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Relatively New Anti-Piracy PSA: Another Analogy Comparison of Piracy to Stealing Cars or an Effective Message?
May 14, 2011 – 8:37 AM | 34635 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2011%2F05%2F14%2Frelatively-new-anti-piracy-psa-another-analogy-comparison-of-piracy-to-stealing-cars-or-an-effective-message%2FRelatively+New+Anti-Piracy+PSA%3A+Another+Analogy+Comparison+of+Piracy+to+Stealing+Cars+or+an+Effective+Message%3F2011-05-14+12%3A37%3A23Eric+Perrotthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D3463
Relatively New Anti-Piracy PSA: Another Analogy Comparison of Piracy to Stealing Cars or an Effective Message?

You wouldn’t steal a car. Then why would you steal a movie? Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement released an anti-piracy PSA. Is it effectively using humor to shed light on the issue of piracy? Or is it just another sensationalized piracy PSA? Click through to check it out and tell us what you think.

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Caterpillar Robot Flips Out In Style: The Structure-Function Relationship in Biomimetic Inventions
May 3, 2011 – 8:00 AM | 3365One Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2011%2F05%2F03%2Fcaterpillar-robot-flips-out-in-style-the-structure-function-relationship-in-biomimetic-inventions-3%2FCaterpillar+Robot+Flips+Out+In+Style%3A+The+Structure-Function+Relationship+in+Biomimetic+Inventions2011-05-03+12%3A00%3A26Suba+Ganesanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D3365

Biomimetic inventions seek to replicate the functions of nature in man-made design solutions. But functional language is not enough to adequately describe these novel inventions because the functions that they perform come from nature.

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IBM’s Watson Beats Humans on Jeopardy; Up Next: Searching the Prior Art?
February 25, 2011 – 11:01 AM | 24695 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2011%2F02%2F25%2Fibm%25e2%2580%2599s-watson-beats-humans-on-jeopardy-up-next-searching-the-prior-art%2FIBM%E2%80%99s+Watson+Beats+Humans+on+Jeopardy%3B+Up+Next%3A+Searching+the+Prior+Art%3F2011-02-25+16%3A01%3A48Suba+Ganesanhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D2469

Watson may be eyeing your job. That is, if he (it?) had an eye. The IBM supercomputer bested Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy! last week, leading many to ponder: what’s next?
Mastering Jeopardy was …

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Fair(y) Use – A video demonstration
February 1, 2011 – 8:00 AM | 2138One Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2011%2F02%2F01%2Ffairy-use-a-video-demonstration%2FFair%28y%29+Use+%E2%80%93+A+video+demonstration2011-02-01+13%3A00%3A56Eric+Perrotthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D2138
Fair(y) Use – A video demonstration

This video was created by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Copyright education in our society is vital to both encouraging creative expression and …

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Copyrights and the Fashion Industry: A Love-Hate Relationship?
August 21, 2010 – 7:19 PM | 880One Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F08%2F21%2Fcopyrights-and-the-fashion-industry-a-love-hate-relationship%2FCopyrights+and+the+Fashion+Industry%3A+A+Love-Hate+Relationship%3F2010-08-22+00%3A19%3A30Ashlee+Hodgehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D880
Copyrights and the Fashion Industry: A Love-Hate Relationship?

Earlier this month, Senator Charles Schumer (a Democrat unsurprisingly from fashion-capital New York) introduced the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (S. 3728) to the delight of many fashion industry players and the dismay …

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Fundraising Video Created by Ten Year Old for Children’s Hospice Falls Under Copyright Scrutiny
July 23, 2010 – 8:22 AM | 6802 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Ffundraising-video-created-by-ten-year-old-for-children%25e2%2580%2599s-hospice-falls-under-copyright-scrutiny%2FFundraising+Video+Created+by+Ten+Year+Old+for+Children%E2%80%99s+Hospice+Falls+Under+Copyright+Scrutiny2010-07-23+13%3A22%3A21Eric+Perrotthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D680
Fundraising Video Created by Ten Year Old for Children’s Hospice Falls Under Copyright Scrutiny

Okay, we get it. Copyright is complicated and publishers must protect their investments from infringement.
But sometimes, well, publishers don’t have to be such jerks about it.
This headline just about says it all:
A young UK girl …

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Eric Schmidt on Intellectual Property
July 17, 2010 – 11:39 AM | 604No Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F2010%2F07%2F17%2Feric-schmidt-on-intellectual-property%2FEric+Schmidt+on+Intellectual+Property2010-07-17+16%3A39%3A56Eric+Perrotthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipbrief.net%2F%3Fp%3D604

This is a test of the video section of the IP Brief. It is also an interesting discussion with Google’s CEO about IP.

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Appropriating Sid Vicious

Appropriating Sid Vicious

Mr. Brainwash’s works recently joined the increasing number of cases on appropriation art after photographer Dennis Morris sued the street artist for use of his 1977 picture of Sid Vicious.

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Bowman Decision a Win for Big Business

Bowman Decision a Win for Big Business

Shortly after the oral arguments between Monsanto and Bowman, WCL hosted both parties for a post argument discussion. Recently the Supreme Court ruled on the case, requiring annual purchases of Monsanto’s soybeans.

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Can “Boston Strong” be Trademarked?

Can “Boston Strong” be Trademarked?

Following the explosions on April 15, “Boston Strong” emerged as a viral hashtag on Twitter, a rallying cry at public events, and a logo on all kinds of apparels. It does not take too long for business opportunists to take advantage of this national tragedy.

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