Copyright Lately

APRIL 27, 2025

In Vetter v. Resnik , a federal district court treated U.S. termination rights as a global eraser. Now, on appeal, it’s time to set things straight. If you think the current administrations tariff policies threaten to strain international relations, Vetter v. Resnik wants you to hold its beer. In Vetter , a federal district court in Louisiana took an admittedly novel legal theorythat a U.S. copyright termination could extinguish not just domestic rights, but foreign ones tooand turned it i

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 28, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes Pain and suffering are often the most personal – and sometimes the most difficult – parts of an injury to explain. Unlike past and future lost income and medical c are , these damages arent always tied to clear numbers or receipts. So how are they calculated in a personal injury case? In Ontario, pain and suffering refers to the type of injury as well as the physical and emotional distress caused by an injury.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 30, 2025

Brooke Bellamy, high-profile baker is being accused plagiarizing another celebrity's recipes. How serious are the allegations? The post The High-Profile Fight Over Recipe Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2025

For streaming services such as Netflix, Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems provide a level of control over the company’s most valuable assets, including movies, TV shows, and other content for consumer consumption. DRM not only restricts access to customers authorized to consume content, it can determine when and how it’s consumed too.

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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?

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 28, 2025

On Friday, April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit addressed a question of first impression regarding the validity of certain machine-learning patents under Section 101 in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., et al., 2023-2437. Specifically, the court opined on whether claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine learning to a new data environment are patent eligible under Section 101.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2025

A group of Chinese companies struck out for a second time at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Monday when the court ruled they lacked foreign sovereign immunity and therefore are not shielded from an indictment for economic espionage in connection with their alleged efforts to steal trade secrets from E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (DuPont).

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 30, 2025

In 2015, Portugal’s General Inspectorate of Cultural Activities (IGAC) finalized an agreement hailed as a groundbreaking development in the fight against online piracy. A multi-industry memorandum of understanding saw rightsholders, anti-piracy group MAPINET, ISP group Apritel, and DNS.pt, the organization responsible for.PT domains, team up with advertising companies and consumer groups to fight piracy – together.

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The Illusion of More

APRIL 30, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard oral arguments in Mahmoud et al. v. Taylora case brought by three families petitioning, on First Amendment Free Exercise grounds, to have their young children opt out of class time involving age-appropriate books that depict homosexual characters. The familiesone Muslim, the other two Catholicare not seeking to ban […] The post The Big Deal in Mahmoud et al. v.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2025

As a commercial litigator with extensive experience in protecting clients' interests (through applications for temporary restraints and emergent relief, Ive seen firsthand how quickly intellectual property (IP) disputes can escalate and the significant risks they pose to businesses. Whether dealing with IP infringement in the franchise industry or defending against claims related to employee misappropriation of proprietary information, securing immediate legal protection can often make the.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2025

Highlighting the missed opportunity to interpret Section 52(1)(w) of the Copyright Act in Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others , SpicyIP intern Advika Singh Malik writes on whether the provision could have been roped in by the parties in the present case or not. Advika is a third-year law student at Symbiosis Law School, Noida.

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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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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 28, 2025

In February, I received an email from Reddit saying that it was processing my DMCA notice. One problem, I hadn't sent a DMCA notice. The post How Someone Impersonated Me to Send a DMCA Notice to Reddit appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2025

In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. Internet providers, for failing to take action against pirating subscribers. One of the main allegations is that ISPs fail to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in “appropriate circumstances”, as the DMCA requires. These lawsuits resulted in multi-million dollar judgments against Cox and Grande.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 1, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp. addressing for the first time whether patents that claim no more than the application of generic machine learning to a new data environment are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101. The Federal Circuit held that they are not, absent an inventive concept that transforms the claims into something more than an abstract idea.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2025

In light of India featuring (again) in the “Priority Watch List” of the 2025 USTR Special 301 Report, Dr. Anson CJ explores the idea of whether India should come up with its own watch list to monitor biopiracy? Dr. Anson is an Assistant Professor at Madras Christian College, Chennai. His previous post can be accessed here. Image from here Why Should the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 1, 2025

The UK Court of Appeal today ruled that Apple must pay Optis Cellular Technology LLC $502 million for a worldwide fair reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) license to its 4G standard essential patents (SEPs) patents. With interest and fees, the total amount exceeds $700 million. Optis sued Apple in 2019, and a May 2023 ruling by Mr Justice Marcus Smith at the High Court of England and Wales awarded $56.43 million to Optis as a lump sum reasonable royalty for Apples infringement of the SEPs,

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 1, 2025

Dancing with a Stranger case dismissal overturned, UK Minister amend AI legislation and Widevine decryption project removed from GitHub. The post 3 Count: Dancing Again appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2025

In todays fast-paced digital landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, unlocking new efficiencies, and enabling transformative business models. Companies leveraging AI to create applications or enhance their business practices are at the forefront of this technological revolution. However, as businesses innovate and integrate AI into their operations, they face unique cybersecurity, privacy, and ethical challenges that require specialized expertise.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2025

Image generated by ChatGPT [This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Sushant Jaiswal. Sushant is a third-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with a keen interest in intellectual property law and legal research. ] In a recent turn of events, Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Vivo Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. decided to settle their 5-year-old SEP dispute over 3G and 4G technologies.

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Intepat

APRIL 30, 2025

Introduction The intersection between copyright and design law has long been a contentious and evolving area within Indian intellectual property jurisprudence. At the heart of the debate lies a fundamental tension: how to balance the enduring protection offered by copyright for original artistic expressions with the more limited, utilitarian protection granted to designs intended for industrial application.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 30, 2025

Megan Thee Stallion sued, Nigerian artist Davido ordered to appear in court and photographer appeals case to the Supreme Court. The post 3 Count: Time Delay appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (district court) that found four Recentive Analytics, Inc. (Recentive) patents directed to the use of machine learningU.S. Patent Nos. 11,386,367 (the 367 patent); 11,537,960 (the 960 patent); 10,911,811 (the 811 patent); and 10,958,957 (the 957 patent) (collectively, asserted patents)ineligible under 35 U.S.C. 101.

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IAM Magazine

MAY 1, 2025

The Delaware R&D and patent licensing firm now has seven of the 10 largest smartphone manufacturers under licence

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Intepat

APRIL 27, 2025

World IP Day serves as a globally significant occasion to celebrate the power of intellectual property in fostering innovation and creativity across diverse industries. This year’s theme, “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP,” provides a focused lens on the profound and dynamic relationship between IP and the music industry, highlighting how IP rights are essential to protect the creative and economic vitality of this vibrant sector.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 29, 2025

Researchers at the University of Zurich spammed a popular subreddit with AI posts. What they learned is a lesson on ethics. The post Reddit and the Ethics of AI in Online Communities appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2025

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is an international agreement to establish a uniform system for depositing microorganisms and other biological material to meet patent disclosure requirements. The agreement was rst ratied in 1977, and was later modied in 1980. In other words, this is an international agreement regarding biotech patent law that predates PCR (invented 1983), Western blotting (invented.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2025

The rapid advancement of AI-generated avatars, commonly referred to as AI twins is transforming how businesses delegate tasks, interact with customers, and scale their brand. A founder can now deploy a digital version of themselves to attend meetings, pitch investors, or onboard users without ever hitting join on a Zoom call. Enterprise teams are experimenting with synthetic voice assistants that sound eerily like trusted public figures.

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LoTempio Law Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

The first step for an inventor to protect their new idea is thorough documentation. Keeping a well-dated inventors notebook is essential. Record every detail of your invention as soon as possibleeven in the middle of the night! This notebook will serve as proof of your idea’s development and ownership. A famous example of this is […] The post The First Step for Inventors appeared first on Vincent LoTempio | Registered Patent Attorney, Trademark, and Copyright | 1-800-866-0039.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 28, 2025

Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, Warner Bros. wins dismissal of Superman lawsuit, and Grumpy Cat shirt lands Australian woman in hot water. The post 3 Count: Grumpiest Cat appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 28, 2025

On April 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant order in House v. NCAA and two related antitrust class actions (collectively known as In re College Athlete NIL Litigation), tentatively approving portions of the NCAAs proposed settlementbut stopping short of granting final approval. At issue: the NCAAs premature implementation of Division I roster limits before securing judicial sign-off.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2025

AI doesnt run on magic. It runs on data. If you’re building models, integrating with OpenAI, or launching a SaaS product that processes user inputyoure relying on data to power your technology, shape your outputs, and train your systems. Heres the risk: if your AI system is trained on data you dont ownor cant legally useyou could face lawsuits, investor red flags, or regulatory action.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 27, 2025

A reminder on the SpicyIP Summer School, applications for which are now open! Some anomalies in the Patent Agent exam results, a twist in the PPL-Azure case before the Supreme Court, Keralas new IPR and TK Policy draft, and a lot more that has happened in the last week. Add to that an upcoming post on the big Ustad FW Dagar vs. AR Rahman judgment from the Delhi High Court.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 26, 2025

Copyright lawyers and copyright lovers: I once again presented the Copyright Year in Review to ALAI Canada. This year had some particularly interesting caselaw developments including cases on copyright subsistence and ownership, infringement, defenses and remedies. As in prior years, there were also a few questionable holdings by courts around the country.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 29, 2025

Houston, we fixed it. When an oxygen tank exploded during the Apollo 13 mission, the crew resorted to plastic covers from manuals and duct tape to return home. Now, the International Space Station has 3D printers capable of printing metal structures and even bio tissue. These technologies, as well as space debris collection and avoidance systems, 3D printed rockets, and controlled landing of reusable spacecraft demonstrate just a few modern advancements making space travel more accessible.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 30, 2025

Unprecedented opportunities have been presented to us since the dawn of the space age, these opportunities, however come with their set of challenges. One such challenge is overseeing the area of intellectual property rights in space. Because of their geographical nature and national appropriation, the existing terrestrial rules, or “Earthen Laws,” cannot be immediately applied in space.

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IAM Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

The Hangzhou Intermediate Court’s decision in China’s first-ever copyright infringement case concerning AI training seems to indicate a more tolerant attitude toward copyrighted inputs but a stricter stance on infringing outputs. As this remains a legal grey area worldwide, this judgment could help to shape industry practices in China and beyond.

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