Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Some of the same issues I highlighted last year, such as payment to news content providers by online news aggregators (Google) … Continue reading "Looking Back on 2022 and Forward to 2023: What was and will be important to Copyright, Creators and Content Industries?"

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

2022), the Federal Circuit threw out expert testimony on damages because it relied on calculations that included all of the defendant’s sales of catheters and related components, even though it was undisputed that not all of the catheters and components practiced the claimed method. Jude Medical S.C., 4th 1339, 1343–44 (Fed.

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 21, 2022

Details and application information below: 2022 Job Posting – Associat… by Erik Pelton. We are growing again at EMP&A. We are excited to to announce that we are hiring an Associate Attorney to join our trademark firm! The post We’re growing (again) !

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This case addresses the validity of two patents asserted against wireless communications technologies. In particular, this case discusses claim construction and post-issuance claim amendments that broaden the scope of challenged claims.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The USPTO comments, submitted on December 2, 2022, highlight the wide range of scams that are impacting the trademark system today, and their tremendous impact on all types of trademark operations. USPTO scam comments: FTC-2022-0064-0026_attachment_1 by erik5733 on Scribd.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 5, 2024

Some 1,200 officers who took the August 2022 NYPD sergeants exam are accused of cheating on the high-stakes test. The post When the Police Cheat appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This case addresses how Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) interacts with obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). Background Cellect sued Samsung Electronics, Co. for infringement of four patents.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On January 1, 2022, a new law entered into force in the state of Maryland requiring that authors and publishers holding the rights to an e-book title must offer unlimited copies of that title to public libraries in the state at an undetermined “reasonable price” if and when the title is offered to individual consumers.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

Last week I discussed the copyright needle buried in the 2022 Canadian budget haystack, a reference to impending legislation to amend the Copyright Act to fulfill Canada’s obligation under the USMCA/CUSMA to extend its term of copyright protection from the life of the author plus 50 years to “life plus 70”.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

274 of Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 280 page 2022 budget under “Other Legislative Measures” along with a grab-bag of about 40 other measures. There it was! The copyright needle in the budget haystack. As plain as day–buried on p.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L. The data has confirmed this prediction.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

2022) (quoting Finjan, Inc. In the context of software-based inventions, Alice/Mayo step one “often turns on whether the claims focus on the specific asserted improvement in computer capabilities or, instead, on a process that qualifies as an abstract idea for which computers are invoked merely as a tool.” In re Killian , 45 F.4th

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 6, 2022

Summer is around the corner, which means we are seeking law student(s) for a paid IP/Trademark internship from May/June – July/August 2022. Applications will be accepted through January 24, 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. As a result, 2022 may not be much of a revolution for the character but, as the decade rolls along, we may see more adaptations of those work. However, the name that’s received the lion’s share of the attention has been A.A.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The all-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British House of Commons has just (August 30) issued a welcome report condemning plans announced by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in June of 2022 to create a limitless copyright exemption to enable tech companies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications without having (..)

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

On May 8, 2022, Duke University held its commencement ceremony, which included an address by graduating student Priya Parkash. . In the end, the people who are most directly hurt by this are Abushaar and the other students at Duke University, in particular the other 2022 graduates. Bottom Line.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2022

Katz (@KatzOnEarth) July 26, 2022. link] — Chilluminati Podcast (@ChilluminatiPod) July 28, 2022. — Jesse Cox (@JesseCox) July 26, 2022. 2 — Elliot (@ElliotFladen) July 28, 2022. pic.twitter.com/ZQzV38EQzY — Jonathan M. According to Katz, the similarities were unignorable.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

However, no action was taken after the first pop-up and, in February 2022, JMC began promoting a second event, starting with a series of Facebook posts. That second event was held May 20 – June 5, 2022, in Virginia and featured many of the same issues as the first one.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 22, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022. " pic.twitter.com/oGzDBoRSSw — Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) October 7, 2022. pic.twitter.com/QQJKkyoCZI — Abigail Anthony (@abigailandwords) October 14, 2022. link] — Kevin M.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

In 2023, 78% of respondents said they consumed content online, up 6% from the 72% reported in 2022. Consumption of television content online reached 65% last year, an increase over the 60% reported for 2022. Consumption of movies showed a significant increase in 2023, 64% versus 57% reported for 2022.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

1: US Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act of 2022. Dubbed the Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies (SMART) Copyright Act of 2022, the act aims to encourage the use of “standard technical measures” by creating a system that the U.S. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO ( , ) (@TheSpiceDAO) January 15, 2022. — Michael Engard (@Kaelri) January 16, 2022. Produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service 3. I guess this is the natural result of NFT culture.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we discussed earlier this week , artificial intelligence was by far the biggest and most important plagiarism story of 2022 and likely will be in 2023. That has been further compounded by the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. The issue is simple. AI writing is a problem we were always going to face.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

After a year and a half of rule making and infrastructure building, the CCB opened its doors in June 2022. Of the registrations, 49 of the registrations were before 2020 and 68 were from before 2022. Before 2002 7 2002-2020 42 2020/2021 19 2022 15. Within a month, the first 70 cases had been filed.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 29, 2024

Intellectual Property - Generative AI – ongoing impacts - Since 2022, the popularity and availability of generative AI has continued to grow. It is estimated that 79% of internet users aged 13-17, and 31% of those aged 16 and above, use generative AI tools and services. By: Mayer Brown

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In which James Corden basically does a Ricky Gervais joke word for word pic.twitter.com/8MfkrBo8Y0 — Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) November 1, 2022. J x — The Late Late Show with James Corden (@latelateshow) November 1, 2022. — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) November 1, 2022.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2024

The Report was created in response to a June 2022 request from Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Copyright Office have published the results of their joint study on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property (IP). to undertake a study. By: AEON Law

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 15, 2024

2022-1905, 2022-1970 (Fed. Luv N’ Care, Ltd. and Nouri E. Lindsey Laurain and Eazy-PZ, LLC, Nos.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2024

trillion yen (estimated as of February 2022) • 2022 – ~506.9 billion yen (as of the end of January 2024) The exact reason for the significant reduction in 2023 over the figures reported in 2022 is unknown, but ABJ identifies two possibilities. billion yen (estimated as of February 2023) • 2023 – ~381.8

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Currently, the FIFA World Cup 2022 is ongoing in Qatar. However, the EBC claims that the agreement was to broadcast all the 2022 games. However, FIFA has threatened to withdraw any FIFA rights from the EBC, accusing the company of illegally broadcasting matches from the event.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2024

New EU Piracy Watch List The most recent version of the report was published in late 2022 and the EU is currently soliciting comments from stakeholders for the next release. When the New Zealand-based company was added to the watchlist in 2022, it wasn’t pleased at all. Like its U.S Cyberlockers – Mega.nz/.io

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In 2022, we seem to be in a time when litigation over music is ever-present. However, it’s an important case to keep in mind, especially litigation over music seems to be on the rise. Why It’s Worth Remembering. Though the novelty of the case is clear, there’s also a serious reason to look back at this case.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I will see everyone sometime near the end of the year as we do year-end wrap ups and begin to look ahead to 2022! The parody eventually won, but at Christmas 2017, the case was still very much up in the air, prompting this reimagining. Bottom Line. On that note, happy holidays everyone.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 8, 2024

On November 4, 2022, the United States Department of Justice and the FBI began seizing Z-Library’s domains as part of a major operation to shut down the infamous ‘shadow library’ platform. On October 21, 2022, at the U.S. On October 21, 2022, at the U.S. They were detained in Argentina on November 3, 2022.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 1, 2024

On August 24, 2022, the PTAB denied institution of an IPR filed by Xerox Corp., A recent precedential decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) may serve as a warning for those parties who plan on relying on expert declarations in their inter partes reviews (“IPR”). ACS Transport Solutions, Inc., Xerox Transport Solutions,….

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