Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of our video Why Some Trademarks Receive More Protection Than Others Not all trademarks are created equally. Some are entitled to more protection than others. A trademark can be anything that indicates the source of a business’s products or services, such as: words logos slogans colors13 sounds product shapes product packaging building shapes We’re going to be focusing on words and why some get more protection than others.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Guns n' Roses photographer claims copyright infringement, UK photographer wins against radio site and lawsuit against Grande dropped. The post 3 Count: Guns N’ Lawsuits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As reported by Insider last week, the Andreessen Horowitz VC firm a16z, complains that potential copyright liability for AI developers could harm the interest of their investors. “Imposing the cost of actual or potential copyright liability on the creators of AI models will either kill or significantly hamper their development,” they state, as quoted by […] The post With AI, Big Tech is No Longer Pretending to Care appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

App developers who pay 30% commission fee to Apple via In-App Purchasing should take note of an important legal decision recently presented to the Supreme Court for possible review. The Supreme Court’s decision whether to take the case, and its ultimate decision if it does take the case, will directly affect the commission that developers must pay Apple to sell their products using the App Store.

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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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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Image: Shutterstock This has been a busy couple of weeks for national and international declarations on Artificial Intelligence (AI). First the G7 issued its International Code of Conduct for Advanced AI Systems on October 30.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Erik M. Pelton & Associates (EMP&A) is a boutique firm focusing on trademark protection for businesses and brands, including trademark and copyright applications, trademark disputes, matters with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, trademark clearance searches, and other matters. We are seeking a law student for a paid IP/Trademark internship ($25/hr) from January to May 2024.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While all non-compliant DMCA takedown notices are invalid by default, there’s a huge difference between those sent in error and others crafted for purely malicious purposes. Bogus DMCA takedown notices are nothing new, but the rise of organized groups using malicious DMCA notices as a business tool has been apparent in recent years. Since the vast majority of culprits facing zero consequences, that may have acted as motivation to send more.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “EO”), issued on October 30, 2023, includes many initiatives relating to the development and use of artificial intelligence (“AI”). This alert focuses on key aspects of the EO with respect to intellectual property (“IP”) and may help inform an organization’s AI-related IP risk mitigation efforts as well as development of relevant internal protocols and guardrails.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Facebook and Instagram have become rife with copyright infringement notice scams. Here's how they work and how to avoid them. The post How to Avoid Facebook/Instagram Copyright Scams appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Advertiser: IPO

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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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Erik shares 3 quick tips for recognizing and avoiding trademark scammers. The post Top Tips for Avoiding Trademark Scams appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik shares 3 quick tips for recognizing and avoiding trademark scammers.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

On November 12, 2005, I started a ‘blog’ to share news snippets and information about emerging file-sharing technology. At the time it would’ve been unthinkable that it would still draw visitors in 2023. But here we are. Running a site like this on your own is impossible, so luckily Andy joined TF in 2006. Without his tireless input, the site wouldn’t be where it is today.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A federal district court judge has ordered a conceptual artist and his partner to pay more than $1.5 million in damages for copying Bored Ape’s Non-Fungible Token (NFT) art. Plaintiff Yuga Labs, Inc. is the creator of one of the world’s most well-known and successful NFT collections, known as the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

AI is causing a divide in journalism as news organizations work to find boundaries for the use of AI in reporting and licensing their work. The post The Divide in Journalism Over AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The President’s recent Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence instructs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director and Copyright Registrar to collaboratively issue recommendations to the President on further actions for advancing AI innovation through intellectual property, particularly with respect to AI inventorship and AI authorship.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The government plans to release its final policy direction on Bill C-11 today just days ahead of the start of a weeks-long series of hearings at the CRTC on the Online Streaming Act (I am scheduled to appear in early December). Ahead of the release, Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge tries to re-write history, urging fast enactment of the legislation and blaming the Conservatives for the delays.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last month, Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Vital”), the manufacturer of the Bang energy drink, fell short in its post-trial challenge to a “monster” jury award in favor of Monster Energy Company (“Monster”).

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Judge plans to trim AI lawsuit against Meta, Dutch pirates to receive more than just warnings and Rec Room sues cheating player. The post 3 Count: Rec Room Blues appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that a final rule will be published tomorrow, November 16, in the Federal Register implementing a design patent practitioner bar. The Office first published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register in May 2023 contemplating a separate design patent practitioner bar. A request for comments (RFC) was also published in October 22.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2021, the US Department of Justice launched a criminal proceeding against two men suspected of running a massive YouTube Content ID scam. YouTube’s flagship anti-piracy system is supposed to protect rightsholders but, in this case, it was used to exploit them. Multi-Million Dollar Scam The scammers’ company, MediaMuv LLC., wasn’t a direct member of the Content ID program.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued its long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO), which issues directives to over 20 federal agencies, with the deadline for implementation spanning between 30 and 365 days—just ahead of the 2024 election (see prior alert here).

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Recruiters have become increasingly worried about applicants committing plagiarism. Here's what they're doing, and what they should be doing. The post Plagiarism in Recruiting appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 8, a Central California jury entered a verdict awarding $3.9 million in punitive damages against Internet financial platform ConsumerDirect. The verdict comes weeks after U.S. District Judge James Selna granted a motion for sanctions after finding that ConsumerDirect fraudulently represented its ownership of unregistered trademarks while obtaining a preliminary injunction in U.S. district court against Array.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO is officially establishing a separate design patent practitioner bar with its final rule published on November 16, 2023 and effective January 2, 2024. This is an historic change that opens the door to becoming a patent practitioner to a much wider audience and will likely lend itself to further growth in this specialty area.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staked out its role in policing the potential competition and consumer protection implications of generative AI technologies’ use of copyrighted materials in comments submitted in the U.S. Copyright Office’s proceeding on AI and copyright. The proceeding seeks information on the use of copyrighted works to train AI models, levels of transparency and disclosure needed regarding copyrighted works, and the legal status of AI-generated outputs, among other.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Stability AI VP quits over copyright concerns, Microsoft extends protections to more AI customers, and the South Park lawsuit is trimmed. The post 3 Count: Walking Out appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We are pleased to announce that registration for the free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship is currently open. The course is supported by Texas A&M University School of Law and will be delivered in-person at the Centre for Technology and Law, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar on November 22 and 23.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On November 16, innovation intelligence firm Patsnap published the results of its 2023 Global Innovation Report, which measures a range of patent metrics to determine the most innovative companies in the world. This year’s Global Innovation 100 listing represents about a quarter of the globe’s entire patent filing activity. The report also includes a Global Disruption 50 listing of actively growing and young companies, reflecting the strength of both the United States and China in emerging techn

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We are at the beginning of what promises to be a wave (potentially a tsunami) of complaints filed against the companies behind generative AI models (e.g., OpenAI). Recent lawsuits from Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad (Tremblay and Awad v. OpenAI Inc. et al. -- Northern District of California, No. 3:23-cv-03223), Sarah Silverman (Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc. -- Northern District of California, No. 3:23-cv-03416-AMO), and the Authors Guild (Authors Guild et al v.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Google files two lawsuits targeting alleged scammers, Disney pulls out of Vietnamese TV, and Lynn Goldsmith launches GoFundMe. The post 3 Count: Google’s Dueling Lawsuits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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