Samsung VS Apple During seven years, the two companies have faced each other a several times about the question of plagiarism. The case has recently ended, and the American justice said that Apple won thanks to those patents : Colored icon on a black screen Rectangular front face with round angle on the smartphone The functionality [...]
Plagiarism in the world of cryptocurrency Mr. Wright, a famous scientist in the world of cryptocurrency has been charged with plagiarism regarding one of his patents. Indeed, there are relatively strong similarities between some of his calculations outlined in his paper, and those in a document written by two Japanese authors. In his defense, Mr. Wright stated that [...]
The plagiarism of a galaxy far, far away ... For the upcoming release of "Solo: A Star Wars Story", Disney has revealed the promotional posters for the film. High in color, elegant and original ... Original? Not really.. Shortly after being posted on the Internet, the posters sparked controversy. Indeed, Mr. Bahous, an independent graphic designer [...]
"In 2007 the schools and media department (SEM) surveyed the market for similarity detection software to complete its provision, and this was the beginning of our constructive collaboration with Compilatio. […] all the 4,600 pieces of written work submitted by students every year are analysed by Compilatio […] a huge majority of our users are very satisfied, and [...]
Does political plagiarism exist ? Can we really talk about plagiarism in politics ? It's a question that we can ask to yourself, with this Italy's five stars movement (M5S). Indeed, after a study of the M5S's economical program, the website Il Post put under the light that 11 on 20 chapters were plagiarised. Thoses plagiarised [...]
The University of Geneva and its short video to prevent (acciental) plagiarism In order to fight plagiarism, the University of Geneva created a short video staging its own students. To enable students to better understand the notion of plagiarism as well as related issues, it is necessary to make students actors of their own prevention. The video of the [...]
An exhibition specialised in education and technology: the BETT Show! The BETT Show took place in London, from 23 to 26 January 2018. One goal: to bring together professionals and specilists of education, with innovative technologies that will make it possible to access the education of tomorrow. Compilatio was at BETT Show ! Compilatio was there to meet [...]
Guillermo Del Toro is accused of plagiarising After its release, Shape of Water was a real success amoung public, but also amoung members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Oscar, who nominated him for 13 awards. However, the entourage of Paul Zindel noticed similarities between this film and one of the late artist's plays. [...]
Record scores in terms of plagiarized theses Plagiarized theses in Russia? In any case this would have revealed the community of experts Dissernet in an "anti-ranking" on Russian higher education, with variables as the number of plagiarized theses. And the scores are scary, here are some examples: Moscow State Pedagogical University (MGPU), 232 plagiarized theses [...]
Raising awareness to change behaviors The fight against plagiarism necessarily involves raising awareness among students. The University of Pavia understands this and organizes training on "copy-and-paste" and good documentary research and citation practices. The objective of this training is to explain the interest of prevention tools to plagiarism, made available by Compilatio, and to show [...]
