2023

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Grammarly to Launch AI-Writing Tool

Plagiarism Today

The popular spelling/grammar checking service Grammarly is launching a new AI writing tool. Here's why schools should be worried. The post Grammarly to Launch AI-Writing Tool appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Why Are Canadian Universities Vehemently Campaigning Against Any Clarification of Fair Dealing if They Are Already Licensing All the Content They Need for Teaching Students?

Hugh Stephens Blog

That is the fundamental question that authors and publishers in Canada have been asking themselves as the government begins preparing to consider some long-overdue revisions to the Copyright Act.

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You Don’t Need a Machine to Predict What the FTC Might Do About Unsupported AI Claims

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. For example, the FTC is concerned about false or unsubstantiated claims about an AI product’s efficacy.

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Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45m Visits Per Month Makes No Money

TorrentFreak

When file-hosting service Zippyshare showed its first signs of life in September 2006, accessing the site using an iPhone was impossible; the smart phone’s existence wouldn’t be announced for another four months.

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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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Copyright Office Makes AI Authorship Policy Official

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) has announced a new statement of policy on “Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence” that will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, March 16.

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Why Justin Trudeau is Wrong About Bill C-18 and Google’s Response to Mandated Payments for Links

Michael Geist

“It really surprises me that Google has decided that they would rather prevent Canadians from accessing news than actually paying journalists for the work they do. I think that’s a terrible mistake and I know that Canadians expect journalists to be well paid for the work they do.”

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AI Machines Continue to Rattle Intellectual Property Law

JD Supra Law

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) machines has resulted in a number of interesting issues in both copyright and patent law. See, for example, our prior articles involving attempts to qualify machine-made works for patent and copyright registration.

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Examining Oppositions: Time for a Deeper Look

SpicyIP

As some readers may have noticed, there was recently a report published by Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur on patent oppositions. The report was also presented to DPIIT with suggestions on streamlining patent opposition process and enabling ease of doing business in India.

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Failure to include adjusted protein percentage on protein-touting products can be misleading

43(B)log

Rausch v. Flatout, Inc., F.Supp.3d -, 2023 WL 2401452, No. 22-cv-04157-VC (N.D.

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What is a Trademark Registration “Presentation Copy”?

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration? One of the recent changes at the USPTO in 2022 was the transition to electronic registration certificates.

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The Wave of AI Lawsuits Have Begun

Plagiarism Today

The future of AI and copyright is still very uncertain. However, it looks like we may get some answers soon as the lawsuits are pouring in. The post The Wave of AI Lawsuits Have Begun appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Articles Featured

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The Challenges of the Indie Musician: Piracy, the Value Gap, Broadcast Royalty Exemptions…and Now (For Foreign Performers) a Possible Tripling in US Visa Fees.

Hugh Stephens Blog

It has always been a challenge for indie musicians and performers to earn a living, and it looks like it may soon get worse for performers outside the US who hope to play gigs there.

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Early 2023 Update: Where Are Plaintiffs Filing Patent Cases Now?

Intellectual Property Law Blog

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. So as of early 2023, what effect have those orders had on patent filings?

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Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mode

TorrentFreak

By providing free access to millions of books, Z-Library became the go-to site for many readers in recent years. Z-Library’s very existence was put to the test last November when U.S. law enforcement seized over 200 domain names connected to the site.

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U.S. Copyright Office Clarifies Limits of Copyright for AI-Generated Works

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) this week finalized its refusal to uphold, in part, a registration it issued to Kristina Kashtanova for a graphic novel that contained generative artwork and human story and design elements.

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The Bill C-18 Reality: Everyone Loses When the Government Mandates Payments for Links

Michael Geist

The report that Google is conducting a national test that removes links to Canadian news sites for a small percentage of users sparked a predictable reaction as politicians who were warned that Bill C-18 could lead to this, now want to know how it could happen.

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Official, municipal and trademarkable

Likelihood of Confusion

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Federal Circuit Upholds Judgment Delisting System Patent From Orange Book

JD Supra Law

Procedural History - Jazz Pharms., Inc., Avadel CNS Pharms., LLC, Case No. 2023-1186 (Fed. February 24, 2023) is an appeal by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Jazz) from a District of Delaware order granting a motion for an injunction brought by Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Avadel).

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Indian government denies access to Covid 19 vaccine collaboration agreements

SpicyIP

The Indian government has refused to disclose its collaboration agreements and investments made in developing and procuring India’s Covid 19 vaccine – Covaxin, the Indian mRNA and intranasal vaccine candidates.

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Know Your MLC: “Highest Compensated” Employees

The Trichordist

The MLC executive salaries are nauseatingly rich. Can they just pay out the black box? Mechanical Licensing Collective MLC Meltdown Redesignation of The MLC

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Books are Not Floor Wax and Road Salt

The Illusion of More

One would think this is obvious, particularly to a librarian, but perhaps not to Douglas Lord, President of the Connecticut Library Association (CLA). In a letter addressed to the state assembly advocating passage of H.B.

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Falsifying Attribution for a Bad Pun

Plagiarism Today

In 1948, a physicist added a name to a paper for the sake of a bad pun. However, the laughing got quiet when the paper's theory had issues. The post Falsifying Attribution for a Bad Pun appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Articles Featured

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Fair Dealing, Fair Use…and Fair Play

Hugh Stephens Blog

Credit: author Yes folks, it is Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week again (Feb 20-24, 2023). As I wrote last year at this time, the activity is promoted by the Association of Research Libraries in the US, with separate components labelled Fair Dealing Week in Canada and the UK.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part II (Infringement and Defense)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Mask Work Infringement.

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Amazon Removes Books From Kindle Unlimited After They Appear on Pirate Sites

TorrentFreak

When Amazon launched the first Kindle fifteen years ago, book piracy was already a common problem. When publishers clashed with The Pirate Bay over illegally shared copies, we envisioned that things could get much worse if Kindle-ready pirate sites began to pop up.

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Copyright Office Pilot Public Records System Mistakenly Reflects Cancellation of Registration for AI Graphic Novel

IP Watchdog

On Monday, January 23, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) reflected that the registration for a graphic novel that was made using the AI text-to-image tool, Midjourney, had been cancelled.

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Champagne’s Choice

Michael Geist

The Rogers-Shaw merger saga was always destined to end on the desk of Innovation, Science and Industry Ministry François-Philippe Champagne.

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The Most Significant Copyright Issues Likely to Arise in 2023

Copyright Alliance

During the first few weeks of 2023, we took a look back at 2022 by summarizing the most important copyright-related court cases, U.S.

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[Video] Data Governance for the BYOD Age

JD Supra Law

A significant portion of the workforce has adapted to working in today’s modern “office”— which includes working from a variety of locations (homes, corporate offices, coffee shops, airports, etc.) on any number of personal devices, including mobile phones, laptops, and tablets.

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The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings

SpicyIP

Delhi High Court recently came up with the ‘ Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules of the High Court of Delhi, 2022 ’. One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings.

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@davidclowery: Silicon Valley’s Loophole Arbitrage on Display Yet Again with OpenAI

The Trichordist

David explains how "OpenAI" is just another example of Silicon Valley's loophole arbitrage. Artificial Intelligence Meltdown Artist Rights David Lowery

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Indian givers (part 3)

Likelihood of Confusion

Part one and part two of this three-part post were published earlier this week. When the PTO’s decision revoking the REDSKINS registrations was affirmed by the TTAB, I asked, as. The post Indian givers (part 3) appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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AI: The Copyright and Plagiarism Story of 2022 and 2023

Plagiarism Today

Typically, when I do these year-end reviews, I cover a wide variety of stories that happened and separate out the copyright and plagiarism. Simply put, copyright and plagiarism are two different things.

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State Sanctioned Piracy: Another Weapon in Russia’s Arsenal

Hugh Stephens Blog

As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, many things in Ukraine and in its neighbouring countries– Belarus and Russia to the north and east, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the west and south—have changed.

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You Don’t Need a Machine to Predict What the FTC Might Do About Unsupported AI Claims

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. For example, the FTC is concerned about false or unsubstantiated claims about an AI product’s efficacy.

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DNS Resolver Quad9 Loses Global Pirate Site Blocking Case Against Sony

TorrentFreak

In 2021, Sony Music obtained an injunction ordering DNS resolver Quad9 to block the popular pirate site Canna.to.

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