Plagiarism Today
JUNE 1, 2022
Earlier this week, search engine optimization (SEO) expert Muhammad Awais took to Twitter to ask Google’s John Mueller a seemingly simple question: Is there any specific percentage of plagiarism that is acceptable in content? Mueller’s response was, to put it mildly, curt and direct. Acceptable by whom? Why not aim for none? — johnmu.xml (personal) (@JohnMu) May 30, 2022.
Michael Geist
JUNE 1, 2022
The Online Streaming Act hearings at the Canadian Heritage committee continued yesterday with testimony from several notable witnesses, including CRTC Chair Ian Scott. Scott had appeared before the committee several weeks earlier, confirming that Bill C-11 contains a provision that captures user content regulation, acknowledging that “as constructed, there is a provision that would allow us to do it as required.” That statement would not ordinarily be controversial since the inclusio
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Plagiarism Today
JUNE 1, 2022
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Majors and Spinrilla Set Out Jury Selection Questions as Copyright Dispute Proceeds. First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that jury selection has begun in the impending trial of the mixtape sharing service Spinrilla and the major record labels.
Patently-O
JUNE 1, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. Tiger Lily Ventures Ltd v. Barclays Capital Inc. ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ). LEHMAN BROTHERS has a bad name for triggering the US economic collapse in the mid 2000s. But, as they say ‘any publicity is good publicity.’. Barclays purchases a number of Lehman Brothers businesses and accompanying goodwill back in 2008 as part of the bankruptcy proceedings.
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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?
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 1, 2022
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the emergency application to restore the injunction against HB 20, Texas’ social media censorship law. The vote was 5-4, with Barrett, Breyer, Kavanaugh, Roberts, and Sotomayor voting to reinstate the injunction, and Alito, Gorsuch, Kagan, and Thomas voting to drop the injunction. Justice Alito wrote a dissent joined by Gorsuch and Thomas but not Kagan.
TorrentFreak
JUNE 1, 2022
A year after Megaupload was shut down, Kim Dotcom launched a brand new file-hosting service called Mega. In the years that followed the New Zealand-based entrepreneur cut his ties with the company but Mega continued to expand. The platform, which has a strong privacy focus, is now the go-to file storage platform for millions of people. Most of these users store perfectly legitimate files on Mega but like many other services of its kind, it’s being abused by pirates as well. 1,187,646 Taked
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IP Close Up
JUNE 1, 2022
Despite the high economic relevance of innovation and explosive invention growth reflected in the number of patents issued annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Continue reading.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
Born in India and now a professor in Texas, Avinash Collis talks about his work on creating a data dashboard that will enable us to measure the true value of the digital age.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
As the metaverse continues to become a more established marketplace, and consumers become more familiar with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), NFT marketplaces, decentralized domains, bitcoin, crypto wallets and the blockchain, it is no surprise that intellectual property (IP) owners are starting to see an increase in unauthorized uses of their trademarks and copyrights.
The TTABlog
JUNE 1, 2022
The USPTO refused registration of the mark BREWSKI (in standard characters) for "Equipment sold as a unit for playing drinking games comprised of an apparatus for holding multiple cups," finding confusion likely with the registered mark BREWSKI BROTHERS for "sports balls" [BROTHERS disclaimed]. On appeal, applicant maintained that the marks engender different commercial impressions because BROTHERS is the dominant term in the cited mark, and further that the goods are significantly dissimilar, s
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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.
IPilogue
JUNE 1, 2022
Luna Li is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, academic discussions indicated that artificial intelligence (AI) would signify the fourth industrial revolution with tangible economic benefits and potential privacy concerns. With remote work becoming the new norm , there is a growing reliance on digital technologies that lack sufficient transparency and legal oversight.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
Patent Infringement Case- The pharmaceutical company Moderna finds itself in an intense a legal battle regarding its popular Covid vaccine. Plaintiffs Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences are attempting to hold Moderna accountable for patent infringement.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
The interactive illustrates the opportunity for employers to address key workplace factors (toxic workplace behavior, inclusivity, supportive growth environment, and sustainable work) and the potential impact on key outcomes (work engagement, job satisfaction, burnout symptoms, and intent to leave).
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
A recent federal appeals court decision has shed light on the legal status of delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (“delta-8 THC”) and its implications for cannabis brand owners. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that delta-8 THC falls squarely within the definition of “hemp” under the 2018 Farm Act, and is therefore lawful, despite its psychoactive properties.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
Human capital represents two-thirds of wealth for the average individual—and work experience contributes almost half of that value.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
On May 12, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application by Canada RNA Biochemical (C-RNA) for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39994) a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal relating to the refusal of a Natural Health Product (NHP) licence for C-RNA’s oral lumbrokinase capsules (BOLUOKE).
Nelligan Law
JUNE 1, 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Women should no longer feel like guests in the Canadian Armed Forces” states former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour in her report released May 30, 2022 which provides 48 recommendations to address what she describes as a “deeply deficient culture” within the Canadian military. The third report to be written on this issue in seven years concludes a year of work during a period when many senior Canadian military officers have been investigated for sexual misconduc
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
Retailers and restaurants have an opportunity to give Black consumers equitable access to the foods they want.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 1, 2022
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential trademark decision upholding a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruling that sustained two oppositions filed by Barclays Capital Inc. against Tiger Lily Ventures’ applications for registration of the standard character mark “LEHMAN BROTHERS.” The court also affirmed the dismissal of Tiger Lily’s opposition to Barclays’ application for registration of the LEHMAN BROTHERS mark and dismissed Barclays’ cross-a
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
Unlike newly elected governors, top appointees and officials typically start their jobs without the backing of a transition team. Still, with a strategic approach, they can hit the ground running.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 1, 2022
In a blog post on May 24, just over a month after being sworn in, Director Kathi Vidal stated that one of her priorities is to “accelerate change and communications by adopting interim processes and procedures while [the USPTO] work[s] to finalize.” A mere two days later, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued one such interim process for Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision circulation and internal PTAB review.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
Revolutionary innovations, brilliant ideas, and climate imperatives will change everything—except the fundamentals of finance and economics.
IP Law 360
JUNE 1, 2022
Barclays successfully blocked a small liquor company from lampooning the Lehman Brothers name on whiskey bottles Wednesday, with a precedential opinion from the Federal Circuit that the trademarks had not been abandoned after the firm's collapse in 2008.
IAM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2022
Revisions to the Copyright Collective Management Organisation Act aim to introduce greater transparency in managing CMOs, while also striving to improve their licensing efficiency with users.
McKinsey Operations
JUNE 1, 2022
Prices for petrochemicals in the United States have increased significantly, even beyond what fundamentals would dictate.
IAM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2022
Neither Sweden nor Finland are currently members of NATO, but joining and subsequently entering the agreement to safeguard the secrecy of inventions related to defence would give domestic defence companies access to new markets.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 1, 2022
New Internal Committee Structure to Appease Critics. Last week the PTAB announced a change to its internal handling of decisions. That is, while previously PTAB management reviewed certain decisions to ensure consistent treatment of relatively uncommon issues, that duty is now being passed to rank-and-file PTAB judges. Why would anyone care about this (other than me), and why the change?
IAM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2022
The legislative projects covered in the Plan are categorised either as Category I or Category II. It is essential that Category I projects are submitted for compliance checks and internal scrutiny by the deadline to prevent them being demoted to Category II.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 322 “On Temporary Regime For Performance of Obligations Towards Certain Rightsholders” on May 27, prohibiting Russian residents from making license payments to foreign bank accounts of rightsholders residing in “unfriendly states” or otherwise supporting sanctions against Russia.
IAM Magazine
JUNE 1, 2022
Licensing of 5G SEPs promises to become a highly lucrative market, making the 5G patent race more competitive than ever before – although the latest 5G patent data shows that the question of who is currently winning it remains unclear.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
On April 1, 2020, Napa Valley’s JaM Cellars (JaM) filed a complaint against The Wine Group (Group), the producer of the well-known boxed wine Franzia, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. According to the complaint, JaM is suing the Group for trademark infringement and unfair competition.
IP Law 360
JUNE 1, 2022
The former head of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's intellectual property litigation group will join Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 1, 2022
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-2140 (Fed. Cir. May 27, 2022) In a return to the Federal Circuit, this case again sets precedent concerning Patent Office Director review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions.
Patent Trademark Blog
JUNE 1, 2022
What should PCT applicants look for in a US national phase firm? When it comes to entering the US national phase, PCT applicants have a lot of options. Should you go with a big firm or small firm? Can a boutique IP firm handle US patent filings for a large client? How can you tell if a US national phase firm has experience with issues specific to PCT and national stages?
Chicago IP
JUNE 1, 2022
On Friday, June 3, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) will hold a panel discussion on Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Intellectual Property. The program will cover the use of trademarks by Indigenous nations for economic development, the protection of cultural heritage via copyrights, and the ongoing efforts to protect genetic and traditional knowledge in the pharmaceutical industr
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