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‘Pirate’ Site Admins Arrested in 2015, Now Acquitted For a Second Time

TorrentFreak

It reportedly generated over 638,000 euros in the three years leading up to 2015, after which new legislation in Spain would render its activities illegal. rightsholders, and six months after the introduction of reformed intellectual property law in Spain, local authorities were ready to take action.

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The Impact of Russia Legalizing Piracy

Plagiarism Today

That is difficult to say, it is relatively unprecedented for a country to simply decide to ignore intellectual property laws. New laws that took effect in 2015 made it easier for rightsholders to order sites within the country to shut down for repeated copyright violations. There truly isn’t a good analog for this.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. In 2015, the BGH ruled that managing directors have limited liability in copyright matters.

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Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law: Conflicting or Complementing

IIPRD

Introduction If we take a broader look at the Intellectual Property Laws, the primary objective of the legislation in framing these laws is to provide exclusive rights to the IP right holder as against the entire world. Competition Commission of India, 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 592 livelaw.in

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Trade Dress Protection for Non-Traditional Marks in the Fashion Industry

IP and Legal Filings

2015): [7] Tiffany sued Costco for selling rings with a label that included the words “Tiffany” and were not related to Tiffany. 5] Ayesha Imam, ‘Louis Vuitton vs My Other Bag (2016): Trademark Lawsuit’ (Fashion Law Journal, University of Delhi) [link] accessed 14 December 2024. [6] Tiffany & Co.

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The Chicken Sandwich Wars: A Sampling of Intellectual Property Law in the Fast Food Industry

LexBlog IP

A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question. Jonathon Ballantyne is a third-year law student at Wake Forest University School of Law. Upon graduation, he intends to practice transactional law.

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AI and Fair Use: Navigating Legal Challenges in India and the United States

IIPRD

2015) [1] is one of the most cited cases in this context. 2015) [2] Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. History has shown that US courts have a very liberal and dynamic approach to fair use, whether the use is transformative or ends up harming the market for the original work. Image Sources: Shutterstock] Authors Guild v.