Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

According to Campbell, Everyday We Lit is an infringement of his 2015 song Everything Be Lit. Two of the defendants, Bennett and the label, reached a settlement with Campbell. To support his claim, Campbell claimed that he and Allen performed his version of the song together. At the district court level, the judge sided with Campbell.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The state of Washington can pursue a lawsuit targeting a patent-assertion company under a 2015 law intended to stop "patent trolls" from trying to extort settlements from small businesses, a Seattle federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting the company's arguments that the law violates its right to free speech.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2021

BREIN certainly doesn’t shy away from taking matters to court but whenever it can, settlements and an agreement to cease and desist can be enough to ward off more serious action. Operation Shut Down, Settlement Reached. BREIN Targets a 350,000 Track DJ Record Pool Service. DJ in the UK Jailed for Operating a Similar Resource.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Sockeye has sued approximately 80 defendants since it began its patent infringement campaigns in 2015. For example, Sockeye sued a group of electronics companies in 2015 and sued the same defendants again in 2022 with at least some of the same patents. What makes Sockeye different is they sued a handful of defendants more than once.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2021

In December 2015, a Virginia federal jury held Cox Communications responsible for pirating subscribers, ordering the company to pay music publisher BMG Rights Management $25 million in damages. Internet provider Cox Communications has been on the sharp end of several piracy lawsuits in recent years.

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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. That a party may have opposed a settlement does not render a settlement fraudulent or collusive.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

The latter had claimed that Shape of You as an infringement of a 2015 song they wrote, but the court ruled, after an 11-day trial, that no infringement took place and that Sheeran “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied anything from the song. 3: Bungie & Destiny 2 Cheat Creator Agree $13.5m

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

The answer can easily be traced back to 2015 and a singular case. Back in March 2015 a jury handed down a $7.4 After all, most cases don’t make it to a trial or a judgment, and even a modestly favorable settlement could be very lucrative. But all of this begs a question: What is going on? Blurred Times Still Remain.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 7, 2022

Alleged pirates were given a choice – pay a substantial settlement amount to the rightsholders or face punishing legal action. Thousands of settlement letters, demanding between 600 and 3,000 euros per offense, targeted account holders, with some cases going to court. Initial Victory For Internet Subscribers.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 13, 2021

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. due to settlement and a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision regarding the ‘471 Patent. Walmart Inc. Kohl’s Inc. , 35 U.S.C. §

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

In 2015, FDN filed a DMCA takedown notice, but Amazon did not take down the work in question. FDN filed for that registration in September 2015 under the title “Automated Database of Furniture Catalogs and Collections (Photographs and Text)”. However, in spite of this, Amazon scraped those descriptions and used them in Amazon listings.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

Since 2015, the SEC has brought at least 14 enforcement actions involving Exchange Rule 21F-17(a). The action arose because, between April 2015 and April 2019, Brinks used an employee confidentiality agreement that prohibited employees from disclosing confidential company information to any third party without Brinks’ prior written approval.

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Nelligan Law

MAY 31, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Joint Statement Regarding the Death of Camille Strickland-Murphy The Family of Camille Strickland-Murphy and the Correctional Service of Canada issue the following joint statement: On July 28, 2015, 22-year-old Camille Strickland-Murphy took her own life while in a cell at Nova Institution for Women where she was an inmate.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] TRIAL CASES.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2022

Hatton and Berkeley (H&B) and its partners have been demanding cash settlements from UK internet subscribers for years. Its settlement model was initially quite ordinary but when it began promoting Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) as an anti-piracy “ insurance wrapper “, the projection of power was obvious.

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The IPKat

JUNE 20, 2024

In 2015, the local authority put the building housing the fresco up for sale. After unsuccessfully trying to reach an amicable settlement, they sued Finapar for copyright infringement before the tribunal judiciaire of Lille. The buyer, the company Finapar, learned that the fresco contained asbestos.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2021

regulators investigated this incident in 2018, it was reported that British Airways had been saving card payment details in plain text since 2015 and had not implemented multi-factor authentication in its organization. The sum of the settlement was not disclosed.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2022

When Patrick Achache was in control of CMS, Maverickeye and Guardaley, he formed a copyright settlement partnership in the UK with Robert Croucher of Hatton & Berkeley. By 2021, FACT Administration LLP was in full swing, pressuring internet subscribers for cash settlements yet again. In Brief: CMS is No Longer Needed.

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IPilogue

JULY 19, 2022

4] Darin Thompson, “Creating New Pathways to Justice Using Simple Artificial Intelligence and Online Dispute Resolution” (2015) 2 IJODR 4 at 5. [5] As noted above, the JPES is not conceptualized as an AI that could be utilized to assist with complex matters. 2014) 51 Osgoode Hall L.J. 957 at 983. [2] at 965. . [3] 8] Rachel E.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 26, 2021

The site ‘unofficially’ took over the YTS brand when the original group threw in the towel in 2015. The site’s parent company Techmodo Limited and its operator have been targeted in several lawsuits and previously agreed to pay over a million dollars in settlements. Since then it has amassed a rather impressive user base.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

JC Penny faced a similar “price anchoring” class action suit in 2015. Part of that proposed settlement provided for “improvements” to the retailer’s price comparison advertising policies and practices, including “periodic monitoring and training programs” designed to ensure compliance with California’s advertising laws.

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Nelligan Law

JUNE 1, 2023

This restricts the transferability of land and the uses to which land can be put.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was a truth and reconciliation commission active in Canada from 2008 to 2015, organized by the parties of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. 2015 2016 Daniels v.

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Bio Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2020

history was approved and launched in 2015. The case arose over Amgen’s complaint (filed in September 2015) alleging that Hospira infringed U.S. Settlements abound and the USPTO intervenes in biosimilar IPR appeals post-settlement. It has been nearly 10 years since the U.S. The first biosimilar product in U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2023

JC Penny faced a similar “price anchoring” class action suit in 2015. Part of that proposed settlement provided for “improvements” to the retailer’s price comparison advertising policies and practices, including “periodic monitoring and training programs” designed to ensure compliance with California’s advertising laws.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

The Joe Camel case ended a bit unceremoniously in 1999 after the FTC moved to dismiss the matter because “the relief sought in this proceeding has now been achieved through a recent settlement between the major tobacco companies.” There was also a dramatic shift in sales of flavored cartridges.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2022

But we are here today to talk about the most recent settlement s involving textiles labeled “made from bamboo.” This was followed by another set of cases in 2015 against multiple large retailers. million settlements; hence, the FTC’s claim to “largest-ever civil penalty” for bamboo claims.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

In 2015, it extended the “Align” mark to yoga apparel, which has generated $1B in sales. 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit?

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Post serving such notice the small entity is forced for settlement because getting into a legal battle would be a disadvantageous step financially. It also demands from the opponent to refrain from using the trademark which as per the trademark bully is similar to their trademark.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It decreases the burden of the courts and encourages settlement proceedings among the parties. Traditionally, one key element of mediation is that since the process is voluntary, the parties to the dispute are not obligated to agree to the settlement reached by the mediator. Section 12-A reads as under: 12-A.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Likewise, settlement talks related to the IPR petition were insufficient to show its activities would likely cause Cloudbreak to assert infringement.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

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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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Commercial Courts Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) was enacted in 2015 to establish a definite procedural framework for dealing with commercial disputes. 4) If the parties to the commercial dispute arrive at a settlement, the same shall be reduced into writing and shall be signed by the parties to the dispute and the mediator.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 5, 2024

The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), which serves as a dispute settlement mechanism between filmmakers and CBFC [14]. 6] Press Trust of India, ‘Ram Rahim Singh`s “messenger of God” Screening Banned in Punjab, Section 144 Imposed in Sirse after Protest’ ( The Indian Express , 20 January 2015) < [link] accessed 4 May 2024. [7]

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

This restitution effort has been ongoing for decades; however, the legal significance of these cases became more popular with the release of the film Woman in Gold in 2015. The movie recounts the story of Maria Altmann , who fled Vienna during World War II, and her quest with attorney E.

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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. 2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 25, 2024

However, MahaRERA ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the complaint since the sale of the flats had occurred in 2015, prior to the enactment of RERA. The case was ultimately resolved through a settlement, wherein the allottee acknowledged the petitioner’s contention that the project did not require registration under RERA.

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