Plagiarism Today
JUNE 14, 2023
An Italian photographer is facing allegations after winning several awards using another photographer's work. Here's how to prevent it. The post How a Photographer Won Awards with Plagiarized Images appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
JUNE 14, 2023
Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. The same accusations were also made against Phoenix Digital Group, the alleged creators of the ‘Destiny 2’ cheating software. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law.
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Plagiarism Today
JUNE 14, 2023
Judge tosses banana art case, Tokyo court rules against blogger in subtitle battle and Comcast forced to identify suspected pirate. The post 3 Count: Banana Problems appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products, LLC, a trademark case concerning the First Amendment parody defense. In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kagan, the court sided with Jack Daniel’s Properties, ruling that the First Amendment did not protect the “Bad Spaniels” dog chew toy that mimicked the iconic Jack Daniel’s liquor bottle (see side-by-side comparison below).
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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?
The Trichordist
JUNE 14, 2023
If you’re like us, you have an office pool on who will win the eagerly anticipated release of the MLC’s 2022 tax return! “Winning” in this case… Read more "Win Your Office Pool on MLC Salary Raises!
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 14, 2023
Attributed to Daniele da Volterra, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons On 20 April 2023, the Italian Civil Court of first instance of Florence (Tribunale civile di Firenze) issued a decision that held unlawful the reproduction by lenticular technique of the image of Michelangelo’s David and its juxtaposition with the image of a male model on the cover of GQ magazine.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 14, 2023
Image by Nikin from Pixabay My university, like so many others, is offering prompt engineering lessons to both students and faculty. The same is true at high schools around the world from what I can see. Cool professors have already modified their exams to ask students to write a prompt that could be submitted to a Large Language Model (LLM). Professors who may try to be cool but aren’t (like yours truly) have given their students an answer prepared by ChatGPT and asked them to spot hallucinati
Michael Geist
JUNE 14, 2023
The debate over Bill C-11 was marked by a massive effort from digital creators to urge the government to exclude user content regulation from the scope of the legislation. While Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez misleadingly insisted that user content was not covered by the bill, it took a policy direction to the CRTC (which is still in draft form) after the bill was passed to make that a reality.
IP Law 360
JUNE 14, 2023
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has cleared Apple of claims that its mobile wallet app infringes a contactless payment patent held by technology maker Fintiv, canceling a long-awaited July jury trial after years of twists and turns in the litigation that was the impetus for a controversial Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedent.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices. The original RFC included a bad link for the comments form, so the Office published a new link and also extended the deadline for comments from July 11, 2023, to July 17.
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IP Law 360
JUNE 14, 2023
Dozens of major music publishers on Wednesday accused Twitter of "fueling its business" by intentionally breeding "massive" and "pervasive" copyright infringement on its platform, according to an approximately $250 million lawsuit filed in Tennessee federal court.
Trading Secrets
JUNE 14, 2023
New York is poised to join the growing number of states enacting legislation to curtail the use of non-compete agreements by employers. On June 7, 2023, the New York State Senate voted to pass Bill No. S3100A, which, if enacted, would ban all post-employment non-compete agreements, along with Bill No. S6748, which is generally aimed at preventing the establishment of monopolies, monopsonies, and restraints of trade by, among other things, curtailing the use of non-compete agreements.
IP Law 360
JUNE 14, 2023
A Washington federal judge has affirmed game maker Bungie's $4.4 million arbitration award in its suit accusing a cheat code seller of offering software that infringes its copyrights and trademarks for the developer's Destiny 2 video game.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 14, 2023
New York is poised to join the growing number of states enacting legislation to curtail the use of non-compete agreements by employers. On June 7, 2023, the New York State Senate voted to pass Bill No. S3100A, which, if enacted, would ban all post-employment non-compete agreements, along with Bill No. S6748, which is generally aimed at preventing the establishment of monopolies, monopsonies, and restraints of trade by, among other things, curtailing the use of non-compete agreements.
IP Law 360
JUNE 14, 2023
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's recent Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings decision, rejecting a consumer's opposition to the "Rapunzel" trademark, limits standing to those with commercial interests, and may be influenced by the board's need to control a growing caseload, says Joel Samuels at Harness IP.
Trading Secrets
JUNE 14, 2023
As various states and federal agencies seek to prohibit or limit the use of non-competes, Connecticut joined the trend. Connecticut’s new legislation, SB 9, expands restrictions on the enforceability of physician non-competes and extends these restrictions to advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs). Connecticut: SB 9 On June 5, 2023, the Connecticut Senate passed SB 9, sending it to Governor Ned Lamont to sign into law.
IP Law 360
JUNE 14, 2023
The hybrid office attendance model doesn't work for all employees, but it does for many — and balancing these two groups is important for associate retention and maintaining a BigLaw firm culture that supports all attorneys, says Summer Eberhard at Major Lindsey.
The IPKat
JUNE 14, 2023
As the celebrations for the 20th birthday of the IPKat have come to an end, here is what you missed last week from the IPKat. 20 Years of the IPKat Image by Riana Harvey Eleonora Rosati reported on the first part of the IPKat’s 20th Birthday Conference. In this report, a link to the official photographs of the day was shared in addition to the welcome address by the host David Stone, Hayleigh Bosher and Eleonora Rosati who introduced the recent release of the edited collection.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
Trade secret identification remains a hot button issue. Notwithstanding years of commentary and a statutory framework for trade secret identification in some states, including California, courts across the country continue to take differing approaches to trade secret allegations. Please see full Publication below for more information.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
McKee Voorhees & Sease is seeking a licensed Patent Attorney/Agent to join the firm’s expanding Chemical and Biotechnology practice group. Preference for candidates with hybrid work arrangements based out of Des Moines, IA. Remote work arrangements will be considered for ideal candidates. Successful candidates will work with senior associates/patent agents, partners, and directly with clients in all phases of patent prosecution, including patent preparation, prosecution, and international p
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
Every patent names the individual or individuals who are credited with creating the invention claimed in the patent. Having incorrect names listed potentially risks both ownership and validity of the patent. With today’s collaborative environments and complex inventions, knowing which names to include continues to be a challenge that inventors, intellectual property owners, and patent practitioners must address with every application.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices. The original RFC included a bad link for the comments form, so the Office published a new link and also extended the deadline for comments from July 11, 2023, to July 17.
Traverse Legal Blog
JUNE 14, 2023
The AI industry is witnessing an era of unprecedented growth, presenting a plethora of opportunities for groundbreaking innovation. But as technology advances, so must the legal framework that surrounds it. AI website agreements – terms of use and privacy agreements – play an instrumental role in this context, tackling many complex issues, including data privacy, informed consent, data security, and intellectual property management.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
McKee Voorhees & Sease is seeking a licensed Patent Attorney/Agent to join the firm’s expanding Chemical and Biotechnology practice group. Preference for candidates with hybrid work arrangements based out of Des Moines, IA. Remote work arrangements will be considered for ideal candidates. Successful candidates will work with senior associates/patent agents, partners, and directly with clients in all phases of patent prosecution, including patent preparation, prosecution, and international p
LexBlog IP
JUNE 14, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a notice that a data security incident exposed domicile addresses of numerous trademark applicants who filed applications between February 2020 and March 2023. A copy of the first page of the notice is below: The USPTO stated that the incident occurred when a vulnerability in its API (Application Programming Interface) allowed unauthorized access to the trademark applicants’ domicile addresses.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices. The original RFC included a bad link for the comments form, so the Office published a new link and also extended the deadline for comments from July 11, 2023, to July 17.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
YITA LLC V. MACNEIL IP LLC - Before Taranto, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Evidence of commercial success that relates entirely to an individual claim element that was disclosed in the prior art cannot support a finding of non-obviousness.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
McKee Voorhees & Sease is seeking a licensed Patent Attorney/Agent to join the firm’s expanding Chemical and Biotechnology practice group. Preference for candidates with hybrid work arrangements based out of Des Moines, IA. Remote work arrangements will be considered for ideal candidates. Successful candidates will work with senior associates/patent agents, partners, and directly with clients in all phases of patent prosecution, including patent preparation, prosecution, and international p
LexBlog IP
JUNE 14, 2023
Can you still have noncompete agreements with your employees? What if you explicitly state that the agreement protects trade secrets or other proprietary information? There has been a lot of buzz about this issue, and recently the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board joined the conversation with a memorandum, GC 23-08 , opining that noncompete and non-solicitation agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices. The original RFC included a bad link for the comments form, so the Office published a new link and also extended the deadline for comments from July 11, 2023, to July 17.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, 599 U.S. , 2023 WL 3872519, reversing VIP Products’ victory in a trademark case against Jack Daniel’s, and remanding to the Arizona District Court for further proceedings.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 14, 2023
Earlier this month, the IRS released much-awaited guidance on what areas will qualify as an “energy community” for purposes of the energy production and investment tax credits in Notice 2023-29. Under Code sections 45, 45Y, 48, and 45E, qualifying energy projects located within an energy community are eligible for a significant bonus tax credit—10% or 2 percentage points, as applicable to the specific credit.
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) decided the case of Yuzu Labs Public Benefit Corporation, 2017 WL 3102592. The TTAB is an administrative board that deals with issues arising out of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
IP Watchdog
JUNE 14, 2023
McKee Voorhees & Sease is seeking a licensed Patent Attorney/Agent to join the firm’s expanding Chemical and Biotechnology practice group. Preference for candidates with hybrid work arrangements based out of Des Moines, IA. Remote work arrangements will be considered for ideal candidates. Successful candidates will work with senior associates/patent agents, partners, and directly with clients in all phases of patent prosecution, including patent preparation, prosecution, and international p
JD Supra Law
JUNE 14, 2023
Last week, the Federal Circuit issued another precedential decision on inventorship. However, unlike in HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation (22-1696) where the appellate panel found the purported inventor’s contribution to be “insignificant in quality. [when] measured against dimension of the full invention,” the panel in Blue Gentian, LLC v. Tristar Products, Inc. (21-2136) found the inventorship to be in need of correction.
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