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How far one must go to obtain a website blocking order

The IPKat

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 ]. Picture is by Александар Цветановић and is used under licensing terms of Pexels.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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).

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Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

JIPEL Copyright Blog

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.

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Overreaching and delay lead to defeat of TM owner's claims

43(B)log

It also stopped using “Officially Licensed Sturgis,” “Licensed Sturgis,” and “Authentic Sturgis.” The laches defense is not available “when the defendant knew that the plaintiff objected to the use of the mark,” as “[a]ny acts after receiving a cease and desist letter are at the defendant’s own risk.”

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In that case, Judge Easterbrook wrote, in finding that a “shrinkwrap” license was enforceable against the defendant: But are rights created by contract “equivalent to any of the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright”? Zeidenberg , the 1955 Enchantment Under the Sea Dance of Internet legal opinions. In Wrench Ltd.

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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content. But the content that they’re trying to protect isn’t theirs—it belongs to their users. It’s user-generated content.

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Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement

IIPRD

Often, the third-party sellers engage in selling, distributing and importing of patented product through Amazon channels without consent of the holder or license to sell that particular product. [2] LEXIS 18660 & 2001 U.S. Patent infringement can occur in both of these roles. 7] Amazon’s IP Policy is one of such investments.