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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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Gutman opened both accounts after she entered into the employment contract with JLM. Gutman and JLM employees worked together to strategize as to how best to leverage the social media platforms to market the HP brands.” Gutman’s personality and personal life, these were part of the overall marketing strategy for JLM.

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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. The negotiations were mediated and no doubt the EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive - which requires "appropriate and proportionate" remuneration for performers - also impacted on those ongoing talks.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law. The letter is available here and its contents are reproduced below.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In summer 2020, AHBP began negotiating with the Lynd defendants for the exclusive license to market and sell a surface disinfectant/cleaner known as “Bioprotect 500” in Argentina. Ultimately, AHBP took an exclusive license to sell the product in Argentina, with purchasing and advertising/marketing spend minimums. Knitting Fever, Inc.,

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

By way of background, the EU, as part of its Digital Single Market Copyright Directive , looked at the then-extant UK copyright exception for the making of copies of copyrightable works to perform text and data mining (TDM) in a non-commercial context. This exception will accelerate revenue decline and reduced output.

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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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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. Defendants counterclaimed for payment and damages for breach of contract and bad faith. about your goods, products or services”).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Concomitantly, the imposition of APCs has created new, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers to publication for researchers that are not affiliated to a contracting institution. [6] 8b Ordinary publishing contracts between authors and publishers on which the “Big Deals” largely rely, however, rarely, if ever, provide for such remuneration.

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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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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

They also claimed that this new system goes against the traditional set-up of licensing practices in Europe and will lead to market fragmentation. Under these circumstances, the Constitutional Court seeks the following clarifications as to the compatibility of Art. 228/4 with EU law [unofficial translation by this Kat]: 4.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the vast world of intellectual property protections and expanding consumerism, which increases competition for market share, companies are constantly seeking ways to distinguish themselves and their products, and industrial designs provide an important option to do so. There were contractions in 2013 and 2014 of -6.5% respectively.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). Booking (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. emphasis mine). Koninklijke Philips N.V.

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

In this regard, the effectiveness of the new law in its attempt to support and promote Russian wine products in foreign markets is, to say the least, uncertain, at least as far as Russian “champagne” and “cognac” are concerned. In particular, the PDO “Champagne” is protected in over 120 countries.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Boston Beer is a brewer and marketer of beers, malt beverages, and hard ciders, known for its Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard products. Downeast is a rival maker and marketer of similar products, namely its eponymous cider. Shortly thereafter, he became a Senior Vice President of Marketing at Downeast.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

That contract contained a non-solicitation provision prohibiting Aya from soliciting AMN’s employees. Allegedly, around May 2015, Aya began soliciting AMN’s travel nurse recruiters. In December 2015, the parties terminated their relationship. Aya signed the agreement in 2010. Key Takeaway.

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Trading Secrets

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

That contract contained a non-solicitation provision prohibiting Aya from soliciting AMN’s employees. Allegedly, around May 2015, Aya began soliciting AMN’s travel nurse recruiters. In December 2015, the parties terminated their relationship. To become a AMN subcontractor, AMN required Aya to sign a collaboration agreement.

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Patently-O

JULY 14, 2024

446 (2015). 29 (1987), the court noted that it could not reconsider the merits of an award even if the arbitrators made factual or legal errors in interpreting a contract. However, in evaluating whether an award violates public policy, a court is bound by the arbitrators’ interpretation of the underlying contract.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Boston Beer is a brewer and marketer of beers, malt beverages, and hard ciders, known for its Samuel Adams and Angry Orchard products. Downeast is a rival maker and marketer of similar products, namely its eponymous cider. Shortly thereafter, he became a Senior Vice President of Marketing at Downeast.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2022

We have talked a lot this year about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) focus on reviews, and so far we have seen cases involving review suppression and incentivized reviews , as well as new guidance about how platforms and marketers should handle reviews. So what should we expect from the CFPB in this area?

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Marketers must hold documentary evidence to prove claims that consumers are likely to regard as objective and that are capable of objective substantiation. Although the ads which were investigated were placed by different advertisers, the ads were representing the same mini-heater product. None of the advertisers responded to the ASA.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

These clauses are generally used to ensure that the investment by promoters into booking a venue and an artist will pay off without watering down the market for ticket sales by allowing the same artist to play frequently in the same area. See It’s My Party, Inc. Live Nation, Inc. , Supp 3d 475 (D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In 2013 and 2015, it granted exclusive licenses to stream those works to Starz, a premium subscription channel. OK, that’s a clear breach of contract, but how is it copyright infringement? Under Sohm , Starz’s cause of action for violations occurring in 2015 would be barred before they “accrued” under the discovery rule.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Government Accountability Office, Third Party Litigation Funding: Market Characteristics, Data, and Trends, GAO-23-105210 (Dec. 8] See Westfleet Advisors, The Westfleet Insider: 2021 Litigation Finance Market Report (2022), [link] (detailing estimated new deal commitments). [9] 17] At least, that’s as far as can be pieced together.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To receive such spillover assignments, Aya (a competitor who also provides temporary nursing services) signed a contract with AMN in 2010 and included in that agreement was a non-solicitation provision prohibiting Aya from soliciting or “poaching” AMN’s employees. §§1, 2 and related California state law claims.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

EDA’s RLF program assists businesses by capitalizing local investment programs that provide gap financing to businesses that might not be able to obtain traditional bank loans, while MBEs can access a variety of technical assistance, including access to capital, access to contracts and access to markets by contacting a local MBDA Business Center.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2023

The conference series was created by Dr Gaetano Dimita and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London in 2015 to bring together creators, legal practitioners and researchers in the field of Interactive Entertainment. The following panel analysed generative AI.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Marketers must hold documentary evidence to prove claims that consumers are likely to regard as objective and that are capable of objective substantiation. Although the ads which were investigated were placed by different advertisers, the ads were representing the same mini-heater product. None of the advertisers responded to the ASA.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under New York’s statutory prejudgment interest rules, an aggrieved party may recover prejudgment interest on a sum awarded because of a breach of contract or wrongful interference with title to, or possession or enjoyment of, property. [1] The wrongdoer does not get the benefit from fluctuations in the market. 161799/2015 (N.Y.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The plaintiff applied for an injunction against the defendant for copyright infringement and breach of contract. The Plaintiff, an architect, produced architectural drawings and plans which were approved and registered by the County Government of Kajiado under application Number P/761/2015.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Abbott has two CGM devices on the market - the Freestyle Libre 1 and Libre 2 - which Abbott claims is the top selling CGM product in the world, used by 3 million people in 50 countries. With a more expensive product than Abbott's, Dexcom has a much smaller UK market share. Libre 2 was launched in October 2020.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

On 12 th February 2021, Taylor Swift re-released one of her most famous songs “Love Story” the reason being as Swift told Good Morning America last August was, “My contract says that starting November 2020 … I can record albums one through five all over again.”. The Big Move. A Conglomerate. Swift has also been amassing a vast IP portfolio.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

The parties settled in 2015; defendants agreed to cease their use of those marks and to avoid the words “Florida” and “Virtual” together in a mark. While multiple witnesses testified as to Plaintiff’s significant marketing and advertising efforts, that alone is not indicative of strength. statements as evidence of confusion.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

However, this case did not sound in patent infringement, but in breach of contract. 2015); and Commonwealth Sci. & 2015)) have looked to traditional methodologies for determining reasonable royalty patent damages , including the 15-factor Georgia-Pacific framework. patent law with no reference to French contract law.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Malaysian Contracts Act 1950 also has a particular ban on trade restraint. For illustration: 24 ice producers were penalised by MyCC in January 2015 for allegedly manipulating the prices at which edible tube ice and block ice were sold. Image Source: Istock]. The fines totaled 252,250 ringgit.

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