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5 Copyright Stories to Watch in 2022

Plagiarism Today

However, because of state sovereign immunity, it’s technically not possible to sue a state government or any of their components in a federal court. According to Unicolors, the retailers infringed on one of their designs and sold various goods with it. 5: The Public Domain Expands. 4: The Unicolors Case.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. Also, many have design errors due to their age. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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[Guest Post] Who owns the copyright to Nigeria’s “new” national anthem?

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding copyright ownership of Nigeria’s re-adopted national anthem. Is the national anthem in the public domain?

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The Importance of Trademark Protection When Copyrighted Works Enter the Public Domain

Corsearch

Looking at the clip of Oswald below, you can clearly see elements of the character in Mickey’s modern design. An intelligent trademarks strategy is therefore needed, from screening and search reports to clear your proposed marks relating to works that are entering public domain, to watching services to monitor your marks once registered.

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Why Generative AI is Doomed

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

As a result, I hope these remarks spark some discussion and reflection among the advocates for more regulation/”governance” of Generative AI. Materials from my talk: The paper The video The image repository (all in the public domain per prevailing copyright law !)

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U.S. Copyright Office Finds ‘Deep Disagreement’ on Anti-Piracy Measures

TorrentFreak

Most parties agree that it’s impossible to design an error-free takedown process but disagree on what error rate is acceptable when takedowns are automated. As expected, many rightsholders are in favor of far-reaching, government-backed anti-piracy measures. Voluntary Technical Measures. Tweaking the DMCA.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature

The IPKat

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law.