Remove 2004 Remove Copyright Remove Due Diligence
article thumbnail

Court Bans DoodStream’s Owners & Associates From Running The Site

TorrentFreak

entertainment companies had been filing takedown notices to prevent their copyright works being illegally shared among DoodStream’s tens of millions of users, and beyond that, many millions more. If an intermediary observes the rules and operates with due diligence, that does go a long way to avoiding liability.

article thumbnail

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). These provisions served as, among other things, models for Articles 18 and 20 in the new DSM Copyright Directive (2019/790).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the Discovery Rule for the Copyright Act’s Statute of Limitations — Starz v. MGM (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Eleven days ago, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed that: (1) the discovery rule of accrual applies to the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations; and (2) when the discovery rule applies, the copyright owner is not limited to damages for acts occurring within three years before the date of filing the lawsuit. July 14, 2022).

article thumbnail

German Federal Court of Justice: Copyright Case Law of 2021 – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Christian Wiediger from Unsplash 2021 saw a very active German Bundesgerichtshof (“BGH” – Federal Supreme Court) in the area of copyright law. This article covers the most relevant copyright law decisions of the BGH from that year. Part II will cover claims under copyright law and collecting societies.

Law 52
article thumbnail

Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

in biochemistry and history from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2004. Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising.

article thumbnail

Synergy Between Ipr And E-Commerce Platforms

IIPRD

Both the e-platforms and sellers have to take initiatives wherein the sellers need to register their products for trademark, copyrights and patents while the platforms have to exercise strict no-tolerance policy in case of infringements. The exception here is that due diligence must be exercised by them.

article thumbnail

Trade mark ownership: As easy as A-B-C?

LexBlog IP

More times than not, issues of ownership come to a head when it is time to apply for a trade mark registration, engage in due diligence to raise funding or sell, or when a business needs to enforce its trade mark rights. PLM operated a hotel and resort in Bali under the trade name Viceroy, which was promoted in Australia from 2004.