Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 18, 2024

Think about syllables that help resonate a message about your business, your brand, and what you’re trying to convey to the consumer, such as experience, youthfulness, novelty, wisdom, or any feature of your brand. At this point you want to talk to your trademark attorney and start to think about what’s possible.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, it has so much useful information that it can be overwhelming at times, and that’s even for someone who uses it frequently and is very knowledgeable about all the ins and outs of trademarks. You file new applications, you file renewals, you file responses, you file just about every document that gets submitted.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 24, 2023

What could carpentry and trademarks possibly have in common? A bit more time up front could save you a lot of time or a fiasco later on. A bit more time up front could save you a lot of time or a fiasco later on. So just like in carpentry, when it comes to your trademark, measure twice, cut once.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 26, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Trademark Applications: What You See vs. What You Don’t. But, there’s a lot behind the curtain—behind the scenes—that you can’t necessarily see just from looking at those records. What do I mean by that?

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 19, 2022

This trend is also being seen in research, with a recently published study by a group of Saudi Arabian researchers that looked at using AI to look not just at text, but the images in a published paper. Much of that success and interest is based upon the fact their product is powered by artificial intelligence.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

At the time, McCrory claimed that the plagiarism was an isolated incident but a pair of follow up investigations into McCrory’s work by researcher Nick Brown found a total of 20 other incidents of plagiarism, self plagiarism and other ethical violations in McCrory’s work. Saying What People Want to Hear.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

However, one to three of the players are “Imposters” (the same term is used in both games) that attempt to murder the non-imposters before time is run out. Parker, who highlighted just how similar the two maps are. He was backed by another Twitter User, Stephen N. pic.twitter.com/3IWbpmUf60 — Stephen N.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

Fresh on the heels of filing an infringement lawsuit against OpenAI , The New York Times Co. is flexing its copyright muscles once again, this time targeting the developers of hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular word game the Times purchased in 2022. The Asserted Rights So what exactly is the Times claiming to own?

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, the idea of centralized controls goes against what many see as the core values of NFTs and cryptocurrency. This news comes just a week after OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace and minting service, admitted that “Over 80%” of the NFTs minted for free on the service were either fake, plagiarized or had other issues.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 26, 2024

Recent reports of avoidable overblocking, a reluctance to admit that the Piracy Shield system is fallible, and new reports that telecoms regulator AGCOM is now rejecting complaints from wrongfully blocked Cloudflare customers, are just some of the ingredients in a volatile mix that has always threatened to boil over.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2024

A similar but broader effort failed in 2012 but twelve years is a very long time; in the tech and internet world, it’s almost forever. A similar but broader effort failed in 2012 but twelve years is a very long time; in the tech and internet world, it’s almost forever. Working with U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2024

At a time when legal streaming services didn’t even exist, Subscene offered subtitles for large libraries of movies and TV shows in multiple languages. Making content accessible to non-native speakers, in countries where legal streaming services wouldn’t arrive for a decade, didn’t just help people to understand movies.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

Some of these bootleg tattoos turned out pretty well; others are just god-awful. So, as the first major copyright trial of 2024 is set to begin, here’s what you need to know: Who Will Testify? So, as the first major copyright trial of 2024 is set to begin, here’s what you need to know: Who Will Testify?

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 12, 2023

Overly focused, it’s far from the time to rest now Debates growin’ ’bout who they think is the best now Took a while, got the jokers out of the deck now I’m holdin’ all the cards and dudes wanna play chess now Goodbye.Its.Been.Fun.S01E01.READNFO.1080p.WEB.H264-CAKES

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 31, 2024

If our readers were to visit Finland, what would you describe as a must-see? Snow covered wilderness in the North can be a wonderful experience for anyone seeking thrills or just relaxing in the calmness of nature. Even if you visit Helsinki, the capital city, you will notice that nature is just a few minutes away.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 25, 2024

Every month, numerous new tools and services appear online, as developers embrace what many see as unlimited potential. Every month, numerous new tools and services appear online, as developers embrace what many see as unlimited potential. Twenty-five years ago, peer-to-peer file-sharing took the Internet by storm.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The government is releasing its draft regulations for Bill C-18 today and the chances that both Google and Meta will stop linking to news in Canada just increased significantly. By the time the bill reached the Senate several months after that, the number had grown to $215 million. That was not a department-led initiative.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2023

But most of what they tell you misses the forest for the trees. The reason for that is that you and they have no way of knowing at the time of filing whether this will be the “next big thing” or just another “thing”. Aside from your client telling you to, why do you file a patent application? But it isn’t.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

My 5,000 word post deconstructed the bill in detail so check it out to see what all the fuss was about. Why Congress would spend time on doing that, when online marketplaces are essential to many communities, is absolutely beyond me. I’m also confused about the timing. What have we learned since then?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

With just a few keystrokes, the search engine can find virtually anything. At the same time, it continues to process DMCA takedown notices which allow rightsholders to ‘remove’ problematic content, even when it’s yet to be indexed. If this trend continues, we could be at 10 billion takedowns by this time this year.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I was just blown away by seeing stuff I had forgotten,” Klein recalled in a 2021 interview. It’s just like a key going into a lock.” Over 80 million views later, MCCTv is a much-loved 501(c)(3) non-profit Illinois corporation but in just 48 hours, may simply cease to exist. That’s one of the things that becomes so addictive.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

What kinds of conversations are you having inside CCC and with external stakeholders about generative AI? What kinds of conversations are you having inside CCC and with external stakeholders about generative AI? RK: It is not just generative AI but also other forms of AI, text and data mining, open AI systems, and the like.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2024

More recently, however, the time between application and blocking injunction has contracted. More recently, however, the time between application and blocking injunction has contracted. In this case the time between rightsholders filing a statement of claim/originating application and obtaining an injunction was less than two months.

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Michael Geist

MAY 20, 2022

While the House of Commons committee study is just getting underway, the Senate has been debating the possibility of conducting a “pre-study” of the bill at its own committee. These questions come up after the witnesses testify, but often these questions remain unanswered in this process; that is what I have observed.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes What sets Ben & Jerry’s apart are not just their flavors but also their distinctive trademarks In continuation of our Fall road trip, we found ourselves at the Ben & Jerry’s “headquarters” in Vermont. Their journey commenced in 1978 with a meager investment of $12,000.

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Blogging Trademark Branding Brands 92

TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2022

For the first time, outsiders were able to see what URLs copyrights holders targeted and in what quantity. When something gets in the way of the free flow of information, we believe there should be transparency around what that block might be.” In hindsight, this was just the start of a takedown explosion.

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Reporting Copyright Copyright Infringement Music 133

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 30, 2023

It is time to set the record straight. For reasons I don’t understand, many inventors are just not being truthful about the provisions of patent reform bills now pending in Congress.

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Intepat

MAY 2, 2024

The Landscape of Intellectual Property Rights in Quantum Computing The realm of quantum computing is not just an evolution but a revolution. Quantum computing, a field that once lived only in science fiction, is now becoming a reality, promising to perform calculations at speeds unimaginable for today’s computers.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2024

For the first time, outsiders were able to see which URLs were being targeted by copyright holders and in what quantity. According to Fred von Lohmann, Google’s Senior Copyright Counsel at the time, the volume of DMCA notices was skyrocketing. By downranking pirate sites , infringing content became harder to find.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

What the group’s members didn’t realize at the time, is that the plans they made would create a ripple effect that still has an impact decades later. The Pirate Bay first came online in Mexico where Gottfrid Svartholm, aka Anakata, hosted the site on a server owned by the company he was working for at the time.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

With just a few keystrokes, the search engine can find virtually anything. What stands out is that the majority of the reported URLs are linked to a tiny fraction of the four million domain names. What stands out is that the majority of the reported URLs are linked to a tiny fraction of the four million domain names.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 2, 2024

Efficiency is vital for data science teams working to complete time-sensitive projects. In addition to losing time that otherwise could be spent on more urgent work, other obstacles can present themselves when data science teams choose to gather their data without the help of external consultants.

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Licensing Business Publishing Marketing 75

TorrentFreak

MAY 3, 2024

The Majority Are Savvy Users The study found that just under a third of respondents (31%) categorize themselves as more likely to be the last among their peers to use the latest technology. Around 27% have heard of people changing DNS settings but don’t currently know what that means.

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Reporting Privacy Technology Publishing 90

Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The CRTC last week released the first two of what is likely to become at least a dozen decisions involving the Online Streaming Act (aka Bill C-11). So what’s the reality? To understand what is at play, some context is needed. Yet internally, officials knew that the bill applied to far more than just large Internet streamers.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A few years ago, book piracy was considered a fringe activity that rarely made the news, but times have changed. At the same time, several lawsuits accused OpenAI of using Libgen and other unauthorized libraries to train their large language models. For Anna’s Archive, this is all just the beginning. Last year, the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

When BBB fans aren’t glued to their TVs waiting for the drama to unfold, many can be found on social media, usually speculating about what comes next, based on what they’ve just seen. Big Brother Brazil (BBB) is one of the most successful regional variants.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s just business. What is copyright? Copyright protection exists from the time the work is created in a fixed, tangible form of expression. Copyright protection exists from the time the work is created in a fixed, tangible form of expression. While you may know the basics of copyright, your colleagues and staff may not.

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