The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. What’s missing here?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

6] This was visible in the comedy group AIB’s 2015 video, “Every Bollywood Party Song’ which was a parody of Yo Yo Honey Singh’s “Party All Night.” He claimed to own the copyright to ‘LIC’ (Life is colourful), which he registered in 2015 and renewed every year for six years.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While it is true that some of the specifics are difficult to discern, there is considerable publicly available information on just how much was used during parts of the period claim that starts in 2015. For example, we know that Common Crawl was the dominant source for by far the most number of tokens training ChatGPT 3.0.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The arbitrator’s decision itself is filed under seal, but the court recaps the arbitrator’s findings: Although the contracts between Plaintiff and Amazon concerning the purchase of the diet pills at issue were illegal and unenforceable, the CoU that governed the transactions were severable and remained enforceable. Trilegiant.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

2015) in finding that manufacture and delivery of a product in a foreign country can infringe a US patent if sufficient sales-activity occurred within the US. by Dennis Crouch. The recent Federal Circuit decision in Caltech v. Broadcom includes an important discussion of extraterritorial damages further extending Carnegie Mellon (Fed.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

In 2015, Austrian law student and privacy activist, Maximillian Schrems, sued Facebook Ireland for what he alleged to be an unlawful transfer of data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook’s headquarters in the United States. Compelled to revise his challenge in 2015, Schrems alleged that contractual arrangements in the U.S.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement. An appendix provides extracts of relevant UK, EU and international regulation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. 2015) (emphasis added). Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. on all counts.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

While academics and stakeholders have been critically dissecting its controversial provisions on platform liability, news aggregation and text & data mining, the Directive’s Chapter 3 (‘Fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers’) has gone almost unnoticed, save for a positive opinion of the European Copyright Society.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

billion claim for trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, copyright infringement and breach of contract. Ford Motor Company, was filed in April 2015 in the U.S. Brooks Kushman helped Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) secure final judgment of $3 in what was once a $1.4 The matter, Versata Software, Inc. By: Brooks Kushman P.C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Southwest asserts claims under the CFAA, the Texas computer crime statute, breach of contract, and trademark. Southwest relied on its breach of contract claim when requesting an injunction. The court previously denied Kiwi’s motion to dismiss, without much discussion of the merits.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

In a complaint filed at a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia, the ISP accuses the insurance companies of contract breach. Beach of Contract? In 2015, Lloyd’s underwriter Beazley Insurance requested a judgment declaring that it wouldn’t have to pay out anything.

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IPilogue

APRIL 20, 2022

However, Marvel had no right to unilaterally retain Spider-Man’s copyright unless Sony decided to terminate the contract—which seemed unlikely to happen. In 2015, Marvel and Sony made an unprecedented deal that the two companies would share joint-ownership in Spider-Man’s copyright. The film received praise from critics.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

September or October 2015 depending on the specific country. In February 2014, FisherBroyles contracted with CPA Global, the big IP management services company, to provide patent docketing services. This caused the docketing software to miscalculate the international filing deadlines as September 2016 instead of September/October 2015.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 12, 2022

Plastronics Socket resold the product, but argued that it was no longer bound by the contract because the contract liabilities had been shifted to Plastronics H-Pin. In the appeal, the Federal Circuit confirmed that the “divisive merger” cannot be used to escape from contract obligations. 2015). = = = =.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Copyright in a work made for hire resides in the author of the work, unless the commission contract provides otherwise.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

In addition to significantly changing the Portuguese Copyright Code , the Decree-Law also affects Law 26/2015 on collective management organizations and Decree-Law 122/2000 on databases, and creates a new dispute resolution mechanism called “specialized institutionalized arbitration and mediation in matters of copyright and related rights”.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

McCoy’s registration on the Namecoin blockchain expired In January 2015. The legal nature of an NFT In each NFT there is a non-fungible token created by the smart contract and an image (e.g., This is generally considered to be the first ever created NFT. a jpeg) stored on the cloud. the jpeg) to which it is attached?

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 16, 2024

However, India lacks specific legislation for trade secrets, relying instead on common law principles and various provisions in the Indian Contract Act, Securities Exchange Board of India Regulations, Indian Penal Code, and Information Technology Act. 1] Indian Contract Act, 1872, § 27, No. 9, Acts of Parliament, 1872 (India). [2]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Then he reversed course on remand and ruled in favor of LinkedIn on its breach of contract claims. On January 23rd, Judge Chen once again dropped a bombshell for the web-scraping world (and those looking to stop it) by ruling in favor of Bright Data and against Meta on its breach of contract claims at summary judgment. Bright Data Ltd.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Brief Facts In 2015, Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (Translation: I am also Rowdy), produced by Wunderbar Films, emerged as a significant project for Nayanthara and director Vignesh Shivan. Hence, as is the case with the second point, the existing contracts might shed light on the issue of who is the owner of the Copyright in the BTS.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This time, the dispute notably concerns both the originality of photographs and their use for a period exceeding that stipulated in the copyright assignment contract. A Kat while using à L'Oréal shampoo Facts Between 2013 and 2015, L'Oréal asked Ms Y to take photographs of products in its KERASTASTE brand ranges.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2022

The deadline came after a 2015 initiative that sought an industry-led solution for a fair online music industry. million plays their song receives Currently, revenue from streaming for featured artists depends on their recording or distribution contract.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 7, 2024

Arbitrators The 2015 Amendment Act addressed and settled the majority of issues pertaining to arbitrators; nevertheless, one issue remains unresolved. Image Sources: Shutterstock] The parent statute had its most significant revision in 2015 when numerous time-related thresholds were added to arbitration proceedings.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. That will prove to be an issue for the team.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Background On 14 July 2015, 44IP Limited (’44IP’), which manages the IP rights of Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE, filed EU trade mark application no. The application of this principle required Lewis Hamilton to be famous in the entire EU at the filing date of the contested application, i.e. on 14 July 2015.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The reason is that claimants allege that the various provisions of the copyright reform go against constitutional rights and freedoms, such as the freedom of contract and the freedom to conduct a business. Under these circumstances, the Constitutional Court seeks the following clarifications as to the compatibility of Art.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

Merkin [10] It was decided that even while the director may have a significant say in how the movie should be filmed, the producer owns the copyright because they are more heavily involved in gathering the script, creating third parties or employment contracts with performers, etc. 1] [link]. [2] 7] CISAC v. 3d 247 (2d Cir.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In its October 2015 policy proposition , CARFAC also highlighted the reality that many artists living in isolated northern communities live in impoverished conditions, while their work dramatically appreciates in value. Exercising control of downstream purchaser actions for traditional or non-digital artistic mediums is more complicated.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Plaintiff attempted to plead that a small number of calls to people contracting with it constituted “commercial advertising or promotion,” but the court still didn’t buy it. The parties compete to manage vacation rental properties located in Oregon, and plaintiff alleged a smear campaign against it. In Grubbs v. Sheakley Grp.,

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

Under the IPO’s proposal, “Rights holders will no longer be able to charge for UK licences for TDM and will not be able to contract or opt-out of the exception. In 2015, the UK music industry successfully sued the UK government to block a private copying exception.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In reliance, AHBP allegedly hired employees and designers, consulted with lawyers, accountants, biologists and virologists, rented warehouse and office space, and entered into contracts with buyers in Argentina. 2015) (finding no standing where supplier’s false representations allegedly damaged retailer’s reputation with its own consumers).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2021

In 2015, Inside Out captivated audiences with its creative insight into the emotional landscape of a pre-teen girl named Riley. Photo by Max Cortez ( Unsplash ). Ryan Erdman is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law. . .

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The EU copyright framework needs to be ameliorated in this regard and the articles 18 sq of the CSDM directive (the so-called “copyright contract law” rules) cannot be the final word on this issue. Towards a modern, more European copyright framework, 9 December 2015, COM(2015) 626 final, nr. sub c Satellite Directive 1993; Art.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Case Study 2- Cristiano Ronaldo (6) In mid-June of 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo sells his image rights to Peter Lim, who is the owner of Mint Media Company and opposing La Liga club Valencia. Hence Cristiano Ronaldo’s Publicity rights were bagged by Mint Media for 6 years.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Court was not satisfied that any of this evidence confirmed that Pugliese was a US citizen in April 2015, when photos were created. The Court indicated that the standard affidavit formula requires a person to insert their name followed by an address.

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