Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

In January 2022, just months after taking the role of Prime Minister in Romania, Nicolae Ciuc? faced a significant plagiarism scandal. According to reporter Emilia ?ercan (link in Romanian), some 42 pages of Ciuc?’s 38-page 2013 dissertation from the National Defense University in Bucharest were plagiarized from outside sources. Ciuc?, for his part, denied the plagiarism and said that his dissertation was legitimate.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 3, 2022

Worries about failure, criticism, and career impact hold back many people from embracing innovation. Here’s how to create a culture that accounts for the human side of innovation.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 8, 2022

TikTok did not appear before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage as part of its Bill C-11 study, but one of the world’s most popular user generated content sites issued a warning that even Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez can’t ignore: if the bill becomes law, “ any video on TikTok that uses music could be subject to regulation under the Broadcasting Act.” TikTok’s analysis picks up where Rodriguez left off at committee as he sought to downplay t

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The IPKat

JUNE 9, 2022

Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (fictional) Can a fictional character be protected as a self standing copyright work? If so, what is the test to be applied? In a judgment handed down yesterday - Shazam v Only Fools The Dining Experience and Others [2022] EWHC 1379 (IPEC) - the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) answered 'yes' and applied guidance derived from EU law, including the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Cofemel (Katposts here ).

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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?

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2022

Over the past decade, mobile applications have become the standard platform for most people to consume content online. Whether it’s for shopping, news, or entertainment, there is a mobile app available for any type of content. This shift in consumption patterns is not limited to legal content; streaming piracy has gone mobile as well. Pirate streaming apps often have to be sideloaded onto devices but can be occasionally found in official app stores too.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

Can tattoos infringe copyrights, and if yes, what remedies are appropriate? This is a venerable question–I remember evaluating it as a possible law review note topic 30+ years ago. This opinion is the first I can recall that answers the question squarely, but the most interesting questions get sent to a jury trial. Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 7, 2022

By 2030, AI could disrupt transportation and other key sectors in China, adding significant economic value—but only if strategic cooperation and capability building occur across multiple dimensions.

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Patently-O

JUNE 22, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. Golden Eye Media USA v. Evo Lifestyle Products ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ) (nonprecedential). Evo’s design patent claims an “ ornamental design for a foldable bag ” as shown in the figures above. This style of bag is known as a “trolly bag” in the UK and is used in shopping carts (trollies) to maintain order in reusable fashion.

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The IPKat

JUNE 7, 2022

Readers may have seen that the media have picked up on a claim made against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement by her infamous song " All I Want for Christmas is You ". Just in case there was any doubt in readers' minds, here are the reasons why this Kat believes that this claim is nonsense and will likely – or at least, should - be dismissed as such.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2022

YouTube users upload millions of hours of videos a week. As with any user-generated content site, this also includes copyright-infringing content. The file-hosting platform Uploaded faces similar issues. While it can be used to share legal files, some people use it to share pirated content. This is a thorn in the side of several rightsholders, who argue that YouTube and Uploaded are liable for the infringing activities of their users.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

On June 2, Dr. Stephen Thaler filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. naming as defendants both the United States Copyright Office (USCO) and Shira Perlmutter, in her official capacity as Register of Copyrights and Director of the USCO. The complaint marks the start of a new phase of Thaler’s attempts at obtaining a copyright registration for “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” an AI-generated work that is the output of Thaler’s AI system known as Creativity Machine.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

In December 2020, the United States government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). The act, to put it simply, created the Copyright Small Claims Board (CCB), a “small claims court” to hear copyright infringement disputes. In the one and a half years since, the U.S. Copyright Office has been working to launch the board.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 15, 2022

New McKinsey research shows that students and faculty are eager to continue using new classroom learning technologies adopted during the pandemic, but institutions could do more to support the shift.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

The plaintiff, Davis, is a member of two Facebook groups: “Ahwatukee411,” with over 32k members as alleged in the complaint (as the screenshot on the right shows, it’s now over 34k members), and “Protecting Arizona’s Resources & Children” (“PARC”), with 900+ members. Both groups are “private” Facebook groups: Both Ahwatukee411 and PARC have “always been” private, closed Facebook groups—meaning only group members can access and see posts made within the Groups.

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The IPKat

JUNE 5, 2022

A recent judgment that caught this Kat's attention was delivered by the High Court of England & Wales further to a trade mark infringement claim brought by members of the Swatch group of watch makers against Samsung ( Montres Breguet S.A. and others v Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited [2022] EWHC 1127 (Ch) ). The claim related to digital watch faces / watch face apps that could be downloaded to Samsung's smartwatches from the Samsung Galaxy App store ("SGA sto

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

Last Thursday, the US Copyright Claims Board went live. Through this venue, hosted at the Copyright Office, copyright holders can try to recoup alleged damages outside the federal court system. The board aims to make it cheaper for creators to resolve disputes. There’s no attorney required and the filing fee is limited to $100 per claim. Accused parties also benefit as the potential damages are capped at $30,000.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

On June 8, 2022, Senators Leahy, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Cornyn, Collins and Braun sent a letter to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal expressing concern about so-called “patent thickets” and requesting that she consider changes to the USPTO regulations and practices to address perceived problems with patent examination. The senators asked the USPTO to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (which presumably must include new draft regulations) or at a minimum, a public r

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

Jean McCorquodale is the wife of former California state senator Dan McCorquodale. Between 2009 and 2019, she held a very lucrative position at the Santa Clara County government. According to The Mercury News , In 2009, she was awarded a no-bid contract to be the sole grant writer for the county. In 2014 she was offered a five-year extension on that deal.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 6, 2022

A senior partner in McKinsey’s Johannesburg office and chairman of the firm’s Africa region shares his views on purpose, untraditional paths, and why people must be not only good mentors but also good protégés.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 24, 2022

This is an important trademarks / free speech case. I got in on an edge of it! The post Amicus Brief filed in Vans v. MSCHF appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Recently, I spoke in the PRS London Members' Day panel about NFTs, alongside Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin) and Mike Walsh (Serenade). There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. Here is a roundup of the key things to know and keep an eye on.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 6, 2022

In dozens of countries around the world, copyright holders have the ability to take legal action to compel ISPs to block the domains of pirate sites. These domain blocking mechanisms were pioneered by mostly US companies seeking to enforce their rights overseas. They sought something broadly similar through the SOPA legislation in the United States but when that failed, no effort was made to test a blocking request in court under existing law.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 8, 2022

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal has intervened in two Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cases that have caused much controversy in the patent world. Vidal yesterday granted Director Review in both OpenSky Industries, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC, IPR2021-01064 and Patent Quality Assurance, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC, IPR2021-01229, both of which have been the subject of scrutiny by members of Congress and patent practitioners, since the petitioners involve

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SpicyIP

JUNE 15, 2022

In an official statement at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, that was both blunt and sharply worded, India’s Union Minister Piyush Goyal quite openly called out the developed nations on at least three major points: 1) diluting the “TRIPS Waiver” to the extent that its little more than existing compulsory licensing provisions; 2) their delaying tactics over the waiver; and 3) as well as their attempt to portray themselves as caring for the developing world while actually har

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 23, 2022

A new era is possible—one that sees growth and societal benefits as complementary goals that reinforce each other. Our weekly digest of McKinsey insights explores the topic.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

The Copyright Office has completed its initial rulemaking for the new copyright “small claims” court called the “Copyright Claims Board” (the CCB). It has also launched a website with explanatory material. This post will round up what we know about the CCB after the rulemaking process. Overview. The CCB is intended to provide a quicker and cheaper venue for small-scale copyright disputes.

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The IPKat

JUNE 29, 2022

The UK government has published its response to its consultation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence. Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI. The consultation ran from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

For many years Japanese manga companies had a tendency to ignore the majority of overseas markets, despite the potential for lucrative trade. However, powered by a global Internet and passionate fans with translation abilities, scanned copies of manga titles first trickled and then flooded into the West, creating a massive market and future demand for this Japanese cultural product where none previously existed.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2022

Following a week of round-the-clock deliberations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) this morning announced a deal on waiver of IP rights for COVID-19 vaccine technologies under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The final text has made almost no one happy and largely mirrors the draft text going into negotiations, with a few key changes.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on his second book, recently released titled “The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law” Eashan has been practicing as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on intellectual property law at National Law University, Delhi.

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McKinsey Operations

JUNE 27, 2022

Manufacturers in industries such as automotive and electronics, nearing the tipping point of digital adoption, are achieving even faster and more sustainable change through Industry 4.0.

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IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Nikita Munjal is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a third-year JD/MBA Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostino’s Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course. Artists in the digital space have always been vulnerable to the unauthorized distribution, copying, and sale of their work.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

The IPKat is pleased to host the guest contribution below by Katfriend Paolo Maria Gangi (Studio Gangi) on a very recent development concerning NFTs and IP. Here's what Paolo Maria writes: BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs by Paolo Maria Gangi Ryder Ripps The Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC) is one of the world’s most prominent and well-known NFT projects by Yuga Labs.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

Earlier this year, Bungie and its enthusiastic Destiny fan community were plunged into chaos. Using the DMCA’s takedown process as a weapon, persons unknown sent copyright notices to YouTube, claiming that the targeted videos should be taken down for infringing Bungie’s rights. YouTube began removing videos, including some uploaded by high-profile Destiny content creators.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 5, 2022

The International Trademark Association (INTA) on Friday filed an amicus brief with the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO’s) Grand Board of Appeal, arguing that "the terms 'public policy' and 'principles of morality' are inherently vague and therefore carry with them a risk of an inconsistent application and a danger of each examiner being tempted to follow personal preferences rather than clear legal guidance" with respect to a trademark on the term “COVIDIOT” not being “full

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