TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2023

On March 17, Musk raised the topic once again. “Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st,” he tweeted. Logs obtained by TorrentFreak suggest that the allegedly infringing content appeared on the PublicSpace repo early Friday morning, around 02:25.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The perennial topic of anguish, anger, anxiety, annoyance, etc amongst patent attorneys and litigators, alike. Robin - who is the only robin that the IPKat is on friendly, non-prey terms with - shared news from the EPO that their practice will now double down on acceleration of opposition proceedings for both infringement and revocation.

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The IPKat

MAY 30, 2023

The UPC will enter into force on 1 June this year. Solely the national tribunals are competent to decide infringement. The interaction between the European Patent Office, the Unified Patent Court, and the national tribunals will certainly be an interesting area in European patent law in the years to come.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Early last year, a group of filmmakers obtained a subpoena which required Reddit to reveal the identities of users who commented on piracy-related topics. Reddit wasn’t willing to go along with the request, at least not in full. For example, Bittorrent activity will help to show direct copyright infringement by an RCN subscriber.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

The Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) annual conference will be held from 28 to 30 April 2024 in Madrid, Spain. The program includes life sciences and artificial intelligence, Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation, EU Data Act requirements, IP management topics across diverse fields and countries, and a gala dinner.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Dennis Crouch I’m excited that my next patent-law event will be the IP CLE Conference, January 7-10, 2024 at the Viewline in Snowmass, Colorado. Judge Stoll will separately join Erika Arner (Finnegan) for what looks to be an interesting discussion on IPR/Infringement litigation interplay.

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

The course covers wide areas of study that includes fundamentals of IP, historical origins and international obligations, economics of IP, justifications, nature of IP subject matter, criteria for protection, term, rights, infringement, assignment and licensing, defenses, exceptions, public interest considerations, remedies and enforcement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and over the years several ISPs have been sued because of them. These Internet providers stand accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications from rightsholders.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

But to keep the pot boiling, I will share a topical decision. The post College review website: Not hardly infringing anything, says SDNY appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Out of respect for the Passover holiday, which ends next Tuesday night, I am not blogging as such.

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The IPKat

APRIL 15, 2024

The claimant brought this action for copyright infringement against the defendant, alleging that it was the author of the Image, and seeking injunctive relief. The defendant, a local law firm, subsequently copied the Image and used it on its own website (presumably, to prove a point?).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts and several ISPs have been sued over the years. These Internet providers stand accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications. ” it reads.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

What other key legal topics should I consider when using synthetic data to train an AI model? In addition to IP infringement risks, there are of course plenty of other interesting legal questions which may arise in relation to the use of synthetic data to train AI models. See here for Parts 1 , 2 and 3.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

AI and copyright: Prompts and Intellectual Inputs This Time from China Recently in a copyright infringement dispute concerning a work generated by using an AI, the Beijing Internet Court held that it qualifies as an original work of human intellectual achievement. Read Aparajita’s post to know more about the development. Defendant no.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the case, the accused infringer LKQ argues that the standard for design patent obviousness is too lax and thus allows for protection of many obvious designs. I will be joining Suffolk professor Sarah Burstein along with Meredith Lowry (Wright Lindsey); Darrell Mottley (Banner + Howard University); and Laura Sheridan (Google).

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

It will be hosted on 18 and 19 April 2024 in Warsaw. Topics cover, inter alia, preliminary measures in IP matters in the UPC and national court practices, indirect infringement of IP rights in cross-border situations and enforcement of financial claims in IP matters. The full programme is accessible here.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

There are web-based fighters and robots that will go out in search for photos that are owned by photographers or by copyright licensing clearing houses, and they will find it eventually and they will send you a demand letter. And the infringement doesn’t have to be long. It doesn’t have to be substantial.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2022

The third iteration of the EU watchlist will be published towards the end of the year and several interested parties have already submitted their nominations. However, it has seen an emergence of platforms where pirates exploit these services to share infringing content in recent years.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Specifically, they alleged that the company failed to terminate repeat infringers. The order means that the case will continue and the parties will continue collecting evidence. As mentioned earlier, there was one subscriber who objected by claiming that they never received a copyright infringement notice from Grande.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2024

The Case of Upcycling”, Irene Calboli and Siroos Tanner address the IP dimension of upcycling and explore ways to prevent this environmentally friendly practice from being hindered by claims of potential trademark and copyright infringement. centred perspective, it — unsurprisingly —managed to grasp the essence of the topic globally.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As a firm of trademark and alcohol attorneys, it’s always a thrill when those two topics collide, especially on a major stage. The suit centered around allegations of trademark infringement and trademark dilution. We had one of those great moments of serendipity last week. In 2017, Diageo sued W.J.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

The ambit of IPR when it comes to recognizing these AI generators and whether they are also capable of copyright infringement by transforming other creators work has been discussed in detail in the article. 6] If these claims will be justified then the penalties will be placed for said infringement. [7]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

The TRO acts like a supernotice compared to the traditional takedown notice: it targets sellers, not individual items; and it implicates their cash from all of their sales, not just the allegedly infringing listings. Mistakes are common in the SAD Scheme, and appeals are almost nonexistent. Emoji GmbH v.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Afro-IP blog informed on a trade mark infringement case, which was decided by the High Court of South Africa. The blog sets out, in a step-by-step analysis, the reasoning of the High Court in dismissing the infringement claim. The adherence will come into force in early 2022.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

In addition, 75% of the fees charged by IP offices (including national IP offices, EUIPO and the Benelux IP Office) for the registration of trade marks and designs will be reimbursed. The panel will focus on raised questions such as: could video games be defined as a piece of art, with all its meanings in terms of copyright?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2022

YouTube is an incredible site with an unbelievable amount of content covering every conceivable topic. This notice also alleged infringement due to unauthorized circumvention but GitHub processed the claim based on other copyright infringement(s). But it’s certainly not perfect.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

Copyright protection over tattoos has been a hot topic for some time. IPilogue writers have previously discussed the Kat Von D portrait infringement claim and the NBA 2K dispute , the latter having also featured Take-Two as defendant. The tattoo process could follow the model of other commissioned work, such as logo design.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

The use of lawsuits to solve complex commercial disputes suggests that no amount of talking will ever produce the desired results. When copyright holders report uploaded content as infringing, YouTube follows the DMCA and takes the content down. Meanwhile, alleged infringers arguably benefit from Content ID matches.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to former Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski, he created the new identity as a means to shield himself when he covered politically heated topics. The worst part is, though none of this actually indicates the information on Snopes is inaccurate, it means the site will likely never be seen as credible again.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 2, 2023

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in U.S. The filmmakers believe that the commenters can provide evidence to show that RCN didn’t have a proper repeat infringer policy, among other things. courts, with ongoing lawsuits against several ISPs. Internet provider RCN is one of the companies targeted.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Notice and Explanation : Individuals should be notified regarding when an automated system is being used and provided information regarding how and why the automated system will contribute to outcomes that impact the individual. This Guidance covers some important topics. Both the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S.

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Patently-O

MAY 5, 2022

Given ongoing interest in the topic, USPTO has engaged ACUS to conduct. study will ultimately be submitted to Congress and will address, among other. topics, whether there is a need for a small claims patent court, the feasibility. study will ultimately be submitted to Congress and will address, among other.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Townsend, along with Marvin Gaye, co-wrote the song Let’s Get it On , which the plaintiffs argue was infringed by Sheeran’s hit. In addition to denying the motion for summary judgment, the judge also that Sheeran’s concert profits would be considered when calculating damages should he found to have infringed.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The White House Executive Order on AI (“EO”) is comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics. One of the topics which raises many legal issues, particularly with generative AI (“genAI”), is intellectual property. We will have to continue to wait on the other issues until later in 2024.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2021

Even if an identical trademark is not used, a knock-off product may infringe trade dress or patent rights where it is made to copy the protected appearance, details and construction of a well-known product in order to mislead consumers as to the source of the product.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2024

A sampling of opinions on this controversial topic would likely place sentiments like these at the edge of a spectrum, acting as a perfect counterbalance to equally extreme positions adopted by a subset of particularly aggressive rightsholders. As it happens with others, which do provide it,” the statement adds.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2022

Specifically, they alleged that the ISP failed to terminate repeat infringers. As mentioned in our previous coverage, the music companies don’t want Bright House to argue that Internet access is a human right and that terminating repeat infringers is a disproportionate and unnecessary response to piracy allegations.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I was tasked with creating business and marketing materials for the Engineering and Technology practice group, focusing mainly on topics pertaining to patent prosecution. One of the skills I sharpened over the course of my internship was effective and accessible legal writing.

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