Fig. 1
From: Exploitation of intellectual property systems for the manipulation of academic reputations
Portion of a July 23, 2023 advertisement posted to a Facebook group with 3,400 members (top). Alongside offers for authorship on IEEE conference papers, editorship on published books, and authorship on published book, the advertisements lists available authorship positions on three UK registered designs. We found registered designs with product indications matching two of these listed titles filed and granted shortly thereafter (designs # 6301322 and # 6308402, bottom). Additional examples of advertisements linked to eventually-granted designs are shown in Figures S1 - S7