2024

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Japan’s Text and Data Mining (TDM) Copyright Exception for AI Training: A Needed and Welcome Clarification from the Responsible Agency

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: iStock Japan has always been known for its strong creative sector and rich cultural output, from animé to manga to literature, music and film, and for its respect for intellectual property (IP) and the rights of creators.

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Authors Beware of This Scam Macmillian Website

Plagiarism Today

Authors are constantly being targeted by fake publisher scams. Here we break down one such site and explain what to look for. The post Authors Beware of This Scam Macmillian Website appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Google Asked to Remove 10 Billion “Pirate” Search Results

TorrentFreak

While search engines are extremely helpful for the average Internet user, copyright holders have also seen a massive downside. In addition to trillions of legitimate pages, there’s a steady supply of pirate sites. These can be hard to ignore for some entertainment-hungry users. This problem is not new. When piracy-discovery became web-based with the surge of BitTorrent in the early 2000s, search engines were unwittingly used as pirate gateways.

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Northwestern University Sues Moderna Over Spikevax Vaccine

IP Watchdog

Northwestern University sued vaccine maker Moderna, Inc. on Wednesday, October 16, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of three patents the school says cover technology key to the delivery method for Moderna’s groundbreaking messenger-RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine. The complaint alleges that Northwestern inventors at the school’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) pioneered the technology for a “vehicle for delivering genetic code into a cel

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

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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The German LAION decision: A problematic understanding of the scope of the TDM copyright exceptions and the transition from TDM to AI training

The IPKat

IPKat-approved Laion A few days ago, the District Court of Hamburg delivered what appears to be the first judgment in Europe on the construction and application of the national transpositions of the text and data mining (TDM) exceptions found in Arts. 3 and 4 of the DSM Directive (310 O 227/23). As reported on The IPKat and elsewhere , the Hamburg court ruled that LAION could rely on the exception found in Section 60d UrhG (TDM for scientific research purposes).

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Mid-Year Review: AI Lawsuit Developments in 2024

Copyright Alliance

The development and launch of new generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies over the last two years has been revolutionary. But these advancements have been accompanied by significant concerns from copyright […] The post Mid-Year Review: AI Lawsuit Developments in 2024 appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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BREAKING: Jury Says Microsoft Owes $242M For Infringing IPA Patent

IP Law 360

A Delaware federal jury on Friday found that Microsoft infringed a trio of claims in a patent initially issued to a company that developed Apple's Siri software, handing the patent owner $242 million.

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Intel’s EUR 1 Billion Fine Overturned: ECJ’s Landmark Ruling

JD Supra Law

On October 24, 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed the annulment by the General Court (GC) of the European Commission’s (EC) decision to impose a EUR 1.06 billion fine on Intel for the abuse of a dominant position on the x86 Central Processing Units (CPUs) market, specifically through the use of exclusivity rebates granted to several computer manufacturers.

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TDM: Poland challenges the rule of EU copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Basia Łabaj, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This must have been the key insight at the Polish Culture and National Heritage Ministry when the new administration took over and discovered that more than 2.5 years after the implementation deadline, Poland still had to implement the provisions of the 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive into national law.

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 3

Dragons' Den

Episode 3 got off to a kicking start with entrepreneur and ex-football player Gary Neville joining the Den, the first ever Guest Dragon. While some entrepreneurs were top of the leaderboard, others just failed to make the cut. Seeds that heal Entrepreneur and mum, Giselle Boxer, entered the Den ready to take the Dragons on. Giselle asked for £50k and help with scaling-up her business Acu Seeds , in exchange for a 10% share in the business.

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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 and Education in Canada: Have We Learned Nothing in the Past Two Centuries? (From the “Encouragement of Learning to the “Great Education Free Ride”)

Hugh Stephens Blog

Image: Shutterstock (AI Assisted) Last month I wrote about the 200 year history of copyright in Canada, (Two Hundred Years of Copyright History in Canada: What a Journey!), drawing on a recent book by copyright scholar Dr. Myra Tawfik, “For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law”. That work outlined the genesis … Continue reading "Copyright and Education in Canada: Have We Learned Nothing in the Past Two Centuries?

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NASA: Copyright and Trademark in Space

Plagiarism Today

While it's well known that NASA images and videos are public domain, there are still some restrictions to be aware of before using them. The post NASA: Copyright and Trademark in Space appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Webtoon Targets 170+ Pirate Domains Through DMCA Subpoena

TorrentFreak

Launched two decades ago, Webtoon Entertainment has established itself as one of the prime hosting platforms for short digital comics. Partly owned by the South Korean company Naver , Webtoon rode the popular ‘webtoon’ wave all the way to the Nasdaq exchange, where it got a listing this summer. With millions of creators on board, and roughly 170 million active monthly users, the webtoon company is seen as a growth story.

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Author of AI-Generated Work Rejected by Copyright Office Says Lack of Protection Has Crushed Him

IP Watchdog

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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CJEU rules that EU Member States cannot set their own reciprocity clauses under the Berne Convention

The IPKat

The chair at the centre of the Dutch litigation on its own. Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its much- (though not long-) awaited judgment in Kwantum , C-227/23 , substantially upholding the Opinion of Advocate General (AG) Szpunar [IPKat here ] , which was only issued last month. In essence, the CJEU ruled that EU Member States do not enjoy any competence to set their own reciprocity rules under the Berne Convention (in this case: Article 2(7) ), given that th

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AI and Copyright in 2023: In the Courts

Copyright Alliance

On January 3, we published part one of this blog series summarizing the biggest copyright-related AI activities that took place within the federal government. In today’s post, we pick back […] The post AI and Copyright in 2023: In the Courts appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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CRTC Bill C-11 Ruling “Makes Web Giants Pay” But it is Canadian Consumers That Will Get the Bill

Michael Geist

The CRTC has released its much-anticipated Bill C-11 ruling on the initial mandated contributions from Internet streaming services. The headline the Commission and government will promote is that the services will be required to contribute 5% of their Canadian revenues to support various Canadian funding programs that support film and TV production, news, and music.

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Kat Von D Tattoo Infringement Trial Begins: What You Need To Know

Copyright Lately

A federal jury is set to decide whether celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D infringed photographer Jeff Sedlik’s copyright in a Miles Davis portrait by tattooing the image onto her client’s body. A first-of-its-kind copyright infringement trial is scheduled to begin today in Los Angeles. Like the tattoo at issue in the case, the lawsuit is poised to leave a lasting impression, not only on copyright law, but the entire multi-billion-dollar tattoo industry.

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I'm Not Dead Yet! NYT Connections Puzzle Snafu and How to Prevent Genericide 

JD Supra Law

Popular brands face attacks from all sides, from competitors trying to chip away at market share, to bad actors seeking to profit from counterfeit or knockoff products. However, one lesser-known threat arises when your brand becomes so famous that the trademark becomes synonymous with the product category. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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The Substance of OpenAI’s Patent Pledge?

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch OpenAI’s new patent pledge promises to use their patents only for defensive purposes, as long as other parties do not assert claims against them or engage in harmful activities. The move echoes Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 2014 declaration that “all our patent … belong to you” – a pledge that garnered significant attention but left many questions unanswered.

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Hurricane Milton: Follow Advice from Local Officials and Evacuate if Told to Do So

U.S. Department of Commerce

The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico as it approaches the west coast of Florida. It will be a major hurricane capable of producing life-threatening storm surges and damaging winds. Storm surge and hurricane warnings are now in effect for portions of the Florida coast, and residents should follow local officials’ advice and evacuate if told to do so.

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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 CDSMD – 14 New Countries

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay As reported in earlier posts on this blog , in a 2022 study , I examined the national implementations in the 11 Member States that had at that time transposed Article 15 (the press publishers’ right) and Article 17 (the special copyright liability regime for “online content-sharing services providers” (OCSSPs)) of the EU’s Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD).

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Skiplagged, American Airlines and a Bizarre Copyright Verdict

Plagiarism Today

A battle over the practice of skiplagging has created a bizarre copyright verdict that could impact the use of logos online. The post Skiplagged, American Airlines and a Bizarre Copyright Verdict appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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‘Pirate’ Site nHentai Sued in U.S. Court for Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

Manga and anime have become increasingly popular in recent years. These formats originate in Japan, but they are now popular all over the world. Available in static and animated form, ‘hentai’ describes the adult versions of the above. With a growing audience of many millions of fans, hentai is also benefiting from the boom. As with any type of media, not all consumers are paying for access.

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What Intellectual Property Policy Should Look Like in the Age of AI

IP Watchdog

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it brings with it numerous questions regarding the application of intellectual property (IP) laws. The intersection of AI and IP raises critical considerations about the rights of creators and innovators, the interpretation and enforcement of established laws, and the potential impact on the future of creativity and innovation.

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Infringing AI: Liability for AI-generated outputs under international, EU, and UK copyright law

The IPKat

One of the best-known frames of Todd Phillips’s 2019 Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix is that of Phoenix’s “Joker” inside a lift. Let’s imagine a situation in which the user of a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model inputted the following prompt: “Create an image of Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie, 2019, screenshot from a movie, movie scene.

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Creator Spotlight with Cartoonist Maryette Clement

Copyright Alliance

This week we’d like to introduce cartoonist and author Maryette Clement. Maryette’s book, The Teenyboppers #1, is available on Amazon. Be sure to also follow her on Instagram. What was the inspiration behind becoming a […] The post Creator Spotlight with Cartoonist Maryette Clement appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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When Antisemitism No Longer Shocks

Michael Geist

Last week, Green College, an interdisciplinary graduate college on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, hosted a medieval workshop titled The Writing of Ancient Christianity in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. As the title would suggest, the workshop was highly specialized and of limited interest to anyone outside of the scholarly field.

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First AI Copyright Trial Starts This Week: What to Know

Copyright Lately

The AI copyright and fair use trial in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence may not be glamorous, but it will be groundbreaking. On Friday, August 23, jurors are scheduled to hear opening statements in the first trial to test whether using copyrighted data to train an AI program qualifies as fair use. The trial won’t take place in Silicon Valley, and Sarah Silverman and John Grisham won’t be taking the stand.

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Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 - Part 2

JD Supra Law

This is the second article in our two-part series on Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0, focusing on the legal implications and potential liabilities manufacturers face from cyberattacks, as well as practical recommendations to mitigate these risks. If you missed the first article, where we discussed the latest trends and key cybersecurity risks facing manufacturers, you can read it here: Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 – Part 1.

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The AGI Lawsuit: Elon Musk vs. OpenAI and the Quest for Artificial General Intelligence that Benefits Humanity

Patently-O

By Dennis Crouch Elon Musk was instrumental in the initial creation of OpenAI as a nonprofit with the vision of responsibly developing artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity and to prevent monopolistic control over the technology. After ChatGPT went viral in late 2022, the company began focusing more on revenue and profits. It added a major for-profit subsidiary and completed a $13+ billion deal with Microsoft — entitling the industry giant to a large share of OpenAI’s fut

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Osgoode PhD Amanda Turnbull Investigates How Algorithms Do Things with Words

IPilogue

By John Nyman Dr. Amanda Turnbull, Osgoode PhD (2024). (Giselle B Photography) Throughout her doctoral studies, Amanda Turnbull has grappled with the legal consequences of “machines doing things with words.” Her timely dissertation, Law, Language, and Authority: The Algorithmic Turn , completed in August 2024, offers a measured yet unflinching reflection on how artificial intelligence is transforming society and the law.

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Copyright and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Model Terms and Conditions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AI-generated image by DALL-E 3 (through Microsoft Copilot) based on Gabriele Cifrodelli’s prompt: ‘Terms and Conditions on a cracked computer screen’ Although large, general purpose AI (GPAI) or “foundation” models and their generative products have been around for several years , it was ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022 which captured the public and media’s imagination as well as large amounts of venture capital funding.

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Why Thousands of Studies May Be in Copyright Limbo

Plagiarism Today

Thousands of open-access studies feature images that may have copyright restrictions. Here's how that happened. The post Why Thousands of Studies May Be in Copyright Limbo appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention

TorrentFreak

In France, where laws were introduced with site-blocking and similar anti-piracy measures already baked in, entertainment giant Canal+ seems intent on taking full advantage. Like similar broadcasters with lucrative sports rights to exploit, Canal+ has a subset of viewers who prefer to consume from pirate sources which charge much less, or even nothing at all.

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