Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 31, 2023
It's Halloween, so let's take a look at 9 copyright stories that show how intellectual property has shaped the spookiest holiday. The post 9 Spooky Copyright Stories for Halloween appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
The IPKat
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Interpretations of G 2/21 by the EPO Boards of Appeal have so far been reasonably patentee-friendly. Boards of Appeal have interpreted G 2/21 as permitting patentees to rely on technical effects for which the application as filed is completely silent ( IPKat , IPKat ). The recent decision in T 0258/21 , by contrast, is the first interpretation of G 2/21 leading to a finding of a lack of inventive step in view of an inadequate disclosure of the purported technical effect.
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IP Law 360
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's management intends to dissolve the firm in the near future following a partner vote on the plan last week, Law360 Pulse confirmed on Tuesday. The plan means the end of the 147-year-old New York-based firm, but it follows more than a year of a trickle, and at times a torrent, of departures and unsuccessful merger talks.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The White House Executive Order on AI (“EO”) is comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics. We provided a summary here. It addresses many of the risks and problems that can arise with AI. One of the topics which raises many legal issues, particularly with generative AI (“genAI”), is intellectual property. Some of the IP issues include: i) whether training AI models on copyrighted content constitutes infringement; ii) whether the output of genAI that is based on copyright-protected training
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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?
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 30, 2023
President Biden has signed an executive order targeting security concerns around AI, that calls for regulations to watermark AI work. The post President Biden Signs Executive Order Calling for AI Watermarking appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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Erik K Pelton
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Bold brands are everywhere – you just have to look. Play along with our Bold Brand Bingo card at [link] The post Bold Brand Bingo appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Bold brands are everywhere – you just have to look.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The US just catapulted into being the world leader on regulating AI. Bypassing Congress, the White house issued an Executive Order focusing on safe, secure and trustworthy AI and laying out a national policy on AI. In stark contrast to the EU, which through the soon to be enacted AI Act is focused primarily on regulating uses of AI that are unacceptable or high risk, the Executive Order focuses primarily on the developers, the data they use and the tools they create.
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Choreography lawsuit revived on appeal, two major Georgian streaming sites go offline and Mariah Carey sued again over Christmas hit. The post 3 Count: Choreography Appeal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Patently-O
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
by Dennis Crouch The White House this week issued a new executive order focusing on a variety of aspects of regulating artificial intelligence, some of which focuses on IP issues. The executive order lays out eight guiding principles for manages risks while allowing growth and benefits: Ensuring AI is safe, secure and trustworthy, including through developing guidelines, standards and best practices, verifying reliability, and managing risks related to national security, critical infrastructure
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TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Late March 2023, Russia augmented its long-burning VPN crackdown with a series of PSAs claiming that using a VPN for security is actually much worse than not using a VPN at all. One of the ads warned that VPNs somehow obtain users’ passport details, plus their names, addresses, and dates of birth. Another suggested that since VPNs in Russia know everything about their users, spouses might learn about secret affairs, a high price for accessing a social network blocked in Russia, the PSA add
Velocity of Content
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
CCC is pleased once again to participate at The Charleston Conference , the annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and many others to discuss issues of importance to them all. For those attending the Charleston Conference, CCC will host When the Deal is Done: Reporting the Transformation on Wednesday, 8 November at 2:40 pm EST, a fireside chat featuring Sybille Geisenheyner, Director of Open Science Strategy & Licensing, American Chemical Socie
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Lawsuit against image AI companies trimmed down, Brazil regulators claim success in piracy fight, though piracy in the EU is on the rise. The post 3 Count: Trimmed Down appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
President Biden signed a comprehensive Executive Order addressing AI regulation across a wide range of industries and issues. Intellectual property is a key focus. The Order calls on the U.S. Copyright Office and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to provide guidance on IP risks and related regulation to address emerging issues related to AI.
U.S. Department of Commerce
OCTOBER 31, 2023
How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Efforts October 31, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Tue, 10/31/2023 - 16:25 America’s diversity has always been our nation’s greatest strength and we must continue to leverage capabilities from all people. People with disabilities have long strengthened our economy and expanded our Nation’s possibilities.
Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived choreographer Kyle Hanagami’s copyright lawsuit against Fortnite’s Epic Games. Choreography is like the Rodney Dangerfield of copyright law. It wasn’t until 1952 that modern dance pioneer Hanya Holm was able to secure the first ever copyright registration for her choreography of the Broadway musical Kiss Me Kate.
Plagiarism Today
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Brazilian site FileWarez is closed, an Indian court demands embarrassing videos removed and TikTok influencer targets fashion dupes. The post 3 Count: FileWarez Gone appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Over the past year, groups of plaintiffs filed multiple copyright infringement claims against companies behind generative artificial intelligence software. These lawsuits allege that training AI models involves mass-scale copyright infringement—a potential threat to the commercial viability of these models. On October 30, in Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd. et al.
The IP Law Blog
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
A tattoo artist is suing Netflix for showing one of her tattoos in the series “Tiger King” without her permission. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) on October 10 issued its (consolidated) decision G1/22 & G2/22, which promises to significantly reduce priority issues for applicants—U.S.applicants in particular. When the applicants for a European patent application differ from the applicants on the priority application, the EPO employs the well-established “joint applicants approach” to evaluate the priority claim's validity.
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
For the first time ever, the Copyright Claims Board has barred a claimant and a lawyer from filing claims for 1 year. Here's why. The post CCB Bars Claimant, Attorney from Filing Cases for One Year appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Last week, the New Jesey local restaurant — Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar in Somers Point — gave up its “Taco Tuesday” trademark in New Jersey, in favor of resolving a legal dispute with Taco Bell. This comes on the heels of Taco John’s giving up its “Taco Tuesday” trademark in all other states this summer.
The TTABlog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The USPTO refused to register that mark DRYLANDS BREWING COMPANY & Design for "beer" and for "restaurant services, including sit-down service of food and take-out restaurant services; taproom services featuring beer brewed on premises” [BREWING COMPANY disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark DRYLANDS for wine. On appeal, applicants argued that DRYLANDS BREWING COMPANY is a unitary term engendering a "distinct commercial impression that is independent of the constituent
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
This week in Other Barks & Bites: Nokia files patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon and HP in multiple jurisdictions; a UK software company begins a “David and Goliath” trademark battle with Meta; and the Biden Administration announces the establishment of the new AI Safety Institute, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issues a split precedential ruling on attorneys' fees in favor of Amazon.
The IPKat
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In the recent UK case of Philip Morris v BAT [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) , His Honour Justice Hacon (Hacon HHJ) considered the standard for invalidity due to added matter. Invalidity in view of added matter is a common patent pitfall in Europe ( IPKat ). The EPO takes a hard-line against amendments that cherry pick non-generalisable features from separate embodiments.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2023
[My blogging queue has gotten backlogged. I’m slowly catching up. I hope you enjoy these 2,800 words on legal topics you assumed were definitively resolved over a dozen years ago.] Introduction This lawsuit is one of the many lawsuits around the country brought by conservatives exorcising their persecution complex. Typically, these lawsuits are purely about partisanship.
Olartemoure Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
A Clear Guide for the Regulation of the Pharma and Medical Device Industry in Colombia The Pharma and Medical Device industry is one of the biggest in the world. Its regulation changes country to country, which can sometimes make comparisons difficult. Due to this, Lexology decided to publish a series of reference guides that allow for comparison among more than 20 jurisdictions all around the world.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 31, 2023
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal issued an Order last week in a sua sponte Director Review proceeding asking the parties to Spectrum Solutions LLC v. Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics, LLC and any interested amici to weigh in on the appropriate sanctions remedy when a party withholds evidence in an America Invents Act (AIA) proceeding.
Michael Geist
OCTOBER 31, 2023
In 2017, I filed an access to information request with Global Affairs Canada seeking records related to the creation of the WIPO Internet Treaties more than 20 years earlier. The timing of the request was not accidental. The exception for cabinet confidences in the Access to Information Act no longer applies after 20 years and my hope was to gain insights into the government’s thinking during the negotiation process that might have previously been publicly unavailable.
The Illusion of More
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
On October 30, Judge Orrick of the Northern District of California largely granted the AI companies’ motions to dismiss the class-action complaints filed by Sarah Andersen, Karla Ortiz, and Kelly McKernan on behalf of all visual artists whose works have been used without permission for the purpose of “training” generative AI models. Several complaints were […] The post AI “Training” Still an Open Copyright Question appeared first on The Illusion of More.
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