Sat.Apr 01, 2023 - Fri.Apr 07, 2023

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Take-Two Dismisses Claims Against Lead Defendants in GTA Mods Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

In 2021, a group of Grand Theft Auto enthusiast programmers released ‘re3’ and ‘reVC’, a pair of reverse-engineered modifications for GTA 3 and Vice City. These projects breathed new life into games that while still fantastic, benefited greatly from significant enhancements that helped to wind back the years. Fans loved ‘re3’ and ‘reVC’ but Take-Two and Rockstar Games most definitely did not.

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The importance of clearing a trademark prior to use

JD Supra Law

For companies, new and old, the protection and development of company trademarks involve a significant investment of time and resources. The process can become complicated and expensive if a company mistakenly chooses to use a mark that is already in use by others.

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PrimeWire Won’t Die or Stop Pirating, $21.7m Judgment Be Damned

TorrentFreak

Major Hollywood studios Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner, plus relative newcomer Netflix, are all members of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). They have something else in common too. Every single minute of every single day, rain or shine, people can be found pirating their movies and TV shows online. In Netflix’s case, that means every single piece of content the company has ever produced.

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Canada’s 2023 Budget and the Creative Industries: Not Much to Cheer About

Hugh Stephens Blog

Supporters of Canada’s creative industries—writing and publishing, music, film making, the visual and performing arts—would be hard pressed to find much to celebrate in the most recent federal budget unveiled on March 27.

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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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3 Count: Cat Rap

Plagiarism Today

Aritzia sued over pink sculptures, Primewire lives on despite legal losses and Cat Rap video pulled due to copyright notice. The post 3 Count: Cat Rap appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Celebrating Five Years of the Tricks of the Trade(mark)® Podcast

Erik K Pelton

This week we are celebrating 5 years and more than 250 podcast episodes with 40,000 listens across dozens of countries. We have covered countless trademark protection topics and continue to evolve our studios and systems. Looking ahead to the next chapter, we want to hear from you! Drop us a message or a comment and let us know what you want to learn more about in the world of intellectual property and great branding.

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Cybersecurity for the IoT: How trust can unlock value

McKinsey Operations

For today’s fragmented Internet of Things (IoT) to reach its potential as a fully interconnected ecosystem, the answer may lie in the convergence of cybersecurity and the IoT.

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3 Count: Digital Basel Redux

Plagiarism Today

Music labels win battle over youtube-dl in Germany, UK court rules against former employee in software case and Digital Basel returns. The post 3 Count: Digital Basel Redux appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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[Guest post] Virtual wars: Exploring legal boundaries in the gaming world

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is please to host the following contribution by Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Paul Sina (both Gorrissen Federspiel Denmark) concerning IP and gaming. Here’s what they write: Virtual wars: Exploring legal boundaries in the gaming world by Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Paul Sina The HBO series "The Last of Us" has taken the world by storm, as it explores a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by the Cordyceps fungus.

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Police Confirm FBI-Assisted Takedown of Piracy Release Group EVO

TorrentFreak

EVO, short for EVOLUTiON, was a high-profile P2P group whose activities stood out in recent years. The group released a steady stream of new movie and TV show titles and gained pirates’ admiration by leaking many screeners way ahead of their official premieres. For several years in a row, EVO opened the “screener season” by releasing leaked copies of upcoming films.

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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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Six CEO priorities for 2023

McKinsey Operations

Leaders around the world are confronting a welter of uncertainties. Here’s how to home in on what matters—and begin making the most of novel opportunities—amid ongoing change.

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The Power of Links for Citation

Plagiarism Today

The humble hyperlink is the backbone of the internet. It's also a powerful tool for citation and attribution, albeit with a few limitations. The post The Power of Links for Citation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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PTAB Denies VLSI’s Motion to Remove Intel from Ongoing IPR

IP Watchdog

On Wednesday, April 4, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied VLSI’s motion to terminate Intel’s involvement in an inter partes review (IPR) of VLSI’s U.S. Patent No. 7,725,759. In addition to Intel, OpenSky is also a petitioner in the IPR, which pertains to claims 1, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, and 24 of the ‘759 patent. VLSI argued that a previous March 2021 district court ruling that found Intel had not proven invalidity of claims 14, 17, 18, and 24 of the patent precluded the tech firm from

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[Guest Post] Nigerian's new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a guest contribution by Desmond Oriakhogba on the new Copyright Act 2022 signed into law by Nigeria's President. Here’s what Desmond writes: Nigeria's new Copyright Act 2022: how libraries can benefit by Desmond Oriakhogba Background In October 2021, I wrote about the Nigerian copyright law reform process.

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60-Year-Old Music Pirate Faces Prison in a Country Part-Run By Pirates

TorrentFreak

Rick Falkvinge founded the first Pirate Party on January 1, 2006, and then rallied the masses in Sweden six months later in the wake of the first police raid against The Pirate Bay. At the European Elections of 2009, Swedish Pirates won over 7% of the vote. Christian Engström went on to become the first Pirate Member of the European Parliament, with Amelia Andersdotter taking the second seat in 2011.

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Introducing Plagiarism Today’s Content Removal Policy

Plagiarism Today

In very rare circumstances, Plagiarism Today will de-index old articles. Here's why we do that and how we make that decision. The post Introducing Plagiarism Today’s Content Removal Policy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Three ways energy providers can boost resilience and digital CX

McKinsey Operations

Electric power and natural gas organizations are at an inflection point, facing a convergence of challenging global trends in market and customer dynamics. Here’s how they can boost resilience.

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Federal Circuit Delivers Win for Wireless Companies But Preserves Inventor’s Patent

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential opinion today affirmed a district court’s judgment that AT&T Mobility LLC did not infringe an inventor’s wireless communications technology patent but held that AT&T had forfeited its chance to prove the patent is invalid on appeal. Joe Salazar’s U.S. Patent No. 5,802,467 is titled, “Wireless and Wired Communications, Command, Control and Sensing System for Sound And/or Data Transmission and Reception.

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Music Labels Win Legal Battle Against Youtube-dl’s Hosting Provider

TorrentFreak

The major record labels don’t want the public to download music from YouTube, which is common practice for millions of people. To stop this, the music industry titans deployed a variety of legal tactics around the world. They obtained site-blocking orders, for example, and have taken on stream-ripping sites such as 2Conv and Yout.com directly in court.

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3 Count: Edgar’s Victory

Plagiarism Today

John Lewis wins case over Christmas ad, New Zealand National Party takes down documentary trailer, and Italian court orders Cloudflare block. The post 3 Count: Edgar’s Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The business of sports and the quest for inclusion for women

McKinsey Operations

For all the progress toward equality on the field, sports administration remains dominated by men. A fairer, more inclusive industry would benefit everyone.

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Skilled Searcher Test Allows Estoppel for Unknown References

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corp., — F.4th —, 21-2296 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 3, 2023) The recent decision in Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corp. has significant implications for post-IPR estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2). In this case, the Federal Circuit adopted a “skilled searcher” standard to determine whether grounds not raised in the original IPR “reasonably” could have been raised at the time.

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Cloudflare DNS Must Block Pirate Sites, Italian Court Confirms

TorrentFreak

Website blocking has become an increasingly common anti-piracy tool. ISPs in dozens of countries have been ordered by courts to block pirate sites. More recently, these blocking requests have expanded to DNS providers as well. In Germany, for example, a court ordered DNS resolver Quad9 to prevent users from accessing the music piracy site Canna.to. Court Ordered Cloudflare to Block Torrent Sites As one of the larger DNS resolvers, Cloudflare is also under fire.

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Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Death in Paradise 2

Plagiarism Today

Plagiarism comes to Death in Paradise a second time as DI Neville Parker and team have to unravel a murder over stolen ideas. The post Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Death in Paradise 2 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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CAFC Nixes Philip Morris ITC Appeal for Failure to Raise Duty to Consult, Claim Construction Arguments

IP Watchdog

On March 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Philip Morris Products S.A. v. International Trade Commission affirming a Section 337 ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that blocked the importation and sale of electronic vape tobacco products infringing patents owned by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company.

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The potential impact of reusable packaging

McKinsey Operations

Renewed interest in reusable packaging is gathering momentum. However, the concept is complex, and stakeholders should understand the impact of cost and environmental factors.

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Two Founders of Piracy Giant Zone-Telechargement Sentenced in France

TorrentFreak

For those who care to remember it, November 2016 was a dark month for communities with a penchant for sharing files. Two huge sites fell in a matter of days, both courtesy of French authorities. When OiNK was shut down in 2007, the world’s largest dedicated music-sharing community fell with it. Few believed that a new site could fill the pig-shaped hole left behind; some insisted it would be wrong to even try.

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How to Make Sure You Can Obtain a Certificate of Good Standing

Cogency Global

What this is: Being in good standing in a given state means you’re properly registered with the state and up to date with the requirements for the filing authority. In some states, a Certificate of Good Standing can also reflect whether an entity is up to date on tax filings as well. What this means: You can probably guess what happens when you’re not in good standing, and why you need to prove it.

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Oreo v Fab!o: A Ballad of Colours and Syllables [PART I]

SpicyIP

[ This two-part post has been co-authored by Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, analysing the Delhi High Court decision in Intercontinental Great Brands v. Parle Product Pvt. Ltd. In Part I of the post, the authors have analyzed the court’s consideration of intention in its assessment of passing off and trademark infringement. Kartik and Aditya are 2nd-year students at NLSIU, Bengaluru, and had earlier written for us here , here and here.

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Chip hunting: The semiconductor procurement solution when other options fail

McKinsey Operations

Supply-and-demand mismatches for semiconductors have generated production headaches across industries. Forward-looking companies are using artificial intelligence to optimize short-term procurement.

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Free Google Play Alternative MicroG Framed in Bogus ‘Vanced’ DMCA Notices

TorrentFreak

With no serious threat of being held to account, the DMCA takedown notice system is seen by some as a mechanism to hurt rivals or sow chaos for unspecified reasons. As part of TorrentFreak’s regular monitoring of the Lumen Database , an invaluable repository of DMCA notices received by Google and other platforms, we recently uncovered a particularly malicious attempt to frame a respected free and open-source project as the entity behind a series of bogus DMCA claims against almost two doze

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Solicitor General to SCOTUS: Courts Got it Wrong in Interactive Wearables, Right in Tropp—But Both Petitions Should be Granted

IP Watchdog

On Wednesday, April 5, the United States Solicitor General (SG) recommended that the U.S. Supreme Court grant certiorari in two patent eligibility cases in order to “clarify the proper reach and application of the abstract-idea exception to patent eligibility under Section 101.” The SG filed the same brief in each of the two cases, Interactive Wearables, LLC v.

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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol. VII, Issue II [Submit by May 28]

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue (Volume VII, Issue II). The last date for submissions is May 28, 2023. For further details, please read the journal’s call for papers below: Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies [Vol.

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ChatGPT: Who Owns the Content Generated?

JD Supra Law

In ChatGPT: Legal Counsel of the Future, we described the Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (“ChatGPT”), how it works, and whether or not ChatGPT can provide legal advice. The language learning model has many potential uses, such as debugging code or writing essays. The use raises questions centered around intellectual property.

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ISPs Fail to Dismiss Filmmakers’ Piracy Liability Lawsuits

TorrentFreak

Over the past two decades, online piracy has proven a massive challenge for the entertainment industries. Copyright holders have tried to go after individual pirates and pirate sites in court, but third-party intermediaries are now increasingly seen as targets as well. Several active lawsuits in the United States feature rightsholders accusing Internet providers of not doing enough to stop piracy.