The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. Here's what Jakub writes: Artificial Intelligence and (hopefully) the death of copyright by Jakub Wyczik* Last year, I wrote an article about how copyright law relates to creations generated by AI.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In 2003, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy. Dial-up connections were still the default and YouTube, Facebook, and Gmail had yet to be invented. There was a new technology making waves at the time. BitTorrent made it much easier for people to transfer large files, opening the door to unlimited video-sharing without restraints. Many people started experimenting with BitTorrent by sharing pirated films and TV shows.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A famous AI-generated piece of art has been rejected by the US Copyright Office. Here's why the decision matters and what it means. The post Another AI Copyright Registration Rejected appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On August 4, 2023, India’s Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023, received Presidential assent and became the law of the land. Enactment marked the culmination of a decades-long process to update the country’s anti-piracy laws by cracking down on camcording in theatres and imposing significant penalties for distribution of illegally recorded films.

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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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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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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The past few days have been painful to watch as Canadian politicians grapple with the aftermath of recognizing and applauding a Nazi in the House of Commons. The episode and its response brings back memories from last year’s discouraging response to revelations that Canadian Heritage’s anti-hate program had provided funding to Laith Marouf, a known anti-semite.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The advent of the internet and its subsequent development in the mainstream have given rise to a perpetual, collaborative, global recording machine that would’ve been unimaginable 40+ years ago. Back then, videotape recording machines were cutting edge and a type developed by Sony was fighting for its life. Since Sony’s Betamax-format recorders were able to record TV shows, studios including Universal and Disney sought to hold Sony liable for users’ alleged copyright infringeme

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A recent algorithm change at Google has many webmasters angry as their traffic tanks while AI-generated pages outrank them. Here's why. The post Is Google Favoring AI Content? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The all-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British House of Commons has just (August 30) issued a welcome report condemning plans announced by Britain’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in June of 2022 to create a limitless copyright exemption to enable tech companies to develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications without having to obtain permission … Continue reading "UK Parliamentary Committee Shoots Down Copyright Exemption for AI Developers–But is it Really D

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Just two days after hundreds in the intellectual property community stood for U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Judge Pauline Newman following her thoughtfully delivered words at IPWatchdog LIVE 2023, the CAFC’s Judicial Council released a 375-page Order suspending Judge Newman from all cases. The order upholds the July 31 recommendation of the Special Committee that is investigating Judge Pauline Newman that Newman be suspended from taking on case assignments for one year, “o

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

When national concern broke out over Canadian Heritage funding an anti-semite as part of its anti-hate program in August 2022, then Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez was nowhere to be found. While specific responsibility for the program lay with cabinet colleague Ahmed Hussen, internal documents obtained under the Access to Information Act reveal that Rodriguez’s office was well aware of the issue.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In a recent judgment , the District Court of the Hague (the Court) found that Fruugo, an online marketplace, was not directly liable under trade mark law for the advertisement and sale, on its platform, of products which infringed the trade marks of Audi and Volswagen. Background The avid IPKat reader may recall that late last year, the IPKat reported on a somewhat surprising decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU), which held, disagreeing with the Advocate General’s op

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

An event organized by Spanish football league LaLiga took place at the Museum of Arts and Sciences of Valencia yesterday. LaLiga were joined at “Fight Against Piracy in Sporting Events” by Víctor Francos Díaz , Spain’s recently appointed Secretary of State for Sports and president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), and MEP Iban García del Blanco.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Far too many students don't know how to properly paraphrase. Here's how to teach the concept and help students get caught up. The post How to Teach Paraphrasing appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In today's rapidly changing technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines and being discussed constantly. To be sure, AI provides a powerful tool to nonprofits in creating content and exploiting for countless cost-effective purposes. As nonprofit executives, you may be wondering how AI intersects with intellectual property and data privacy law, and how it could affect your organization.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of computer science that creates software or models that mimic human reasoning or inference. Machine learning is a subset of AI which uses algorithms trained on massive amounts of data to allow the computer to learn with gradually improving accuracy without explicitly being programmed. The biopharmaceutical and healthcare fields produce massive amounts of data, including properties and characteristics of drug compounds, biological, genomic, and clinical da

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Federal Court has approved a consent order requiring Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault to unblock Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant on Twitter. The order stems from a 2021 lawsuit filed by Levant which argued that blocking “violated the Applicants’ constitutional rights under section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in blocking access to official governmental Twitter accounts, and thereby limiting the Applicants’ ability to, inter alia, access and co

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted the Regulation on geographical indication (GI) protection for craft and industrial products, also known as non-agri GIs. This will create a new, EU-wide system of sui generis GI protection for products such as ceramics or knives. The adopted text is available here. Up until now, only wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products could benefit from EU-wide GI protection.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

During the summer of 2003, Swedish pro-culture organization Piratbyrån was making a name for itself; sharing news and educating people on how they could share media online. What the group’s members didn’t realize at the time, is that the plans they made would create a ripple effect that still has an impact decades later. Like many other people mesmerized by the unbridled ability to share files over the Internet, the new BitTorrent protocol caught Piratbyrån’s eye.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A report by Futurism points out plagiarism by A.V. Club's AI reporter. Here's why it matters, even if the company doesn't seem to care. The post A.V. Club’s AI Reporter Plagiarized IMDb appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of our video The Importance of International Trademark Registration. We are often asked, “Why should I apply to register my trademark in other countries?” Most countries around the world have a first-to-file system, which means that you’re not required to show that you are using the mark in that country to be able to register your mark.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On September 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential decision on trademark functionality doctrine in PIM Brands Inc. v. Haribo of America Inc. In affirming the district court’s grant of summary judgment, the Third Circuit found that PIM’s federally registered trademark to a wedge-shaped candy with green, white and red stripes should be canceled because the mark as a whole identifies the candy’s flavor.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The problems with government’s Bill C-18 draft regulations involve more than just what amounts to a 4% link tax on Google and Meta alongside little effort to ensure the resulting revenues are used to support spending on journalists and news content. As noted in previous posts, the draft regulations put an end to the claim that the Online News Act involves compensation for news creation since the standards are now simply a function of Internet platform revenues, not news production costs.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following contribution by Danish Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Thit Nymand Nisbeth (both Gorrissen Federspiel) on the interplay between AI, deepfakes, and personality rights in the form of image/publicity rights. Here’s what they write: Deepfake it till you make it: How does AI relate to postmortem personality rights?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Under the current DMCA legislation, US-based Internet services are expected to remove infringing links, if a copyright holder complains. This process shields these services from direct liability. In recent years there has been a lot of discussion about the effectiveness of the system but it remains standard practice. Google has always maintained that the DMCA works well.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Bill Willingham, the creator of the Fables, says he has placed the universe in the public domain. However, it's not that simple. The post Why Fables is NOT Public Domain (Yet) appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Erik shares trademark industry-specific terminology in this video, and discusses the advantages to working with an experienced attorney who understands the nuances of the trademark language. The post Key Trademark Terminology appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik shares trademark industry-specific terminology in this video, and discusses the advantages to working with an experienced attorney who understands the nuances of the trademark language.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash The UK government has recently announced its plans to introduce a code of practice on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance and all supporting documents can be found here. This goes in line with the government’s ten-year National AI Strategy , for the UK to remain a global AI superpower and for AI companies to start and grow in the UK.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The government unveiled Bill C-56 yesterday, legislation it touts as supporting the building of more rental homes (through tax measures) and stabilizing grocery prices (through Competition Act reforms). While the proposed Competition Act changes include increased investigative and merger blocking powers for the Competition Bureau as well as the long overdue elimination of the efficiencies defence, the bill also includes provisions that undermine Competition Bureau independence.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Judge Pauline Newman, who is currently in the midst of a very public fight with the Chief Judge of her court, received two lengthy standing ovations at IPWatchdog LIVE on Monday as she accepted her induction into the IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame, and also presented the inaugural Pauline Newman Award to Henry Hadad of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Newman had a message for those in attendance that hinted at the need for a possible “major upheaval” of the judicial system for IP rights.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

With two alleged operators of Z-Library currently defending a criminal lawsuit filed by the U.S. government, another of the world’s most recognized book piracy platforms has fresh legal problems of its own. Library Genesis was founded in Russia around 2008, mostly offering local language scientific textbooks. After reportedly adding around 500,000 predominantly English-language books courtesy of Library.nu, ‘Libgen’ archives received another huge boost with the addition of cont

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Barstool Sports is again facing allegations of content laundering, this time with proof of at least 40 burner Twitter accounts. The post Barstool Sports Accused of Content Laundering appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The following is an edited transcript of my video Practicing What We Preach. Here at Erik M. Pelton & Associates, we really believe in practicing what we preach. As a small business law firm, we have taken our own advice and we have more than a dozen trademark registrations in our name (17 registrations as of fall 2022). One of our recent registrations is for Trademarkive® , the name of our online collection featuring some of our most valuable content on key trademark topics.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Photo by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash With the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) restarting its activities after the vacation break, we look back to one of the late-summer judgement, standing out for its technical, yet impactful character. In Case C-426/21 , the CJEU looked into the complicated relationship between copyright law and online television services.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The Copyright Act has a seemingly simple three year statute of limitations: No civil action shall be maintained under the provisions of this title unless it is commenced within three years after the claim accrued. 17 U.S.C. 507(b). It is somewhat surprising then that the Supreme Court has just granted certiorari in a case asking whether the statute “precludes retrospective relief for acts that occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit.” Warner Cha

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