Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 31, 2022
Paraphrasing is an important skill for any writer to have. Simply put, it is the means through with which authors convey information that they learned from outside sources in their own words. . Simply put, all writers, in particular non-fiction writers, need to be able to do this. When you work with outside sources, it’s crucial that you are able to incorporate their information but retain your own voice.
Likelihood of Confusion
AUGUST 25, 2022
I represent Business Casual in this matter. The post Why a Million-Subscriber Channel is Suing YouTube appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.
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Hugh Stephens Blog
AUGUST 22, 2022
You may never have heard of Omegle–or perhaps you have. It is an online platform that allows people to meet and talk to total strangers online through video links. Participants are randomly paired but there is also a form of self-selection by indicating shared interests.
Erik K Pelton
AUGUST 30, 2022
Arguments, consents, and cancellations are the potential ways to overcome a likelihood of confusion for a trademark application. Learn more about these three and the different office action response situations in this episode. The post 3 Different Ways to Overcome a Likelihood of Confusion Trademark Refusal from the USPTO appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.
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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?
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 29, 2022
A class action lawsuit filed by Maria Schneider against YouTube more than two years ago has support from artists who believe big tech should do better. While that opinion is widespread in the music industry, no musical artists of any description joined Schneider in the class action, despite the plaintiffs oozing confidence in their allegations. Mass copyright infringement, failure to suspend repeat infringers, and breaches of the DMCA are all featured in a case that seems to have one key goal &#
McKinsey Operations
AUGUST 28, 2022
Africa’s fintech industry is coming of age. In the face of political and economic challenges and a global pandemic, fintech on the continent is booming. Here’s what comes next.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 22, 2022
[I published this anti-AB 2273 op-ed in Capitol Weekly. For more on the problems with AB 2273, see my deep dive and short explainer.]. The California Legislature is aggressively pursuing several wide-sweeping and radical proposals to regulate the Internet. One especially problematic bill is AB 2273, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC).
The IPKat
AUGUST 29, 2022
Few issues in the world of intangible rights contain as many legal uncertainties as do non-fungible tokens. Kat friends Mutlu Y?ld?r?m Köse and Havva Y?ld?z discuss a recent decision rendered in Turkey, representing the first foray by a Turkish court into these murky legal waters. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ranging from art and literature to fashion and cinema, remain among the hottest legal topics in the world of intangible rights, despite the lack of clear legal regulation.
Erik K Pelton
AUGUST 26, 2022
The following is an edited transcript of my video The Recipe for Strong Trademark Protection. The recipe for strong trademark protection is a very simple one. What you need for strong trademark protection is a creative and unique name, register it with the USPTO, use that brand name properly, and enforce and renew it as needed. The ingredients for this recipe are very straightforward and there’s just four of them.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 29, 2022
In common with many countries in Europe, Austria couldn’t escape pressure from rightsholders to implement site blocking to prevent piracy. Local ISPs didn’t like the idea but following a ruling by the European Court of Justice in 2014, rightsholders took legal action to have sites blocked. ISPs fought all the way to the Supreme Court, but to no avail.
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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.
McKinsey Operations
AUGUST 23, 2022
Independent work is booming, the American Opportunity Survey shows. For these workers and society, the upsides and drawbacks are all part of the gig.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Copyright Claims Board (CCB), better known as the “copyright small claims court”, became a part of U.S. copyright law in December 2020 with the signing of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). . After a year and a half of rule making and infrastructure building, the CCB opened its doors in June 2022. Within a month, the first 70 cases had been filed.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 4, 2022
The only president ever to obtain one, Abraham Lincoln knew the essential role patents have played in the scientific and technological innovations that have driven American growth and prosperity since the founding of the republic. Lincoln listed the development of patent laws—along with the invention of writing and the discovery of America—among the most important events in world history.
The IPKat
AUGUST 3, 2022
Beyoncé has received backlash on her latest album “Renaissance,” which has resulted in the removal of a sample from her song “Energy” – but not for legal reasons. Headlines such as “Beyoncé Has Removed A "Milkshake" Sample From Her Song "Energy" After Kelis Called It Theft” and “…for allegedly failing to seek permission for usage” suggest that Beyoncé used the sample without the rights clearance, but this is not the case.
Erik K Pelton
AUGUST 23, 2022
Our website is packed with information, resources, videos, and much more exploring the world of trademark protection and registration. In this episode, Erik guides us through some of the key features available at www.ErikPelton.com. The post A Guide to Our Website at ErikPelton.com appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Our website is packed with information, resources, videos, and much more exploring the world of trademark protection and registration.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 25, 2022
GitHub is no stranger to copyright complaints. Last year, the developer platform removed nearly 20,000 projects in response to DMCA takedown notices. These takedowns can target all sorts of content. Major media companies often complain about software that allows people to access pirated content , for example. However, there are also instances where developers see copies of their own content elsewhere on Github, placed there by others without permission.
McKinsey Operations
AUGUST 25, 2022
Here’s how to build a comprehensive, measurable, and objective end-to-end risk appetite framework as a foundation for managing technology risk and cyber risk.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 24, 2022
Earlier this month, Pagan author Mat Auryn took to Twitter to highlight what he said was a very clear case of verbatim plagiarism of his work. According to his tweets and provided images, the book Awakening Your Witchy Intuition & Psychic Abilities , penned by an author using the name Glinda Porter, lifted whole paragraphs from his book, Psychic Witch.
SpicyIP
AUGUST 28, 2022
In his independence day speech , the Indian P.M. Modi urged people to focus more on ‘duties’. Earlier, he said that a focus on “rights” has made India weak. Previously, President Droupadi Murmu also spoke of duties and Justice N.V. Ramana highlighted the importance of knowing our constitutional rights and duties. While I may share some sentiments with this ‘right-duty’ talk, such focus on rights-duties language makes me wonder if we are becoming dependent on “Right” in the sense of ‘right- izing
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 8, 2022
In U.S. government, setting public policy is the sole and exclusive domain of Congress. The laws they pass effectuate the public policy positions that Congress alone has the power to set. In law, words are everything. The precise meaning of the words in law determines whether the public policy is implemented as intended by Congress. Altering the meaning of just one word can change the entire public policy set by Congress, even turning the public policy on its head.
Erik K Pelton
AUGUST 19, 2022
The following is an edited transcript of my video An Ounce of Trademark Protection is Worth a Pound of Curing a Trademark Dispute. There is a very well-known quote from Benjamin Franklin about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure. This statement is really true when it comes to trademarks. I really love Ben Franklin, he was such a unique inventor of so many different things, and scholar, and really, a Renaissance man.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 24, 2022
The vast majority of BitTorrent users prefer ‘public’ torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay. There are no barriers to entry and no rules to follow. It’s quick and convenient. Private torrent sites work on a membership basis, with an invitation required for entry. Once admitted, users must keep their accounts in good standing, which usually means balancing whatever they download with comparable uploads.
McKinsey Operations
AUGUST 10, 2022
While ESG is likely to evolve both in substance and name in the coming years, its underlying impulse is here to say. Here’s how companies can take a more systematic and rewarding approach to ESG.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 23, 2022
An article by Adi Robertson at The Verge looks at a recent study by The Galaxy , which examines the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and examines what the buyer is obtaining in terms of copyright or other intellectual property rights. The answer is, quite simply, not much. According to the study, only one in 25 even attempts to transfer copyright ownership with the purchase of the NFT and even that may be ineffective.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 23, 2022
This is one of the dozens of lawsuits alleging that social media services addict kids. Those cases cover the same ground as CA AB 2408 , which recently died in the California legislature. The plaintiffs’ lawyers are proceeding in court anyway. These plaintiffs sued in Oregon. Snap sought to move the case to Central District of California. (Facebook acquiesced to Snap’s motion).
The IPKat
AUGUST 17, 2022
Recently, this Kat reported on Beyoncé’s decision to remove a sample from her song, after Kelis took to social media to complain, even though the rights had been cleared and there was no copyright infringement. As I explained in the Guardian : “It doesn’t matter that Beyoncé didn’t actually infringe Kelis’s rights. The point is that people think she did…[Kelis] doesn’t have any legal standing but by being vocal on social media, she creates emotional and moral capital.
Erik K Pelton
AUGUST 12, 2022
The following is an edited transcript of my video Building a Bold Brand Wheel: 8 Types of Bold Brand Names. I am always looking for ways to help take trademark and branding concepts and boil them down to a visual or a quote, or some way to help convey something that’s complex in a bit more digestible manner. And I have talked a lot about bold brand names, and how to build them, and the different types of literary tools that can be used to create bold brand names.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 16, 2022
As Europe’s top football leagues launch their 2022/23 season campaigns, pressure to balance the books at the continent’s most prestigious clubs remains a top priority. In the summer transfer window alone, LaLiga club Barcelona spent €153m euros, but that’s peanuts compared to the paychecks it hands to its top players. The club has a weekly payroll of €5.3m , of which more than 10% goes to Dutch player Frenkie de Jong.
McKinsey Operations
AUGUST 23, 2022
Brian Solis, Salesforce global innovation evangelist, sees curiosity and empathy as integral parts in delivering new experiences in the metaverse. An edited version of the conversation from our ‘Value creation in the metaverse’ report follows.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 3, 2022
On July 26, journalist and author Jonathan M. Katz took to Twitter to call out the Chilluminati Podcast for allegedly plagiarizing from his book, Gangsters of Capitalism. Hey @ChilluminatiPod : any particular reason you've chosen to straight up plagiarize my book, GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM, instead of telling your $12K/month worth of Patreons or your various ad buyers up front where you got your content from?
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 10, 2022
It’s “burn-down-the-Internet” week on the blog, during which I am recapping three bad California bills that the California legislature is poised to enact. Monday, I covered AB 2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code. Yesterday, I covered AB587, an editorial transparency law. Today, I’m covering AB 2408, a performative “protect kids online” bill that kick kids off social media entirely and ruin the Internet for adults too.
SpicyIP
AUGUST 9, 2022
Image from here. Recently, the Economic Times reported that the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC) suggested two ways to fast track the process of granting patents. First, it suggested hiring more examiners, an issue we have previously raised alarm about here and here. However, it’s the second suggestion, to limit the timeline for filing pre-grant opposition to 6 months, which has been making quite a few rounds in the media (see for instance here and here ).
Erik K Pelton
AUGUST 9, 2022
What branding lessons can be gleaned from other successes? In this episode, Erik shares several great examples of such branding lessons and how they might help boost your branding. The post Examples of Great Branding appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. What branding lessons can be gleaned from other successes? In this episode, Erik shares several great examples of such branding lessons and how they might help boost your branding.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 19, 2022
Absorbing knowledge online is essentially free but those who curate that knowledge may have their own plans on where, when, and at what price their work is made available. For millions of website publishers the problem mostly solves itself, but for those who have more restrictive offerings in mind, such as physical book sales or a digital subscription offer, the wider internet can prove to be a disruptive competitor.
McKinsey Operations
AUGUST 19, 2022
Danish design experts Christian Bason and Jens Martin Skibsted say humanity needs a more expansive outlook on problem-solving—one that is less human-centered and more future-proof.
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