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Canadian Media Companies Target OpenAI in Copyright Lawsuit But Weak Claims Suggest Settlement the Real Goal

Michael Geist

The claim is sprinkled with the most obvious reason: the Canadian media companies want a settlement that involves OpenAI paying licence fees for the inclusion of their content in its large language models and the lawsuit is designed to kickstart negotiations. So why file this lawsuit?

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Setback for Bell Canada in $400m Movie Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

On January 2, 2015, a new system designed to assist copyright holders and better protect consumers went live in Canada. Late 2018, after some companies did exactly that, the Canadian government amended the Copyright Act to prohibit the inclusion of settlement demands in warning notices. lawsuit, give or take.

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UK Govt. Prepares to Dissolve Anti-Piracy Group & Seize Its Assets

TorrentFreak

The common denominator is the obviously unhealthy power disparity between corporate giants and ordinary internet subscribers, something that is built-in and then reinforced by design. Hatton and Berkeley (H&B) and its partners have been demanding cash settlements from UK internet subscribers for years. No warnings, no chances.

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Small Jazz Musician Foils Apple Music Trademark Registration

Patently-O

The two eventually reached another settlement that transfers substantial rights over to Apple Inc. In 2015 Apple began using the mark APPLE MUSIC as its new music streaming service. Because Apple began using the mark APPLE MUSIC in 2015, Bertini has priority of use for APPLE JAZZ as to live musical performances.

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Enhancing Access to Justice: Artificial Intelligence is Here to Help

IPilogue

5] The design of the JPES is that of an ‘intelligent questionnaire’ interface. [6] 4] Darin Thompson, “Creating New Pathways to Justice Using Simple Artificial Intelligence and Online Dispute Resolution” (2015) 2 IJODR 4 at 5. [5] 2014) 51 Osgoode Hall L.J. 957 at 983. [2] at 965. . [3] 8] Rachel E. Automating Fairness?

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Are Courts Finally Getting Fed Up With Copyright Shakedowns?

Copyright Lately

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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Michigan City Resident Sues Numerous Retailers for Alleged Patent Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Cross, the Plaintiff is the owner of three design patents for convertible t-shirt designs, U.S. Notably, it appears the ‘633 and ‘136 Patents are set to expire in November 2022, while the ‘471 Patent expired in November 2007 since the term for a design patent filed prior to May 13, 2015 is 14 years. Patent Nos.