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Image: Shutterstock Although I post my blog content on WordPress, I usually use MS Word to draft my content initially. I am used to it, and it is easy to use. Little did I know that, according to the blogsite and forum nixCraft, Microsoft recently (September Privacy update) switched on a feature that allows them … Continue reading "Writers! Do You Know your Drafts on MS Word are being Scooped by Microsoft to Build its AI Algorithm?
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For a long time, pirate site blocking was regarded as a topic most U.S. politicians would rather avoid. This lingering remnant of the SOPA debacle drove copyright holders to focus on the introduction of blocking efforts in other countries instead, mostly successfully. Those challenging times are now more than a decade old and momentum is shifting. Today, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), which paves the way for blocking injunctions targetin
Erik M. Pelton & Associates (EMP&A) is a boutique firm focusing on intellectual property protection for businesses and brands, including trademark and copyright applications, trademark disputes, matters with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, trademark clearance searches, and other matters. We are seeking a law student for a paid IP/Trademark internship ($25/hr) from May 2025 to August 2025 (dates are flexible, minimum 10 weeks is required).
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?
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The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following commentary from Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Sam Berriman (both Lewis Silkin LLP), pondering on the implications of a potential UK reform of the existing text and data analysis defence in section 29A CDPA and tackling what is often an overlooked angle in copyright debates: data protection law.
Rajya Sabha MP Haris Beeran wrote to the Minister of Health and Family Welfare on December 20, 2024, urging the Central Government to invoke Section 100 (1) of the Patents Act with respect to local production of the rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) treating drug Risdiplam. SMA is a genetic disease affecting the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement.
Rajya Sabha MP Haris Beeran wrote to the Minister of Health and Family Welfare on December 20, 2024, urging the Central Government to invoke Section 100 (1) of the Patents Act with respect to local production of the rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) treating drug Risdiplam. SMA is a genetic disease affecting the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement.
The invalidation rate of patents in America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings, particularly inter partes reviews (IPRs), has been extremely high since the inception of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Currently, a patent reaching a final written decision in an IPR will on average have 78% of its claims found invalid. Perhaps more surprising, when there is a final written decision, 70% of the time all challenged claims in the patent are found invalid.
Artificial intelligence has gained a central stage over the past few years with the effects it has on the world. However, there are both positives and negatives of the same. While it has made our lives easier to some extent, it brings with it a lot of legal and ethical problems. One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law.
The Indian festival of cricket, the IPL is approaching! Being the most popular sport in India, the audience engagement that the sport receives is the highest of all other sport. But now it is not just any other sport to watch or cheer for. Popularity of the same has given birth to a whole new different method of engaging with the sport and earn some money as well.
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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.
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The Bernie Mac Show was based heavily on the legendary comedian's life. So it's no surprise that it tackled joke theft with grace and nuance. The post Plagiarism in Pop Culture: The Bernie Mac Show appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
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The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams (University of Antwerp) on the ongoing legal battle between Chief Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi, which raises the question whether it might be appropriate to seek copyright royalties as a remedy for defamation. Here is what Seun writes: The Afe Babalola-Dele Farotimi saga: Copyright royalties for defamation?
Explaining the recent Delhi High Court decision in Gensol v. Mahindra, Tanishka Goswami analyzes the Court’s findings on the importance of house marks in infringement assessment, and the nature of the relevant market. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws.
The U.S. Copyright Office has released Part 2 of its multi-part artificial intelligence (AI) report, this one focusing on copyrightability of works made by or using AI. Part 1 of the report was published in July 2024 and addressed digital replicas created by AI. Among the Copyright Offices recommendations was the need for passage of a federal law that would create a new form of property right for a persons digital replica to disincentivize the creation of realistic but false depictions of indivi
I thought the legality of embedding was definitively resolved when the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the “server test” in the Hunley v. Instagram case (note: the 9th Circuit has reaffirmed Hunley twice). Not so. Plaintiffs are still regularly bringing lawsuits over embedding. Three embedding rulings, all from Tuesday: Richardson v. Townsquare Media, Inc., 2025 WL 89191 (S.D.N.Y.
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A judge has ruled against Ross Intelligence, an AI company, in their case against Thomson Reuters. It's the first major AI fair use decision. The post Judge Rules Against Fair Use Defense for AI Company appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Last weekend, shadow library Anna’s Archive argued that, for AI companies, access to ‘pirated’ books may be a matter of national security. The reasoning behind this controversial take concerns the legal implications faced by U.S. companies if they train AI models using data obtained from shadow libraries. Other countries, however, have fewer reservations , which could give foreign companies a technological edge.
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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.
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Image: Shutterstock.com We all know that local journalism is under extreme pressure. Long established regional newspapers are closing or are being turned into little more than franchise operations where a bare bones local newsroom contributes a modicum of local news to a newspaper fleshed out with filler from national wire services or mother publications.
A new study from the University of the Basque Country examines whether student usage of AI leads to plagiarism. The post Does AI Cause Students to Plagiarize? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.
Earlier this month, U.S. authorities quietly initiated a new round of domain name seizures, targeting dozens of pirate sports streaming sites. The timing of the law enforcement actions coincided with the Super Bowl, presumably to establish maximum impact. Additional domain seizures were carried out in the days after, and then continued this week. These actions did not focus on a specific pirate streaming site but targeted popular pirate brands instead.
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