Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 2, 2025
2025 is shaping up to be a banner year for copyright news. Here are five stories to watch over the next 12 months. The post 5 Copyright Stories to Watch in 2025 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Erik K Pelton
JANUARY 1, 2025
Erik shares 25 of his favorite Peltonisms in this episode. Check out the full library at [link] The post 25 Peltonisms appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. Erik shares 25 of his favorite Peltonisms in this episode.
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JD Supra Law
JANUARY 2, 2025
Celebrated on the first day of every year, Public Domain Day marks the day works with copyrights that expired the year prior enter the public domain. While the calculations to determine copyright expiration can be complicated by the availability (or lack thereof) of renewals, authorship/ownership, and publication information, works from 1929 can generally be expected to enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2025.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Online piracy is a constant headache for copyright holders; one that’s particularly hard to beat. Because those who run pirate sites often ignore takedown requests, copyright holders began targeting search engines and other online platforms that inadvertently help users to find pirated content. Typically, copyright holders outsource this work to third-party companies that scan the web for links to pirated material.
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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
JANUARY 2, 2025
Indian action star pleads for fans to avoid piracy, Indonesian song removed from Spotify and study aid channels removed from TikTok. The post 3 Count: Helpless Not Hopeless appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The past year has included some monumental developments in the world of IP - and adjacent to IP - that will affect law and practice for years to come. From the Supreme Courts decision to abrograte the Chevron decision, thereby changing the standard for agency deference by the courts, to movement on some of the most potentially game-changing patent legislation to be introduced since the America Invents Act, there is a lot to choose from when it comes to what mattered in 2024.
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Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 30, 2024
My first trademark application was filed 25 years ago today on Dec. 30, 1999. I was a young entrepreneur building a new firm based on flat fees, efficiency, and exceptional services, with a website coded myself in HTML, and with experience as a USPTO examiner. In December of 1999, there was no online filing available I took the application a few miles down the road to the USPTO offices by hand to submit it and get it stamped with a filing date.
Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The Chill Guy meme may promote a relaxed attitude. But it was recently the focus of a very serious and harmful plagiarism hoax. The post The Chill Guy Plagiarism Hoax appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Copyright Lately
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Many rulings missed the mark, but these five went the extra mile to secure their spots as the year’s worst copyright disasters. Hello and welcome to Copyright Latelys fifth annual countdown of the years biggest copyright misfires from coast to coast. When I first launched this tradition in 2020, during the height of the pandemic, best of lists felt a little out of touch.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 31, 2024
As we do each year, were dedicating the last day of December to readers' comments on what the IP landscape would look like to them if a little thing called reality was not an issue. So, below are our participants heartfelt IP wishes for 2025.
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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
JANUARY 3, 2025
Japanese manga comics have always been popular on pirate sites, whereas other categories have seen their growth stall. In contrast, manga piracy continues to grow. This unauthorized activity is a thorn in the side of publishers, who are increasingly fighting back against this piracy activity, wherever it takes place in the world. Japans largest publisher Shueisha has taken a variety of legal actions, also in U.S. courts.
Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 31, 2024
2024 was a banner year for plagiarism and authorship issues. Here's why 2025 promises to be even more important. The post 5 Plagiarism Issues to Watch in 2025 appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
IP Law 360
JANUARY 1, 2025
Congress has its sights set on cracking down on deepfakes this year with a pair of proposals aimed at establishing uniform protections for individuals nationally, and intellectual property attorneys are watching Illinois, which has become a go-to place to pursue online counterfeiters. Here are Law360's picks for the copyright and trademark policies and trends to watch this year.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 1, 2025
Yesterday, we heard what our readers would like to see happen in their wildest IP dreams this year, but some wishes are more likely than others to come true. So we start the New Year off today with some educated predictions about the year to come in IP, based on what courts have said, prospects for new leadership under the next presidential administration, changes to practice due to new fees and rules enacted at the U.S.
Patently-O
DECEMBER 30, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit recently affirmed the invalidity of several Purdue Pharma patents related to abuse-deterrent and low-impurity formulations of OxyContin. Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc. , No. 2023-1953 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 30, 2024). Although non-precedential, the appeal addresses three significant legal questions in obviousness jurisprudence: (1) The consideration given to discovering the source of a previously known problem under Eibel Process Co. v.
Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Fanatics defeats copyright claim over melted ice trophy, CODA shutters Brazil anime piracy site and Popeye to enter the public domain. The post 3 Count: Slice of Ice appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Likelihood of Confusion
JANUARY 2, 2025
Originally posted 2014-11-17 17:55:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe NFL is a lot of things, but I never thought it was stupid. It turns out that it isn’t. The Sports Blog reports: Remember that stupid effort by the NFL to trademark the phrase “Big Game,” even though everyone knows the phrase has, for more than […] The post NFL punts in “Big game” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades in some form, the more recent Generative AI (GenAI) boom has brought it back into the limelight. With the sudden popularity and prevalence of newer systems such as ChatGPT, we have seen GenAI, and even AI more broadly, enter new industries and have new use cases seemingly daily. However, with new technological development comes regulation.
The Illusion of More
JANUARY 3, 2025
One might expect a 140-year history of Supreme Court precedent would have led to a grant of summary judgment below, sparing everyone unnecessary time and money, states the brief for Jeffrey Sedlik to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Copyright infringement should have been decided by the district court as a matter of law, not […] The post Sedlik v.
Plagiarism Today
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Two sports piracy sites go dark, China under fire for Squid Game piracy and Link Busters sends billions of takedowns to Google. The post 3 Count: Pirate Squids appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 3, 2025
2024 saw strong interest in M&A involving companies that use or develop AI offerings. The rise of AI has brought new issues for dealmakers. In particular, 2024 also saw regulators focusing further on the collection and use of data in the development and commercialization of AI products, applying existing rules and developing new approaches to the new technology.
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Introduction Real estate has traditionally been a high-value, illiquid asset accessible to major investors and institutions. Historically, investment in A-grade commercial buildings in India was limited to rich or large-scale institutional investors due to high capital requirements and extensive management requirements. However, the introduction of fractional ownership and tokenisation has made real estate investing more accessible to smaller investors. [1] Fractional ownership allows multiple i
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. Such is the conundrum facing the U.S Copyright Office in this era of rapidly expanding generative artificial intelligence technology. Human creativity has been the cornerstone of copyright protection for original works of authorship ever since the U.S. Constitution recognized copyright as a fundamental right to be protected for limited times.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 29, 2024
The global recording industry portrays itself as a dynamic and successful business that’s either fighting an existential crisis right now, or sounding the alarm for the next one looming on the horizon. Considering the upheaval caused by Napster, its predecessors, and the demise of the lucrative album format, concerns of another technological surprise creating havoc aren’t entirely unreasonable.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 3, 2025
In 2024, Seyfarths Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on.
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 2, 2025
ABSTRACT Technology advancements are linked to copyright, which gives authors of original works of literature, music, drama, or art, as well as audio recordings and cinematic films, a legal claim over their creations. The emergence of social networking sites has presented new difficulties for the government in defending the owners’ copyrights.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 31, 2024
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we go back in time for a historical conversation about the role patents have played with respect to innovation, and push back on the myth that patents were not necessary for the innovations that took place during the Industrial Revolution. In fact, virtually every invention of consequence during the Industrial Revolution was patented, and patents played a major role in encouraging investment and innovations actually making it to market, just as patents continue
The IPKat
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Pierre Cadault sporting an IPKat-inspired fan The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by former GuestKat Nedim Malovic (ASSA ABLOY), commenting on a recent decision of the EUIPO Cancellation Division regarding a trade mark registration for Pierre Cadault, the name of a fictional character from the show Emily in Paris.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 3, 2025
In the rapidly evolving world of social media marketing, content creators are an invaluable asset for brands seeking to reach a larger audience. Influencers effectively assist brands in showcasing brand values, gaining exposure, building trust, and ultimately generating sales.
SpicyIP
JANUARY 2, 2025
[ This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Aditi Agrawal. Aditi is a final-year B.A., LL.B (IPR Hons.) student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun. ] After years of advocacy by screenwriters seeking better protection and management of their creative rights, the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) has been finally registered as a Copyright Society (Reg.
Likelihood of Confusion
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Originally posted 2011-12-07 18:16:59. Republished by Blog Post PromoterDiscussing trademark law blogging with a colleague last night, I was asked whether I’d written anything about the EAT MORE KALE story. In order to excuse my laziness, I said, well, these low-hanging-fruit items that everyone is busy with, why, I let everyone else opine on them, […] The post A trademark lawyer’s got to loy… er appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.
The IPKat
DECEMBER 31, 2024
On 6 November last, the European Copyright Society (ECS) published its Opinion on CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II), which is currently pending before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) [IPKat here and here ]. By referring the case once again to the CJEU, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) sought to get clarification on the meaning and scope of the pastiche exception to copyright.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 3, 2025
On December 12, 2024, Gedeon Richter and Hikma announced the FDA acceptance of their aBLA for RGB-14 (denosumab), a proposed biosimilar of Amgens Prolia / Xgeva (denosumab).
IP Law 360
JANUARY 2, 2025
A Florida real estate broker is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if defendants hit with copyright infringement suits can collect attorney fees when those suits are dropped, calling the case "an obvious candidate" for high court review.
Likelihood of Confusion
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Originally posted 2014-10-06 09:52:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter I’m biased in reviewing the 6th edition of the only comprehensive single-volume — Well, there you go. Bias number one: As far as I can tell, Siegrun Kane’s Kane on Trademark Law: A Practitioner’s Guide is the definitive comprehensive single volume on trademark practice.
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