Plagiarism Today
MARCH 7, 2023
Physician and author Dr. David Agus has found himself in a plagiarism scandal. However, the issue goes beyond a few innocent mistakes. The post Explained: the David Agus Plagiarism Scandal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 7, 2023
In May 2022, Elon Musk declared overzealous use of the DMCA a “plague on humanity.” As CEO of Twitter, Musk understands that his platform has certain obligations if it wishes to maintain protection from liability under copyright law. On receipt of a properly formatted and submitted takedown notice, allegedly infringing content must be taken down.
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Plagiarism Today
MARCH 7, 2023
Grande Communications wants a jury award tossed, a new dynamic site blocking order in Argentina and AI-created manga to hit shelves. The post 3 Count: AI Manga appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Patently-O
MARCH 7, 2023
by Dennis Crouch The pending Supreme Court case of Amgen v. Sanofi focuses on a broadly claimed genus and asks whether the disclosure is sufficiently detailed. The Federal Circuit’s recent UMN v. Gilead is the flip-side. Regents of the U. of Minnesota v. Gilead Scis., Inc. , 2021-2168, — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2023). UNM’s original disclosure is extremely broad with “laundry lists” of components that might be included in various combinations; while th
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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?
SpicyIP
MARCH 7, 2023
The issue of Computer Related Inventions (CRI) in India has popped up again, with Delhi High Court presently hearing an appeal against an order of the Patent Office rejecting an application filed by Microsoft, titled ‘Reversible 2-Dimensional Pre-/Post- Filtering For Lapped Biorthogonal Transform’, under Section 3(k). SpicyIP intern Sukarm Sharma discusses this ongoing dispute, in light of the CRI 2016 guidelines and the Ferid Allani order.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 7, 2023
Two years ago, Internet provider RCN was sued by several film companies, including the makers of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, London Has Fallen, and Hellboy. The filmmakers accused the provider of failing to act against customers accused of piracy. Rather than terminating the accounts of persistent copyright infringers, the Internet provider looked away, they argued.
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Copyright Alliance
MARCH 7, 2023
Women make up only 25% of all directors, writers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the 250 top-grossing films; 2.8% of all producers within the music industry; and over […] The post Women Creators Advocating for Underrepresented Communities appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
Velocity of Content
MARCH 7, 2023
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has adopted the industry-leading Ringgold Identify Database as its Persistent Identifier (PID) solution to streamline organizational data, helping power its Open Access (OA) publishing process with reliability and inclusivity. A critical aspect leading to the decision was the precision with which PLOS could match accepted papers to institutional funding under its Community Action Publishing (CAP) program.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) is known for her beauty and acting abilities, A Golden Era leading lady who starred in such films as Cecille B. DeMille’s Oscar-winning Samson and Delilah (1949).
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 7, 2023
As executive vice president and CEO of US businesses at Prudential, Caroline Feeney has found success by staying true to herself and helping others to climb the ladder.
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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.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA V. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. Before Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: For drug patents, adequate written description of a broad genus claim requires (1) description of the outer limits of the genus and (2) a representative number of genus members or description of structural features common to genus members such that a skilled artisan can visualize or recognize genus members.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 7, 2023
Investing in understanding the needs of customers and the healthcare ecosystem in the early stages of innovation can boost performance and reduce the risk of failure.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
Despite the recent market turbulence for cryptocurrencies and associated high profile scandals, investment in Web 3.0 assets continues as investors look to take advantage of depressed valuations and corporations continue to develop their Web 3.0 & Metaverse strategies in order to protect their brands, IP rights and business lines in this new, shared virtual environment.
Michael Geist
MARCH 7, 2023
Google was scheduled to appear before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage yesterday to discuss Bill C-18 and its test of the removal of links to Canadian news services for a small percentage of its users, but the meeting was postponed due to technical difficulties. That ensured that the big Bill C-18 news of the day did not come from the hearing, but rather from an exceptional Ricochet Media article featuring comments from Senator Paula Simons that should heighten concern about the gover
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
Steep Drop in Discretionary Denials — But Will It Last? The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) may be becoming more petitioner-friendly following a June 2022 memorandum that significantly narrows a precedent-setting case’s application for discretionary denials.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 7, 2023
Higher inflation, higher interest rates, and other challenges mean that the real estate industry needs new paths to success.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
We previously discussed the UK Court of Appeal's judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs in December 2021 (Court of Appeal Judgment on Machine Inventors). Permission to appeal that judgment to the UK Supreme Court was granted on 12 August 2022 and an oral hearing was held on 02 March 2023.
Christopher Roser
MARCH 7, 2023
Putting your processes closer together in manufacturing obviously saves space. However, there are many more benefits of putting processes closer together. Let me give you a run down of the benefits: Space The obvious benefit is to require less space for your machines. Shop floor space does cost money (regardless if rented or owned). Albeit, Read more The post On the Benefits of Putting Your Processes Close Together first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
Be careful of showing your claimed inventions at tradeshows. On February 15, 2023, the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed a summary judgment ruling that, by merely showcasing an embodying device at an industry event (the “Event”), Minerva Surgical, Inc. (“Minerva”) had engaged in an invalidating public use more than one year before its patent filing. .
The TTABlog
MARCH 7, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [ TTABlogged here ], upholding the ruling of the TTAB [ TTABlogged here ] that the term GRUYERE is generic for cheese and therefore unregistrable as a certification mark. Interprofession du Gruyère et al. v. U.S.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) organizes its examining corps into technical centers (TCs). Each TC is dedicated to one or more general technical fields. In some cases, one TC may include two or more unrelated fields, while some fields (software, for example) are represented in multiple TCs. Currently there are nine TCs, not counting one dedicated to reissues.
U.S. Department of Commerce
MARCH 7, 2023
Women's History Month: Driving Change and Modernization in Information Technology Systems March 7, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Tue, 03/07/2023 - 11:01 By Deborah Stephens, Deputy Chief Information Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office My name is Debbie Stephens, and I am the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) for the Commerce Department’s U.S.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
Attorney Steve® Photo Infringement News for Real Estate Professionals - My law firm is a boutique intellectual property law firm with a strong focus on copyright issues, including photographs and drone videos. We are seeing more and more disputes involving the use of unlicensed photographs.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 7, 2023
Patents essential to standards are surrounded by discussion, dispute and litigation. A key focus of this activity is how to decide on what is a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rate for using standard-essential patents (SEPs), and arrive at a number that both licensor and licensee can accept. In other words, we need a “path to success”.
The IPKat
MARCH 7, 2023
It is that time of the year once again - Katfriends Irene Calboli and Jacques de Werra provide IPKat readers with a summary of the Fifth IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Conference. The previous three IPIRA conference reports can be viewed here , here , here and here. Below is what Irene and Jacques write: Conference Report: Fifth IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference by Irene Calboli and Jacques de Werra Dear IPKat friends, IPIRA finally resumed in person this past w
IP Close Up
MARCH 7, 2023
Non-practicing patent owners or NPEs are reportedly responsible for filing the bulk of patent infringement suits.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 7, 2023
To make sustainable progress toward gender equality, businesses need to go beyond table stakes. What steps can companies in Asia take to address this challenge?
IP Law 360
MARCH 7, 2023
A Stanford professor on Tuesday told a California jury considering claims that TikTok's "Stitch" feature infringes the trademark of London editing house Stitch Editing Ltd. that a survey he conducted found little customer confusion between the two companies, with only a small percentage of test respondents thinking there is a connection.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 7, 2023
Panelists at IPWatchdog’s Artificial Intelligence Masters Program today debated how artificial intelligence (AI) interacts with intellectual property protection, and how laws around who (or what) can be an inventor or creator, as well as areas like patent eligibility, will need to evolve to ensure the continued “gold standard” status of the U.S. IP system.
IP Law 360
MARCH 7, 2023
An Arizona federal judge relieved Watford Specialty Insurance Co. of covering two consent judgments between 13 models and two strip clubs, finding that an exclusion in the clubs' policies prevents coverage.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 7, 2023
In a precedential decision published Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to invalidate a pharmaceutical patent owned by the University of Minnesota. Gilead Sciences filed an inter partes review (IPR) in 2017 challenging the claims of the university’s U.S.
IP Law 360
MARCH 7, 2023
A federal judge in Boston has decided Facebook's parent company will have to go to a jury trial later this year to fight allegations that an open-source code the social media platform released to make artificial intelligence programs move faster was stolen from a startup whose top researcher it poached — and a jury can hear expert testimony arguing Meta owes as much as $766 million.
The IPKat
MARCH 7, 2023
The courts of Singapore have seen a series of interesting developments in connection with distinctiveness under trade mark law. Kat friends Gillian Tan and Mark Teng discuss a recent decision that may provide some welcomed clarity on the issue. In November 2022, Twitter Inc. (“Twitter”) won a publicised trade mark opposition action against a Singapore-founded tech start-up, V V Technology Pte Ltd (“V V”).
IP Law 360
MARCH 7, 2023
A Washington federal judge and self-described Soundgarden fan on Tuesday urged the surviving members of the band and the widow of singer Chris Cornell to resolve their legal fight over Cornell's unreleased recordings without letting the dispute tarnish the band's legacy.
Olartemoure Blog
MARCH 7, 2023
What are PETs? Privacy-enhancing technologies are tools and techniques designed to protect users’ personal data and privacy by enabling the analysis and sharing of insights within data, without sharing the data itself. They minimize the use of data as they maximize its control. Why are they useful? They allow people’s data to be extracted, but not to be tracked back to them, which increases the security of personal information.
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