The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. What’s missing here?

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To combat “fake news,” governments must carefully regulate social media content. For instance, based on a newly enacted law , if social media businesses operating in Germany do not remove unlawful, racist, or defamatory posts within 24 hours, they risk hefty fines.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2019, LaLiga launched an investigation into a website advertised on social media that was being used to illegally market football content plus other material belonging to a “well-known” on-demand television platform. According to police sources, the site offered subscriptions to illegal IPTV and CCCAM services.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 13, 2023

Taamneh , the Supreme Court unanimously held that social media companies are not liable for aiding and abetting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in its terrorist acts that victims claimed resulted from promoting terrorist content on social media platforms absent proof of “knowing and substantial assistance.”

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

.” Online Music and Movie Consumption The slides below the show the fortunes of music and movies since 2015. For music, the 37% reported in 2015 reduced to 24% in 2023, with 76% of all consumers exclusively utilizing lawful sources. Unofficial reports indicated that 1.4 Free streaming websites – 7% (No change vs 2022) 2.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme. Does anyone care?

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

‘Online’ is a reference to Online SAS, the cloud hosting company that rebranded as Scaleway in 2015. ‘Expert’ Opinions Should Be Ignored Some ‘experts’ posting on social media are claiming that the l’Informé article is bogus.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

These reforms come after a lengthy consultation period by IP Australia before announcing in 2020 plans to implement the former Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) recommendations from its 2015 review of the Australian designs system. Merpel adds: this really grabbed her attention. Merpel adds: this really grabbed her attention.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

In 2015, Austrian law student and privacy activist, Maximillian Schrems, sued Facebook Ireland for what he alleged to be an unlawful transfer of data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook’s headquarters in the United States. Compelled to revise his challenge in 2015, Schrems alleged that contractual arrangements in the U.S.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Started in 2015, the fashion watchdog Instagram account has since gained widespread name recognition and had a significant impact in the fashion industry. Its primary purpose was to call out copycats within the industry, but it quickly began to focus on calling out racism and cultural appropriation as well.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. That will prove to be an issue for the team.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. 2015) (emphasis added). Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts. Bright Data Ltd. , May 9, 2024).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The four images in dispute were posted on defendants Facebook page between August, 2013, and November, 2015. If, however, the material posted to social media is widely distributed, and readily accessible and searchable, a judge may determine as a matter of law that the discovery rule cannot be applied. Plaintiffs sued in 2021.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics) Rules place responsibility on the Social Media Intermediaries to ensure that no prohibited content is allowed to be published or circulated on their platforms. Varsha Productions,2015 (62) PTC 351 (Madras). References: [link] [link] [link] [1] CS (O.S.)

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

August asserts that the Defendant, AirG Inc, a Canadian social media brand, committed copyright infringement by reproducing six of Pugliese’s Jennifer Lopez photos on their website without permission. The Court was not satisfied that any of this evidence confirmed that Pugliese was a US citizen in April 2015, when photos were created.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Current Situation: MEITY’s Role: Since 2015 MEITY has been working to regulate the OTT platforms. They introduced the Information Technology Rules in 2021 (IT Rules 2021), which primarily focused on regulating OTT as digital media platforms.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Section 230 fostered the dominant social media business model where almost all of the major internet media services rely primarily upon user-provided content. But, AI may be different since it is more content-generative than most social-media. Think YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 27, 2022

the definitions) and Part II (dealing with intermediaries and social media intermediaries) of the IT Rules, 2021 and primarily impacts only the intermediaries in terms of their obligations under Rule 3. Union of India [2015 5 SCC 1] and the Delhi High Court in Kent RO Systems Ltd. What are the proposed amendments?

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

Marcel Pemsel discussed the decisions on the validity of the trade mark applications, filed in 2015, that include the geographical name 'COMPTON'. Intellectual Property Anna Maria Stein outlined the findings from a report on 'Emerging public perceptions of intellectual property in UK media,' released by the UKIPO last month.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 12, 2024

The company’s anti-piracy team constantly engages with the public on social media, often with controversial results. The development team behind it has been hard at work for close to 9 years since 2015, and has tirelessly iterated upon it, to create possibly the best kind of reader there is today.”

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 22, 2021

There seems to be a belief that police service, when paired with a musical interlude, will prevent a recording of the interaction from being posted on social media due to algorithms that detect and remove videos incorporating copyrighted music (among other types of content). Pursuant to the 2015 case of Lenz v.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Applicant Carson submitted a declaration that contained only conclusory statements that “[e]ach year from 2015 through the present,” he has provided “licensing of advertising slogans and cartoon characters” under both proposed marks “to a wide range of customers located throughout the United States." Playdom , 778 F.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Power Ventures was a platform that attempted to enable users to manage all their social media accounts from one platform. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). Power Ventures was a 2016 case involving Facebook (back when the company itself was still known as Facebook). emphasis mine). Koninklijke Philips N.V.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

The need remains for high quality, validated news unavailable from social media. In 2015, the UK music industry successfully sued the UK government to block a private copying exception. Even if outlets do not close, having less money for reporting will reduce available content.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that while issues such as national security are important, Apple would not implement any technology which malicious actors could misuse as a backdoor to encrypted user data. One of their core values and popular marketing point s is that “privacy is a fundamental human right.”

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 4, 2023

Cullen Wulf took over ownership of AaLand Diamond Jewelers in mid-2015, per their website. Trademark infringement can occur in a variety of contexts, such as in advertising, on products or packaging, in domain names, or on social media. They also proclaim to be Northwest Indiana’s trusted gold & diamond buyer. Complaint

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

My quick PACER search revealed that Harold Lloyd Entertainment filed several lawsuits alleging infringement as late as 2015—92 years after the film’s copyright was originally secured and just a few years before it was set to expire. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

cities to address increasing Hyundai and Kia thefts that use a method popularized on TikTok and other social media channels. vehicles by 2015 but were standard on only 26% of 2015 model year Hyundai and Kia vehicles, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 26, 2025

on 15 January, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Image from here In this case, Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, operating under the well-known trademark RAPIDO since 2015, filed rectification petitions against Nipun Gupta, who had registered the identical mark RAPIDO in Classes 12, 25, 39, and 42 on a proposed to be used basis in 2020.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

A likely answer to this chicken riddle is a combination of social media , the perception of chicken being a healthier option to beef, and the impact COVID-19 continues to make on the food industry. A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

” In a December 2019 social media post made shortly after the Art Basel exhibition, Morford proclaimed to his Facebook followers: “I did this in 2000. ” A 2015 post on Morford’s Facebook page depicting the junk that he claims was stolen and pimped. ” But Morford said “Hey, I did do that!”

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 24, 2015, Ms. A literary controversy surrounding a copyright claim has taken over the North American online writing community, and it involves a kidney donation, a private Facebook group, and a short story.? .

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

David Adjmi was previously sued over his Three’s Company parody 3C , but in 2015 the court found the play protected by fair use. Drop me a line in the comments below or @copyrightlately on your least-despised social media platform. As always, I’d love to hear what you think.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Hydrox was largely discontinued in 1999, and it was in September 2015 when the product was reintroduced by Leaf Brands. The American video and photo sharing social media platform Instagram has been accused of copying Snapchat. It is nothing but another case of the strong proving victorious over the weak in society.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Section 79: Intermediary Liability This section offers legal protection to platforms like social media or website hosts from being directly responsible for user-generated content. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1523 : This case clarified the scope of intermediary liability under Section 79. Key Judicial Decisions Shreya Singhal v.

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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. about your goods, products or services”).

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