TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2023

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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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

Without mentioning any figures, BMG said that it was “extremely happy” with the “substantial settlement.” Following the original verdict, before the eventual settlement, Cox informed its insurance companies Hiscox and ACE American Insurance of its claim. After the court initially awarded $25 million in damages, plus $8.5

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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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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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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

An AIG unit must pay Amway more than $24 million to cover the marketing company for defense and settlement costs related to a 2015 copyright infringement suit, a Michigan federal judge said Monday, in a ruling that went against the insurer on nearly every issue.

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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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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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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 7, 2024

Arbitrators The 2015 Amendment Act addressed and settled the majority of issues pertaining to arbitrators; nevertheless, one issue remains unresolved. Image Sources: Shutterstock] The parent statute had its most significant revision in 2015 when numerous time-related thresholds were added to arbitration proceedings.

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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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Patently-O

APRIL 4, 2023

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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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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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 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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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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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Stec, from testifying as to reasonable royalty damages, where Dr. Stec had relied on a license agreement between third parties, jury verdicts, and settlement agreements. Dr. Stec cited a number of agreements, but the only one he relied on that was not a litigation settlement was between iPIN Debit Network, Inc. iPIN license”).

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IPilogue

APRIL 21, 2022

People who used Airbnb for the first time since October 2015 may be eligible for up to $45 in credit. On appeal in federal court, the parties reached a settlement of $6 million dollars and Airbnb avoided admitting liability. On February 11, 2022, a class action lawsuit against Airbnb for double ticketing settled for $6 million dollars.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In certain of its previous orders, the CCI has taken the view that the ability to exercise ‘material influence’ over another enterprise constitutes ‘control’ for the purposes of the Competition Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

It was certified as a class action on behalf of a large number of sound recording copyright owners (but excluding the major record labels, which had already entered into a separate settlement with Sirius XM). While that appeal was pending, the district court certified the California case as a class action (on May 15, 2015).

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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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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 30, 2024

On August 16, the two companies jointly requested dismissal of the 2015 lawsuit, which alleged that Johns Manville’s EasyFit and Flex-Glass insulation products infringed on seven Knauf patents. Bonner Mall Partnership as precedent against overturning rulings after settlement. She cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S.

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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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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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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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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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Trading Secrets

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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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Genesis of the Dispute According to this report on Mint (paywalled), the Lodha siblings (Abhishek and Abhinandan) parted ways in 2015. A Family settlement agreement (FSA) was concluded wherein Abhishek Lodha was appointed as the CEO of the Lodha Group (later renamed Macrotech). 500 crores (disputed figure).

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 29, 2022

Since 2017, Dish has been struggling to keep its stock price up from its 2015 and 2017 peaks,” LaBossiere’s answer begins. billion dollar company will stop at nothing to bully people into settlements to help its bottom line.” “In order to find new profit centers, this $15.49

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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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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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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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Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 27, 2018

A well-known street artist known as Rime has filed lawsuits against prominent designers Vince Camuto and Moschino, both which ended in settlements. The terms of the settlements were not disclosed. Rime’s dispute with Vince Camuto centered around the designer’s use of four different murals in an ad campaign.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It generally amounts to more than 50% of the total settlement recovery, acknowledging, at least by basic math, that they are the primary beneficiary of the litigation.). self-reporting that “IP EDGE has returned over 3x the money it has invested in patents in the 2015-2021 time period with no down years”). [16] 2d 217, 221 (Ohio 2003).

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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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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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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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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 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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