Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In the US, the HHS is proposing new research integrity guidelines that include a change to the definition of plagiarism. The post HHS Proposes New Research Integrity Guidelines appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JUNE 16, 2022

“Feds to modernize definition of a Canadian film and TV program” screamed the headline.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Federal Circuit cited recent case law: “To act as its own lexicographer, a patentee must clearly set forth a definition of the disputed claim term other than its plain and ordinary meaning and must clearly express an intent to redefine the term.” to introduce a general definition for “storage [elements]” in [4.] Tools Inc.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Review in the Senate last year led to a number of amendments, one of which dealt with the definition of Canadian content (Cancon). Canada’s Online Streaming Act, (Bill C-11) the draft legislation that will bring online streaming content under the purview of the Broadcasting Act, will continue its slow progress through Parliament in 2023.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Firstly , it noted that the Respondent fell within the definition of ‘person interested’ under s. While the wording of the definition does not include competitors or manufacturers, the Court gave an expansive interpretation to it by placing reliance on Dr. Aloys Wobben and Anr. 2(1)(t) of the Act. 2(1)(t) gets considerably widened.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The training of artificial intelligence models using copyrighted material continues to stir debate and prompt litigation. In the latest salvo, the New York Times Company sued Microsoft and OpenAI – the creator of ChatGPT – for infringement under the federal Copyright Act.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Unfortunately that logical example fails to help here due to a confusing clash of definitions in the study. The definition of ‘Fraudulent Piracy Site’ on page 10 of the study is followed by another definition of the same term on page 18.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 6, 2022

That said, streamers did get some minor victories, as other royalty rates have been capped and the definition of “family plans” has reverted to an earlier definition that was more favorable to them. However, the court has now reaffirmed that rate, leaving it in effect.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

While there are far too many for any single list, here are 5 copyright stories that you should definitely watch in 2022. Several such cases are going on right now and, though we likely won’t see a definitive answer in 2022, it’s going to be a copyright story to watch. 1: The Copyright Small Claims Court.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

Anything that isn’t clear is likely explained in the “Learn” section, which provides definitions for key terms. Though the assessment and enforcement features definitely need some fleshing out, the case tracking and evidence organization will likely be very useful to anyone who is dealing with multiple cases at the same time.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2025

On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court in Dewberry Group, Inc. Dewberry Engineers Inc. unanimously held that an award of defendants profits under the Lanham Act in a trademark infringement suit is only ascribable to the defendant itselfnot its affiliates. By: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The definition of AI in this panel corresponded with 8 component technologies, including planning/control, knowledge processing, speech, AI hardware, evolutionary computation, natural language processing, machine learning, and vision. Nicholas Pairolero, Research Economist, USPTO provided an informative landscape of AI in Biotech.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In short, plagiarism is almost definitely on the rise, but it’s also much easier to detect. The reason is fairly simple: We don’t really know how much plagiarism exists now, and we definitely don’t know how much plagiarism existed before the internet. This is especially true for copy and paste plagiarism.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As my colleague Puya Partow-Navid recently wrote, popular or viral phrases in the sports world are often the subjects of trademark registrations. Womens sports are no exception.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 29, 2024

The term is, more often than not politically loaded which has rendered int’l consensus impossible for the purposes of definition. I will attempt to navigate through some of the hazards that recent scholarship has pointed out.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Whether Google Registry or Porkbun took action doesn’t change the outcome in any way; the domain names are definitely seized. That means that these domains may have been registered by a single account holder, potentially as backups, which would be another valid reason why they all went down at once.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While the answers are definitely thin, Google has a long history of ducking these complicated issues. Though the tools have definitely become more powerful and some of the details have changed, the broad strokes are unchanged after more than 18 years. However, he added that such sites, generally, are demoted by their algorithms.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

and (2) Did the PTAB err in limiting its definition of the relevant art to medical leads specifically for sacral neuromodulation? Second, the PTAB was incorrect in limiting the definition of “the relevant art” to medical leads for sacral-nerve stimulation because the Medtronic patent claims are not so limited.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Whether this succeeded is up to the viewer, but the series definitely shows the contrasting personalities of Fredrik, Gottfrid, and Peter. Instead, Sjögren said that he tried to capture the spirit of The Pirate Bay founders’ ambitions and goals. They were all in it for different reasons, which may be part of their initial success.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The version of the movie released is a high definition edition from Europe, which isn’t as high of quality as some had hoped. This film is expected to make its debut in the United States on HBO Max on October 21 and in theaters the next day.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

However, since VPNs are commonly used as a way to ensure privacy while engaging in pirate activities, it could definitely have impacts there. The move is not directly copyright-related and actually is meant to better empower the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to deal with cybersecurity and to unmask criminals.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Companies getting involved with NFTs should definitely think through these and other issues that will arise and work with knowledgeable counsel to get ahead of the issues to come. Even with these “basic” NFT license terms, there are many legal issues that may arise. It is likely some of the current licenses will lead to litigation.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 3, 2022

Though the incident was a definite setback in her career, she was able to find other work and has been writing consistently for Reuters since January 2021. As for Finn, her career will definitely suffer a setback but, as we’ve seen before, others have recovered and gone on to do excellent work elsewhere.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 28, 2024

Though there is no specific definition of IoT, the concept focuses on how computers, sensors and objects interact with each other and collect information relating to their surroundings.”. By: Butler Snow LLP

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

The aggrieved argued that the definition of property under Section 15A(11)(d) of the Act should include intellectual property, given its value and the irreplaceable nature of their research data. They emphasized that the professional loss they suffered due to the destruction of this data was immense and warranted appropriate compensation.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to the court, ACT would be unlikely to prove copyrightability in the phrasing of a every definition but that, in aggregate, they deserved protection. The district court awarded a win to ACT, this prompted WIN to appeal to the 6th Circout Court of Appeals, which has affirmed that decision.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Widevine app makes it possible for users to download high definition video from various streaming platforms. Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the code hosting service GitHub has removed various “Widevine Dump” forks following a takedown notice filed by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2025

Therefore, it ‘lowers’ piracy by definition. AGCOM and other backers have pointed out that Piracy Shield works because it blocks pirate domain names and IP addresses, which decreases traffic to these sources. Obstruo, ergo efficax sum. However, reality doesn’t always reflect this tautological line of reasoning.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 19, 2024

Trade secrets exist, by definition, only if the owner takes reasonable measures to maintain their secrecy. This is true under the Federal, State and Uniform Trade Secret Acts.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

But then the word ‘ACTION’ caught the eye, quickly followed by ‘Xtreme High-Definition IPTV streaming’ It transpires that Mapleton is no regular city. In common with most documents that mention IPTV on the Mapleton City Website, this one mentions ‘Xtreme High-Definition IPTV’ too.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Copyright Infringement Definition: Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work owned by someone else is copied, reproduced or mimicked, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the express or implied permission of the copyright owner, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright (..)

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

Trade secrets exist, by definition, only if the owner takes reasonable measures to maintain their secrecy. *As of August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has blocked the FTC's impending ban on non-compete agreements. Please see the update at the end of this alert. By: UB Greensfelder LLP

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 10, 2025

District Judge James Selna adds pre-judgment interest, increasing a jury verdict for patent infringement against Western Digital to $553 million; the Copyright Royalty Board provides clarification on the definition of gross proceeds for a rate setting proceeding; Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will serve for the first time as the Chairman of the Senate Commerce (..)

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

This will definitely be something to watch over the coming months and years. It’s impossible to know. However, it’s worth trying. This is a field where something has to change, and it’s nice to see a major player taking a different approach. It will be interesting to see if this approach pays off and in what ways.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 23, 2024

It further observed that TK is not defined in the Act and proceeded to rely on the definitions provided by WIPO and UNESCO (Para 10). The MHC, in one of the first judgments on TK, provided some clarity on the definition of TK by relying on the definitions by WIPO and UNESCO. The Court observed that the object of S.3(p)

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2024

We spoke to several sources who believe that it’s possible the leak came from a DCP source, but currently there is no definite confirmation. This fueled the rumor mill that it may have come directly from a Digital Cinema Package ( DCP ), a file container used by digital cinemas.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

The federal court’s decision to reject this position has now harmonized the definition of an article of manufacture across multiple statutes. By: ArentFox Schiff

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