Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
In 1948, a physicist added a name to a paper for the sake of a bad pun. However, the laughing got quiet when the paper's theory had issues. The post Falsifying Attribution for a Bad Pun appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. So as of early 2023, what effect have those orders had on patent filings? Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L.
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Erik K Pelton
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The big game this Sunday features many trademark stories, from the quarterbacks to the Kelce Brothers, and much more. Listen as Erik breaks down the two teams, the players, and their trademarks, with apologies to inadvertently missed Rihanna, the halftime performer, and her great portfolio of marks for her music and her Fenty brand. The post Super Bowl LVII Trademark Preview appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Various courts around the world have come to the conclusion that The Pirate Bay is a copyright-infringing website. As a result, Internet providers in dozens of countries are required to block access to the site. This works well, but blocking measures are also quite easy to circumvent. Some people may resort to VPN services, for example, or replace the default DNS resolver provided by their ISP with independent alternatives.
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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
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Yesterday, two major rulings came out that impact Bitcoin and other blockchain-based technologies. Here's what happened. The post Blockchain’s Very Big (and Very Bad) IP Day appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. So as of early 2023, what effect have those orders had on patent filings? Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L.
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The IPKat
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
On 1 February 2023, several important changes to the Madrid System came into effect. They concern the following: The representation of colour marks; Colour claims in international registrations; Filing of non-traditional trade marks, such as sound, motion and multimedia marks; Representation of earlier rights in provisional refusals; and Communication with WIPO.
Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Hermes wins case involving Birkin NFTs, Craig Wright suffers a courtroom defeat and the USCO hits back over AI registration. The post 3 Count: Blockchain Battles appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
McKinsey Operations
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Current macroeconomic conditions, consumer focus on sustainability, regulations, and changing business models could further drive farmers’ adoption of agtech products, if their concerns are addressed.
Copyright Alliance
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Poetry has rung out across the nation throughout times of turmoil and injustice, galvanizing change and inspiring humanity through language. From the powerful social commentary of Langston Hughes to the […] The post The Beauty and Resistance of Black Poetry Throughout History appeared first on Copyright Alliance.
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TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office has published a new edition of its Online Copyright Infringement Tracker study. The annual survey aims to understand the piracy habits of citizens aged 12 and above. This is the 12th wave of the report and relates to consumption during 2022. The overarching trend is one of overall piracy rates remaining mostly static for the past six years but the details paint a more interesting bigger picture.
Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Megadeth sued by artist who claims he wasn't paid, bankruptcy court upholds $32 million DISH verdict and high school settles mascot case. The post 3 Count: Sick, Dying and Dead appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Scroll through social media and you’re certain to find countless posts of images generated by artificial intelligence, or “AI.” Tools such as DALL-E 2, Starry AI, Jasper, and the like have exploded in popularity, allowing users to do everything from creating stylized versions of the user’s own photographs, to inputting silly, incongruous prompts like “red headed cow with John Lennon sunglasses,” and receiving almost instantaneous results with no further effort by the user.
IPilogue
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Ariel Goldberg is a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Usually, a dog toy’s squeak echoes throughout a home. A Jack Daniel’s bottle-shaped dog toy called “Bad Spaniels” will be heard at the U. S. Supreme Court and could bark new rules for trademark use in expressive works. Will it bite? Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc.’s (“Jack Daniel’s”) petition to the U.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
For the past several years, Chinese-manufactured Ubox IPTV boxes have flooded the market in Taiwan. With more than 30% of the population using the devices, which grant access to more live streaming content than most people can consume, Taiwan came under pressure from the United States. Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices.
Plagiarism Today
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Developers for the upcoming video game The Day Before have worsened their problems by releasing a trailer that resembles earlier works. The post The Day Before Accused of Trailer Plagiarism appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
In February 2020, ParkerVision filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel in Judge Alan Albright’s Waco, Texas, courthouse in the Western District of Texas. Only three years later, and through the pandemic, today, the case settled all pending matters. ParkerVision still has remaining patent infringement cases in process against TCL, LG, MediaTek and RealTek in Judge Albright’s court.
IPilogue
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Amin Hosseini is an IPilogue Writer and an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On Friday, November 11, 2022, FTX filed for bankruptcy. Shortly after that, BlockFi filed for bankruptcy, and a Japanese exchange called Bitfront shut down. FTX is a global, centralized cryptocurrency exchange based in the Bahamas. It enables customers to exchange their digital currencies for other digital currencies or regular money.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
In 2021, 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 Destiny 2 cheating software at the center of the complaint. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law.
Michael Geist
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Margaret Atwood, the famed Canadian author, has been the target of a predictable backlash for her comments criticizing Bill C-11. Her comments, which came in the aftermath of Senator David Adams Richards forceful denunciation of the bill on the Senate floor, describe the bill as “well meaning”, but express concern about the uncertainty over how it will be interpreted, the role of government officials in determining what counts as Canadian, and the secrecy associated with the CRTC.
SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
We are pleased to announce that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) and International Trademark Association (INTA) are jointly hosting a conference on brand protection strategies on February 24th, 2023 at the Imperial, New Delhi. The conference includes insights from government officials, academics, brand owners, and IP practitioners and is completely free-to-attend!
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy For years, open-Internet advocates have argued that scraping bans infringe on First Amendment rights. After all, access to information is a protected form of speech. But since most scraping cases involve two private litigants, and no direct government actor, those seeking to invoke those First Amendment rights were left with weak Pruneyard -type arguments trying to compare the internet with a public square.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Advanced TV Network (ATN) was an IPTV service in Sweden that supplied more than a thousand TV channels to customers via the Internet. In 2008, that was an unusual achievement. ATN gave the impression of operating legally. As a registered company it was generating annual sales of around $7 million by 2013 and paid taxes to the state. However, the content ATN supplied to its customers had illegal origins.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
On February 1, the USITC formally announced the opening of its investigation into the merits of expanding the TRIPS Waiver to diagnostics and treatments. The investigation was initially requested by USTR, who had been leading the discussions regarding the TRIPS Waiver expansion.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Photo by Antoine Schibler on Unsplash Works generated through complex AI systems, such as machine learning and text-to-image generation models, have recently stirred up many discussions and even given rise to lawsuits ( here and here ). Voices emerged questioning whether current EU copyright laws should be amended in light of the many AI-generated works that have come about.
McKinsey Operations
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
What’s the fate of globalization? New research breaks down changes in the global flows that bind us together—and what those changes mean for our collective future.
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
IP Attorneys, keep your eyes out for the #53 car on the NASCAR track this year. Driven by Joey Gase, and sponsored by the USPTO.
SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Image from Rick Harrison, here Our readers may be aware of Section 12 in the Trademark Act 1999 which allows the registration of identical or similar trademarks by more than one proprietor in case of honest concurrent use of some special circumstances. A few months ago, the provision was in the headlines saying that honest concurrent use (“ HCU ”) is not a defence to a trademark infringement claim.
IPilogue
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. More recently, we have seen digital art open doors for artists to experiment with conceptual artwork like never before. Stijn van Schaik, a second-year Advertising student, sold his soul on OpenSea, making it the first human soul ever sold.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
OpenAI's prototype of ChatGPT, released at the end of November 2022, drew rapid, widespread public attention for its ability to provide articulate, human-like responses across a wide variety of knowledge domains. Numerous articles have already explored large language models like ChatGPT and what they can and cannot do -- as well as the broad impact of such models on the legal profession.
The TTABlog
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Attempts to register common slogans, internet memes, and informational material regularly hit the failure-to-function wall at the USPTO. But the Office has the burden of proof, and here its evidence fell short with regard to two refusals of the mark 100% THAT B H for certain clothing items, including t-shirts and baseball hats. The Board concluded that the evidence failed to show that the proposed mark is a common expression in such widespread use that it fails to function as a mark for the iden
The Trichordist
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
The MLC executive salaries are nauseatingly rich. Can they just pay out the black box?
IPilogue
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A patent protects your intangible property from others’ use, but what happens when patent protection operates in a way that ensures no other innovators can build upon a patented invention? When IP and competition clashes, authorities will step in to regulate as demonstrated in a recent dawn raid.
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
On February 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a "zero draft" of a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (or "WHO CA+") for the consideration of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) at its fourth meeting, which will take place on February 27, 2023.
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The fleeting non-fungible token (NFT) craze showed that some people are willing to pay vast amounts of money for digital assets that are not guaranteed to retain their value. These digital entries are stored on a blockchain and allow buyers to prove that they are legitimate ‘owners’ of some underlying asset or right. While NFTs don’t grant copyrights, NFT owners are ‘rights’ holders in a sense, although the specifics may vary from project to project based on the fine print.
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