Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Yesterday, at YouTube’s Made on YouTube live event, YouTube announced some major changes, including a push to monetize shorts and a revamping of the Partner Program. . However, perhaps the most significant change is happening on the copyright side of things. Specifically, YouTube is taking steps to make it easier for YouTubers to license popular music for their videos.
Erik K Pelton
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Many do not realize the importance of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) at the USPTO. This committee has a critical role and lens into the world of trademark. Watch this episode as Erik shares more about the committee and its functions. The post What is the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC)? appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.
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TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
One can only imagine the crew’s screams of pain when they discovered that a clerical error had robbed ‘Night of the Living Dead’ of its copyright protections. George A. Romero’s masterpiece opened in 1968 to audiences largely unprepared for its genius. If anything, movie distributor Walter Reade Organization was even more unprepared.
McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Every company must establish its own best practices for managing its data. Here are five pitfalls to avoid based on our conversations with experts and early adopters.
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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
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
In October 2021, Andrew Azzopardi and a student he was mentoring, Andrew Camilleri, published a literature review entitled Risk and Protective Factors in Violent Youth Crime in the first edition of the journal Studies in Social Well-being. . However, in November that same year, the article became the subject of controversy as two researchers, Saviour Formosa and Janice Formosa Pace, both from the same university as Azzopardi, claimed that parts of the article were plagiarized from their earlier
Hugh Stephens Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
The lamented passing of artist and activist Lucinda Turner in Vancouver in early July reminded many of the struggle she engaged in to protect Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous artforms from counterfeiting and copyright infringement.
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McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Even amid war in Europe and the energy and cost of living crisis that has resulted, the region needs to pay attention to its slow-motion corporate and technology crisis.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Appeals Court Sides With ACT in Court Battle Over Copyright. First off today, David Saleh Rauf at Edweek Market Brief reports that ACT has emerged victorious in a legal fight against their competior WIN as an appeals court has upheld a legal victory for the prominent testing organization.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
A new intellectual property (IP) organization launched today will be headed by former vice president of U.S. policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), Frank Cullen, and features a Board of Directors comprised of bipartisan frontrunners in the IP realm. The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) will aim to educate on the importance of innovation to the U.S. economy at a high level, and to fill the void its creators say exists with respect to clarifying the
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
After more than 15 years of site-blocking processes in dozens of countries, new instructions to block pirate sites have become part of piracy landscape. But despite a growing casual acceptance, legal action targeting educational resources can still prove controversial. Platforms such as Sci-Hub, Libgen and Z-Library are extremely popular among students, academics and scientists, who tend to view the sharing of knowledge in a different light to the sharing of movies and TV shows.
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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
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
The Great Attrition continues, but if companies understand the differences among five common employee personas, they may be able to find and retain talent more effectively.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Disney Loses Bid to Dismiss ‘Muppet Babies’ Reboot Copyright Suit. First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that Disney has failed to dismiss an ongoing case against it over the 2018 reboot of the Muppet Babies TV show. The lawsuit was filed by Jeffrey Scott, who was a screenwriter of the original 1984 series.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Novartis Pharmaceuticals announced today that it will appeal the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) June decision invalidating its patent for a dosing regimen for its multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya to the U.S. Supreme Court, after the CAFC denied its request to rehear the case. The CAFC in June vacated a different three-judge panel’s January opinion upholding Novartis’ U.S.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This July at a Washington district court, Destiny 2 developer Bungie filed the latest in a growing list of lawsuits aimed at curtailing cheating in its online games. Bungie’s complaint alleged that the user behind the Twitter handle ‘ @inkcel ‘ regularly live streamed himself using third party copyright-violating cheats in Destiny 2 that give cheaters an unfair advantage over regular players.
Managing IP
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
It’s a buyer’s market and deals were down in Q2 2022, but sellers with strong patents can still entice purchasers.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Comcast, Verizon, AT&T Settle Piracy Suits. First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter Esquire reports that three major ISPs, Comcast, Verizon and AT&T, have settled lawsuits filed by a group of filmmakers that claimed the companies were not doing enough to combat piracy on their networks.
McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Inflation is at record highs and is now blowing through healthcare.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Last year, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. The same accusations were also made against Phoenix Digital Group, the alleged creators of the software. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law. In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked any substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were re
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
This is a 512(c) online copyright safe harbor case. We rarely see opinions like this any more. In 2022, I’ve blogged just one other 512(c) case ( Davis v. Pinterest ). ( Business Casual v. YouTube should have been a 512(c) case, but the court ruled on other grounds). This time, the defense gets the safe harbor on summary judgment. The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service.
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
In Integrated Technology Solutions v. iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, 2022 WL 4356494, (D. Mass. Sept. 20, 2022), plaintiff ITS asserted at least U.S. Patent No. 10,046,231 claim 15 against iRacing. That claim reads.
McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
As software-related vulnerabilities continue to grow, companies must manage their software cyber risks to innovate faster and create safer, more secure digital products.
Olartemoure Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
09/22/22 – Innovation. Science, Technology, and Innovation projects in the Bioeconomy sector can now access differentiated lines of credit through BANCOLDEX. The credit line will grant loans of up to USD 450,000 for projects related to the Bioeconomy at an interest rate of 1% for small and medium-sized businesses and 4% for large businesses.
Christopher Roser
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
In a recent discussion on setting up a new line, a question came up: Should we make a single line (or generally a production system), or should we establish two (or even more) separate independent production lines? There are usually a handful of arguments for either side, and cost is only one of them. Sometimes. Read more. The post Should You Split Your Production System into Two?
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Andrew Masson is an IPilogue Writer and 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. DMCA ( Digital Millennium Copyright Act ) strikes and disputes are often thought about in the context of music and video, however, it can be for any copyrightable content. In this case , an entire blog website of a crypto critic was consequently removed due to multiple DMCA strikes.
McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Our research shows continued growth of consumer interest in health and wellness, with persistent gaps in certain areas presenting exciting opportunities for companies to serve unmet consumer needs.
Michael Geist
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The first two posts in the series on why Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is a bad solution in search of a real problem focused on the risk to the free flow of information stemming from mandatory compensation for linking and how the bill encourages clickbait and other low quality news given the absence of standards in the definition of “news content.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
A group of litigious filmmakers, headed by Voltage Pictures, is pulling out all the stops to hold Internet providers liable for pirating customers. The movie companies own the rights to well-known movies such as “Ava”, “I Feel Pretty” and “The Cobbler”, which are publicly shared via BitTorrent. The lawsuits aim to deter this activity.
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. According to Copyright Lately , tensions are rising in the Livingston family as to who earns the royalties from the Academy Award-winning composer, Jay Livingston’s hit songs. These songs include hits such as Que Sera, Sera and theme songs for various television programs.
McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Emerging economies need the private sector to help fund green infrastructure initiatives. Access to public land can be structured to make those investments more attractive.
Copyright Alliance
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Art integrates itself so keenly into our lives and surroundings that it can often go unappreciated or unnoticed. From the playlist at your local coffee shop to the chalk drawings […]. The post Mexican Muralism—The Origins and Revolution of Street Art appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Over the years, dozens of entertainment industry companies have used copyright law to protect their rights online. Some have targeted regular internet users while others have focused on pirate sites. At times, even internet intermediaries have entered the mix. But when it comes to serial litigants Voltage Pictures and parent company Voltage Holdings, no target is too small and no target is too big to avoid scrutiny.
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Anita Gogia is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Concrete jungles around the world illustrate the man-made burden on the planet. Concrete is a carbon-intensive ingredient in construction and makes up at least 8% of man-made CO? emissions. When it comes to industrial processes, cement manufacturing produces the highest amount of CO?
JD Supra Law
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
In a ruling that should surprise absolutely nobody, the Federal Circuit rapidly scrapped an appeal of a PTAB decision that affirmed a 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of a business method claim. This is the latest in a series of cases going back years in which the Court tends to find inventions that improve business processes ineligible for patenting patenting, even if computer implementation is required.
Patently-O
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. Back in June, I wrote about the Federal Circuit’s wild decision in Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc. , 38 F.4th 1025 (Fed. Cir. 2022). Dennis Crouch, Judicial Recusal Order Saves Cisco $2.75 Billion , Patently-O (June 23, 2022). The patentee has now petitioned the Supreme Court on a the question of whether the statute demands judicial recusal: Whether placing stock in a blind trust satisfies 28 U.S.C. §455(f) and, if not, whether placing trivial amounts of st
McKinsey Operations
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
News, entertainment, and even charity campaigns tend to promote a stereotypical image of Africa that ignores its nuance and history. Dipo Faloyin is correcting this narrative.
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