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Writers! Do You Know your Drafts on MS Word are being Scooped by Microsoft to Build its AI Algorithm? But You Can Stop This From Happening (Read On).

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock Although I post my blog content on WordPress, I usually use MS Word to draft my content initially. I am used to it, and it is easy to use. Little did I know that, according to the blogsite and forum nixCraft, Microsoft recently (September Privacy update) switched on a feature that allows them … Continue reading "Writers! Do You Know your Drafts on MS Word are being Scooped by Microsoft to Build its AI Algorithm?

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MAME Devs Spent 628 Years Cracking Protection on 712 Retro Games

TorrentFreak

With the next cutting-edge big-budget AAA masterpiece never too far away, thousands of 8bit and 16bit classics dating back almost 50 years sit quietly by, waiting for the arrival of the next wave of curious explorers. The magic of emulation makes all of this happen and for many retro gaming enthusiasts, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ( MAME ) rules them all.

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Copyright Owners Are Still Suing Over Embedding

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I thought the legality of embedding was definitively resolved when the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the “server test” in the Hunley v. Instagram case (note: the 9th Circuit has reaffirmed Hunley twice). Not so. Plaintiffs are still regularly bringing lawsuits over embedding. Three embedding rulings, all from Tuesday: Richardson v. Townsquare Media, Inc., 2025 WL 89191 (S.D.N.Y.

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Saturday Sundries

The IPKat

It's a new year and a fresh start to IP news, events and opportunities. IPKat reminders Katcall: Openings for GuestKats and InternKats! The deadline for submissions to the openings for GuestKat and InternKat positions (as announced here ) is approaching. Those interested must submit their complete applications no later than Monday, 20 January (midnight GMT).

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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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Precedential No. 2: TTAB Sustains Section 14(3) Opposition to LA MONTSERRATINA for Meat Products Based on Reputation in USA Without Use

The TTABlog

Ruling that the potential harm to Opposer Plumrose Holdings' reputation in the United States gave it "standing" despite lack of use of its marks in this country, the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark LA MONTSERRATINA in the form shown immediately below, for ham, sausage, and other meat products, on the ground of misrepresentation of source under Section 14(3) of the Lanham Act.

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Copyright AI: Understanding Substantive Legal Developments

Barry Sookman

I head the pleasure of speaking yesterday at the Law Society of Ontarios 29th Intellectual Property Law Program: The year in Review. I was speaking on a panel “Artificial Intelligence: Substantive Legal Developments in Copyright Claims” along with Sana Halwani. Program can be found @ [link]. My slides can be accessed below.… The post Copyright AI: Understanding Substantive Legal Developments appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Priority by Two Days: TTAB Grants Cancellation in Domain Name Dispute Turned Trademark Battle

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch As someone quite familiar with the subject matter, I was looking forward to writing about the trademark battle of Nerdio, Inc. v. NerdIO Limited. The appeal was recently dismissed based upon a joint stipulation, but I still wanted to dig into the TTAB file for a few nuggets. Nerdio, Inc. v. NerdIO Limited , Cancellation No. 92075281 (TTAB May 14, 2024).