TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2025

Trade Representative as a notorious piracy market. Socit Gnrale terminated its contract with 1fichier in 2015 due to concerns over piracy. — A copy of the decision from the Cour de Cassation Chambre commerciale financire et conomique is available here (pdf) From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 7, 2025

2 Licensing enables copyright owners and users to come together in a mutually beneficial manner, helping the market function more efficiently and responsibly. 12 In the 1970s, when photocopying was the disruptive technology, both direct and collective licensing helped make the market for using copyrighted materials work. 2018), [link].

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

‘Library Genesis,’ or ‘Libgen’ for short, is a group of pirate websites through which a vast array of written material is illegally copied and distributed online without any authorization, and with no remuneration to copyright holders.” while runner-up India accounts for 7.9%. .” 101 et seq.)

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The plaintiffs claim that Call Out My Name copies their 2015 song Vibeking and claim that they sent the song to the Weeknd’s engineer shortly after recording it and heard back from the musician directly just a few days later. They considered that an inducement to commit piracy and an endorsement of it.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

Hoping to fill in the gaps, TorrentFreak requested a copy of the court order. The supply of CCCAM servers focused on Sky broadcasts may have laid the groundwork for its entry into the IPTV market towards 2014/2015. Similar claims featured in subsequent submissions to the EC and the USTR’s Notorious Markets Report.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Part 1 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 is available here , and parts 3 and 4 will be published on the blog over the coming days. . A decision in 2015 concerned the definition of “public” in the act of communication.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Although this may sound quite encouraging and motivating for those with original ideas, many famous brands out there are accused and widely recognized for being copycats in the market and, unfortunately, making a lot of money. The American video and photo sharing social media platform Instagram has been accused of copying Snapchat.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In another decision in 2015 , the BGH further specified the provisions of the UsedSoft case law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2022

Globalization has given Indian businesses a huge opportunity to access global markets to sell and buy goods and services not only in India but also abroad. 58/2015-2020 dated February 12, 2021, of DGFT an amendment was made relating to IEC scrapping the lifetime validity to an annual one. Copy of rent agreement or electricity bill.

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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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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2024

If you knew how to complete this phrase in 2015, you are part of the few percent of consumers who heard of the city of Compton and knew about its connection with hip-hop and rap music. Background On 8 September 2015, BIW Invest AG (‘BIW’) applied for registration of EU trade mark no. Both trade marks were registered.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2021

Olfactory marketing is not only employed by restaurants for their food, but is also often utilized in supplementing branding because just like a logo, it helps the consumer identify the experience associated with a service or product. Attars and Agarbattis: Protecting Traditional Cultural Expression through non-conventional Trademarks.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Downloads declined after a 2015 peak. Also, by the end of 2016, WCT hadn’t paid taxes since 2015 and its certificate of incorporation was therefore suspended. All of Peloton’s marketing materials that mention the term ‘Bike+’ are also branded with the [Peloton] mark.” million lines of code,” or about 1,500 lines per day.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Professor Paul Goldstein, for example, has argued that, in light of the enumeration, the statutory text is intended primarily to protect certain licensing markets. 785, 851 (2013) (“By copying a master’s work, the ‘pupil’ might at least get a glimpse of the great author’s mind, which would seem like a normatively desirable process.

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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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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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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2023

In 2015, a man was arrested for running a site that carried no pirate software but did advise users how to use piracy app Popcorn Time. “Therefore, this case helps to send a signal to other providers that you cannot deliberately sell services to the illegal market.” In Denmark, the bar has been set fairly low.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Our current AI-related offerings are focused on the corporate, research, academic and education markets. law, copying copyrighted content to train AI can state a cause of action for infringement [Citing, Thomson Reuters Enters. 2021) (downloading and copying of Westlaw database for the purpose of training AI).] 529 F.Supp.3d

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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. Likewise, the comment about plagiarism follows a post that linked to a Rolling Stone article and suggested that Respondent “mostly copied it word for word.” Amount taken. Maximized Living v.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Apple had accused Samsung of copying the features of the iPhone, like the rounded-rectangle shape, home button, and the grid icon layout. The judgment made budget retailers realize the price they must pay for imitating established brands and stressed the virtue of originality in design, even within the lower end of the market. [3]

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

22, 2021) The parties compete in the market for nutritional supplements. Likewise, there was evidence that other companies in the nutritional supplement market use “organic protein” generically in connection with their products. There was also a genuine dispute about copying. Orgain, Inc. Northern Innovations Holding Corp.,

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the United States, the formation of the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) in 2015 saw advertisers and advertising agencies come together to clean up the system and prevent ad revenue from reaching pirate sites. Half a Decade Later, TAG Upgrades While TAG says that v1.0

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

3] The suit alleged that Sherlock Holmes’ character traits of warmth and empathy were copied and not yet in the public domain, as these traits only developed in later works that are still protected by copyright. [4] 18] Netflix admitted it had access to and copied the memoir. [19] 22, 2015), [link]. [8] 21, 2018), [link]. [10]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2022

According to Article 16 EU DSM Directive 2019/790 (“DSM Directive”), a “publisher” may have a claim to a share of the author’s statutory remuneration claims – such as fair compensation for private copies – if the author has granted the “publisher” a right in his work. But who is this “publisher”?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 2, 2025

The Court held that the Single judge failed to appreciate that the appellant has been using the mark since 2015 and nor did the respondent argue that irreparable harm will be caused if the injunction is not granted. Adyar Gate Hotels Limited vs Itc Limited & Anr. The Court listed the matter on 18 th March before the Single Judge.

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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. so-called “non-expressive” use in which copying is undertaken not to distribute the copied material directly or indirectly but rather for some other purpose.

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The TTABlog

JULY 6, 2021

The beverages are imported and sold in the United States, and Coca-Cola plans to market THUMS UP and LIMCA beverages more widely in this country. Moreover Meenaxi adopted the same tagline, "Taste the Thunder," that Coca-Cola used in India to market the THUMS UP beverage. See, generally, Ava Ruha Corp. Mother’s Nutritional Ctr. ,

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

x] In fact, on the contrary, memes can operate as a source of marketing and a way to garner interest in creative works in a funny, generationally relevant way. xi] There are countless articles and marketing studies directing corporations on how to market via memes to reach the maximum level of engagement. 8, 2015), [link].

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The TTABlog

MAY 11, 2023

Applicant averred that it has exclusively used COOKIEBOT as a mark since 2015, but the Board brushed that aside in light of the highly descriptive nature of the term. The Board concluded that applicant had failed to prove acquired distinctiveness, and so it affirmed the alternative refusal under Section 2(e)(1).

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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

MAY 13, 2024

2015) (emphasis added). As I wrote back in December, scraping claims are almost always about unwanted copying and distribution of data. However, scraping generally means “extracting data from a website and copying it into a structured format, allowing for data manipulation or analysis.” Editions Ltd. 3d 754, 760 (9th Cir.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2024

Horology is however a market steeped in history with its own unwritten rules and customs. It is famously a market where supply and demand is meticulously controlled by the big watchmakers and consciously kept misaligned. It is not enough for you to simply have the money to buy your long sought grail watch from the likes of F.P.

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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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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

” A 2015 post on Morford’s Facebook page depicting the junk that he claims was stolen and pimped. Here’s a photo of his entire art piece that I found in a 2015 post on Morford’s Facebook page. Morford’s “Banana & Orange,” as shown in a 2015 post on his Facebook page. Plagiarism much?”

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 27, 2018

Sometimes the works in question are reproduced on clothing, other times the works are featured in advertising and marketing campaigns. The Moschino lawsuit involved the designer copying one of Rime’s murals onto a dress worn by pop star Katy Perry on the red carpet at the Met Gala. The terms of the settlements were not disclosed.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Instead, it requires courts to ask whether consumers treat a challenged use “as a market replacement” for a copyrighted work or a market complement that does not impair demand for the original.” Evidence of the scope of the market (magazines about the life of Prince, as opposed to a magazine article about the work of Andy Warhol).

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