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. ,

Blogging 81

Blogging Copyright Contracts Cease and Desist 81

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.

Intellectual Property Law 59

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Cease and Desist Law 59

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).

Contracts 98

Contracts Copyright Law Cease and Desist 98