Plagiarism Today
MAY 29, 2024
An Australian business has sparked an unusual plagiarism controversy. It's accused of copying a store that's just a short walk away. The post Australian Business Accused of Plagiarizing a Whole Store appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
MAY 28, 2024
The following are the comments our firm submitted today regarding the USPTO’s proposed trademark fee changes and increases: Docket No.: PTO–T–2022–0034 Comments of Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC Regarding “Setting and Adjusting Trademark Fees During Fiscal Year 2025” The following are the comments of Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC ® (“EMP&A”), in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published on March 26, 2024, in the Federal Register at 89 Fed.
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Michael Geist
MAY 26, 2024
This weekend, two people approached a Jewish girls elementary school in Toronto and fired multiple gun shots. There was no one present at the school at the time, but the shooting will only heighten the fears of a Canadian Jewish community that has now experienced multiple shootings at schools and community centres, attacks on students, and vandalism at Jewish businesses and homes.
JD Supra Law
MAY 30, 2024
In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Janet Cho and Amy Pruett provide an update on recent cases and some of the legal issues involved with using datasets to train AI models.
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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?
Plagiarism Today
MAY 30, 2024
Bungie recently scored a significant win against a video game cheat maker. Here's what the law says about cheating in modern video games. The post Copyright and Cheating in Video Games appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MAY 30, 2024
Z-Library is one of the largest shadow libraries on the Internet, hosting millions of books and articles that can be downloaded for free. The site defied all odds over the past two years. It continued to operate despite a full-fledged criminal prosecution by the United States, which resulted in the arrest of two alleged operators in Argentina. According to the latest available information, these two defendants are still fighting their extradition.
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Erik K Pelton
MAY 28, 2024
The post How Long Does a Trademark Last? appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 30, 2024
A judge sides with Cher in a royalty dispute, UK businesses are hit with damages over unlicensed sports, and the Reggaeton lawsuit continues. The post 3 Count: Partly Sonny (and Cher) appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MAY 26, 2024
Three years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing Destiny 2 cheat seller AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. The same accusations were also made against Phoenix Digital Group, the operating company behind the website, and third-party developer James May. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law.
Michael Geist
MAY 30, 2024
There was another shooting at a Jewish school in Montreal yesterday, which led to what has become the Canadian version of “thoughts and prayers”, namely a politician lamenting that “this isn’t who we are.” But months of escalating antisemitism make it clear that this is exactly who we are. Just this week, there were shootings at two Jewish schools in Canada, testimony at an Ottawa school board hearing on appalling antisemitism, a mother pulled her child out of a Burlington school due to antisemi
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JD Supra Law
MAY 31, 2024
Navigating the acquisition of any company which makes substantial use of artificial intelligence (AI) requires a nuanced understanding of both its technological intricacies and legal complexities. As the landscape of AI continues to evolve rapidly, we expect to encounter myriad representations and warranties aimed at specific issues in intellectual property rights, data rights, and regulatory compliance relating to AI.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 28, 2024
The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) has handed down its two largest damage awards, including it's first five-figure decision. The post Copyright Claims Board Awards It’s Highest Damages Ever appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MAY 27, 2024
Thus far, chip giant NVIDIA has been the main financial beneficiary of the Artificial Intelligence boom. The company published its latest quarterly results last week, reporting $26 billion in revenue; a 340% increase compared to two years ago. The staggering revenue numbers over the past year have significantly raised the value of the company, which is now worth more than all public companies in Germany combined.
Michael Geist
MAY 29, 2024
There are many reasons to be concerned about Bill S-210 , the mandated age verification bill that raises significant privacy and freedom of expression risks and which is being improbably backed by Conservative MPs. The bill would mandate age verification technologies that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says creates concern given missing safeguards , it establishes website blocking that government officials warn could undermine net neutrality and an open Internet, and its broad scope goes bey
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MAY 30, 2024
Photo by Dinh Pham on Unsplash As the environmental crisis escalates due to overproduction and overconsumption, there is an increasing recognition of the urgent need for environmental consciousness and a shift towards a sustainable, circular economy (see, in the intellectual property context, Pihlajarinne & Ballardini (2020) , Senftleben (2023) , Calboli (2024) ).
Plagiarism Today
MAY 29, 2024
Cox files a new appeal in their case against record labels, Serie A sues Cloudflare over pirate sites, and Senator pushes for AI copyright exemptions. The post 3 Count: Escape Routes appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MAY 25, 2024
Good news concerning AI development often finds itself dampened by reports of models hallucinating, providing misleading responses, or simply inventing facts that are anything but. This week Michael Kearns of Penn Engineering wrote about “model disgorgement,” a potential solution that forces models to purge themselves of “content that leads to copyright infringement or biased responses.” From our admittedly very narrow perspective, that proposition couldn’t be more ironic.
JD Supra Law
MAY 28, 2024
In IOENGINE, LLC v. Ingenico Inc.,2021-1227 (Fed. Cir. May 3, 2024), the Federal Circuit reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determination that certain claim features did not carry patentable weight under the printed matter doctrine. This decision is notable, as it concerns the application of the printed matter doctrine to a digital communication.
IP Watchdog
MAY 29, 2024
On May 28, a group of five former Directors, Deputy Directors and Patent Commissioners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sent a letter addressed to current USPTO Director Kathi Vidal in opposition to a rule package on terminal disclaimer practice proposed earlier this month. This group of highly-ranking former government officials join a growing chorus of voices who are concerned by the apparent overreach of the nation’s patent granting agency into substantive rulemaking that would
Plagiarism Today
MAY 28, 2024
Bungie wins a jury verdict against a cheat maker, Japan seeks help stopping anime/manga piracy and DAZN posts about boxing piracy. The post 3 Count: Cheater Cheater appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
TorrentFreak
MAY 28, 2024
Late 2019, Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels, including Sony and Universal. Following a two-week trial, a Virginia jury held Cox liable for its pirating subscribers. The ISP failed to disconnect repeat infringers and was ordered to pay $1 billion in damages. Cox challenged the verdict through several routes and, earlier this year, booked a partial victory.
JD Supra Law
MAY 28, 2024
Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy, No. 22-1078, 601 U.S. (2024) - On May 9, 2024, the Supreme Court held that copyright owners may obtain damages beyond the three-year statute of limitations under the Copyright Act. As this case originated from a circuit that applies the discovery rule to the Copyright Act, the Supreme Court assumed that the discovery rule applied and deferred its determination on that issue.
Cogency Global
MAY 30, 2024
What this is : A foreign company keen to conduct business in Singapore may choose between 2 major types of legal entities, namely a Singapore branch office or a subsidiary company. What this means : Depending on the type of legal entity, key considerations such as annual compliance requirements and tax treatments may vary significantly. It is, therefore, crucial for foreign enterprises to choose the type of legal entity properly so as to avoid any undesired regulatory or cost issues.
Olartemoure Blog
MAY 31, 2024
1817 1817 The draisine Karl Freiherr von Drais invented the first two-wheeled vehicle with a steering device. Instead of having pedals, it was propelled by the user's feet. Known popularly as the “dandy horse”, it was patented in 1818 in France. 1866 1866 Bicycle with pedals It is not exactly known who originally had the idea to put pedals on the bicycle.
TorrentFreak
MAY 30, 2024
Reddit has gone head-to-head with a group of filmmakers over the past year, aiming to protect the privacy of its users. In three separate cases, the filmmakers subpoenaed Reddit for details of users who commented on various piracy related topics. The movie companies said they were not planning to go after these people in court but wanted to use their comments as evidence in ongoing piracy liability lawsuits against Internet providers.
JD Supra Law
MAY 31, 2024
The internet holds some of the largest threats an individual or business can face in 2024. Online threats can become even more challenging to address when the attacker acts anonymously.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 31, 2024
In 2014, Medina sued Microsoft. Microsoft’s filings made some unredacted disclosures about Medina that were repeated in an unredacted court opinion, and those documents appeared on several websites that publish court documents. In 2020, Medina got the disclosures from the 2014 case sealed. He then sued the court document repository websites (and other defendants) for defamation, false advertising, and more.
IP Law 360
MAY 28, 2024
Just over two months after a jury in Wilmington handed down a mixed verdict in a patent lawsuit over glucose monitors, both sides are now asking the judge to give them another trial.
TorrentFreak
MAY 28, 2024
During the first week of April 2024, the CEO of top Italian football league Serie A was brimming with confidence. Luigi De Siervo said that Piracy Shield, Italy’s brand new anti-piracy blocking system, was having such an effect that “No pirate can sleep peacefully.” Those who doubted its capabilities, he implied, should note what Serie A investigators were seeing on pirate Telegram channels after the system’s launch; ‘excitement’ apparently, but of what kind w
JD Supra Law
MAY 31, 2024
During an inter partes review (IPR) initiated by Ingenico, the PTAB found certain claims from three patents held by IOEngine to be unpatentable. The patents at issue are directed to secure communications for portable devices used with a terminal (e.g., desktop computer) for user input. On appeal (IOENGINE LLC v. Ingenico Inc), IOEngine argued that the PTAB incorrectly construed “interactive user interface” and incorrectly applied the printed matter doctrine.
The Trichordist
MAY 30, 2024
David is on a workshop at Stanford co-sponsored by the Justice Department Antitrust Division and Stanford B-school.
IP Law 360
MAY 28, 2024
In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, recent legal disputes have focused on the utilization of copyrighted material to train algorithms, meaning companies should be aware of fair use implications and possible licensing solutions for AI users, say Michael Hobbs and Justin Tilghman at Troutman Pepper.
TorrentFreak
MAY 29, 2024
In today’s throwaway society, there can be a tendency to undervalue. Expensive smartphones are carelessly dropped and replaced, while an intermittent fault is seen as an excuse to buy better TV, rather than as a signal to check the batteries first. Yet, things that have true worth, due to their history and other intangible qualities, are not so easily replaced.
Hugh Stephens Blog
MAY 25, 2024
Image: [link] (under licence) Apart from the budding of leaves, the rites of spring are marked by another annual phenomenon, the issuance of the annual Special 301 Report by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), widely known as the USTR Watch List.
Christopher Roser
MAY 28, 2024
In 2017-18, I had the chance to visit factories of all seven Japanese car makers as part of my Grand Tour of Japanese Automotive. In the last few weeks, I had the chance to repeat this for Germany and do a Grand Tour of German Automotive. Let me show you what I saw and what. Read more The post The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Overview first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
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