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Despite 155 Piracy Incidents in Cinemas, Pirates Suffer Worst Year Since 2012

TorrentFreak

As the results below show, the combined effort in 2023 produced the best anti-piracy performance for UK cinemas since 2012. Given the implications of CAM copies on the multi-multi billion dollar box office revenues of the movies listed above, rewards five times bigger than they are now would still represent ridiculous value for money.

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Spain’s Pirate Site Blocking Machine: Domains Blocked 2012 – 2023

TorrentFreak

Launched in 2012 under Spain’s Ministry of Culture and Sports, S2CPI has the authority to issue instructions which require local internet service providers to restrict access to pirate sites. Just 15 applications have been officially rejected since 2012, a third of those during the last three months.

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Best of 2012: Fees, won’t you stay

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2012-12-21 06:00:01. Republished by Blog Post PromoterOriginally posted March 30, 2012. The Second Circuit, just yesterday (March 29, 2012) has issued an opinion called Louis Vuitton v. Ly USA, Inc. (08-4483-cv(L)) 08-4483-cv(L)) sure to bring joy to the hearts of trademark counterfeiting enforcers everywhere.

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Patent Suits Drop 33% from 2013; 2021 Damages Awards are More Than $1 Billion less than 2012

IP Close Up

Despite the high economic relevance of innovation and explosive invention growth reflected in the number of patents issued annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Continue reading.

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3 Count: Telenovela Drama Ending

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit actually began in 2012 when LaTele sued Telemundo over alleged copyright infringement of a telenovela. That underlying case was settled back in 2019 but, as the case dragged on, Fraiz was removed from the company by the Venezuelan government and replaced with an appointed Junta.

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Member States must prevent unlawful uses of GIs also in exports, says CJEU in Feta case (C-159/20)

The IPKat

In its ruling delivered last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that Denmark had breached its obligations under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 , by failing to stop the use of the Greek PDO “Feta” on cheese produced in Denmark and intended for export outside of the EU (case C-159/20 ). However, it argued that Art.

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2012 WL 4863696 (D. 2012); Merritt v. Lexis Nexis, 2012 WL 6725882 (E.D. 2012); Nieman v. 2012 WL 3201931 (C.D. 2012); Getachew v. 2012); Mmubango v. Pataki, 514 F. 2d 577 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); Shah v. MyLife.Com, Inc., Versuslaw, Inc., Google, Inc., 923 (10th Cir. Google, Inc., 2013 WL 664231 (E.D.