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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. Plagiarism and Halloween. Rather than covering a plagiarism story, I decided to create one.

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3 Count: Notorious Markets 2022

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the United States Trade Representative has released its annual list of “notorious markets” that identifies countries that, according to it, are failing to take adequate action to prevent copyright and other kinds of intellectual property infringement.

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Can Intellectual Property Rights Safeguard Your Blog?

Kashishipr

Due to creative and original use of expressions, blogs are deemed to be counted as private property for which Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) can be sought. The doctrine of fair use bears substantial importance for blogs since the question of plagiarism may sprout up at regular intervals. Blogging and Fair Use.

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Call For Submissions: NUALS’ Blog ‘The IP Site’

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to inform you that The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi is inviting submissions for its official blog, The IP Site on a rolling basis. Logo of NUALS Centre for Intellectual Property Rights. About the IP Site. About CIPR.

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Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Kashishipr

In the ongoing digital era, social media is gaining more publicity with each passing day, thereby putting content creators and social media influencers at risk of legal concerns about Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). As per a report, influencer marketing investment is expected to reach $15 billion in 2022. For more visit: [link].

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Data libraries are not eligible for protection as computer programs

Garrigues Blog

The issue in question revolved around the plagiarism of a chemical nomenclature software program the purpose of which was to facilitate the application of the international rules created by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), so that all chemical elements and compounds could be named uniformly around the world.

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The Impact of Russia Legalizing Piracy

Plagiarism Today

That is difficult to say, it is relatively unprecedented for a country to simply decide to ignore intellectual property laws. In 2021, the United States Trade Representative released its Special 301 , which highlights countries that it claims are not doing enough to protect intellectual property rights.