Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Freeplay Sues CNN Over Music Used in News Reports. First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the music production company Freeplay music has filed a lawsuit against CNN, alleging that the news organization used their music in news segments without a license.
Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The FIFA World Cup tournament is one of the biggest athletic and global events in the world. With the tournament underway, Erik shares some insights about FIFA trademarks, along with the stars on the pitch – many of who have brands that are not fully protected. The post World Cup 2022 Trademark Stories appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.
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Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Reddit, like any other large site that hosts content uploaded by users, received a massive number of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices. . In fact, according to their most recent transparency report , that includes some 176,959 notices covering some 738,010 pieces of content in just the first six months of 2022. According to Reddit, these notices resulted in some 564,730 pieces of content being removed, resulting in a “content actionability rate” of 76.5%.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 6, 2022
From a standing start in 2017, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is now the largest and most successful anti-piracy coalition on the planet. ACE now reports on developments every few days, but that barely scratches the surface. Official announcements represent just a fraction of its work and behind the scenes, an endless stream of sites, services, and related entities are shutting down under ACE pressure every week.
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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?
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) this morning announced support for delaying the deadline to decide whether to extend a waiver of intellectual property rights under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to diagnostics and therapeutics. The USTR also said it has asked the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) “to launch an investigation into COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics and provide information on market dy
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Pirate site blockades are the preferred anti-piracy tool for many copyright holders around the world. This is also the case in Australia, where blocking injunctions are commonplace today. Today, a group of prominent movie companies including Disney, Netflix, and Village Roadshow, obtained the latest blocking order in Australia’s Federal Court. 52 Pirate Sites, 92 Domain Names.
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IPilogue
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, IP Innovation Clinic Senior Fellow and 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Photo by Buda Photography. On November 9, IP Osgoode, Reichman University and Microsoft hosted the first in-person Bracing for Impact Conference since 2019. The conference focussed on “The Future of AI for Society.” While AI is full of exciting possibilities, real-world application and integration are relatively nascent.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Five proven use cases show how artificial intelligence is creating value for advanced industrial companies.
Michael Geist
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The Senate committee studying Bill C-11 has ramped up the hours devoted to clause-by-clause review with amendments related to user generated content currently up for debate. However, earlier today, just prior to addressing the user content issue, the committee shockingly adopted an amendment that adds age verification for online undertakings to the Broadcasting Act.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Imagine the following scenario: You, as the founder of a business, have spent the past three years building your company. You have been bootstrapping until now, but the company is at a crossroads and in order to grow the company to its full potential, you have decided to turn to venture capital to attract additional funding.
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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.
Intepat
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The year 2022 has been an extremely important year for the development of trademark jurisprudence in India. There have been various landmark judgements which have not only highlighted cardinal principles of trademark law but have also given a nuanced understanding of how Courts interpret statutory trademark provisions. Mentioned below are some crucial judgements passed in the year 2022 on matters dealing with trademark infringement.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
After his recent acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk announced sweeping changes to the platform. Among them is his crusade to suspend accounts impersonating others unless the account “clearly” specifies the account is for parody.
Patent Trademark Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2022
What does house mark mean? Normally, a trademark is tied to a particular product or service. You don’t register a trademark in a vacuum without specifying the goods or services under the mark. A house mark is an exception to this general rule in that it identifies the provider of a wide variety of goods or services. In most cases, the goods or services are identified by a separate trademark.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Metaverse, NFTs, and virtual reality are buzzwords that shed light on an exciting technological future, and the immense challenges right owners are facing in this new virtual world. How does the use of brands in the Metaverse relate to traditional brand protection strategies? In how many ways are copyrights created and affected in virtual reality? Can existing regulations be adapted to this new reality to create new legal provisions for the Metaverse in order to grant users and right owners.
Velocity of Content
DECEMBER 6, 2022
CCC will host its next virtual “Workflow of the Future” event on Thursday, 8 December at 11:00 am EST focused on how standards can help organizations meet sustainability goals. Click here to register for the free webcast. Industry experts will discuss how standards help businesses prioritize the environment. They will also explore how standards development organizations (SDOs) are finding new ways to make it easier for engineers and researchers to access these authoritative materials while prote
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Ginegar LLC sued Slack Technologies, Inc. for infringing its patents involving instant messaging systems. Judge William H. Orrick previously dismissed Ginegar’s claims for failure to satisfy Section 101 with leave to amend.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Advanced air mobility could revolutionize passenger transportation, and the digital platforms that support it must be equally innovative.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted a request for rehearing of a final written decision in which it had originally determined that the challenged were not unpatentable. On rehearing, the board found that petitioner’s reliance on applicant admitted prior art (AAPA) was proper because it was not the sole basis of any ground in the inter partes review proceeding.
The IPKat
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” held another roundtable session ( Thursday Thingies ), the topic of which related to the overlaps between copyright and design law (details of the event to be found here ). Katfriend Linnéa Hedström (Lind Edlund Kenamets Intellectual Property AB) was also there and has now prepared a report for The IPKat.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
USPTO Leadership -.This month, Director Kathi Vidal delivered official remarks at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium. USPTO News -.On November 16, the USPTO and the Department of Commerce launched the Women’s Entrepreneurship (WE) initiative, which aims to empower women founders in the United States.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 6, 2022
McKinsey benchmark data highlight challenges for European machinery companies. A response focused on supply chains and sustainability can help.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
For investors in innovation, it is a priority to count on legal mechanisms to secure some level of exclusivity in the exploitation of their innovations, to seek a return on their investment. The first legal alternative at hand is to get a patent for the innovation. However, patents are not the only mechanism to obtain legal protection; other instruments may provide effective legal protection, as long as the innovator plans and implement measures and proceedings, from an early stage, to secure.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 6, 2022
INTRODUCTION. Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. The transformed state of music now also includes remixes which on a substantial purview might engage in conflict with the foundational legal rights of the music produced by the musici
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Grubhub cofounder Mike Evans shares how he started one of the largest food delivery companies in the world and advises budding entrepreneurs on finding success.
Christopher Roser
DECEMBER 6, 2022
As part of our Van of Nerds tour through France, we also visited two research laboratories. While not shop floors, these are the places to experiment with new technologies. Campus Fab, Bondoufle The Campus Fab in Bondoufle near Paris is an innovative demonstration lab with lots of fancy technology to showcase Industry 4.0, including advanced. Read more.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
DECEMBER 6, 2022
On December 5, 2022, the President of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal, Klaus Grabinski, and the Acting Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the UPC, Johannes Karcher, announced an adjustment of the timeline of the UPC. According to the announcement, the start of the Sunrise Period is postponed by two months to 1 March 2023. The initial roadmap foresaw 1 January 2023 as the beginning of the Sunrise Period, with an entry into force of the UPCA on 1 April 2023.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2022
by Kieran McCarthy. [Eric’s note: this is the first of a two-part series on the denouement of the hiQ v. LinkedIn case. This part explains the most recent ruling, a devastating but not unexpected loss for hiQ. The next part debunks some of the myths that have grown up around the hiQ case during the years of judicial confusion it has caused.]. hiQ Labs, Inc. v.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 6, 2022
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas has ordered Google to post a $20 million bond to cover a jury verdict in a patent case amid appeal, ruling that the company's lawyers haven't put forward enough evidence that the global tech titan — currently worth well over $1 trillion — will remain solvent for the next year.
McKinsey Operations
DECEMBER 6, 2022
As the field of risk management evolves, the value proposition for employees has to evolve as well.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A New York federal magistrate judge said she thinks lawyers for MLB don't have the goods yet to sanction Sportvision's newer owners for filing an ongoing patent lawsuit over MLB allegedly breaking a lucrative licensing deal.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
TREEHOUSE AVATAR LLC v. VALVE CORPORATION - Before Lourie, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Summary: The district court did not abuse its discretion in striking expert testimony inconsistent with the court’s claim construction. Nor did the district court err in granting summary judgment of noninfringement after striking the expert testimony.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Two computer scientists can't revive their injunction requests in their challenge of a provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that bans circumventing digital locks on copyrighted works like books and movies, the D.C. Circuit ruled in a published opinion Tuesday.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Treehouse Avatar LLC v. Valve Corp., Appeal No. 2022-1171 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 30, 2022) - In the only precedential patent opinion issued by the Federal Circuit this week, the Court affirmed a district court’s summary judgment ruling that appellee Valve Corporation’s popular “Dota 2” and “Team Fortress 2” online videogames did not infringe Treehouse Avatar’s U.S.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a win for Verizon and Yahoo in a copyright claim over images displayed on Yahoo's Tumblr social networking website, finding that the facts alleged by the creator of the images plausibly pleaded the claim within the bounds of the circuit's Perfect 10 ruling.
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