Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 11, 2024

The post The Rise of AI Zombie Blogs appeared first on Plagiarism Today. After nearly a decade, The Unofficial Apple Weblog has returned to life. However, its inglorious return is as an AI-generated zombie.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2022

Fraud, plagiarism, misinformation, and misdirection – they are all toxins polluting scholarly publishing like chemicals tainting a water supply. A new journal from faculty and students at George Washington University hopes to provide counteracting doses of probing research and thoughtful analysis.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

This access includes individuals or institutions subscribing to the journal or people paying for access to individual articles. For researchers, this means submitting an article to a journal and, if it’s accepted, the journal pays for it to be peer reviewed and then for it to be published.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The post The Long, Slow Death of Google News appeared first on Plagiarism Today. The once-great service is now falling victim to a quality rot caused by bots and Google's own lack of concern.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We’re happy to inform you that NALSAR Hyderabad’s Indian Journal of Indian Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting papers for publication in Volume 12 of the journal. For further details, please see the announcement below: Call for Papers: Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. S UBMISSION G UIDELINES.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The post 3 Count: Sign of the Times appeared first on Plagiarism Today. New York Times files lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, Strike 3 Holdings breaks previous year's record and Star Wash draws lawsuit.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

1: Supreme Court to Hear Copyright Dispute Over Andy Warhol’s Images of Musician Prince. Million Copyright Lawsuit Over Red Rat’s Song. 3: Renowned Saint Luke’s Cardiologist Sues Epic Systems Over Copyright. The post 3 Count: Granted Cert appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In an article Alex Hern for the Guardian , Dan Gillmor, a journalism professor at Arizona State University, asked the AI to complete one of his assignments. I highlighted this in 2020 by paying a writer $10 to write an essay on the history of copyright , which they did in two days time with a reasonable amount of quality.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The post 3 Count: Google News News appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Google agrees to pay German news publishers, VNG wins movie case on appeal and ACE shuts down two major piracy websites.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

1: Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’ First off today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that members of the band Nirvana have emerged victorious in a battle over their iconic Dante’s Inferno shirt, even if it is likely not the final word on the case.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 5, 2022

In 2014, the estate attempted to file a notice of copyright termination with Authentic Brands to terminate a 1983 agreement that resulted in them obtaining rights to the song. The Second Circuit has now upheld that dismissal, ruling that the right of copyright termination only applies to agreements reached by the original author.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

1: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Copyright Suit Flies On As Paramount’s Motion To Dismiss Denied. 3: King Copyright Infringement Trial to Begin in Federal Court. appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. The post 3 Count: Top Gun 2.5

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

In a response to the legal demand, Syinix said that they do not think that there was any copyright infringement, but were interested in discussing the terms for obtaining such a license. 3: YouTube Reduces Length Of Copyright Dispute Process. The post 3 Count: Oof… Again appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

2: ResearchGate Dealt a Blow in Copyright Lawsuit. Next up today, Diana Kwon at Nature reports that a Munich court has ruled that ResearchGate should be barred from hosting papers uploaded to it and that the site is responsible for copyright-infringing content uploaded on its platform. Both sides have said they intend to appeal.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 23, 2022

1: Ed Sheeran Awaits Verdict Over Copyright Court Battle. However, in a bid to keep that domain alive, the service announced that it will be removing all links to pirated content from its site, banning links to content on cyberlockers, installing upload filters and honoring copyright takedown notices in the future.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 27, 2022

2: ‘Pirate Queen’ for Scientific Publications on Trial in Key Copyright Case in India. Sci-Hub is a site that provides access to academic journals and articles for free. The case is widely expected to test India’s more liberal fair dealing copyright exemptions against Sci-Hub’s practices.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 1, 2024

The post 3 Count: Privacy vs. Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today. More newspapers sue Microsoft and OpenAI, CJEU rules Hadopi is legal and Netflix wins dismissal of King of Collectibles lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. The plaintiffs show that ChatGPT can reproduce content from copyrighted news articles when prompted.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

In this case, eight major news publications are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. In addition, ChatGPT can recall large parts of their copyright-protected articles, which effectively bypasses their paywalls. The plaintiffs show that ChatGPT can reproduce content from copyrighted news articles when prompted.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

1: Krafton Sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire Copyright Infringement. First off today, Aaron Orr at Pocket Gamer reports that the developer of the battle royale game PUBG has filed a lawsuit against competitor Garena after alleging that Garena’s mobile game Free Fire is a copyright infringement of PUBG.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 9, 2024

The post 3 Count: AI Battles appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Majority of claims in the GitHub case are dismissed, the New York Times and OpenAI spar over discovery, and Hawk Tuah creators file takedowns.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 5, 2023

And probably, they’ll respond by saying “plagiarism.” Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement. Meme from here Ask anyone in academia what’s their worst nightmare. The suit was instituted by Aathira Mannath A.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 14, 2024

We are pleased to announce that NALSARs Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 15th Volume. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below- Call for Papers: The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Vol.15) Guidelines for the submissions are provided below.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Academic integrity and plagiarism issues in this context ultimately also lead us to copyright law. Or do students expose themselves to liability for copyright infringement when using GenAI output? I. GenAI at odds with copyright law? As a result, these works may be reproduced by AI applications ( Figure 1 ).

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The post 3 Count: AI Hacker appeared first on Plagiarism Today. OpenAI accuses New York Times of hacking, Amazon dues over Road House remake and Nintendo sues makers of Yuzu emulator.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We are pleased to announce that NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 14th Volume. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below : Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Blog regularly publishes articles in the field of IP and functions in a structured manner much like a journal. All the submissions will be checked for plagiarism and those with plagiarism percentage over the permissible limit (i.e., CIPS also has an academic writing wing viz. The NLUJ-CIPS Blog. 150/- (inclusive of GST).

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 22, 2022

Thinking about it simply, supplementary materials can be defined as all the “detailed work” a scholar does to prove the science in a study, paper or journal article. Copyright Clearance Center works closely with both publishers and researchers, so we’ve seen firsthand the benefits these materials provide across the scientific spectrum.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 15, 2022

Fox News had been launched two years earlier; and the Wall Street Journal had begun charging $50 per year for subscription access to its online edition. As with many issues involving copyright in recent decades, DRM quickly became controversial (An example: Sony’s rootkit scandal of 2005.)

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The story starts when the first Mashelkar report (which was later retracted) was alleged of plagiarizing a part of a commissioned study by Prof. However, the allegation of plagiarism by a Governmental committee from an academic’s commissioned report caused an uproar insinuating the influence of industry on the reports.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There’s something about friends fighting over plagiarism allegations that piques our basest voyeuristic tendencies—especially when the feud is accompanied by gossipy invective spewed out in group chats and private Facebook groups. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A. appeared first on Copyright Lately. What Contract?

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