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Why You Should Never Use the Stock Content in a Website Theme

Plagiarism Today

Building a new website is literally easier than it’s ever been. There are countless services that will help you get started and a never-ending slew of tools to help you get your business or personal endeavor online. However, that’s not to say that there is no work. One still needs to make the site look attractive, fill it with useful content, and then maintain/update the site moving forward.

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Some Reflections on What Can—and Cannot—Be Protected by Copyright?

Hugh Stephens Blog

My wife was flexing her wrist, extending her forefinger and manipulating her thumb, following the instructions on the sheet in front of her that the physiotherapist had provided. She (my wife that is) had broken her wrist a few weeks earlier, in an unfortunate fall. With neither of us having ever broken a bone before, … Continue reading "Some Reflections on What Can—and Cannot—Be Protected by Copyright?

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sofTMware® : a free tool for monitoring the status of trademark applications and registrations

Erik K Pelton

sofTMware® : a free tool for monitoring the status of trademark applications and registrations. For more about sofTMware®, visit www.softmware.com. The post sofTMware® : a free tool for monitoring the status of trademark applications and registrations appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 18 Soon

TorrentFreak

BitTorrent is an excellent distribution mechanism but, for a file to live on, at least one person has to keep sharing it. This means that most torrents eventually die after the public loses interest. However, some torrents seem to live on forever. The Fanimatrix. The oldest surviving torrent we can identify is a copy of the Matrix fan film “ Fanimatrix.” The torrent was created in September 2003, which means that it will turn 18 this month.

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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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Why Plagiarism Thrives on Facebook

Plagiarism Today

Back in August, Facebook released its “ Widely Viewed Content Report ” that attempted to showcase the type of content that was popular on the service. It included a list of the 20 most viewed posts during the second quarter of 2021, each of which received between 43.6 million and 85 million views. The goal of the report was to both highlight the most popular content on Facebook and to deflect some of the attention Facebook has been getting regarding misinformation that spreads wildly

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Art meets crypto – traditional copyright issues in a tokenized world

JD Supra Law

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the latest development in disruptive blockchain technology innovations, this time in the world of digital art, collectibles, and even luxury goods. Traditional auction houses have already started leveraging the technology, with one piece of digital artwork being sold for $69 million on Christie’s, and a visualization of the source code for the internet being sold for $5 million on Sotheby’s.

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UK Police Shut Down Pirate IPTV Network With “Hundreds of Thousands” of Customers

TorrentFreak

With pirate IPTV services providing access to thousands of TV channels at a cheap price, the Federation Against Copyright Theft is continuing its quest to disrupt piracy in the UK. FACT acts on behalf of broadcasting partners including Sky and for years has been cracking down on pirate suppliers of live sporting content. Today the anti-piracy company has announced what appears to be a particularly significant operation carried out in partnership with police in the UK. ‘Top UK Content Provi

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Understanding the Pearson v. Chegg Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. The lawsuit specifically targets Chegg Study, a subscription service of Chegg that, according to Pearson, makes up the majority of the site’s $644 million in revenue.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd Edition

The IPKat

The first edition of Intellectual Property Law in China (IPLCN) was the first of a bunch of goodies this Kat enthusiastically gathered from the incomparable IP library of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI). It was published in 2005 – a bit aged – but it still stands as the visible fruit of the MPI’s Asian Department, which was founded in 1975.

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Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update – September 2021

JD Supra Law

Main Quest - ‘Mint’ Conditions: NFTs and Video Games - Over the course of the past year, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have transformed from a relatively niche product for those in the cryptocurrency sector to an increasingly common way for creators and rights holders to market digital goods. Between high-profile NFT-related projects and a slew of entertainment companies, sports leagues, music labels and video game developers getting involved, 2021 has seen a massive rise in the popularity of the.

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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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Netflix Movie Screeners Leak on Pirate Sites Before Official Premiere

TorrentFreak

Pirated copies of movies leak all year round, usually after they come out on streaming services or through digital release. That by itself is nothing special. Screener releases are a notable exception to this rule. These are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters. The screeners are supposed to remain private but every year a few end up in the hands of pirates.

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3 Count: Music Licensing is Strange…

Plagiarism Today

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services. First off today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is asking for some $16.35 million in damages, a permanent injunction and the execution of an earlier settlement agreement against the alleged operator of the site Altered Carbon, Area 51 and other pirate services.

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Long-awaited changes for Australian designs receive Royal Assent

The IPKat

Differences in the treatment of design law across jurisdictions remain a fascinating subject. Kat friend, Dr. Tyrone Berger , reports on what he calls "long-awaited changes" to the design law of Australia. Australia’s Parliament has recently passed the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 to allow designers more flexibility and simplify the designs system.

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Celebrating (?) the America Invents Act: Ten Years On, Many IP Stakeholders Say it’s Time for a Second Look

IP Watchdog

During IPWatchdog LIVE 2021 in Dallas, Texas, I asked a handful of willing attendees for their thoughts on the impact of the America Invents Act (AIA) in anticipation of today, the ten-year anniversary of the day President Barack Obama signed the AIA into law. I began writing for Managing IP magazine in 2007 and remember well the lead-up to the law.

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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

TorrentFreak

Early July, Warner Bros., several Universal companies, Amazon, Columbia, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and other content creators filed a lawsuit against Jason Tusa , the alleged operator of Altered Carbon, Area 51, and other pirate IPTV services. According to the complaint filed in a California court, Tusa is well known to the plaintiffs. In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter.

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3 Count: Pulp Non-Fiction

Plagiarism Today

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pearson Education Sues Chegg, Alleging ‘Massive’ Copyright Infringement. First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly reports that textbook publisher Pearson Education has filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against the study aid website Chegg alleging that Chegg illegally appropriates Pearson’s textbook questions.

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A Million Inventions Lost: Abandoned Provisional Applications

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch. US provisional patent applications continue to be popular, with about 170,000 filed each year since 2013. After filing a provisional, the applicant then has one-year to move the case to a non-provisional or PCT application, and eventually toward patent issuance. If the applicant does not follow-up with these next steps, the provisional application is abandoned, and the file kept secret.

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Ten Years of the America Invents Act: Toward a More Objective and Accurate Patent System

IP Watchdog

When the America Invents Act (AIA) was before Congress a decade ago, it was heralded as the first comprehensive patent law since the 1952 Act. Ten years’ perspective on the new law, however, shows that its changes to patent policy have been more evolution rather than revolution. The AIA is simply the latest step in the long arc of moving U.S. law toward a more objective and logical patent system—and one that produces more accurate results.

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Russia Tries To Block VPN Providers, Troubles Hit BitTorrent & Multiple Online Services

TorrentFreak

For the past several years as part of the country’s website blocking efforts, Russian authorities have warned that VPN providers could be next on the list. The problem according to Russia is that these services can provide access to material it prefers citizens not to see, everything from pirated content right through to terrorist propaganda. In the view of the authorities, VPN providers should cooperate with the government but many are unhappy to do so, especially if that involves any typ

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3 Count: 12th Man, 5th Circuit

Plagiarism Today

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Texas A&M Escapes Copyright Claims at 5th Circ. Over 12th Man Story. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an author in his battle against Texas A&M University, ruling that he cannot sue the school for copyright infringement but may be able to sue the school under the state’s constitution.

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Trademark rights in interdigitization

Likelihood of Confusion

Nick Daly drops me a note to the effect that one Jay-Z, gazillionaire rhyming scatologist, has been sued by a professional perspirer and leaping stage goon called Diamond Dallas Page — The post Trademark rights in interdigitization appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IPWatchdog LIVE Panel Examines Google v. Oracle: SCOTUS Punted on Copyrightability

IP Watchdog

Yesterday at IPWatchdog LIVE, a morning panel discussed “The Impact of Google v. Oracle on Fair Use.” That decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, issued this April, has many ramifications for the future of copyrightability of computer code as well as the analysis of transformative uses of computer code. Speaking on the panel was Chad Rutkowski, Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP; Van Lindberg, Partner at Taylor English and Counsel and Director of the Python Software Foundation; and Llewellyn Gib

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Yout Files Refocused Lawsuit Against RIAA to Have YouTube-Ripping Service Declared Legal

TorrentFreak

In 2020, the RIAA attempted to have YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl removed from Github and in the wake of that, YouTube-ripping service Yout filed a preemptive lawsuit against the RIAA. Yout said that the RIAA’s earlier efforts to have its homepage delisted by Google , on the basis that Yout circumvented YouTube’s ‘rolling cipher’ technology, were wrongful and damaging to its business.

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3 Count: Microstuttering

Plagiarism Today

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Locast Streaming Hit With Permanent Injunction in Copyright Case. First off today, David McAfee at Bloomberg Law reports that Locast, a now-shuttered service for streaming over-the-air television online, has been hit with a permanent injunction that bars it from operating.

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NUALS Kochi’s Webinar Series on ‘Evolving Facets of IPR’ [September 23]

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to inform you that the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), NUALS is organising a webinar series on ‘Evolving Facets of IPR’ on September 23, 2021. For further details, please see the announcement below: CIPR Webinar Series – Evolving Facets of IPR. About the Organisers: . The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) is a National Law University located in Kochi, Kerala, India.

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Tillis and Leahy Urge USPTO to Address Inconsistent Prior Art Statements by Patent Applicants at the FDA

IP Watchdog

On Thursday, September 9, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sent a letter addressed to Drew Hirshfeld, performing the functions and duties of the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), discussing the issue of inconsistent statements made by patent applicants pursuant to their disclosure requirements at the USPTO and other federal agencies, especially the U.S.

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‘Black Widow’ vs. ‘Shang-Chi’ Piracy and the Return of Disney’s Box-Office Exclusives

TorrentFreak

During the COVID pandemic, studios including Disney, NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros have experimented with shorter release windows. In some cases, titles premiered on streaming services and at the box office at the same time. This is good news for consumers, who have more choice. However, movie theaters see these experiments as an existential threat.

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My Summer at Bereskin & Parr LLP- Mitacs Business Strategy Internship x IP Osgoode

IPilogue

Bonnie Hassanzadeh is an IP Intensive student and 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As part of the IP Innovation Clinic’s involvement in the inaugural year of Mitacs’ Business Strategy Internship program, Bonnie completed an internship at Bereskin & Parr LLP under the direct supervision of Reshika Dhir. As Principal Investigator, Prof.

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 100: David Vaver With a Masterclass on Copyright and User Rights

Michael Geist

The role of the public and the public interest has factored prominently into many of the Law Bytes podcast conversations. For the 100th episode, Osgoode Hall Law School Professor David Vaver , widely viewed as Canada’s leading IP expert, joins the podcast. The recipient of the Order of Canada, Professor Vaver provided the scholarly grounding for the emergence of user rights in copyright in Canada and around the world.

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Fashion Law London’s online event on the fashion marketplace coming up on 22 October with IPKat readers’ discount

The IPKat

Readers may be aware that, together with Giulia Gasparin, I am also currently involved in Fashion Law London , an initiative that was born in 2019 to create opportunities of study and discussion, mostly from an IP and IT law perspective, for all those interested in this emerging field of practice and research. Over the past couple of years or so, we have organized a number of events investigating a variety of legal and regulatory issues and developments that are relevant to the fashion sector.

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Massive Adult Site ‘Rule34’ Prepares Legal Action to Fight Bogus Homepage Delisting

TorrentFreak

Two years ago we reported on a wave of bogus DMCA notices that targeted various adult sites. Many of those platforms were so-called ‘hentai’ sites which focus on adult-orientated comics and cartoons. The theory was that these bogus notices were sent by rivals or competitors to these platforms in an effort to damage their presence on the web. While unaffected by that wave, the operator of adult site Rule34 – a site with around 100 million monthly visitors – now believes he is being ta

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Federal Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Expert Opinion on Reasonable Royalty Rate

JD Supra Law

On August 26, in MCL Intellectual Property, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed exclusion of an expert opinion regarding a reasonable royalty, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the expert’s unfounded opinions and late-disclosed damages theories. MLC Intellectual Property, LLC (“MLC”) had brought the action in district court against Micron Technology, Inc.

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A Brief Recent History of Nike’s Trademark Battles

IPilogue

Photo from Nike. Alexandria Lewis & Ian Rothweiler are JD Candidates at Southwestern Law School. This article was originally written as a requirement for Victoria Burke and John Begakis’ course on Fashion Law. Trademark Infringement / Anti-Dilution – Nike v Warren Lotas. Warren Lotas partnered with Jeff Staple to “reinterpret” Staple’s original 2005 collaboration with Nike on the classic Nike Dunk shoe.

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Copyright Protection for Choreographic Works

Kashishipr

Like all other art forms, choreographic works in dance and their steps have been expressly recognized under the Copyright Laws of different jurisdictions. By such virtue, performers can have their rights protected, even though some of the most popular steps have not been claimed. Take the example of the famous ‘moonwalk dance,’ which is often accredited to Michael Jackson – it was first performed and expressed by Cab Calloway in 1930.

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“The Card Counter” Webscreener Adds New Twist to Early Movie Leaks

TorrentFreak

Historically, pirated copies of movie screeners often start to leak on pirate sites around Christmas. This year Christmas has come early for pirates. A few days ago, two screener copies of the Netflix movies “The Power of the Dog” and “The Guilty” leaked online, ahead of their planned premieres. EVO. The releases are linked to the piracy group EVO, which also leaked the first screeners early last year.

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