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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. Between 2010-2022, there are 646 mask works registered in the U.S. government.

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5 Thanksgiving Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories

Plagiarism Today

This has led authors to include large amounts of protectable material with their works (often leading to frustration from readers) and to a culture of protecting attribution and limiting copying of recipes through community action. See Also: Why You Can’t Copy a Recipe Book. Back in 2010, U.S.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

With that said, here’s some spooky copyright stories to send chills down your spine: 5 Copyright Issues for Halloween : Starting in October 2010, this article takes a look at some of the more broad copyright issues and how they impact Halloween. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time. Many fans of the cult film Repo!

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Romania’s Continued Struggles with Academic Integrity

Plagiarism Today

The report begins and ends with a man named Mihai Costache (not his real name), who remembers widespread cheating and copying in his high school classrooms. This includes blatant copying from the internet without any repercussions. faced accusations that he plagiarized a third of his doctoral thesis.

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The Bizarre Career of Damien Hirst

Plagiarism Today

Though he clarified that they were not “direct copies”, he claimed there were similarities in style, color choices and techniques used that were overwhelming to him. In 2010, artist Charles Thomspon compiled a list of 15 separate plagiarism allegations against Hirst and published them in the art magazine Jackdaw.

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competitor's copying of photos doesn't inherently inflict competitive harm

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I]n February 2010, Natorp’s began using approximately 24 of McCleese’s photos on its commercial website.” He did allege sadness, distress, and “profound grief” from Natorp’s copying of images of a particular landscape job, but the Lanham Act doesn’t cover psychological, emotional harm. McCleese v. Natorp’s, Inc., 2021 WL 2270511, No.

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Authenticating Prior Art

Patently-O

Valve submitted a printout of Burns and argues that it was a printed copy of an online review of a Scuf controller from 2010. In particular, one of the inventors (Burgess) testified that he had facilitated the publication back in 2010 for marketing purposes. ” Fed. See, e.g., MPEP § 2128 (9th ed. Vacated and remanded.

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