TorrentFreak

JULY 21, 2022

Faced with the prospect of copyright strikes, Content ID claims and potential account loss, thousands of YouTubers, TikTok users, and other content creators use music provided by Epidemic Sound. Founded in 2009 and based in Sweden, Epidemic Sound has a library of more than 35,000 music soundtracks and 90,000 sound effects.

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2021

Java owned by Sun Microsystems was later acquired by Oracle in 2009. Android even though they developed their own run time environment independent of Java, used 37 API calls that are similar to Java API and literally copied 11,500 lines of code deemed central to Java. The post Copyright Infringement Case: Google LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

TVkaista Faces Legal Action In advance of TTVK’s letters being sent out, TVkaista’s CEO, technical director, and legal advisor, faced legal action for criminal copyright infringement and aggravated fraud.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2024

In the summer of 2009, hackers from all over the world gathered at an outdoor conference near Vierhouten in the Netherlands. The downside was that pirates would create bootleg copies. “So, I was tasked to collect evidence against video rental shops that carried illegal copies of it. “When ‘E.T.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2023

Since copying was for the purpose of criticism, it amounted to fair dealing and did not constitute infringement of the copyright. Anand case is the ultimate and all-encompassing test for copyright infringements involving films that are similar to original films in order to prove the levels of plagiarism or likeness.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 13, 2024

The information within each block must be recorded in a specific format and so the Claimants claimed that copyright existed in the format of those digital files, the BFF. The Claimants argued that the BFF had been “fixed” for copyright purposes when the first block in the Bitcoin blockchain was written on 3 January 2009.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

But last year, one supranational interference with copyright law surprisingly did not come from Luxemburg, but from Strasbourg: the judgment in Safarov v Azerbaijan. The Safarov case In 2009, Safarov authors a book. He sues for copyright infringement and claims damages. An NGO makes his entire work available for download.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

In the EU, Article 4(2) of the InfoSoc Directive specifically addresses exhaustion, stating that the distribution right of the copyright holder is exhausted within the EU after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of a copy of a work with the rightholder’s consent.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

45, to bring enforcement actions aimed at activities, including those involving the training and use of AI, that might involve copyright infringement—although we would note that the copyright consequences of AI are, as yet, undefined. That is far too hasty. Under governing law, that is a judicial function.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

on 19 September, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The petitioner sought rectification of the copyright for “DHAKA SHREE BHARAT,” accusing the respondents of fraudulently copying his “Jai Bharat” label and securing copyright for an identical design. Despite this, they were accused of continuing to infringe on the copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 12, 2024

Initially, this law applied only to copying books, but over time, its application expanded to include photographs, motion pictures, recordings, and more. In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 grants certain rights to creators. Section 55 of the Copyright Act of 1957 [ii] provides civil remedies for copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And that data might be subject to varying levels of copyright protection. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. — One logical starting point to tell the history of copyright preemption of contracts is to begin with ProCD v. Health Grades, Inc.

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The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

To celebrate the start of this event, this Kat has found a recent judgment issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Lyon [ the birthplace of cinema ] concerning a case of copyright infringement relating to the still of a short film. Facts Mr T trained as an editor at a film and audiovisual school run by ECAR CAMPUS from 2009 to 2011.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. Since 2009, these advertisements have been created by leading agency, adam&eve. It said this showed it had not copied the book. Did the defendants copy FFD?

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The lawsuit centers on allegations of copyright infringement under chapters 1 and 12 of 17 U.S.C. Price argues that in 2009, he created an artistic graphic design to print on shorts for his two sons. marking a significant confrontation between an individual creator and an educational institution.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This personal intellectual creation is lacking if the photographs in question are “mere reproductions of other photographs” in which an original has been merely reproduced (copied) as closely as possible. If a copy of a computer program is published in the territory of the EU/EEA with the consent of the rightholder, Section 69 No.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The registration has previously been stayed by the Copyright Board and an injunction is in operation, restricting the defendant from using the impugned label. Comparing the competing works the court held that the respondent’s work is a direct copy of the petitioner’s work and directed to remove the impugned work from the register.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

No strict actions are taken against these infringements; in fact, in a Supreme Court case in Japan in 2009 [1] the creator of file sharing program known as ‘Winny’ was not found guilty of infringing content through providing file-sharing software and his actual intent of legitimate legal use was considered over the alleged infringement.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Three months after its release, Nevermind rose to the top of the Billboard 200 rankings and has sold over 30 million copies. He turned 18 in 2009. Many will remember the cover of Nevermind that featured a naked baby swimming underwater and reaching for a dollar bill on a fishing hook.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. 2009); Authors Guild v. See generally A.V. Vanderhye v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2024

Much like Indian copyright thought in general, his thoughts on copyright law are barely explored, and widely misunderstood. The Trust’s stand was based on the conception that the Gandhian thought is fundamentally opposed to the idea of copyright and Gandhi never supported it. The Bill struck at the heart of Berne obligations.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

ii] This unreported judgement helped bring the grievances on the table for the others to see that copyright law has deficiencies in terms of music sharing and copying along with royalty issues. iii] However, the act still comes short to address the issue of royalty and copyright claims in the digital streaming creative works.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. Copyright Infringement. Later it was settled.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2024

Three months after its release, Nevermind rose to the top of the Billboard 200 rankings and has sold over 30 million copies. He turned 18 in 2009. Many will remember the cover of Nevermind that featured a naked baby swimming underwater and reaching for a dollar bill on a fishing hook.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. Bentley Systems Inc & Anr vs Pnc Infratech Limited & Ors on 13 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff instituted the present copyright infringement suit against the defendant for continuing to use the plaintiff’s software after the expiry of its license.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. 2009); Authors Guild v. See generally A.V.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Warhol created these silkscreens from a photograph of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith, who claimed copyright infringement when the Warhol estate licensed Orange Prince to Conde Nast after Prince’s passing in 2016 to illustrate an article about Prince’s life and music. 2009); Authors Guild v. See generally A.V. Vanderhye v.

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IPilogue

MAY 4, 2022

It used to be that occasionally we would hear in the news that some artist is suing some other artist for infringing their song. You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2022

Toronto Star Newspapers Limited , the Ontario Court dealing with the defense to copyright infringement termed as “purpose of news reporting”, held that use had to be related to “current news”. The Court also recognized that use in “a reduced form” would be fair. In Academy of General Education, Manipal v.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. The papers were taken from copies of the examination papers that students provided, not from publications by the University of London Press Ltd.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Radha Pocket Books,the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement case against the defendant for publishing a comic book character named ‘Nagesh’. OS) 1745/2009 Rajagopal and Ors. InRaja Pocket Books v. In another case of Indian Performing Rights Society v. Entertainment Pvt. Network Solutions (P) Ltd.CS(OS) Puttaswamy (retd.)

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