Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time. It was actually one of half a dozen times I gave this talk.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In response to public comments submitted in response to its request thereof regarding the “article of manufacture” requirement for design patent eligibility appearing in Title 35, United States Code, Section 171 , and as explained in our previous post , the U.S. a)(I) ] but provides important clarifications.”

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U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 25, 2023

On April 26, at noon ET, I am excited to moderate what is sure to be an uplifting panel on the importance of mentorships for business success titled “ mentorshIP: The secret sauce for women entrepreneurs." I look forward to being part of that programming as well. Bureaus and Offices U.S.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 22, 2021

In my first post , after touching on the need/wisdom of copyright registration for bloggers (and other creators whose distribution is primarily through social media sites), I went on to discuss the DMCA and how it is a useful first-line-of-defense bit of IP protection for content first appearing on such sites.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Image from here In the previous months, I journeyed through the posts published in “ Junes ” and “ Julys ” of decades past on SpicyIP, tracking how some IP stories developed over the years. He wrote detailed posts on this topic later here and here. Upon an online search, I only found MHRD IP Chair websites.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 26, 2024

I got you something from Goa – a circular ! Goan Circular’s Sensitization of Police … While I couldn’t find the official text on the website of the Goa Home Department, as reported by the Herald Goa, the circular relies on the 2023 DPIIT notification. Well … ‘tis just a glimpse of the long-going discussion on the topic.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 27, 2022

there are two questions that I have been reflecting on that I am keen to discuss and hear from IPKat readers about their views on these points. By terrible ideas, what I mean is useless ideas. And I understand that this is based on my belief that my job as an academic is to be useful. But, are we overdoing it?

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IPilogue

APRIL 11, 2022

I attended the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings (“GOTTMs”) hosted by Leiden University on April 5, 2022. His presentation, titled “What an IP Lawyer Needs to Know about the Colorful World of NFTs”, discussed the current NFTs’ landscape globally. She discussed this topic in greater detail in her aforementioned paper.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

While the question made sense ever since I read the post, it started making more sense (and bothering me more) after working on the SpicyIP Open IP Syllabus where I witnessed a relative “over-accessibility” of US-European IPR scholarship. Is it genuinely challenging to find them, or am I not putting in enough effort?

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The IPKat

JUNE 25, 2021

The book also brings in various associated topics such as the inter partes review proceedings at the USPTO, the handling of conflicts of interest, patent enforcement from a university perspective, the benefits to society of the patent system, the university treatment of data plus much more.

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Patently-O

APRIL 26, 2023

I still remember how happy I was when I filed my first patent back which was a moment of great joy and pride. And as time went by, I filed multiple patents and I felt more confident and more accomplished.” My mom knows and I think I’m the first in my family to get one. ” – Sujesha S.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 3, 2021

The Fifth Circuit certified the following question to the Texas Supreme Court: Under Texas products-liability law, is Amazon a “seller” of third-party products sold on Amazon’s website when Amazon does not hold title to the product but controls the process of the transaction and delivery through Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon program?

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

Part I: Bloggers and the DMCA. As I dug down further on the topic, I ended up tumbling down a bit of a rabbit hole concerning certain nooks & crannies of copyright that I hadn’t known much about; at that point, I thought it might be useful (to some) and interesting (to others) to share them here.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

million people (according to SimilarWeb) in ’23, was provisionally found to have earned about 340 million won [$35 million] in advertising revenue,” the statement notes, adding that the platform illegally shared almost 27,000 titles causing “significant damage” to the publishing industry.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2021

The course will also contain topics that involve the interface of IP with areas such as human rights, free speech and competition law. Weekly discussion forum will provide access to lively discussions on contemporary topics and cutting-edge issues of the last one year. Logo of the National Law University, Delhi. About the Course.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Open Access, which I think of as the sometimes costly process of making scholarly outputs free-to-read , has enjoyed a fascinating career since its formal articulation and inception around the year 2000 (with many experiments and precursors before). Were this a formal research paper, I might at this point conduct a review of the literature.

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IPilogue

JUNE 29, 2022

On June 22, 2022, I had the pleasure of tuning into the 14th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture. Vaver’s lecture was a wonderful way to remember his valuable contributions and to learn more about the diverse topics (as the title suggests) he dealt with in his career in intellectual property. Overall, Prof.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Jokes aside, the title of today’s post is “Your Face, is My Case,” because we’re talking about likeness and image rights, sometimes collectively referred to as “personality rights.” Of all the TV attorneys out there, Jackie Chiles is my favorite. ” Let’s discuss some quick examples.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Creating clickbait “where can I watch X?” While the language dances around the topic, it’s fairly obvious what the report is driving at. .” A search for ‘where can I watch’ and ‘VPN’ (no film titled needed) returned this mainstream article.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 26, 2022

After a few sessions on conceptual and theoretical ideas around IP, this set of sessions will now take the class on a different not-so-theoretical topic and deliberates upon IP issues that crop up around clinical trial test data, drug innovation, Indian drug regulatory regulation etc. I have some questions, doubts, and requests today.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Rogers test is for situations in which the use does not indicate source, as in the title of the song Barbie Girl or the use of images of trademarked goods in artwork or movies. Title may seem surprising b/c Dogan advocated for TM use to distinguish b/t secondary and direct liability in TM law. HomeVestors: title of TV show.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2023

The authors will be following up on this topic with an article analyzing the reasoning once we have more fully reviewed the transcript. Initial takeaways from these cases however, indicate the importance of avoiding the “c-word” in a utility patent specification and claims, or the title in a design patent. and Lifted Ltd.,

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

For musician Maria Schneider, whose class action lawsuit against YouTube will head to a jury trial next month, the status quo and its alleged facilitator have been a constant topic of discussion for well over a decade. “OK, I know: that title really hits below the belt. .” I apologize.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Industrial Cleaning Equipment v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment [2023] EWHC 411 (IPEC) (February 2023) The case title might suggest this is a battle between two highly descriptive marks (ala Office Cleaning), but in fact both of these floor cleaning equipment companies had adopted the abbreviation ICE. ICE, ICE, acquiescence maybe?

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. How do I get a Copyright? That’s understandable.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Claude’s reproductions of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted lyrics are often done, Plaintiffs allege, without providing critical copyright management information, such as the song title or songwriter, denying Plaintiffs the acknowledgement they are due. ” Id. at ¶ 10. ” Id. at ¶ 78. ” Id. at ¶ 87.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

Controller Gen of Patents: The DHC’s Dilemma of Identifying the Method of Treatment under Section 3(i) of the Patent Act In the context of Section 3(i), the DHC recently clarified that a ‘method of treatment’ is distinct from a ‘method of producing a substance’ that can later be used in the treatment.

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Copyright Act and The Industrial Design Act both touch on the topic of employment and IP. The courts will examine the relationship itself not only the title given to the worker by the employer. The post Employees with a side hustle: Can I protect my intellectual property? appeared first on Nelligan Law.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This is a summary of a pre-print article my team has written on this topic (with supporting data and references); it is accessible at biorxiv. The team also identified issues at the schema-level which I am not going to get into here. In other datasets that we work with, we have seen publication dates far out in the future (e.g.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

Cracking Ideas – a title gleaned from our partnership with Wallis and Gromit creators, Aardman Animations - is the IPO’s educational resource for primary education. When I say ‘immersive’. Tim Moss, speaking about our Cracking Ideas Competition winners in 2020, said: . The UK is great place for innovation and creativity.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. How do I get a Copyright? That’s understandable.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v. Netflix , Inc. ).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2021

A referral on this topic may have come as a surprise to some, given the established case law of the Board of Appeal on plausibility and post-filed evidence ( Case Law of the Boards of Appeal, I-D-4.6 ). ViCo oral proceedings were reserved for a minority of Examining divisional oral proceedings, at the request of the applicant.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Pub Ocean then published an article titled “A Massive Lake has Just Materialized in the Middle of One of the Hottest Places on Earth”. Plaintiff discovered the use of his photos in articles covering the following topics: “FemSkin”. I blogged about the practice of embedding. The Snuggery”. Dillie the Deer”. Giraffe Woman”.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 5, 2023

You should consider the following factors while determining which class your services or goods belong to: The aim and function of the products or services Whether or not the items contain any raw ingredients What actions are performed as part of the service, and What is the topic or activity of the services offered?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 1, 2024

We suggested that Alan should be allowed to wander off-topic with his trademark anecdotes before being quickly brought back by his guest. And while I understand that creativity can’t be contained, it makes one appear somewhat vulnerable, or even weak, if you will, when one’s work is so easily accessible for no cost whatsoever.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

My name is Enrico Schaefer, I am a technology attorney with traverse legal PLC, and today I want to talk about nonfungible tokens or NFTs. You have been reading about them all over the news, they’re the hottest topic in tech right now, especially in the blockchain space. It is the wild west.

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