Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There are countless services that will help you get started and a never-ending slew of tools to help you get your business or personal endeavor online. But, even if they have permission to use it, that license may not extend to the people that purchase the theme. The Business Issue. Online, you want your business to stand out.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 25, 2025

Though boxing built his name, it was business and branding that cemented his legend. Foreman turned his name into a powerful brand, protected by an extensive network of trademarks and licensing agreements. He didnt just lend his name to productshe licensed it with care. In the mid-1990s, Foreman partnered with Salton, Inc.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Businesses and brands in the field of cannabis, cannabidiol (CBD), and hemp need to be aware of special considerations when it comes to brand protection. Are trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property covered in agreements, licenses, and contracts? Contact a lawyer to discuss your needs.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 25, 2024

CCC has licensed this report from Outsell, Inc., Why This Topic As AI continues to revolutionize corporate operations, a new collective licensing solution from CCC ensures that both content creators and users can thrive. with the right to distribute it for marketing and market education purposes.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. A licensing agreement between Mascotte and Adidas exists for the “Yeezy” trademarks. While Ye’s company, Mascotte Holdings Inc.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 15, 2024

Companies that generate revenue from patents are seeing less willingness to negotiate in recent years among businesses they approach about potential licenses, requiring more litigation in order to reach agreements, executives from IBM, InterDigital and others said Monday.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2025

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Heath Hoglund, President of Via Licensing Alliance. The conversation takes us deep into the world of audio, video, standard essential patents, patent pools, patent licensing, patent dealmaking, inevitable patent litigation that is often necessary when so much money is at stake, and much more.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

Intellectual Property License is an agreement between the owner of the Intellectual Property and the party to whom the rights are being given in exchange for a fee or royalty. The present article looks into a comprehensive landscape of Limited License. The IP Owner and the third party are the licensor and the licensee respectively.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 18, 2024

investors asked a California federal judge to greenlight a $75 million settlement that would resolve their claims that the chipmaker misled the market by stating it kept its licensing and chip-supply businesses separate when it regularly bundled the two in negotiations and agreements. Qualcomm Inc.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Our conversation this week focuses on Spaceport Technologies, which is a technology company that enables brand owners to monetize their IP and game platforms to offer content creators the ability to license the use of those brands within their game environment.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

1: Russia Mulls Making Software Piracy Legal and Patent Licensing Compulsory. According to the Business Software Alliance, the rate of pirated software in the country is 62 percent. While that’s down from 91 percent in 1996, it does mean nearly two-thirds of the business software in the country is already unlicensed.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 2, 2023

In teaching Intellectual Property (IP) licensing for the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc., In IP licensing, it is the difficult task of reducing to writing an idea from two or more minds such that it conveys to both what each conceived of as the agreement. What did they actually agree to?

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

First off today, Kevin Shalvey at Business Insider reports that “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit model Genevieve Morton has filed a lawsuit against Twitter alleging that the site was slow to remove infringing material and that an AI photo editing tool created unlawful derivative works. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 24, 2022

First off today, Laure Guilbault at Vogue Business reports that the French court of appeal has ordered Louis Vuitton to pay designer Jocelyn Imbert €900,000 ($990,000) for infringing a lock design that she created. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

Since the year 2000, much of what makes up the core of Dungeons & Dragons has been easily licensed for others to use. That’s because the Wizards of the Coast (WotC), the rightsholders, licensed the System Resource Document under the Open Gaming License (OGL). Though WotC has dabbled with other open licenses, OGL 1.0

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

According to the response of the modders, their use of any copyright-protected material was a fair use and that, due to Rockstar’s tolerance and even encouragement of modding in the past, that there was an implied license to continue the project. 3: Streamlabs Accused of Plagiarism and ‘Unethical’ Business Practices.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 5, 2024

If you are an inventor of a consumer product there are reputable companies looking for inventions and ideas to bring to market, and their business model is built on taking products to market over and over again, and they are in constant need of new products and improvements.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song. Oracle sued NEC last year, claiming that NEC used Oracle software in a way that exceeded their license.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. According to the lawsuit, the shops had a license between 2009 and 2017, but that services were terminated due to non-payment.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

Trade Wings Hotels Limited , the Single Bench (SB) held that organizations such as Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and Novex Communications can grant licenses for the musical works owned by them, even if they are not officially registered as copyright societies under Section 33(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957. The SB was adjudicating w.r.t.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

Next up today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that the performing rights organization SoundExchange has secured a victory in their lawsuit against Music Choice as a federal court has agreed to refer the case to the Copyright Royalty Board at SoundExchange’s request. They are free of copyright.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

2: Maine Costume Maker Claims Retail Giants Undercut Her Business Through Copyright Theft. Okolita began making costumes in 2014 for her own children and turned that into a business the following year. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

Next up today, Demi Lawrence at Portland Business Journal reports that the outdoor apparel brand Poler is facing a lawsuit from Land Art & Design, alleging that many of the designs that founded the company were not properly licensed, especially since the company has new owners.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

Traditional publishing works on a business model that involves selling access to the articles they publish. This is largely achieved through the use of Creative Commons licenses. These licenses make the work available for reuse and sharing, provided the original author(s) are attributed and the exact terms of the license are followed.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

First off today, Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide reports that the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has accepted a settlement between organizations representing songwriters and publishers and those representing digital streaming services on a new royalty rate for the next five years. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Two DMS developers challenged the law, hoping to protect a business model where customers pay for data portability. However, GMA said that they used the footage under a license from Reuters, to which ABS-CBN provided the film. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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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.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2021

Next up today, Baek Byung-yeul at the Korea Times reports that a new bill in the South Korean National Assembly follows in the footsteps of other nations in trying to force Google to pay a license fee to local news organization for the use of their content in Google News.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 6, 2022

The publisher wanted to depose Daniel Ek, but Spotify’s lawyers attempted to prevent it, saying that he is simply too busy. Eight Mile Style noted that Ek had spoken several times about his personal involvement in handling those licenses, and the judge has agreed, blocking Spotify’s request to prevent Ek from being deposed.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, Yanas turnover has reached 100k, and she now needs help to scale up her business. The Dragons set to work questioning Yana about her business model. She has set up an exclusive license with all her brand partners to sell their products outside Ukraine. Expanding your business overseas? Heres how we can help.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

It accuses VNG Group of releasing the Zing MP3 app, which features music owned by Lang Van even though VNG, according to the lawsuit, do not have license to use. VNG group claimed that the court didn’t have jurisdiction over them, noting that they are located in Vietnam and the bulk of their business is there.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 18, 2024

Giselle asked for £50k and help with scaling-up her business Acu Seeds , in exchange for a 10% share in the business. Giselle told the Dragons about her inspirational story that led to starting her own business. Soon after this she fell pregnant, and it was whilst on maternity leave that she set up her business, Acu Seeds.

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Cogency Global

JANUARY 23, 2025

What this means : Obtaining this consent confirms that the individuals forming the entity are properly licensed in New York and that the business is authorized to provide services within its profession. This process ensures compliance with state laws governing regulated professions like medicine, law, engineering and accounting.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 3, 2025

Licensing offers rightsholders an immediate and impactful way to safeguard rights, generate revenue, and maintain influence over how their content is managed and used not just in traditional markets but in emerging AI-driven applications. Prior to CCC, Kaufman served as Legal Director, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2024

” FACT’s report notes that on June 4, 2024, Cormac McGuckin pled guilty to charges including participating in a fraudulent business between January 1, 2016 and June 18, 2020. Conclusion That the IPTV-related offenses took place while on still on license following another conviction for fraud, is clearly problematic.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, companies will only have three years to collect those royalties and, given that sanctions bar companies from doing business with Belarus, it’s unlikely that they will be able to do so. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 3: Warner Bros.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 20, 2025

On this episode of Women @ RopesTalk hosted by IP transactions and licensing partner Megan Baca, IP transactions partner Emily Karlberg returns for another engaging conversation, this time with Jan Sbarbaro, the chief legal & compliance officer and corporate secretary of Lyric, a platform-based healthcare technology company, committed to simplifying (..)

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