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World IP Day 2024: Why respecting intellectual property is key to promoting sustainable innovation

World IP Day 2024: Why respecting intellectual property is key to promoting sustainable innovation

Whether you are a creator or an innovator, it is crucial to get your work protected as intellectual property before you market it and get paid by vendors.
To celebrate World IP Day 2024's theme - IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity, PitchMark hosted an interesting webinar featuring PitchMark founder Mark Laudi, legal advisor Frank Rittman and our special g

World IP Day 2024: How the Philippines is empowering its innovators to create intellectual property

World IP Day 2024: How the Philippines is empowering its innovators to create intellectual property

As the world celebrates World IP Day 2024's theme - IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity, PitchMark hosted an exciting webinar featuring PitchMark founder Mark Laudi, legal advisor Frank Rittman, and our special guest Rowel Barba, Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), www.ipophil.gov.ph
In the webinar, Rowel expla

Elon Musk's social media platform sued for copyright infringement by marketing agency

Elon Musk's social media platform sued for copyright infringement by marketing agency

Legal-marketing firm X Social Media LLC filed a lawsuit against X Corp (formerly known as Twitter), in a federal district court in Florida, alleging that the social media giant's new name and related marketing campaign violates its registered trade and service marks featuring the letter "X" constituting both unfair competition and a deceptive trade practice.
The plaintiff is situated in Winderm

Ed Sheeran to fight another copyright infringement battle over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Ed Sheeran to fight another copyright infringement battle over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

The long-running legal dispute about whether Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Thinking Out Loud” is a plagiarized version of Marvin Gaye’s legendary "Let's Get It On" remains ongoing.
A different group of plaintiffs presented their opening arguments at a federal appeals court on September 29, setting the stage for years of additional litigation and a decision that might resurrect the case against Sheeran

John Grisham, George RR Martin and several other authors sue OpenAI for copyright violations

John Grisham, George RR Martin and several other authors sue OpenAI for copyright violations

Several artificial intelligence platforms are facing a slew of lawsuits from writers, visual artists, and source-code writers.
Most recently, 17 authors, including John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, and George R.R. Martin, are suing OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, for "systematic theft on a mass scale," the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence program

How the intellectual property is perceived around the world – a survey by WIPO

How the intellectual property is perceived around the world – a survey by WIPO

According to a major new survey on consumer perceptions of intellectual property (IP), two-thirds of consumers have a favorable view of the function that IP plays in their economies.
The findings of WIPO Pulse, the world’s first global survey of general awareness of and attitudes toward intellectual property, are based on responses from 25,000 (non-IP specialists) people aged 18 to 65 years old

Storytelling platform Humans of Bombay files a copyright infringement lawsuit against another platform

Storytelling platform Humans of Bombay files a copyright infringement lawsuit against another platform

The Delhi High Court issued notice to a defendant in response to an application for initial relief in a copyright infringement action involving two popular Indian online portals.
Popular online storytelling platform “Humans of Bombay” (HOB) in India sued another similar platform “People of India” (POI) for copyright infringement accusing the latter of copying its business model and stories.

Comedian Sarah Silverman and others sue Meta & OpenAI over unauthorized use of their content

Comedian Sarah Silverman and others sue Meta & OpenAI over unauthorized use of their content

Over the past few months, content producers, artists, and publishers have accused Google, OpenAI, Meta, and other AI firms such as Midjourney of utilizing their content to train their models without getting permission from or being compensated for doing so.
Last month, Comedian Sarah Silverman, along with authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden, acting on behalf of unspecified other plain

BTS’ Jung Kook accused of plagiarism in his new single Seven by American influencer, but some netizens disagree

BTS’ Jung Kook accused of plagiarism in his new single Seven by American influencer, but some netizens disagree

Jung Kook, a South Korean singer-songwriter and member of the BTS band, trended on the internet earlier this month when he released his new song Seven, but he has been accused of plagiarism by a popular US-based TikToker who claims that the lyrics are copied from a video post by famous Vietnamese influencer So Y Tiet. Netizens are divided in their reactions.
American influencer Jarred Jermaine,

Mexican Government and three US-based designers accused Chinese fashion giant Shein of stealing designs

Mexican Government and three US-based designers accused Chinese fashion giant Shein of stealing designs

The Chinese fast fashion giant Shein is facing new copyright infringement allegations emanating from two different nations. The Mexican Government accused the company of copying indigenous art, and a lawsuit has been filed in the United States by three fashion designers blaming the company for stealing their clothing designs.

The Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico sent a letter

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Let your clients get the idea, without taking it.

PitchMark deters idea theft and provides you with options if it happens.

PitchMark protects the expression of your original concepts, designs, proposals, business plans, creative pitches, music - in short, any idea that you conceived and published, and claim as your own. It gives you peace-of-mind by signalling to whoever you share it with that you are its creator, and that you wish to be respected as such.

If you receive or evaluate ideas or pitches, join PitchMark as a sign of your commitment to respect the Intellectual Property rights of their creators. Attract more in-depth pitches from a wider range of sources. Highlight your PitchMark membership in your Sustainability or CSR Report.

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