LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

A new track by Drake and The Weeknd is going viral on social media and is bound to top the charts. There is nothing “copied” by the AI models and therefore no copyright to infringe. The concept was first created when a company released an advertisement with a robot that was meant to imitate TV star Vanna White.

Music 52

Music Privacy Social Media Copyright 52

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2022

“Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. Amazon.com, Inc.

Copyright Infringement 52

Copyright Infringement Licensing Publishing Copying 52

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The comments from Michael Nash quoted above really only speak to the input phase, during which audio recordings are copied to a dataset that’s then used to train a voice model. It isn’t human-readable and does not contain copies of any audio recordings. But once created, the voice model is just a set of parameters.

Music 84

Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 84

The TTABlog

JUNE 10, 2021

Ghiorse , 119 USPQ2d 1178, 1187 (TTAB 2016). The sales figures were modest and were not placed in context (market share), and the advertising figures lacked information as to the extent of exposure. There was no survey evidence, no evidence of intentional copying, and minimal media coverage. The Board was not impressed.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Social Media Marketing 52

IP Whiteboard

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

g) placing apparent weight on evidence of confusion from social media posts and no weight on the absence of evidence of actual confusion. Justice Katzmann noted that it was difficult to put a great deal of weight on the evidence but found the evidence of the social media posts to “have some probative value”.

Social Media 52

Social Media Branding Brands Branding 52

IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

In addition, social media intermediaries must appoint a Chief Compliance Officer in accordance with the Act and IT Rules. A violating copy of the work, whether brief or extra storage, should be owned by the complainant and not indicated under Section 52 or any other section of the Copyright Act [1957]. SCIL) (2016) Myspace Inc.

Copyright Law 74

Copyright Law Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 74

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

He also discussed the ‘license of rights’ system for GM patents in light of “Licensing and Formats for GM Technology Agreements Guidelines, 2016” (see also ). In 2014, the Bombay High Court restrained the singer Mika Singh and the recording label OCP Music from publishing an advertisement that impinged Sonu’s personality rights.

Personality Rights 59

Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

If memes are so powerful to engage users with the underlying content, as recognized by their increased use as an advertising tool, then how can the same corporations claim that memes are creating a serious harm that the law should recognize and protect? 405 (2019); Terrica Carrington, Grumpy Cat or Copy Cat? 139 (2016). [ix]

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Intellectual Property Blogging 98

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Facebook advertising for the 2014 app continued until 2016 or 2019 and remained available for download; even though the Pebble Watch was discontinued in late 2016, WCT’s principal testified that “there remains a loyal following among the Pebble Watch community.” million lines of code,” or about 1,500 lines per day.

Marketing 59

Marketing Marketing Trademark Branding 59

The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

By 2016, employees of the House of Bruar were aware of Fairfax & Favor. Those conversations continued into 2016, but did not lead to sales. In 2016, the sales agent sent House of Bruar's ladieswear buyer (Mrs Meikle) a Fairfox & Favor brochure which included the Heeled Regina boot.

Designs 52

Designs Design Copying Art 52

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask.

Copyright 144

Copyright Cinema Copying Copyright Infringement 144

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The judgement was passed collectively in an appeal against 4 orders (two impugning the 2016 Ericsson v. Controller General of Patents and Designs (passed on September 15), the Court clarified that the 2016 CRI Guidelines’ requirement of assessing the CRI in conjunction with novel hardware has now been removed from the 2017 CRI Guidelines.

IP 112

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 112

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Courts don’t do really prong one beyond assessing access (not independently assessing copying). Prior attempts to measure tarnishment: Buccafusco et al 2016 focused on porn parodies, found burnishing except among very conservative consumers. Possibly related to internet adoption. Share of 9 th Circuit opinions also exploded in 2006.

Trademark 72

Trademark Copyright Branding Brands 72