Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
We've all been inundated with plagiarism stories. It can seem like plagiarism doesn't matter anymore. However, that's simply not true. The post Why Plagiarism Still Matters appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Hugh Stephens Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
It is a foggy Friday when a report out of the US heaps praise on Canada for anything in the area of intellectual property. But surprise, it just happened!
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Erik K Pelton
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
There are several different forms of intellectual property. The three that can be registered – in different ways and for different lengths – are patents, trademarks, and copyrights. A patent generally protects inventions while a copyright protects an original work of creativity. A trademark protects something that indicates the source of goods or services — generally a brand name, logo, or slogan.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Jason Allen, the author of the two-dimensional digital artwork, titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” which was rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office last year, has filed a request for declaratory judgment with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado asking the court to find that his work is eligible for copyright registration. The Review Board of the U.S.
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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
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Tim Sheehy, a candidate for the US Senate, is accused of plagiarism in his recent book. It's a normal case that comes at an unusual time. The post Senate Candidate Accused of Plagiarism in His Book appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Library Genesis, often shortened to LibGen , is one of the longest-running shadow libraries online. It provides free access to a vast collection of millions of books and academic papers that typically require payment. In recent years, rightsholders have made several attempts to shut the site down. Court orders have led to LibGen being blocked in several countries, but completely eliminating the threat has been extremely difficult.
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The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Yesterday, the Constitutional Court of Belgium issued a ruling in joined cases 7922, 7924, 7925, 7926, 7927, concerning the validity of the Belgian law that transposed Directive (EU) 2019/790 [DSM Directive; see an earlier post on this case here ]. The ruling stays the proceedings and refers 13 questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Oracle wins more attorney fees in Rimini case, OpenAI to allow access to training data and Telegram removes Z-Library posts. The post 3 Count: A Decade of Litigation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
As reported last week, an order published in Argentina dated September 13, 2024, revealed that local ISPs are now required to block dozens of Magis TV-linked domains for violating intellectual property law. In total, 69 domains (full list in our earlier report ) must be blocked so that internet users cannot access them from anywhere inside Argentinian territory.
Erik K Pelton
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 13 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: Beware of Scams Few things I have written about over the years have garnered more attention than my coverage of worthless scams that prey upon trademark owners. If you think you might have received a trademark scam letter or solicitation, here are some tips: Do not pay it.
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Michael Geist
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Canada’s digital policy has seemingly long proceeded on the assumption that tech companies would draw from an unlimited budget to write bigger cheques to meet government regulation establishing new mandated payments. Despite repeated warnings on Bills C-11 (Internet streaming), C-18 (online news), and a new digital services tax that tech companies – like anyone else – were more likely to respond by adjusting their Canadian budgets or simply passing along new costs to consumers, the g
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
T.I. wins $71 million in doll case, Italy seeks to escalate piracy enforcement and Ice Spice settles In Ha Mood case. The post 3 Count: OMG LOL Victory appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
App stores are littered with apps that promise free access to music, but only a few live up to expectations. Musi is one of them. The music app first made headlines in 2016 when its founders, who were teenagers at the time, presented their brainchild in an episode of the Canadian edition of Dragons’ Den. The software itself works relatively simply. Musi can stream music, sourced from YouTube, and allows users to create and share playlists.
Copyright Alliance
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks. Growing up in Michigan, high school policy debate let […] The post How A Strong Copyright System Benefits the United States appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
In this quarterly update, we review the latest developments in three subjects salient to corporate use of artificial intelligence (AI). First, we discuss the risks associated with AI, the case for board oversight and how the board can exercise oversight over management’s implementation of AI. Second, we review recent trends in AI Intellectual Property (IP) litigation.
The Illusion of More
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Last week, oral arguments were presented before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on the question of whether copyright protection is conditioned on human authorship. Dr. Stephen Thaler, developer of a Gen AI he calls “Creativity Machine,” submitted a visual work made entirely by that machine to the U.S. Copyright Office for registration in 2022. […] The post The Human Condition is Inherent to Copyright Law appeared first on The Illusion of More.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
In November 2023, the publisher of hit videogame Genshin Impact obtained a DMCA subpoena at a California district court to unmask an anonymous alleged infringer. Cognosphere’s aim was to compel X/Twitter to “disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es)” of an individual in control of four ‘X’ accounts: @HutaoLoverGI, @GIHutaoLover, @HutaoLover77, and @FurinaaLover.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appeals a Florida court’s ruling on its proposed ban on noncompete agreements; two Nobel Prize winners ask to cancel their groundbreaking CRISPR patent to avoid a potential legal cancellation of the patent; and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) invalidates four superhero trademarks owned by comic giants DC and Marvel.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
In a ruling that’s being hailed as a win for fair use, a federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by disgraced ex-congressman George Santos against late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, in Santos v. Kimmel, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and Walt Disney Company, 1:24-cv-01210, in the Southern District of New York. The legal battle was sparked by a series of hilarious prank videos that Kimmel allegedly lured Santos into making.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The plaintiffs’ allegations were sizzling. In my previous post , I summarized: This lawsuit involves troubling allegations that Facebook executives ( allegedly , Nick Clegg, Nicola Mendelsohn, and Cristian Perrella) took bribes from OnlyFans-related entities to spike Facebook and Instagram posts that promoted competitors of OnlyFans. Allegedly, the spiking included naming the plaintiffs on the services’ lists of “dangerous individuals or organizations,” which then fed into GIFCT to block t
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
With approximately a billion active monthly users worldwide, Telegram is one of the most used messaging services. The communication platform helps to connect people from all over the globe, with optional end-to-end encryption providing improved security compared to some other players in the market. Telegram can also be an excellent medium to broadcast messages to a wider audience.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
On July 10, 2023, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), officially introduced S. 2220 in the 118th Congress, called the “Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act,” or the PREVAIL Act. The bill is one of three patent bills that have been scheduled to be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee in recent weeks.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
In the absence of federal legislation addressing the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, individual states continue to fill that void by enacting state-specific legislation.
Barry Sookman
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
On September 5, 2024, Canada’s major trading partners including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law (CETS 225). The Convention on AI is a big deal. It is a comprehensive legal framework that aims to ensure that activities within the lifecycle of AI systems are aligned with core human rights, democratic values, and the rule of law.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Pirate sites come and go, often without being noticed by the public at large. That was certainly not the case when RARBG said its goodbyes last year. The popular torrent site had millions of daily users spread across several domain names. This included RARBG’s flagship.to domain, where the usual torrent index was replaced by a farewell message, attributing the decision to personal and financial reasons.
The Trichordist
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The MIC Coalition resurfaces, now with additional hatred of the free market.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
California’s Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act is one of the first significant regulations of artificial intelligence in the United States that, if signed, would place liability on the developers of AI models. Before a company can begin to initially train a covered model, the bill would require AI developers to publicly post disclosures about how the company will test the likelihood of the model to cause critical harm and the conditions under which the.
SpicyIP
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Calcutta High Court in the 1860s. Image from here. On September 20, the notification for the Calcutta High Court’s IP Division Rules were published in the Kolkata Gazette, making it the newest High Court, after Delhi and Madras, to have its own dedicated IP Division and relevant Rules. These Rules, officially called as “The Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules of the High Court at Calcutta, 2023”, (Cal HC IPD Rules or Final Rules) are drafted consequent to the abolition of the Intellectua
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Despite warnings from internet experts, the government passed a law in 2023 aimed at combating illegal IPTV services. However, the legislation has failed to achieve its intended outcomes. What followed wasn’t a meeting of minds with all stakeholders involved, but a steely determination to make the system work for the rightsholders. For a framework that had measures in place to punish internet companies for failing to block, but nothing in place to punish rightsholders for blocking innocent
IP and Legal Filings
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Geographical Indications (herein referred to as G.I.) is a tool that enhances and maintains the oddity of a particular kind of product that arises from a specific location and is widely known as the speciality of that particular location. These G.I. tags are often backed and supported by traditions and cultural practices. This helps the product to maintain its originality and quality.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The FTC recently announced a new rule to combat fake consumer reviews and testimonials. Scott Hervey and Jessica Marlow explain how this decision will impact businesses and the influencer marketing industry in this episode of The Briefing.
SpicyIP
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Original Image from here. On 30 th August 2024, the DHC gave out two decisions on appeal against the rejection of two Patent applications filed by Blackberry Limited. In this post, I will refer to the two decisions as Blackberry I and Blackberry II. Here, I will contrast the two judgements and answer whether the reasoning employed in them is consistent and reconcilable.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
A pictorial timeline on the Motion Picture Association’s website begins with a 102-year-old photograph taken at the first meeting of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), the organization known today as the MPA. “Since that time, the MPA has served as the leading advocate of the film, television, and streaming industry around the world, advancing the business and art of storytelling, protecting the creative and artistic freedoms of storytellers, and bringi
IP Law 360
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
A new bill in Congress would expressly give U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents the ability to share more "nonpublic information" about allegedly counterfeit products with "any other party with an interest in the merchandise.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
On August 22, 2024, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Hikma Pharmaceuticals, PLC (collectively Hikma), filed a petition for rehearing en banc, asking the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider its recent decision on induced infringement by generic drug companies that use a “skinny label.” Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., No. 2023-1169 (Fed.
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