Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Authors file lawsuit against Meta over AI training, ACE targets Zoro successor, and Grammy CEO clarifies position on AI. The post 3 Count: LLaMA Too appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming. Investors and companies are pouring cash into the space, and particularly into generative AI (GAI), to seize their share of the market which McKinsey reports could add up to $4.4 trillion annually to the global economy. Some companies are investing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars or more into GAI.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Philadelphia Inquirer has fired a sports editor over allegations of plagiarism. However, the story hints at deeper problems at the paper. The post Philadelphia Inquirer Fires Sports Editor Over Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Over the past several years, a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. Game companies have emerged as relatively swift victors in most of these cases, but that’s not a given. The legal dispute between American video game developer Bungie and AimJunkies.com has turned into a drawn-out battle. Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things.

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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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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Copyrighted material is fuel for AI systems. Voluntary collective licensing is an effective solution enabling the use of copyrighted material as society realizes the benefits promised by AI systems. I invite our Velocity of Content blog readers to check out CCC’s “ Intersection of AI & Copyright ” page. It features a memo by IP and AI law expert Professor Daniel Gervais of the Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program, where he addresses key copyright questions posed by AI technologies.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s refusal to register a digital artwork created with the Midjourney text-to-image GenAI tool. The Review Board held that text prompts alone did not constitute sufficient human authorship, despite the claim that the work was the result of 624 iterative prompts.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ed Sheeran is a world-renowned singer, songwriter, and composer. He has become a household name owing to hits like “Perfect”, “Shape of You”, “Castle on the Hill”, “Photograph” etc. His music is characterised by easy-to-understand lyrics and soft yet catchy tunes. Looking back, his career trajectory has been laced with a healthy amount of plagiarism allegations by other artists.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Image by babysofja on Freepik Trademark lawyers and researchers rely extensively on the Public Search and E-Register features of the Trademarks Registry’s website. But often it gets excruciatingly slow and painful to access the desired information owing to the massive bulk of traffic and other issues with the Trademark Registry’s servers in place.

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Art Law Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Discover the transformative journey of hosting a virtual art exhibition. This piece offers artists a roadmap to not only showcase their creations in a compelling light but also to engage and build a loyal audience through innovative promotional strategies and post-exhibition engagement techniques.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Photo by Maria Oswalt on Unsplash In June 2023 the U.S. Copyright Office celebrated the one-year anniversary of operations of the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”), a novel new small claims court housed within the agency with a budget request for $2.2 million in ongoing yearly costs. Though not entirely unique (e.g., the UK’s IP Enterprise court has been described as filling a similar role since 2012 ), the CCB has been closely watched and hotly debated (see here , here , and here ).

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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.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A Taiwanese company has accused Samsung of infringing a patent on wireless communications, targeting a wide array of Galaxy products the South Korean company produces.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In our prior posts, we discussed the two issues that should be at the forefront of any branding strategy: In this post, we briefly discuss how cannabis businesses can implement employment agreements to further protect their intellectual property.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

China's Hytera Communications must produce source code for review in a patent dispute in which Motorola claims the radio manufacturer unlawfully copied its digital two-way radio technology and infringed seven patents, an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying Hytera's motion suggests it is seeking to "essentially avoid production.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry and request for comment in the Federal Register (the "Notice"), seeking input from the public on various copyright law and policy issues relating to generative artificial intelligence. Written comments are due to the Copyright Office by October 18, 2023, while written replies are due no later than November 15, 2023.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other federal agencies are looking for input on how to help improve standard-setting in the U.S., saying they are looking for information on issues like the effects of foreign intellectual property rules on standard-setting domestically.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Gain a comprehensive understanding of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA essentials, a critical competency for legal and business professionals in the biopharmaceutical arena. Attend ACI’s Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA Proficiency Series from October 10-26, a virtual three-week program designed to provide new lawyers and executives for the life sciences industry with a solid foundation for understanding the essentials as well as the intricacies of Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA litigation and regulation.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

DuPont, Chemours and Corteva slapped Rome, Georgia, and two publications with a complaint seeking to keep private the terms of a settlement reached in June resolving the alleged discharge of toxic "forever chemicals" in the city's drinking water, saying making the deal public could reveal their confidential trade secrets.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Broadcasting of background music – Equitable remuneration – Mere provision of physical facilities – Sound equipment on board trains and aircraft – Presumption of communication to the public as a result of possession of technical means – Implications on Greek case law and practice in relation to use of in-store/background music in business premises. An excerpt of this article was first published on www.lexology.com.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The US Court of Appeal of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently considered the interaction between two peculiarities of the US patent system, patent term adjustment (PTA) and obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) ( In re Cellect LLC ). This is the first time that CAFC have considered the implications of PTA for ODP. The decision has implications for the value of PTA to patentees by establishing the risk that PTA may invalidate a patent post-grant for obviousness-type double patenting.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

There once was a company named Zotz, Which created toys for tots, Let’s use “Robotoy,” Zotz declares, File at once, Lawyer Zares, Months later, Zotz is dejected, Too descriptive, trademark rejected. First published in Inside magazine, NYSBA, Fall 2017.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is seeking a Head of the Legislative, Policy and Technology Advice Section of the Patent and Technology Law Division, Patents and Technology Sector. The Division is responsible for the implementation of WIPO's strategic goal concerning the balanced evolution of the international normative framework for intellectual property in the area of patents and related fields such as utility models and the protection of undisclosed information.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) resolved district court splits regarding obviousness-type double patenting (“ODP”) by holding that ODP is still a valid challenge to patent validity and that the application of ODP is not dependent on intent of the patentee.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Celltrion Healthcare has urged a London court to invalidate a patent for a drug used to treat severe asthma and chronic hives belonging to Swiss pharma giant Novartis and California-based Genentech, as it prepares to launch a biosimilar rival.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

No matter how complex or arcane the technology in a patent dispute might be, there is always a way to simplify it. Everything can be distilled down into clear, concise, and accurate explanations that judges, juries, and other decision-makers can comprehend. The challenge is connecting the seemingly indecipherable to why it matters. Learn the tricks of the trade from our experts who overcome this challenge in patent litigation cases involving the most sophisticated intellectual property, every.

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Likelihood of Confusion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Denver Post reports a very interesting, and for trademark plaintiffs very troubling, decision that the Supreme Court has refused to review. It has to do with one of the. The post Where there’s smokes appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Here’s a familiar scenario. An applicant files a first patent application with medium-to-narrow claim coverage. The first patent application issues with some or substantial patent term adjustment (PTA) caused by one or more delays at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (e.g., Patent A – earlier-filed and later-expiring patent).

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Board dismissed a petition for cancellation (of a registration for the mark ROD & CUSTOM for "magazines about automobiles") that was filed during the six-month grace period for (second) renewal of the challenged registration. When the registrant did not file its renewal application, the registration automatically expired as of its twentieth anniversary date, and so the later-filed petition for cancellation was deemed moot.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A defendant opposing a motion for summary judgment in a trademark case often repeats the refrain that issues of likelihood of confusion and dilution are riddled with issues of fact reserved for a jury. But in this “exceptional” trademark case filled with admissions on key issues (like intentional copying), a lack of evidence opposing plaintiff’s undisputed facts, and “procedural mischief”—including evasion of process, default, failure to meet extended deadline

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The former head of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's trademark practice has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in Los Angeles.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

2024 Changes to International Trademark Classifications by Melanie Lane Understanding WIPO’s 2024 Nice Classification Changes: Impact on the USPTO’s §6.1 of 37 CFR Part 6 and Class 3 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced a final rule that will bring significant changes to trademarks that will take effect on January 1, 2024.

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Patent Trademark Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Does a USPTO trademark application require any documents? Back in the old days, trademark applications were filed by mailing paper documents to the USPTO. Nowadays, trademark filings are filed electronically with the uspto.gov website. So do you really need to submit any documents to file your trademark application? Yes and no. You do not need to mail any paper to the USPTO like the olden days.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In our prior posts, we discussed the two issues that should be at the forefront of any branding strategy: Avoiding potential trademark infringement claims, and Protecting the business’ brand through trademarks In this post, we briefly discuss how cannabis businesses can implement employment agreements to further protect their intellectual property.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Hooters has accused a California-based franchisee in Georgia federal court of unlawfully continuing to use the brand's trademarks after breaching its now-terminated franchise agreement by failing to maintain proper health and safety regulations.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming. Investors and companies are pouring cash into the space, and particularly into generative AI (GAI), to seize their share of the market which McKinsey reports could add up to $4.4 trillion annually to the global economy. Some companies are investing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars or more into GAI.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A venture capital-funded personal finance app called Empower won't have to change its name just yet, after a federal judge in Colorado ruled that customer confusion is "unlikely" in the financial services sector, an early loss for the retirement finance brand Empower in its trademark lawsuit.

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