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Why Should You Patent Your Invention?

Intepat

A patent is a form of intellectual property right granted to an invention. It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. Patents are valuable assets that enable one to share their invention in public without any fear of being misused.

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Record Labels: ‘Hisses & Crackles’ Are No License to Copy & Digitize Old Records

TorrentFreak

The Internet Archive is widely known for its Wayback Machine, which preserves copies of the web for future generations. “Defendants have created a massive online storefront providing digital copies of thousands of these protected sound recordings to anyone to stream or download for free. .

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The Bizarre Copyright Battle Over Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Plagiarism Today

According to the original claim, Young had invented the word in 1921, though he did not compose their version of the song until 1949. Part of that is because the issue of access is much easier to prove with already-famous performers, but it’s also where actual copying, either accidental or intentional, is more likely to take place.

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Did Fortnite Plagiarize Among Us?

Plagiarism Today

A Long History of Copying. However, it wasn’t the end of Epic Games’ issues with copying. Though Epic Games has long been heavy-handed with its copying in Fortnite , this story seems to have upset not just the developers and creators, but the gamers. Their copying is flagrant, but unlikely to be illegal.

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Understanding IPO’s Rejection of UPL’s Patent Application for Mancozeb and Ortho Silicic Acid Combination in Light of the Patent Bargain and Sufficiency of Disclosure

SpicyIP

Image from here Understanding IPO’s Rejection of UPL’s Patent Application for Mancozeb and Ortho Silicic Acid Combination in Light of the Patent Bargain and Sufficiency of Disclosure By Deepali Vashist Thanks to Sandeep Kanak Rathod for mentioning this development on his LinkedIn profile and sharing the copy of the order with us.

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Cloudflare Blocks Pirate Site URLs “For Legal Reasons”

TorrentFreak

Unavailable For Legal Reasons (Error 451) The HTTP 451 Error code was invented for situations where content is made inaccessible for legal reasons. link to a pirated copy of “Bad Boys II” is made inaccessible by Cloudflare, honoring the takedown request. For example, the yts.cx

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Aldi Says Its Caterpillar Cake No Cookie-Cutter Copy Of M&S'

IP Law 360

Aldi hit back against Marks & Spencer in their High Court caterpillar cake-off, arguing that the rival supermarket chain did not invent the concept of the insect-themed milk-chocolate creation the discounter is accused of copying.

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