Plagiarism Today
MARCH 9, 2022
Initially released in May 2000, Limewire was a peer-to-peer file sharing service that found a great deal of success and infamy following the closure of Napster in July 2001. The company ceased operations after the RIAA sent them a cease and desist letter. Since then, not much has been done with the name LimeWire.
The IPKat
JANUARY 5, 2023
8(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC against internet service providers (ISPs) are compatible with EU law, various courts in current (and former) EU Member States granted such orders, e.g. in Austria , Greece and the UK [ here and here ]. The identity of the operators of ‘LibGen’ and ‘Sci-Hub’ was unclear. The Supreme Court’s decision Sec.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
MAY 31, 2022
Following the ECJ ruling, the Austrian Supreme Court denied a communication to the public in the sense of Art 3 para 1 EC Directive 2001/29 (respectively § 18a Austrian Copyright Act).
Kluwer Copyright Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Section 95a UrhG stipulates that technical measures employed for the protection of a copyrighted work or protected subject matter may not be circumvented without the authorisation of the rightholder, Section 95a UrhG being the transposition into German law of Article 6 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29).
JIPEL Copyright Blog
MARCH 21, 2022
scene in the past, things seemed to come to a head in November 2020 when Nintendo sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Tournament Organizers (TOs) of the Big House, an upcoming streamed Melee tournament, and subsequently forced them to cancel the event. While Nintendo has waffled on its support for the Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros.
43(B)log
AUGUST 18, 2021
It doesn’t start well for SMRI: While the 2006 cease and desist letter’s statement [that SMRI had a registered mark] was true as it relates to the Composite Design Mark [the long one above + design], SMRI’s suggestion that registration for STURGIS had been approved was not true and was deceptive. … apart from the mark as shown.”
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
2001), the court found that: if the promise [in a contract] amounts only to a promise to refrain from reproducing, performing, distributing or displaying the work, then the contract claim is preempted. . This logic has been adopted by the Fifth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits (and maybe the First Circuit). In Wrench Ltd. Taco Bell Corp. ,
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