Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

Video game publisher Atari Interactive has launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm, claiming that the insurer improperly appropriated artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for an advertising campaign as part of a “cynical plot” to resonate with fickle millennial and Gen Z consumers.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Last year, it was the Ninth Circuit’s reversal of a pleading-stage dismissal by Central District of California Judge Consuelo Marshall, which (correctly in my view) found that similarities in stock and unprotectable pirate genre elements such as battles at gunpoint and jewel-filled caves couldn’t support a viable copyright infringement claim.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 4, 2024

Novex Communications Private Limited vs Siddhivinayak Hospitality on 29 July 2024 (Bombay High Court) Image from here An ad-interim relief was granted by the Court in a copyright infringement case instituted by the plaintiff. The plaintiff company owned the copyright of several films and these were not licensed to any party.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Melee is a GameCube game that was released in 2001; unlike most competitive esports, Melee was released without any online features. Players rallied against Nintendo’s actions, causing #FreeMelee to trend across social media and throughout the gaming world. While Nintendo has waffled on its support for the Smash Bros.

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