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5 Plagiarism Issues to Watch in 2025

Plagiarism Today

2024 was a banner year for plagiarism and authorship issues. Here's why 2025 promises to be even more important. The post 5 Plagiarism Issues to Watch in 2025 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IP Community’s Wildest Dreams for 2025

IP Watchdog

As we do each year, were dedicating the last day of December to readers' comments on what the IP landscape would look like to them if a little thing called reality was not an issue. So, below are our participants heartfelt IP wishes for 2025.

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3 Count: Pirate Squids

Plagiarism Today

Two sports piracy sites go dark, China under fire for Squid Game piracy and Link Busters sends billions of takedowns to Google. The post 3 Count: Pirate Squids appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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OWNING A SLICE OF THE PIE: TOKENIZED LAND & FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP RIGHTS

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Real estate has traditionally been a high-value, illiquid asset accessible to major investors and institutions. Historically, investment in A-grade commercial buildings in India was limited to rich or large-scale institutional investors due to high capital requirements and extensive management requirements. However, the introduction of fractional ownership and tokenisation has made real estate investing more accessible to smaller investors. [1] Fractional ownership allows multiple i

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

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?

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The Role of Patents in Innovation History, From the Industrial Revolution to Today

IP Watchdog

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we go back in time for a historical conversation about the role patents have played with respect to innovation, and push back on the myth that patents were not necessary for the innovations that took place during the Industrial Revolution. In fact, virtually every invention of consequence during the Industrial Revolution was patented, and patents played a major role in encouraging investment and innovations actually making it to market, just as patents continue

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[Webinar] Transforming IP Law | Session #3 Intellectual Property - January 14th, 12:00 pm ET

JD Supra Law

Join Mitratech's third and final webinar of their AdvanceLaw Innovative Law Firm Webinar Series and hear from innovation experts and partners, McCarthy Tetrault and Pinsent Masons on how technology is transforming law firm IP practices. During this session, you'll learn how leading firms are leveraging technology and innovation to.

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New Trademark Office Fees Increase Cost, Headaches

JD Supra Law

The new year will bring big changes to how U.S. trademark applications are filed. Based on a USPTO final rule that will take effect on January 18, 2025, trademark applicants will see increases in many USPTO fees, including several completely new surcharge fees that will be assessed at the time filing.

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On Leveling and Fluctuations—How Does Toyota Do Leveling?

Christopher Roser

My last two posts in this three-post series on leveling talked about fluctuations and leveling in general, and the challenges and costs associated with leveling. In this last post I will go into greater detail on how Toyota does its leveling. Because Toyota does this actually quite well. How Does Toyota Do Leveling? If.

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Patent Grants for 2024

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch For decades the USPTO has issued patents each and every Tuesday -- with data being released typically at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time. Today's release wraps up 2024 and almost breaks a record with 7,499 utility patents issued -- the second most ever in any given week. (The #1 spot is held by 7669 utility patents issued on October 3, 2023).

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Federal Circuit Clarifies Vicarious Liability Standard for System Claim Infringement

JD Supra Law

When can a customers use of a system claim be vicariously attributed to the system component manufacturer? In CloudofChange v. NCR Corp., No. 2023-111, the Federal Circuit held that the manufacturer must direct or control the customers use of the entire claimed system under Centillion, which is fundamentally different from the concept of use of a patent method or process under Akamai.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

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.

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Blogger issue in posts published by Jeremy and Ilanah

The IPKat

Merpel immediately contacts the TechieKat when she encounters any tech issues. As such, Merpel proceeded accordingly when she was surprised to discover that posts published by IPKat co-founders Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Fhima from 2003 to 2006 appeared linked to the TechieKats account on Blogger! What happened? 1. Blogger sent an email to the IPKat account indicating that content associated with Jeremy and Ilanahs Blogger account would be permanently deleted unless migrated to the Google Accoun

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"pure" chocolate may be deceptive if it has too much heavy metal

43(B)log

In re Theos Dark Chocolate Litigation, 2024 WL 4336631, No. 23-cv-02739-HSG, F.Supp.3d - (N.D. Cal. Sept. 27, 2024) Plaintiffs alleged that Theos dark chocolate bars contained, or risked containing, the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic at levels exceeding Californias then-governing Maximum Allowable Daily Level, as revealed by Consumer Reports in December 2022 and subsequently confirmed by plaintiffs independent testing.

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New blog in new bottles

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2006-12-01 16:51:18. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMichael Atkins debuts his Seattle Trademark Lawyer blog with a nice post about a ruling denying insurance coverage to a retailer that has to go into its pocket to destroy counterfeit merchandise. (NB to Trademark lawyers and those who play them on TV: Are you advising your […] The post New blog in new bottles appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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ACE Wraps Up Transformative Year with a Fresh List of Pirate Site Targets

TorrentFreak

In 2017, a new global anti-piracy coalition formed under the umbrella of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The Alliance for Entertainment and Creativity ( ACE ) bundled the powers and pockets of dozens of entertainment companies, and were joined by many more in the years that followed. While skeptics may have dismissed the launch of yet another anti-piracy group, ACE was and is a grand success.

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TTAB Posts January 2025 Hearing Schedule

The TTABlog

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee--Bee) has scheduled five oral hearings for the month of January 2025. As indicated below, the first four will be held virtually and the fifth will be in-person at the USPTO's Madison East Building in Alexandria, Virginia. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

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Happy New Year ! 2025

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MIDNIGHT MAGIC; EXPLORING HOW NEW YEARS EVENING IS CELEBRATED GLOBALLY New year! An evening that brings hope and joy to a fresh start in life for everything. Its a time for celebration, contemplation, and transformation from one year to another. This holiday is often considered as an opportunity to look back at yourself and make promises for self-improvement to achieve all your future goals whatever your heart desires.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2024

SpicyIP

[ This post is authored by – Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan, Md. Sabeeh Ahmad, Aishani Chatterjee, Swaraj Barooah, and Praharsh Gour with research inputs from Aarav Gupta, Tejas Misra, Aditi Bansal, Mansi Bhatia, Yukta Chordia, Bhuwan Sarine, Shravya Pandre, Deepali Vashist, and Malavika S. Nair.] 2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attentio

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