Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Harvard President Claudine Gay is under fire not just for her answers before Congress, but allegations of plagiarism. Here's what's going on. The post Understanding the Claudine Gay Plagiarism Scandal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
On December 11, the Review Board of the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) released a letter affirming the USCO’s refusal to register a work created with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) software. The decision to affirm the refusal marks the fourth time a registrant has been documented as being denied the ability to obtain a copyright registration over the output of an AI system following requests for reconsideration.
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TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The launch of the BeStreamWise online anti-piracy campaign early October was preceded by action in the ‘real’ world. After being offered free lifetime subscriptions to a new streaming service from a pop-up stand in London’s Paddington Station, commuters were encouraged to sign up to ‘MalStreams’ using their real personal details.
Christopher Roser
DECEMBER 12, 2023
In the previous posts on this series of the Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS) I went into detail on how to understand the problem by clarifying the problem and breaking it down to get the prioritized problem. In this post I will look at target setting and root-cause analysis. Setting the target and doing the. Read more The post Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Targets and Root Causes first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Last month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published Supplemental Guidance for examination of design patent applications related to computer-generated electronic images. The guidance was provided to the patent examination core to assist with determining whether a design patent claiming a computer-generated electronic image satisfies the article of manufacture requirement under 35 U.S.C. 171.
Olartemoure Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Have you ever heard of the term “seed investing”? It’s like planting the seeds for the future giants of business. In the vast landscape of investment, early-stage start-ups are akin to fertile soil, and seed investors play the role of cultivators, sowing the seeds that have the potential to grow into thriving enterprises. If you’re all about catching diamonds in the rust before someone does, this is for you.
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IP Close Up
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Creative expression, like music, films and books, and inventions, that are supported copyrights and patents, impact thousands of businesses, millions of jobs and and our Continue reading
Copyright Alliance
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This week we’d like to introduce you to oil painter and writer Julia Haw. Follow her on Instagram and also be sure to check out some of her beautiful paintings […] The post Creator Spotlight with Oil Painter and Writer Julia Haw appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
A recap of some of the most widely read IP-related updates, insights, and commentary published on JD Supra throughout 2023.
The IPKat
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This is a book review of Reforming Intellectual Property , edited by Gustavo Ghidini, Professor Emeritus, University of Milan and Senior Professor of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, LUISS University and Valeria Falce, Jean Monnet Professor in European Innovation Policy, European University of Rome. This edited collection brings together 19 contributors (Irene Calboli, Vincenzo Di Cataldo, Peter Drahos, Rochelle C.
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Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash In his classic work, ‘Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy’, Josef Schumpeter referred to the ‘waves of creative destruction’ to describe how monopoly rents incentivise entrepreneurs to take risk and innovate. The monopoly rent that the entrepreneur derives from his innovation is short-lived, as another wave of creative destruction soon replaces this wave, and gives way to another wave of innovation.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Judgment Gist - Customary design is a prior design that is well known by the general consumers and can be recalled by the general consumers upon merely mentioning of the product name. When mentioning beauty roller products, although the general consumers can immediately think of a product comprising a gripping portion and a roller, they obviously cannot immediately think of the design of the subject patent with a Y-shaped handle and spherical rollers.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Centripetal Networks was dealt a blow by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia yesterday when the court ruled that it had failed to prove that Cisco infringed three of its patents. It’s a years-long case that the court referred to as having an “unusual history.” The district court first entered one of the highest damages awards ever issued in a patent case, following a 22-day bench trial.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
On December 1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it is implementing the Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program, effective immediately, to incentivize intellectual property protection for certain semiconductor manufacturing innovations. This action is commensurate with the objectives of the government’s 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, including boosting research and development in the semiconductor area and revitalizing the domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Video game controller designer Haowei Yang secured a temporary restraining order from a Michigan federal court Tuesday that blocks Chinese company Shenzhen Hongfangrui from advertising and selling allegedly infringing game controller joysticks.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
According to their website they are an IP enforcement law firm that helps artists protect their content. We know them from pursuing many copyright infringement cases dealing with all kinds of photograpy. They list offices in New York, Los Angeles, Boca Raton, Florida, and Nashville, Tennessee. However, the map they show on their website lists other states such as Colorado, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Texas and Georgia as other states where they have legal counsel.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied a petition for writ of certiorari asking the Court to reconsider the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) June ruling that the petitioner said signals an expanding practice of reversing agency decisions in lieu of remand. In the CAFC’s decision, the court reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) judgment that affirmed patent claims in part due to the commercial success of MacNeil IP’s WeatherTech vehicle floor tray.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
In 2023, pharmaceutical patent owners filed nearly 250 infringement complaints against generic drug manufacturers. More than 90% of those cases were filed in the Districts of Delaware or New Jersey. This year's filings reflect a consensus about venue in pharmaceutical patent infringement cases that has emerged since the U.S. Supreme Court reinterpreted the patent venue statute in 2017.
Managing IP
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Lenovo’s vice president for IP and the company’s external counsel at Kirkland & Ellis discuss where SEP negotiations have gone wrong and why some licensor conduct is unfair
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This week we welcome back our previous guest, Laura Gunter, President of the NC Life Sciences Organization, formally known as NCbio. We discuss the 2023 highlights of the life sciences industry in North Carolina, the dynamic between established companies and startups in the market, the Inflation Reduction Act and its impact on the life sciences industry, and more!
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Image from here The High Court of Delhi, by its interim ex-parte order dated 21 November 2023 , granted the prayer of ‘makemytrip’ and issued interim injunction against the mark ‘dialmytrip’. I shall provide an overview of the order and offer comments in this post. Facts The petitioner, MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt. Ltd, filed an injunction suit against the defendant, Dialmytrip Tech Pvt.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Florida’s Seminole Tribe on Friday defended state officials in a challenge to the legality of a 2021 pact allowing the tribe to receive online sports betting wagers, saying in a brief filed with the state Supreme Court that the agreement is consistent with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
The Trichordist
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Very important testimony by Merck Mercuriadis at the UK House of Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee revisiting the Committee’s inquiry into the economics of streaming.
JD Supra Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, Appeal No. 2022-1906 (Fed. Cir. December 4, 2023) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit vacated an approximately $2.2 billion damages award against appellant Intel Corporation for infringement of two microprocessor patents owned by appellee VLSI Corp. The Court reversed the jury’s verdict of infringement as to one patent and affirmed as to the other, but vacated the entire damages award due to a significant technical error in VLSI’s.
The TTABlog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
In this battle of the birds, frequent TTAB plaintiff Abercrombie & Fitch opposed an application to register the mark shown below left, for various clothing items, claiming a likelihood of confusion with its registered design mark shown below right, for overlapping clothing items. Since there were no limitations in the application or pleaded registrations as to channels of trade and classes of consumers, the Board presumed that the goods travel in the same, normal channels to the same consume
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 12, 2023
A Disney in-house attorney testified Tuesday in a $400 million trial over claims Disney ripped off Rearden's special-effects software for the "Beauty and the Beast" remake that he was "absolutely stunned" when Rearden's counsel accused him during openings of "doing nothing" to stop alleged infringement, saying Rearden never even deposed him.
Patent Trademark Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Design Patent Application: Where to Start Are you thinking about filing a design patent, but not sure where to begin? You found the right post. We’ll walk through the information and materials required to start the design patent application process. Need to file a design patent? Call US patent attorney Vic Lin at (949) 223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to see how we can help file your design patent.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 12, 2023
A California federal judge has rejected MGA Entertainment's bid to immediately appeal his order vacating the toy giant's win in rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property fight and sending the case to a third trial, set for September 2024.
Indiana Intellectual Property Law
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The U.S. Patent Office issued the following 270 patents to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2023: US 11515057 B2 High optical transparent two-dimensional electronic conducting system and process for generating same US 11515742 B2 Methods, systems, and apparatus for reducing cogging torque in an electric machine US 11512362 B2 Method for producing an ultra high strength galvannealed steel sheet and obtained galvannealed steel sheet US 11514541 B2 Systems and methods for managing a tr
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Healthcare company Longhorn Vaccines has told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly wiped out five of the company's patents for mistakes that were made by its former outside counsel rather than by Longhorn itself.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The recent rapid advancements of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) have revolutionized creation and learning patterns. Generative AI (“GenAI”) systems have unveiled unprecedented capabilities, pushing the boundaries of what we thought possible. Yet, beneath the surface of the transformative potential of AI lies a complex legal web of intellectual property (“IP”) risks, particularly concerning the use of “real-world” training data, which may lead to al
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 12, 2023
A California federal judge has given Astronics Test Systems a win in a suit where it was accused of infringing copyrighted code from defense contractor Teradyne Inc., saying Astronics was able to show fair use.
Patently-O
DECEMBER 12, 2023
by Dennis Crouch I previously wrote about the trademark case of Great Concepts v. Chutter that involves two restaurants both using the same phonetic name: DANTANNA’S and DAN TANA’S. In the underlying trademark cancellation proceeding, the TTAB found that one party had committed fraud within its declaration of incontestability; and that fraud justified cancellation of the registration.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Federal Circuit judges have agreed to uphold a ruling Apple secured at an administrative patent board, which wiped out language in a patent covering automated database programming that's involved in a lawsuit the tech giant's facing over the "red squiggly" line used in its automatic spellcheck feature on iPhones and MacBooks.
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 12, 2023
We have habits (good and bad). We have routines (intentional and non-intentional). But rituals? Maybe not so much. Setting and implementing goals can be pretty stressful. Anxiety often rides along on any journey to a goal – especially those goals involving growth (personal or business). If it is causing growth, it is causing you to push and stretch.
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