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Best of 2011: Infinite loop

Originally posted 2014-01-03 14:56:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter First posted (in updated form) on September 20, 2011.(Originally published on July 22, 2011; see update at bottom!) It can only mean one thing when you read this in a news article: On Friday morning, the RIAA released a brief s

Video Game Studio Bungie Accused of Plagiarism… Again

Video game developer Bungie is facing yet another allegation of plagiarism. This time, in the alpha release of their upcoming game, Marathon. The post Video Game Studio Bungie Accused of Plagiarism… Again appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

3 Count: AI Bypass

UK ministers block AI transparency amendment, France orders VPN providers to block pirate sites and Anthropic apologized for false citation. The post 3 Count: AI Bypass appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

An LLM is not (yet) a person skilled in the art (T 1193/23)

In the new AI-age, where Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can generate sophisticated textual answers in seconds, the relevance of AI to the patent industry is an active area of debate. The recent EPO Board of Appeal in T 1193/23 specifically questioned the reliability of LLM-genera

Fools’ Blog Responds to "I Read Dead Peoples’ Email"

Originally posted 2012-10-29 11:41:35. Republished by Blog Post PromoterActually responding to my post on the topic, Fools’ Blog: After Death E-Privacy [Link is now dead, sorry! — RDC]: With regard to the Marine’s privacy, does it apply now that he has passed? Many courts have held that privilege (l

Other People’s Information Doesn’t Want to be Free

Originally posted 2014-09-08 18:10:25. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLast night Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled in the Apple case that “reporters who published ‘stolen property’ weren’t entitled to protections. ” B-b-b-b-b-b-but even if they’re reporters?! Yes. Even

Take a letter and get in line

Originally posted 2008-01-30 12:18:36. Republished by Blog Post PromoterJohn Berryhill: A recurring discussion within certain circles over the years has been the potential assignment of single character domain names in the generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Prior to the formation of ICANN, and despi

Friday’s Endnotes – 05/16/25

US Copyright Office Releases Highly Anticipated Report on Generative AI Training – Here’s What It Actually Says — “The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) recently released its highly anticipated Report on Generative AI Training (the third and final part in the USCO’s AI and copyright series) in a pre-publ

How did “openness” fall out of fashion?

Something curious has been occurring in the world of digital rights. Openness, once one of the cornerstones of Internet culture, has lost its shine. There used to be a time in which everything was open. We had open source, open access, open science, open content, open hardware, open source water, […

Little people, big lawsuits

Originally posted 2013-11-14 14:25:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe Washington Post reports on legal action taken by ordinary folk against Big IP Content Generating institutions for lifting and using “user-generated” content, i.e., pictures and stuff uploaded onto blogs and galleries by regu

Government announces that UK+ IP exhaustion regime is here to stay

With all the usual excitement that comes with the announcement that "nothing will change," the IPKat was interested to see the news today that the "UK+" IP exhaustion regime will remain in place.BackgroundAn exhausted Kat. Photo by Peng Louis.The exhaustion of intellectual proper

Healthcare CEO Accused of Blog Plagiarism

In March 2024, the Baystate Health Board of Trustees announced that Peter Banko would become CEO of Baystate, taking office in June. The biggest health care system in Western Massachusetts, Baystate, is a non-profit encompassing four hospitals and 13,000 employees. However, in recent months, the org

3 Count: Robot Newspapers

French publishers get AI-news site blocked, MangaDex hit with takedowns and IATSE calls for Register of Copyrights to be reinstated. The post 3 Count: Robot Newspapers appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

PROTECT IP — Threat or menace?

Originally posted 2013-02-22 11:22:41. Republished by Blog Post PromoterGot this video by Kirby Ferguson from Holmes Wilson at “Fight for the Future,” a starry-eyed organization that looks a little naive and a little goofy, but which has something to say about what Big IP and Congress are doing. And

The Pete Hegseth Plagiarism Controversy

United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is facing allegations of plagiarism in his 2003 thesis. How serious are the allegations? The post The Pete Hegseth Plagiarism Controversy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

Busy with work? Take a moment to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the IP world!Trade MarksOliver Fairhurst explained a recent decision (O/0369/25) of the Opposition Division of the UKIntellectual Property Office applying SkyKick and upholding an opposition on bad faith grounds.Marcel