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Why Teachers Are Worried About AI

Plagiarism Today

For academics concerned about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on academic integrity, it has been a very busy week. The reason is that OpenAI, the creators of the GPT line of AI products, opened the doors to their latest iteration, ChatGPT. The new version marks a significant advancement over their GPT3 AI, which was already known for being both extremely capable and easy to use.

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The “I Value Canadian Stories” Campaign: Time to Get Serious About Copyright Reform

Hugh Stephens Blog

At the end of November, on November 29 to be precise, the “I Value Canadian Stories” coalition launched a “Day of Action”.

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3 Count: The Box

Plagiarism Today

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Roddy Ricch Sued For Copyright Infringement Over Monster Hit ‘The Box’. First off today, Nancy Dillon at Rolling Stone reports that rapper Roddy Ricch has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit song The Box. The lawsuit was filed by songwriter Greg Perry, who alleges that The Box infringes his 1975 song Come on Down.

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Senate Judiciary Set to Consider Pride in Patent Ownership Bill Amid Opposition

IP Watchdog

As the Senate Judiciary Committee gears up for an Executive Business Meeting Thursday where members will in part consider S.2774, the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, co-sponsored by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), a number of patent advocacy organizations have sent a joint letter to the committee asking it to oppose the bill. The Pride in Patent Ownership Act (PPOA) is seemingly intended to ensure that the public has access to information about the true owner of a patent.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

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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Prager’s Lawsuit Over Biased Content Moderation Decisively Fails Again (This Time, in State Court)–Prager v. YouTube

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Adam Kovacevich has defined the “Prager Effect” as “suing Big Tech to make your MAGA censorship allegation, resulting in Courts significantly strengthening platforms’ legal rights to moderate.” Prager, which makes misleading videos that appear designed to radicalize kids to the MAGA agenda, sued YouTube over its demonetization decisions, claiming that YouTube had engaged in biased content moderation.

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Scammers Exploit EU’s Website to Advertise ‘Pirate’ Sites

TorrentFreak

The European Commission is no stranger when it comes to addressing the online piracy problem. Europe’s governing body facilitates piracy research and helps to arrange voluntary anti-piracy agreements. In addition, it releases its own bi-annual list of notorious pirate sites. Most of these efforts aim to address external problems but this week we learned that the EU also has a piracy issue within its own ranks, one that deserves immediate attention.

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ISPs Sued Over Pirate Movie Hosters Fembed, Uqload, Upvid, & Uvideo

TorrentFreak

As widely reported for most of this year, French anti-piracy agency ARCOM and numerous rightsholders have been using all available tools to reduce the availability of pirate sites. Questionable reports of unprecedented success aside, there’s no question that France is disrupting piracy as promised. Football , Formula 1 , tennis and dozens of other sports , are benefiting from blocking measures available under various processes.

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OSFI, FCAC, And CDIC Release Joint Statement Reinforcing Expectations For Crypto-Asset Activities And Crypto-Related Services

IPilogue

M. Imtiaz Karamat is an IP Osgoode Alumnus and Associate Lawyer at Deeth Williams Wall LLP. This article was originally posted on E-TIPS For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on November 30, 2022. On November 16, 2022, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), and the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) (collectively, the Federal Agencies) released a joint statement (the Statement) addressed to federally regulated entities

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Building a creator economy

McKinsey Operations

Marc Petit, Vice President of Unreal Engine Ecosystem at Epic Games, is optimistic about the promise of the metaverse, which he says will depend on real-time streaming of interactive, 3D content. An edited version of the conversation from our ‘Value creation in the metaverse’ report follows.

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JPM2023 Trendspotting: funding and early valuation

JD Supra Law

Caution remains a strong theme in the current market downturn. But caution should not lead to paralysis. Life sciences companies must confidently seek out and approach the opportunities that do exist. Now more than ever, companies must think strategically and be more nimble about attracting investments and/or strategic partnerships, pathways to regulatory approval, and product commercialization.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

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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How retailers in Europe can navigate rising inflation

McKinsey Operations

With inflation at record highs throughout Europe, retailers are under more pressure than ever. Those that act quickly and follow a holistic playbook can be well positioned to thrive.

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Apple Beats Patent Claims At PTAB After Loss At ITC

IP Law 360

Apple has succeeded in persuading a panel of Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges to wipe out all claims in patents owned by the health tech company AliveCor less than six months after a U.S. International Trade Commission judge decided that Apple Watches infringed two of them.

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How to Request a Trademark Extension For Office Action

Patent Trademark Blog

What is the new deadline to respond to trademark Office Actions? When you’ve practiced trademark law long enough, you take certain things for granted. Things like Office Action deadlines never seem to change. Patent Office Action deadlines are extendable. And, until recently, trademark Office Action deadlines were not extendable. Things change.

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Insurers Escape Coverage Of Software Co. In Oracle IP Row

IP Law 360

Three excess insurers of software company Rimini Street Inc. have no coverage obligations in its underlying copyright infringement battle with Oracle, an Illinois federal court ruled Wednesday, finding that exclusions barring coverage for claims arising from previous actions were applicable.

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Pixels make the picture: A guided tour through the granular world

McKinsey Operations

Our granular dataset offers a dramatically different view of human development around the world, uncovering the true depth and breadth of progress in places previously obscured by country averages.

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Scoping User Content Out of Bill C-11: Senate Committee Makes Much-Needed Change, But Will the Government Accept It?

Michael Geist

The widespread concern over Bill C-11 has largely focused on the potential CRTC regulation of user content. Despite repeated assurances from the government that “users are out, platforms are in”, the reality is that the bill kept the door open to regulating such content. The language in the bill is clear: Section 4.2 grants the CRTC the power to establish regulations on programs (which includes audio and audiovisual content by users).

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Romanian consumers in budget squeeze as they adapt to increasing uncertainty

McKinsey Operations

Romania’s consumer confidence is among the lowest in the region. Coupled with historically high inflation and the war in neighboring Ukraine, this lack of confidence is having a significant impact on purchasing habits. McKinsey’s Consumer Sentiment Survey, conducted in November 2022, found Romanians are changing their behavior to adapt to these concerns.

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Most Cited Business Scholar: The U.S. Can’t Just Create Innovation – It Must Capture It

IP Close Up

Despite the U.S.’s history of generating innovation, it has a less than stellar record for capturing and otherwise monetizing it. Digitalization and the ease of Continue reading.

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Effective employee resource groups are key to inclusion at work. Here’s how to get them right

McKinsey Operations

By aligning their work with corporate and employee expectations, employee resource groups can help people feel more included in the workplace.

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Navigating Tough Copyright Issues In International Trade

IP Law 360

As copyright protection and enforcement stand out as a priority for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, rights holders and importers can take several steps including both digital and physical oversight to protect their intellectual property rights and avoid unwanted scrutiny, says Robert Kossick at Harris Bricken.

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Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world

McKinsey Operations

Our world is big and complex, but human progress is still about life on the ground, up close and in detail.

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Now Available! 2022-2023 Edition of 50 State Non-Compete Desktop Reference

Trading Secrets

Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice group is pleased to provide the 2022-2023 edition of our 50 State Desktop Reference, which surveys the most-asked questions related to restrictive covenants and trade secrets in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. For the company executive, in-house counsel, or HR professional, we hope this guide will provide a starting point to answer your questions about restrictive covenants and protecting your company’s most valua

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Uneven impacts: Australian consumers and inflation

McKinsey Operations

Barely out of the disruptions of COVID-19, the Australian consumer has hit new turbulence in the form of significant inflation, mortgage rate rises, and energy price spikes driven (in part) by unstable geopolitical circumstances.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 2

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay. Part 1 of this post outlined augmented reality (AR) technology, its applications in the cultural heritage sector and its potential copyright implications. This part discusses the relevant copyright exceptions and limitations. Exceptions enabling AR for fostering education and participation in cultural life. Currently, EU law does not contain any broad clause enabling exploitations related to the development of AR.

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The execution imperative for European consumer-goods companies

McKinsey Operations

Our latest survey reveals the critical sales and marketing practices that help consumer-goods companies achieve commercial excellence and deliver profitable growth.

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McCarter & English IP Chair To Be Biotech Co. CLO

IP Law 360

Aurion Biotech, a company working on vision restoration technology, announced Wednesday it has appointed the chair of McCarter & English LLP's intellectual property practice as its chief legal officer.

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The last frontier: Development where it is needed most

McKinsey Operations

The number of people in microregions with low health and income fell by three quarters over the past 20 years. Most of the remaining microregions were in sub-Saharan Africa, but progress was substantial there, too.

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Rubik’s Cube ruling provides clarity for IP portfolio managers

IAM Magazine

Frankfurt’s regional court has ruled that the famous toy does not qualify for copyright protection, highlighting the strategic value of using a variety of different rights to protect functional objects.

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A miracle of widespread progress: A 20-year journey of health and income

McKinsey Operations

By 2019 3.5 billion people, close to half of the world’s population, lived in microregions with living standards equivalent to the top 21 percent in 2000.

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The power of music as an alternative asset class

IAM Magazine

Many artists assume that monetary value lies in physical objects such as instruments, awards or records, but they overlook the impact of intangibles. The real key to unlocking wealth for artists is hidden in plain sight.

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China times two: The worldwide spread of progress

McKinsey Operations

Among the 2 billion people in microregions that newly achieved high living standards over the past 20 years, 1.1 billion lived in China—and almost a billion more lived in microregions spread across 75 countries.

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Copyright Goes Bananas: District Court Rejects Maurizio Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claim Against His Taped Banana

LexBlog IP

During Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2019, Italian artist and provocateur Maurizio Cattelan [1] duct-taped a banana onto a white wall. Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] On January 4, 2021, pro se plaintiff Joe Morford filed a complaint in the Southern District of Florida claiming that Cattelan’s Comedian infringes Morford’s preexisting work, Banana & Orange. [3] On July 6, 2022, J

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Mozilla’s Mark Surman: Let’s make AI as trustworthy as seatbelts

McKinsey Operations

The Mozilla Foundation’s president explains that creating trustworthy AI products not only is ethically urgent but can also pay off in company profit and customer value.

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Inevitable lawsuit by music people against MySpace

Likelihood of Confusion

The Times gets the story down. (On topics not involving politics, regarding which the paper is hopelessly corrupt, it’s still very good.) Is clunky, social-networking-for-twenty-somethings pioneer MySpace really entitled to. The post Inevitable lawsuit by music people against MySpace appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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2023 McKinsey China Consumer Report: A Time of Resilience

McKinsey Operations

Five trends are reshaping China’s consumer market.

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