Hugh Stephens Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Last week I posted a blog on the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA), draft US legislation that seeks to end the exemption that US terrestrial broadcasters enjoy with respect to payment of broadcast royalties to performers and labels for playing recorded music.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

Last week I indicated in my blog post (“Copyright Registration for AI-assisted Creations: How Much AI Input is Too Much?”) Thank you CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office). that I would be seeking to register with CIPO the copyright on a work fully generated by AI platforms DALL-E2 and ChatGPT.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As year-end approaches, I like to look back at the main themes that emerged over the past 12 months affecting copyright, creators and the content industries, drawing from my blog posts throughout the year.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A couple of weeks ago I put up a blog posting looking at the history of copyright and news content over the past two hundred years or more. It discussed the longstanding question of who “owns” the news, and who should be compensated when news content is copied. The US Launches Study on Free-Riding by News Aggregators"

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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This blog post, coming at the time of Remembrance (Poppy) Day, November 11, reflects on the enormous, beneficial attributes of the internet—when used for positive ends—but also on the costs of personal sacrifice embodied in the Remembrance Day ceremonies.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Warning: this blog post has a long opening sentence, so take a deep breath.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 21, 2022

However, VeePN distinguished itself by actively promoting the use of its services for the purpose of piracy, including promoting the use of Popcorn Time in a blog post. The company has removed the “Popcorn Time VPN” blog post from its site, but still lists PayPal and Alipay as payment options.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Sheil (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Its no wonder this case has generated coverage everywhere from Bloomberg to People Magazine in monochromatic living rooms across the world, content creators are watching and waiting. The post Does IP Law Protect Influencers Aesthetics?–Gifford

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series. During this meeting, panelists from industry and the USPTO provided helpful tips on drafting and prosecuting patent applications that include AI components, including special tips for the biotech industry.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 11, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal published a Director’s blog post today addressing the Office’s current backlog of patent and trademark applications, which the latest USPTO data shows to be 785,387 unexamined applications/ 25.6 months total pendency for patents and 14.5 months total pendency for trademarks.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Image by Greg Altmann/Pixabay This blog post appeared first in Open Canada, the journal of the Canadian International Council, on November 20, 2023.

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Copyright Alliance

JANUARY 4, 2024

On January 3, we published part one of this blog series summarizing the biggest copyright-related AI activities that took place within the federal government. In today’s post, we pick back […] The post AI and Copyright in 2023: In the Courts appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Copyright Office didn’t even have a system for registering blogs until 2020. Were blogs registered before, then registered properly? Given the difficulties and complexities of filing a registration, this was not a theoretical issue. For example, the U.S. It depends.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By: Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog The Supreme Court is currently considering a case that could have a significant impact on the viability of typical copyright troll claims and, more broadly, the continued prevalence of copyright trolling.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Epic also filed a separate petition requesting Supreme Court review of the lower court’s rejection of certain antitrust claims, but this blog only discusses the petition filed by Apple.) and upheld on appeal by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

This case involves the CancelWatch “blog” on Substack, which says: “We report the activists trying to ruin people’s lives and careers.” Smith has not alleged that the blog post was provided to Substack by its author for any other reason than publication. Substack is entitled to immunity. Substack Inc. ,

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 14, 2021

None of this is shocking to readers of this blog, of course. This clutter imposes costs—such as increased time and effort to search for or challenge unused marks—on legitimate users of the trademark system.” ” See page 3 of Final Report.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

There wasn’t even a system for registering blog content, like this site, until June 2020. Blogs have been a form of expression since at least 1994 , meaning that, for more than 26 years, bloggers had no practical way to register their work. Even today, the system is wholly inadequate.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Prior blog post. 25, 2024) Prior Tattoo Copyright Blog Posts Videogame Maker Has Implied License to Depict Copyrighted Tattoos–Hayden v. 2K This Blog Has Jumped the Shark: I’m Covering a Copyright Opinion About a Tattoo of Tiger King’s Joe Exotic–Cramer v. Take Two appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Republished by Blog Post Promoter Student note idea, free to a good home: Why did Congress pass this? Originally posted 2020-08-27 12:30:53. Is there any reason Congress has the power to do this? What about changes to the law of personal jurisdiction since this was passed? I have so many questions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Morford claimed that Cattelan presumptively knew about his work because it “was available on his public Facebook page for nearly ten years, was featured in one of his YouTube videos, and was also featured on a blog post.” Cattelan appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 27, 2022

In an additional blog post , the author points to similar issues, albeit with weaker similarity, in Kruse’s 2015 book, One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. Furthermore, the author of both the Reason article and the blog post is Philip Magness. On the surface, these seem simple enough.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Republished by Blog Post PromoterWhen trademark lawyers — much less judges — use a word, it means just what they choose it to mean — neither more nor less. Originally posted 2021-04-13 10:40:33.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Industry search: Create a bookmark list containing several key online resources in your industry, such as news sites, publications, blogs, or organizations, with comprehensive and current coverage of the relevant industry. A great website for searching multiple search engines is Window1 ( www.window1.com

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnother not-safe-for-work story is out there about a trademark registration denied under Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act as “immoral or scandalous.” Originally posted 2013-09-28 21:24:28. ” John Welch and Marc Randazza address the issue brilliantly here and here.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Originally posted 2017-12-08 01:42:50.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Republished by Blog Post PromoterEver earnest and always thinking trademarkily, friend Erik Pelton proposes “Three Misconceptions about Trademarks”: Since I began working in the field of trademarks I have seen and heard a lot of myths and misconceptions about trademark protection. Originally posted 2018-03-28 16:02:26.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Soon after the sale, the new owner put up a WordPress blog with filler data, referencing the well known XYZ Doohickey Company. This blog featured a prominent logo of the online casino company “3XBet”, which shouldn’t be confused with “1XBet,” which were repeatedly called out as ‘piracy’ advertisers.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Republished by Blog Post PromoterEveryone knows that distinctiveness can be inherent or acquired, and that some kinds of trademarks — product-configuration trade dress, notably — can “never” be inherently distinctive. Originally posted 2018-12-18 21:46:04.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

Back in 2009, Amazon launched a Kindle service for blogs that made it easy for anyone to sell any blog’s content. . Amazon’s Ongoing Plagiarism and Copyright Problem. Long-time readers of this site will have undoubtedly heard this story many times before.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2021

The composer of Towering Catastrophe , Nakamura Kojo, took to his personal blog and addressed the issue. He said he doesn’t mind the similarities between the two songs and believes the similarities to be coincidental.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2024

Somewhat unusual is the prominent mention of a free Google-hosted blog, kahsadtvonline.blogspot.com, where “illegal access” to sports streams including “Futbol Libre” was offered. In fact, there’s no sign of any new updates in recent years.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Author’s Note: This is an updated version of the post to our blog dated October 30, 2024. Later that day, FDA announced the resolution of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide shortage, which altered the conclusion of our original post and warranted this update. By: Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

So, if you want to register a blog post, you’ll first have to either export it or save it as a file on your computer. First, the system is not set up well for bloggers or others that write directly online. The system is designed to work with files that are uploaded to it.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

These articles come from a variety of sources including publishing blogs , sites that help those that run churches and even sites that help photographers enforce their images. However, for every site that offers free stock photography, there are dozens of articles saying why you shouldn’t use them.

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Nelligan Law

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Nelligan Law is grateful for the contribution of Joe Habr, Articling Student, in writing this blog post. Your lawyer can guide you on Accident Benefits and your right to sue the responsible party. The post How long do I have to start an accident claim in Ontario? appeared first on Nelligan Law.

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Likelihood of Confusion

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Republished by Blog Post Promoter Yes, it’s another pop star seeking to assert digital trademark rights. Originally posted 2017-06-14 11:52:04. ” As you’d […] The post Gene Simmons gives the fingers to the PTO appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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