Plagiarism Today
MARCH 27, 2023
On Friday, a judge ruled in favor of the publishers against the Internet Archive. Here's why the Internet Archive lost that case. The post Why the Internet Archive Lost appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
MARCH 29, 2023
While there is no correct way to pronounce a trademark according to USPTO guidelines, sound and possible pronunciations are important considerations to make when developing a brand. Erik explains more in this podcast. The post How Do You Pronounce a Trademark? appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. While there is no correct way to pronounce a trademark according to USPTO guidelines, sound and possible pronunciations are important considerations to make when developing a brand.
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TorrentFreak
MARCH 30, 2023
Z-Library has become the go-to site for many readers in recent years by providing access to millions of books, for free. The site’s continued ability to do so was put to the test late last year when U.S. law enforcement seized over 200 domain names connected to the site. Two alleged Z-Library operators were arrested as part of a criminal investigation.
Hugh Stephens Blog
MARCH 27, 2023
Last fall I wrote about the ongoing problem of trade in fake Indigenous art. This applies to many genres and communities but is a particular problem in the Pacific Northwest, where I live, because of the richness of the art forms and their popularity among the public.
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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
MARCH 30, 2023
The Copyright Claims Board has received it's 400th case. However, common mistakes are keeping a lot of cases from being heard. The post 5 Easy Mistakes Made by Filers at the Copyright Claims Board appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
MARCH 27, 2023
The following is an edited transcript of my video What is a Presentation Copy of a Trademark Registration? One of the recent changes at the USPTO in 2022 was the transition to electronic registration certificates. For any trademark that now becomes registered, the recipient automatically receives an electronic version of the registration certificate, and the USPTO no longer mails out a physical copy.
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TorrentFreak
MARCH 27, 2023
On February 21, 2023, Twitter chief Elon Musk published a tweet suggesting that Twitter’s algorithm would be “ made open source ” before the end of that month. Before he took ownership of Twitter, Musk said that having the code out in the open would be a smart move, but the end of February came and went, without any code appearing in public.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 29, 2023
The name Alan Smithee is one of the most infamous in Hollywood and, for a man who doesn't exist, he has a long and storied history. The post The Birth, Death and Legacy of Alan Smithee appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 29, 2023
The International Trade Commission (ITC) conducted an all-day hearing today featuring a range of stakeholders with interests in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) pending decision on extending what has come to be known as the TRIPS [Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights] waiver from strictly COVID-19 vaccine technologies to COVID-19 related therapeutics and diagnostics.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 29, 2023
The risk and ambiguity inherent in innovation can make employees shy away from it. Creating an innovation culture where risk-taking is embraced must start at the top.
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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.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 25, 2023
In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. IA’s library is operated by a non-profit organization that scans physical books and then lends the digital copies to patrons in an ebook format. While ‘digital’ book lending is not uncommon, libraries typically loan out DRM-protected files after acquiring a license from publishers.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 29, 2023
Judge sides with photog in case against Deadly Doll, Mediaset signs anti-piracy partnership with Meta and Art Basel targets NFT knockoffs. The post 3 Count: Dead Doll appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Cogency Global
MARCH 30, 2023
What this is : In Puerto Rico, filing an annual report is a legal requirement for corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) to maintain compliance with the government and keep their status in good standing. What this means : The annual report provides the Puerto Rico Department of State with important information about the entity, such as its name, registered agent and financial data.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 27, 2023
AI-enabled customer service is now the quickest and most effective route for institutions to deliver personalized, proactive experiences that drive customer engagement.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 26, 2023
There’s something special about professionally produced textbooks. From the information inside to the tactile feel of the paper, textbooks can be items of beauty. Unfortunately, reality rains on the parade more than just a little. Textbooks are bulky, woefully underpowered for mass research purposes, and then suddenly out date for any number of reasons.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 28, 2023
Movie/TV studios reach settlement in pirate site case, Chinese authorities shutter anime site and GTA 6 leaks result in copyright notices. The post 3 Count: Not the Rock appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 28, 2023
U.S. companies and inventors still filed more patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) than any other country, according to its Patent Index 2022, which was released today. The index showed that U.S. patent applications numbered 48,088, a 2.9% increase from 2021. However, China's filings jumped by 15.1% over 2021, keeping it in fourth place out of the top five countries of origin for applications and narrowing the gap between it and Japan, the number three filer.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 27, 2023
The space sector is at an inflection point similar to what commercial air travel experienced after World War II and the internet saw in the 1990s. Is your company ready to capture the opportunity?
TorrentFreak
MARCH 30, 2023
As the creator of The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, game developer CD Projekt won the hearts of millions of gamers. The Polish company also scored points when it spoke out against DRM on numerous occasions, including the ‘FCKDRM’ campaign promoted by its game distribution service GOG. The anti-DRM stance is laudable but also has its drawbacks.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 27, 2023
The Internet Archive loses case against book publishers, Childish Gambino wins the This is America lawsuit and more. The post 3 Count: Victorious Gambino appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 28, 2023
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Last year, the most important case in the history of web scraping— hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp. —settled. After two trips to the 9th Circuit, a remand from the Supreme Court, and nearly six years of motions and posturing, the outcome of the litigation was a permanent injunction against hiQ, a win for LinkedIn, and insolvency for scraper hiQ Labs.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 25, 2023
Following the Supreme Court oral arguments in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC last week, I was reminded of an article I penned years ago for Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal exploring the boundaries of parodies when up against allegations of trademark infringement and dilution. That article observed: "Many of the trademark parody cases do not spend time analyzing what a parody is.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 29, 2023
For reasons that make absolutely no sense while somehow making perfect sense, millions of internet users think that social media platforms are perfect for piracy. Social media platforms like Facebook are admittedly quick and easy, but such positives are quickly overwhelmed by extraordinary privacy issues, not to mention centralized control. Nevertheless, the masses love quick and easy so in common with similar platforms everywhere, social media has a piracy problem.
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 28, 2023
A battle between two South Korean video game developers has been going on for nearly two years and has taken some very wild turns. The post The Bizarre Battle Over Dark and Darker appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 27, 2023
Agile is a way of working that seeks to harness the inevitability of change, rather than resist it.
SpicyIP
MARCH 27, 2023
Image from here On March 14, 2023, in Sirona Hygiene Private Limited Vs Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd , the Delhi High Court provided three interesting points on the issue of design infringement and piracy, in the context of an equally interesting fact scenario! The plaintiff claims that the registered design of a disposable female urination device titled “Pee Buddy” has been infringed by defendant who allegedly manufactures and sells identical devices under the name “Namyaa”.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 28, 2023
Artificial intelligence has the potential to make our lives more efficient, entertaining, and productive. There are potential downsides as well. From a copyright perspective, AI brings up some interesting questions. For example, can content created by an AI be copyrighted ? And can an AI be trained on copyrighted works without limitation? Before ChatGPT and other AI tools started to dominate the news, the music industry had already shared its concerns over the potential threats posed to its busi
Plagiarism Today
MARCH 30, 2023
BMI wins a major victory at rate court, Nigeria gets a new copyright act and Kick streamers flout copyright law. The post 3 Count: 138% Raise appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 30, 2023
The U.S. Solicitor General on Wednesday filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court advising it to grant Teva Pharmaceuticals’ petition for writ of certiorari relating to generic manufacturers’ liability for infringement through the use of “skinny labels” on generic drugs. The SG’s brief said that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) got it wrong, and that the decision could upend the careful balance contemplated by the Hatch-Waxman Amendments between incentivi
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2023
The U.S. Copyright Office published new guidance on the registration of works containing artificial intelligence ("AI")-generated material and announced public roundtables on the intersection of AI and copyright.
TorrentFreak
MARCH 27, 2023
More than a decade has passed since Kim Dotcom’s file-storage empire Megaupload collapsed after becoming the prime target in a high-profile law enforcement operation. The U.S. Government booked an early result in 2015 when programmer Andrus Nomm was handed a one-year prison sentence following a plea deal. The case lit up again last year when two of the three remaining defendants, Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk, signed an agreement to be charged in New Zealand and avoid extradition t
McKinsey Operations
MARCH 31, 2023
With bold, decisive action, the US higher education sector could expand its impact, deliver on its promise of more-equitable outcomes, and improve the nation’s economic competitiveness.
43(B)log
MARCH 27, 2023
Pacira Biosciences, Inc. v. American Soc’y of Anesthesiologists, Inc., F.4th -, 2023 WL 2621131, No. 22-1411 (3d Cir. Mar. 24, 2023) Courts in particular kinds of false advertising cases say that scientific claims are not falsifiable, even as the majority of workaday false advertising claims involving scientific fact are (correctly) treated as falsifiable.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 29, 2023
By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E. Koerner Endowed Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School [See part 1 about defendant opt-outs and part 2 about defendant defaults.] Eight months after filing, the first two Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Final Determinations have been handed down. Flores v. Mitrakos, 22-CCB-0035 , February 15, 2023, and Oppenheimer v.
Christopher Roser
MARCH 28, 2023
In my last two posts I talked about the qualification matrix, where you match the skills of your people to the skills needed for your business. This can be expanded with another axis, as for example the skills needed for certain products. This connects your people to your products through skills. It is also more. Read more The post Adding Another Axis to the Qualification Matrix—Products first appeared on AllAboutLean.com.
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