Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 12, 2023

2016); Fakhrian v. 2016 WL 1650705 (Cal. 2016); Despot v. 2016 WL 4148085 (W.D. 2016); Manchanda v. 2016 WL 6806250 (S.D.N.Y. 2016); Mosha v. Google, Inc., 2013 WL 664231 (E.D. 2013); O’Kroley v. Fastcase Inc., 3d 352 (6th Cir. Google Inc., Baltimore Life Insurance Co., Google, Inc., Yandex Inc.,

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For petitioners, they will need to carefully decide when to file IPRs and fully consider all of the invalidity defenses that they will be estopped from bringing up later in the district courts. FOOTNOTES. [1] 2020-2222, F.2d 3d 1293 (Fed. 1348 (2018). .

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In an ongoing dispute commenced in 2016, the Eleventh Circuit for the second time in the lifetime of the litigation considered trade secret misappropriation and related copyright claims in a scraping case between direct competitors. The case involved plaintiff Compulife Software, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 5, 2024

‘International Organized Crime’ Between 2010 and 2016, Engel Systems sold a range of devices that provided illegal access to pirated TV content. Another 300,700+ euros should be paid off over the next two years, all thanks to a massive law enforcement operation in May 2016.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Filed Downloaded in 2016? The metadata showed that the drive itself was created in 2016, but witnesses suggested that the infringing files were original. . “Having concealed the nature of this exhibit, Plaintiffs misrepresented it at trial, where they ultimately obtained a $1 billion verdict,” Cox adds.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Now the legal framework is statutory, with some version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) in effect in every state except New York, and with uniformity in the federal system thanks to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

The lawsuit is the second the group has filed against Charter, with one being filed in 2019 that looked at Charter’s alleged activities between March 24, 2013 and May 17, 2016.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2023

SpicyIP intern Sukarm Sharma discusses this ongoing dispute, in light of the CRI 2016 guidelines and the Ferid Allani order. These have subsequently undergone several revisions, a succinct timeline of these changes till 2016 is linked here. The 2016 guidelines were far more restrictive in granting software patents. Microsoft v.

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Patently-O

JULY 14, 2022

Some takeaways: For patent infringement cases filed between 2011 and 2016, about 6% have at least one appeal, although this rate has been declining from 7.8% of cases filed in 2016. of cases filed in 2011 to 4.4%

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 28, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by a pair of songwriters that claimed the 2019 track was an infringement of their earlier song 2016 song I Love Your Dress. First off today, Brad Callas at Complex reports that the rapper Drake has been dismissed from the No Guidance lawsuit, leaving Chris Brown as the only artist who worked on the track as a defendant.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In 2016, the EUIPO Examination Division issued a total provisional refusal, citing descriptiveness and a lack of distinctive character under Articles 7(1)(b) and (c), in conjunction with Article 7(2), of the EU Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR). Judging by past decisions ( R 2063/2016-4 and R 2173/2023-4 ), it might appear so.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2023

For those who care to remember it, November 2016 was a dark month for communities with a penchant for sharing files. Then in November 2016, as French authorities swooped, What.cd One local report notes that between 2014 and 2016, the pair from Toulouse earned 600,000 euros each for their work on the site.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The latest briefs relate to a petition for writ of mandamus filed by Charles Bertini, owner of APPLE JAZZ, who has been embroiled in a fight with Apple over rights to the mark since 2016.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

From March 2016 through November 2019, Carrasquillo and his co-defendants opened fraudulent accounts with TV providers Charter Communications, Comcast, DirecTV, Frontier Corporation, and Verizon Fios. A wire fraud scheme against the victim cable companies from March 2016 through November 23, 2019, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

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Government Copyright Infringement Television Copying 140

Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

However, in April 2016, he says the police chief he was working with was replaced, and the new one implemented his design without paying for the work. Finally today, Jennifer Edwards Baker at Fox19 reports that, in Ohio, the Goshen Township police have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the design of their police badge.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 29, 2024

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo, a fictionalized memoir with factual footnotes, ignited a feminist groundswell in South Korea and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide since its publication in 2016. The Vegetarian by Han Kang received the 2016 Man Booker International Prize and has been translated into two dozen languages.

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Olartemoure Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

2 nd , 2016 The Da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical platform used for minimally invasive surgery. 23 rd , 2016 The Gamma Knife is a non-invasive medical device used for radiosurgery, especially in the treatment of brain tumors. It enables surgeons to perform complex procedures with enhanced precision.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 9, 2024

The ALPA, Mediametria, and NetRatings study has been running for the last eight years and while 2016/17/18 showed few signs of pirate audiences in decline, recent years suggest a continuous downward trend. During the same period, audiences for legal content experienced a small decrease of 2%.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

However, Warhol went beyond the single licensed work and created 15 additional works known as the Prince Series , which became public after the musician’s death in 2016. Warhol, in turn, was that artist.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Specifically, Cox alleges the metadata on the evidence indicates that they are files from 2016 though the case only deals with 2012-2014. However, Cox is appealing that ruling to the Fourth Circuit and is claiming that the labels either withheld or manipulated the evidence against them.

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Intellectual Property Plagiarism Licensing Reporting 193

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The case was filed by local rightsholders Mediapro back in 2016. Next up today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that the operator of the Rojadirect piracy website is personally liable for the infringement, giving rightsholders a new target to collect damages from.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2022

. ‘Created After the Fact’ Cox points out that the new revelations show that MarkMonitor compiled the hard drive of the allegedly “infringing” files in 2016, two years after the claim period. These files were allegedly downloaded and verified in 2016, after which the evidence was destroyed.

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Music Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying 145

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 5, 2021

back in 2016. Copyright termination is a process through which creators that licensed their works can reclaim their rights after a set period of time. The film’s writer, Victor Miller, filed such a notice with Cunningham and his production company, Manny Inc.

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Fair Use Licensing Copyright Infringement Music 198

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

However, after Prince died in 2016, it was revealed that Warhol actually made an additional 14 prints using the photograph. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case pitting photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the estate of artist Andy Warhol.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Licensing Fair Use 184

Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Tam tomorrow, January 18, 2016. We got a little tour of the U.S. Supreme Court building ahead of our argument in Lee v. I was allowed to take pictures so I did.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

At issue in this dispute were five SNIPR patents that claimed priority to a PCT application filed on May 3, 2016 (pure AIA), as well as a Rockefeller patent application with an effective filing date of February 7, 2013 (pre-AIA).

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2023

for infringement in 2016, Salazar sued HTC’s customers, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, in 2019, alleging certain phones sold by the companies infringed his patent. 5,802,467 is titled, “Wireless and Wired Communications, Command, Control and Sensing System for Sound And/or Data Transmission and Reception.”

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Patent Technology Patent Infringement Litigation 115

Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

According to the lawsuit, which was filed by Muddy Water Pictures, Dash was hired to co-direct the film in 2016 but was fired some two years later. However, after his firing, the lawsuit alleges Dash began to shop the film around to others under the name The List.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

He adds that the song is well known in the rap industry, having been licensed by Def Jam in 2008 and by Epic Records in 2016. Specifically, he cites similarities in the beat, lyrics, hook, rhythmic structure and more. In addition to Ricch, the lawsuit targets Atlantic records and other co-defendants involved in the release of The Box.

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Copyright Infringement Licensing Plagiarism Reporting 171

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 24, 2022

In 2016, The Atlantic did their own expose on widespread plagiarism on Amazon’s self-publishing service. In 2012, Amazon had a major scandal as fake authors were exploiting their Direct Publishing platform to publish plagiarized erotica. In 2015, an author at the Hustle plagiarized a 2008 book , and it became a bestseller on Amazon.

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Plagiarism Publishing Copying Copyright 287

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The latter is a photo editing company that was acquired by Twitter in 2016 and created the AI software that, according to Morton, creates unauthorized derivatives of her work. The lawsuit lists Twitter, Tweetdeck and Magic Pony Technology as defendants. 2: Three Plead Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JULY 12, 2024

Originally posted 2016-12-18 22:30:40. Republished by Blog Post PromoterNotwithstanding my own bouts of sympathy for the blighters, you have to admit it just looks like the folks at Louis Vuitton are getting so bad at taking a joke that the joke is becoming them.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 7, 2024

This is because under federal law the term “trade secret” is defined very broadly to capture virtually all types of tangible or intangible information.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The investigation began after Carrasquillo failed to file timely tax returns from 2016 to 2019 and the service was shut down in 2019 when FBI agents raided his home. The grand jury indictment seeks forfeiture of more than $34 million in cash including some $5.2 million in cash that had already been confiscated.

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Copyright Infringement Licensing Plagiarism Reporting 173

Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

However, it was raided in 2016 and two men, the owner and his son, were arrested. The case was initiated by the Qatari company beIN and targeted the Advanced TV Network (ATN). ATN was founded in 2008 and eventually grew to over 70,000 customers.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2023

For example, UK anti-piracy group FACT mentioned it in a news release in 2016. 2023, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004… The 90% figure didn’t suddenly appear in 2016 either. Luckily we didn’t have to look far to find relevant references as the “90%” statistic is regularly cited by rightsholders.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2022

The indictment, unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, alleges that beginning in August 2016, Bernardini – who was based in London and worked in publishing for Simon & Schuster – began impersonating agents, editors and other individuals in the industry to obtain pre-release literary manuscripts from his targets.

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