed in federal district court in Boston last August, Moderna alleged that Pfizer/BioNTech infringed three of Moderna’s patents in developing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna seeks damages only for the time period after March 8, 2022, when Moderna announced that it would begin to enforce its patents after holding off doing so for 15 months whil
JD Supra Law
MARCH 16, 2023
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate creative works raises interesting legal challenges to the protection of intellectual property. The plain language of the Copyright Act presents obstacles to artists who may use generative AI as part of their creative process. The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) recently reissued the registration certificate to Kristina Kashtanova for the graphic novel, Zarya of the Dawn, and determined that the images in the novel were not copyrightable because.
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
Dentons' New York office has enlisted a former Nixon Peabody LLP partner who represented model and actor Emily Ratajkowski in a high-profile copyright lawsuit over the ownership of a paparazzo's photograph.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 16, 2023
For a patent to be valid, the critical question often is whether its invention was obvious, namely whether the differences between the invention and what existed before, i.e., the prior art, would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art, or POSITA, to which the invention pertains. Please see full Article below for more information.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 16, 2023
As artificial intelligence gets better at predicting human behavior, a business psychologist encourages people to strengthen the uniquely human skills that machine learning has yet to tap.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 16, 2023
The best inventions cure a historical illness. Ibuprofen for headaches, caffeine for fatigue, and of course—DISH Network’s “AutoHop” feature for skipping commercials. DISH introduced this new feature with great fanfare, including a kangaroo mascot and—ironically—several commercials of its own. But a jury in Utah found last week that Dish infringed the claims of two patents owned by ClearPlay and found damages in the amount of $469 million.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 16, 2023
Some economic indicators strengthen amid persisting inflation and investor uncertainty; central banks keep to a tightening course.
The IPKat
MARCH 16, 2023
Mr Justice Mellor has today handed down the judgment in Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND trial [2023] EWHC 539 (Pat) determining that the FRAND royalty to be paid by Lenovo to Interdigital for a license to their SEP portfolio is $138.7 million. The FRAND trial was part of the six trials between Interdigital and Lenovo, the other five of which were technical trials A, B, C, D, and E (although two were stayed).
Copyright Lately
MARCH 16, 2023
In a long-awaited decision, the court allows Cher’s royalty lawsuit to proceed despite copyright termination notices from Sonny Bono’s heirs. A Central District of California judge has denied Mary Bono’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit over composition royalties Cher claims are owed under her 1978 marital settlement agreement with Sonny Bono.
Cogency Global
MARCH 16, 2023
What this is: Like due diligence searches for statutory liens and consensual (UCC) financing statements on borrowers and debtors, being aware of and/or confirming the owner and status of intellectual property in a transaction is critical. What this means: As lenders continue to rely on counsel to conduct the most thorough due diligence possible, it is important to be mindful of how federal intellectual property plays into transactions.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 16, 2023
Whether or not the law recognizes a machine as the inventor-at-law, the facts are indispensable to determination of the true inventor-in-fact. In the case of Stephen Thaler’s attempt to obtain patent protection for a food container and light stick he says were independently invented by his AI machine, DABUS, the inventor-in-fact will be either Thaler or his machine.
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
Law firms that have failed to see real progress despite years of diversity initiatives can move forward by committing to tackle four often-taboo obstacles that hinder diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, says Steph Maher at Jaffe.
The Trichordist
MARCH 16, 2023
40+ groups representing artists, performers, writers, athletes & more launch campaign for AI that supports human creativity and accomplishment WASHINGTON, DC / AUSTIN, TX (March 16, 2023) –… Read more "Press Release: Human Artistry Campaign Launches, Announces Artificial Intelligence Principles to Sustain Artists"
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
A Delaware vice chancellor on Thursday ordered a couple who own a cannabis vaporizer supply company to stop making false statements about distributor Next Level Ventures, which claimed their online remarks were attempts to circumvent an agreement that granted it exclusive distribution rights.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 16, 2023
We have previously discussed the thorny intellectual property implications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of a unique digital media item. But another emergent issue facing the NFT market is what, if any, application federal securities laws have on the offer and sale of NFTs. This issue recently came to a head in a 64-page federal court decision in Friel v.
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
A California federal judge has largely wiped out a trio of portable gaming patents asserted against Nintendo in infringement litigation over its popular Nintendo Switch system, finding that most of the claimed technology at issue is anticipated.
43(B)log
MARCH 16, 2023
Harbor Breeze Corp. v. Newport Landing Sportfishing, Inc., 2023 WL 2504988, No. SACV 17-01613-CJC (DFMx) (C.D. Cal. Mar. 13, 2023) Previous district court ruling on irreparable harm ; previous 9 th Cir. opinion remanding for reconsideration of disgorgement and attorneys’ fees after Romag. Despite Romag , the court declines to award disgorgement or fees in this false advertising case.
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
A California federal judge has thrown out a Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim from a Fashion Nova LLC suit alleging a competitor removed certain copyright information from Fashion Nova's works online, but gave it leave to amend that claim.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 16, 2023
The aerospace and defense industry is transitioning from an older to younger workforce, but it faces intense competition for talent. It needs a radical response.
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
A New York federal judge will consider next week whether copyright law's fair use doctrine protects the Internet Archive's lending library of digitized books or if the nonprofit is committing what publishers call "digital piracy on an industrial scale." Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 16, 2023
In ChromaDex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc. , No. 22-1116 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2023), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment that the claims at issue, directed to dietary supplements, were unpatentable as ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
IP Law 360
MARCH 16, 2023
A California federal judge has agreed to slim down singer-songwriter Cher's suit against the widow of Sonny Bono over royalties to their music catalog, finding that his widow has only shown some of the royalty rights at issue can be terminated under federal copyright law.
Dragons' Den
MARCH 16, 2023
Intellectual property played a key part in the decisions made in the Den this week, with the Dragons ever keen to know more about how the entrepreneurs had protected their businesses. Cleaning up in the Den First up was suction expert, Alan Gillett. Alan entered the Den with a clever invention (and DIY-ers dream) he has called the Xtra Hand. It’s a vacuum cleaner attachment that uses suction power to stick the vacuum to the wall.
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