Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

1: The Weeknd Sued for Copyright Infringement Over ‘Call Out My Name’. First off today, Justin Curto at Vulture reports that The Weeknd has been hit with a copyright lawsuit over his song Call Out My Name. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 2: Movie Companies Demand Over $10m in Piracy Damages from LiquidVPN.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

of the population of India having ingress to the world wide web and ever growing e-commerce market which is forecasted to reach about twenty billion euros by 2030, it becomes pertinent to analyse the interconnect between these two. [1] Kiren Willy, India: e-commerce market size 2030 | Statista , [link] (last visited Sep 7, 2023).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Market effect. Bayside didn’t explain the market for the photos or how the tweets harmed that market. “Even if Bayside had made a prima facie showing of copyright infringement, the subpoena would still need to be quashed because the balance of equities tilts in MoneyBags’s favor.” Amount taken.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Simpson’s structural connectors are specified on most construction drawings in the US; its market share is over 75%. New parts in recent catalogs are marked as new; Simpson registered copyrights in two of its recent catalogs. Simpson or MiTek or both) in addition to including specific part names on construction drawing.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. CPL Industries Limited , dismissed an appeal from the High Court in a copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing-off suit between two pharmaceutical companies. In January , the Court of Appeal in Nigeria in Morison Industries Plc V.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. a) Perpetrators and accessories.

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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. 2015); Authors Guild, Inc. at 1290 (Gorsuch, J., concurring).

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

Certain sections like 2(qq) and 38, define a “performer” and specify whether a person’s personality falls under the definition of a performer, under which a performer’s right may be asserted, hence prohibiting the unapproved marketing of a performer’s work. Varsha Productions, 2015 SCC OnLine Mad 158. [7] Rajagopal v.

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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. 2015); Authors Guild, Inc. ” Id. ” Id.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. X wins copyright infringement case against 17 music publishers.

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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. 2015); Authors Guild, Inc. at 1290 (Gorsuch, J., concurring).

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In our view, the FTC plays a vital role in keeping markets open and honest, and we have long been admirers of the intelligence and energy that the agency brings to that task. The copyright law implications of AI training are currently being litigated in several different federal copyright infringement actions.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Given the ongoing shift in the TV market away from terrestrial and satellite delivery in favor of IP-based services, cloud recording services are no longer the big deal they once were. TVkaista said that since its service was similar to a VCR or a DVR, that would be legal under Finnish law since private copying is permitted for personal use.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Larson also sought a declaration that she owns the copyright to The Kindest and that the letter in the short story does not infringe Dorland’s copyright. Dorland counterclaimed for copyright infringement, claiming that Larson’s use of Dorland’s letter was a violation of intellectual property law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

If the Supreme Court upholds the discovery rule for copyright cases, or simply declines to address it, the decision will leave copyright defendants exposed to very large awards for years of infringing conduct (as they have been everywhere but the Second Circuit). By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

In most trade mark cases waiting a little longer to see the Defendant off the market would not, in my view, cause the Claimant a huge additional loss. The judge reviewed the case law on conflicts between marks sharing a descriptive element, including Whyte and Mackay v Origin [2015] EWHC 1271 (Ch) , but was not discouraged from his finding.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

A banana taped to a wall may qualify as art, but as a copyright infringement lawsuit it should have been left to rot. In some ways it’s only fitting that Cattelan finds himself defending an absurd copyright infringement lawsuit. But enough about food, let’s talk about copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In so holding, the Ninth Circuit created (or widened) a circuit split with the Second Circuit, which previously held that even under the discovery rule, damages for copyright infringement are limited to “a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed.” Scholastic, Inc. , 3d 39, 52 (2d Cir. Scholastic, Inc. , 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Since 2015, TIR has made its specialist content available via the website mistressharley.com (NSFW) and through authorized third parties under licensing agreements. In parallel, websites that sell pirated copies of TIR’s copyrighted videos compete in the same market by targeting TIR’s customers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Copyright Directive does not offer its own definition of an ISSP, referring instead to the one provided by Directive 2015/1535 : it is a service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means, and at the individual request of the recipient of the service. This change was to bring art.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

The term of a copyright for a particular work may depends on certain factors such as whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. [2] 2] The general rule for works created after January 1, 1978, provides that copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. [3] ” [8].

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

The term of a copyright for a particular work may depends on certain factors such as whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. [2] 2] The general rule for works created after January 1, 1978, provides that copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. [3]

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

994 (2020) , a decision holding that the sovereign immunity of individual states prevented a copyright holder from recovering damages for infringement, I was a bit disheartened. 2d 588 (1985) (“Section 106 of the Copyright Act confers a bundle of exclusive rights to the owner of the copyright.”); See CCC Info.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

provid[es] an estimate of the fair market value of goods and services provided by religious organizations, and. market for religious publishing and products at $6.8 ” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A work is fixed in either a “copy” or a “phonorecord.” “Phonorecords” are defined as material objects in which only sounds are fixed, while “copies” are defined as material objects in which any other kind of work is fixed. [ 17 U.S.C. 101 ] Issue 1: Are the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?

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