Plagiarism Today
MAY 16, 2024
As schools nationwide celebrate graduation season, they face some tough plagiarism-related questions over the summer. The post 5 Plagiarism-Related Questions to Discuss Over Summer appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
MAY 15, 2024
Everyone is talking about the new rule approved by the Federal Trade Commission on April 23 (published on May 7 and set to take effect – pending legal challenges – on September 4, 2024 ). It is referred to as the Non-Compete Clause Rule. The Non-Compete Clause Rule follows on the heels of several states effectively “outlawing” non-competition agreements.
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Plagiarism Today
MAY 15, 2024
10th Circuit to rehear Tiger King case, Appeals Court upholds This is America case dismissal and Shopify sues competitor. The post 3 Count: Shopify vs. Seed appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
MAY 10, 2024
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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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?
TorrentFreak
MAY 11, 2024
The fourth installment of Marvel’s Captain America film series is scheduled to be released February next year. Captain America: Brave New World is directed by Julius Onah and will star Anthony Mackie in the role of Samuel Wilson, better known to the broader public as “Captain America” In the lead-up to the film’s premiere, there’s been no shortage of rumors and leaks.
Hugh Stephens Blog
MAY 14, 2024
Image: Shutterstock.com Canada not the US when it comes to copyright—or anything else.
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The TTABlog
MAY 15, 2024
In another of those battles between a rock band and one of its members, the Board again sided with the band, granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for THE PLIMSOULS for "entertainment in the nature of live performances by a musical band." The Board ruled that the band was entitled to challenge the registration, had not abandoned the mark, and had proved its claim of ownership of the mark and likelihood of confusion based on its prior use of the same mark for the same services.
IP Watchdog
MAY 13, 2024
While it’s appropriate to lament the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Washington, just because something’s bipartisan doesn't mean it’s a good idea. Exhibit A could be Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) “Invent It Here, Make It Here” bill. Despite the name and its good intentions, it condemns promising federally funded inventions to waste away without doing a thing to build our domestic manufacturing base.
TorrentFreak
MAY 16, 2024
The Piracy Shield blocking controversy on the boil since February has shown that overblocking in Italy either doesn’t exist , is someone else’s fault, or was too brief to be considered important. To that background, news this week that Italian telecoms regulator AGCOM has nullified one of its own piracy blocking orders is somewhat unexpected.
JD Supra Law
MAY 13, 2024
“In assessing a generative AI product, it is critical to understand issues of data ownership and privacy. This cumbersome task is necessary to learn how the AI platform will use data, if the data shared is entering an open or closed system, and if the data is used for a large language model,” said Leonard Dietzen and Jacey Kaps, CIPP/US, Partners at RumbergerKirk.
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Plagiarism Today
MAY 15, 2024
Stack Overflow has drawn the ire of its members by reaching a deal with OpenAI. Is your favorite community next or has it done so already? The post Is Your Community Selling You Out to AI? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
MAY 15, 2024
Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.
Velocity of Content
MAY 14, 2024
In the most recent webinar in the Workflow of the Future series, SMART Standards in Action, we were joined by Jonathan Rushmore, Design Principal and Vice President at AECOM, to talk about integrating machine-readable standards along with other data sources into large engineering projects, with a focus on building design. He discussed the challenges and opportunities of using automation.
TorrentFreak
MAY 10, 2024
In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler founded Music Specialist Inc, an independent label that recorded just one album and a few tracks. The venture didn’t score any hits and it eventually dissolved after a few years. Nealy’s personal life was no major success either, as he spent time in prison from 1989 to 2008, and again from 2012 to 2015.
JD Supra Law
MAY 13, 2024
Earlier this year, a rare case of copyright infringement was brought against the National Football League (NFL) and the Detroit Lions over a statue of Hall of Fame player Barry Sanders. The case, filed in January in New York federal court by photographer Allen Kee, claims that the defendants violated his copyright by using his photo of Sanders in action during a 1995 game as the model for the pose in the statue.
IP Law 360
MAY 14, 2024
As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MAY 13, 2024
In July 2023, the Court of Appeal in Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 868. overturned the High Court decision in which Mr Justice Mellor found that the Bitcoin File Format (the “BFF” ) was not a protectable work in a copyright sense as it did not satisfy the fixation requirement under s.3(2) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”).
The IPKat
MAY 11, 2024
The fruit industry news has been abuzz this week with reports that a new pineapple will soon be hitting the market in the United States. The pineapple, characterised by its red outer skin and produced in very limited quantities in Costa Rica, is being marketed under the name Rubyglow™ and will retail for nearly $400 per fruit. [Merpel: now that’s a recipe for an expensive piña colada!
JD Supra Law
MAY 13, 2024
Dominique Wilkins is an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player known for his acrobatic slam dunks and, after retirement, for his commentary during televised Hawks games. Wilkins also suffers from diabetes and has been an advocate for the treatment of the disease and its symptoms. As part of his advocacy, Wilkins entered into an endorsement agreement with Genesis Performance Group to promote PeptideVite, a supplement that helps with the side effects of diabetes medication.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 14, 2024
The Copyright Claims Board has issued a final judgement in its longest-running case, favoring Disney over a smaller book publisher. The post Disney, Books and the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
MAY 14, 2024
After an Illinois federal jury determined that Amazon owes $525 million for infringing three of Kove IO's patents relating to cloud data storage technology, the Chicago software company asked a judge Tuesday to add $180 million in interest, while also arguing Amazon owes attorney fees for its surprise trial tactics.
TorrentFreak
MAY 15, 2024
In recent years, music and movie companies have filed several lawsuits against U.S. Internet providers, for failing to take action against pirating subscribers. One of the main allegations is that ISPs fail to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in ‘appropriate circumstances’, as the DMCA requires. These lawsuits have resulted in multi-million dollar judgments against Cox and Grande.
Michael Geist
MAY 16, 2024
When I first wrote about the arrival of Bill S-210 in the House of Commons back in December, I dubbed it the most dangerous Canadian bill you’ve never heard of and warned that “ Senate private members bills rarely become law, but this bill is suddenly on the radar screen in a big way.” Nearly six months later, the bill is closer than ever to becoming law as the Conservatives improbably appear to be doubling down on support and seeking to limit witness testimony through filibuster tactics that co
JD Supra Law
MAY 10, 2024
On May 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, No. 22-1078, holding that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement itself occurred.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 16, 2024
Music publishers warn Spotify of infringement, Indian director removes free link to his film and Frontier to unmask suspected pirates. The post 3 Count: Spotless Lyrics appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
MAY 14, 2024
Jurors becoming more skeptical of corporations are handing down sky-high verdicts, and trial attorneys say it's forcing a shift in the strategies they employ as they aim to score — or prevent — so-called nuclear verdicts.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 13, 2024
By Kieran McCarthy Elon Musk may have done more to open the Internet to web scraping than any person or public interest advocacy group. Not that he meant to do this, mind you. He was trying to do the opposite. But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of Calif
Copyright Lately
MAY 10, 2024
The ink’s not even dry on Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy , yet the Court is already poised to make its new decision on copyright damages obsolete. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy , ruling that, so long as a claim is timely filed, a copyright plaintiff is “entitled to damages, no matter when the infringement occurred.” Creative Cheers and Legal Uncertainties The Court’s decision was immediately c
IP and Legal Filings
MAY 10, 2024
INTRODUCTION Technology transfer is a way for innovation. Its gained momentum with the advent of importance in R&D and patent registration. While facilitating technology transfer, it is significant to look at how IP rights play a role. It’s the first important step towards protecting owner’s rights and its lawful public use. If IPR is not understood in technology transfer process, sharing of knowledge and invention faces legal challenges.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 13, 2024
Supreme Court rules for bigger damages in music cases, OpenAI is accused of copyright hypocrisy, and Warner removes LOTR fan film. The post 3 Count: Artificial Hypocrisy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
MAY 15, 2024
The California Institute of Technology has reached a settlement in its patent lawsuit against Dell Technologies Inc., the latest deal the school has cut in suits over its data transmission patents in the years after its $1.1 billion verdict against Apple Inc. crashed at the Federal Circuit.
Cogency Global
MAY 16, 2024
What this is : Charitable nonprofits frequently think they need to register to solicit donations in all 50 states. We’ve got some good news for you: Fortunately, not all states require this. What this means : The number of states that do require charitable solicitation registration varies in some circumstances, usually depending on the type of organization and sometimes you’ll find conflicting information when searching for the exact states where this is required.
TorrentFreak
MAY 12, 2024
Following a rightsholder complaint about copyright infringement taking place on Telegram, a judge in Spain issued a controversial order for ISPs to block Telegram in its entirety , across the whole country. As soon as the order was made public, nationwide and then international uproar led to the judge reconsidering whether the order really was a “necessary” and “proportional” response.
JD Supra Law
MAY 16, 2024
The Interim AI Measures is China's first specific, administrative regulation on the management of generative AI services. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) The Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the National Radio and Television Administration jointly released the.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 14, 2024
Luxembourg appeals court sides with photographer, X case against data scraper dismissed and cryogenic tank lawsuit dismissed in India. The post 3 Count: Luxembourg Battle appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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