IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia has awarded additional damages in the highest order against Clive Palmer ( Palmer ) for his copyright infringement of the 1985 Twisted Sister’s rock song “ We’re Not Gonna Take It ” (the Song ). After being alerted to the UAP campaign, Universal commenced copyright infringement proceedings against Palmer.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. 139 (2016). [ix]

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2021

In 2016, companies including Bell Canada, Videotron, Group TVA and Rogers Communications filed a copyright infringement action at Canada’s Federal Court. The company also gave demonstrations to customers on how to use various Kodi addons to access more than 300 TV channels carrying at least 1,136 copyrighted works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. Background Christmas in the UK has become almost synonymous with the arrival of the John Lewis advertisement that for many marks the beginning of the festive season. Did the defendants copy FFD?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In 2016, the Commercial Court of A Coruña ruled that Rojadirecta must stop linking to unauthorized streams of football events. The lower court’s judgment held Rojadirecta’s parent company Puerto 80 liable for copyright infringement, but not its operator. Mediapro vs Rojadirecta. Seoane is the sole operator.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2022

The plaintiffs, in that case, are two photojournalists who captured images of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election and posted them to Instagram. The plaintiffs alleged that Instagram encouraged the embedding of photos in order to drive up advertising revenue. The photographers filed a class action claim against Instagram.

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Intepat

JULY 11, 2024

Introduction The issue came to light when one of the founders of a company named Dorje Teas put up a post on LinkedIn claiming that they have been served a copyright infringement notice by Shark Tank India for the unauthorized use of clips of their pitch on the show to advertise on Youtube and Meta ads.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2024

Hollywood Lawsuit Against IPTV Operator The complaint, filed by Hollywood majors including Disney and Warner Bros, as well as streaming giants Amazon and Netflix, accuses the defendant of widespread copyright infringement. “Beginning in 2016 and continuing through 2019, Freemon sold illegally modified Fire TV Stick devices.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

The named plaintiffs are two photojournalists whose photographs of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election were featured on websites of various traditional media outlets without those outlets having obtained any license from the plaintiffs because those media companies used Instagram’s proprietary embedding tools. In September, U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2021

Legal watchers speculated that the ruling would encourage copyright infringement claims based on the embedding of content. The plaintiffs specifically allege that Instagram allowed media companies to embed their copyrighted photos of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election without permission. 3:21-cv-03778, U.S.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. Advertisements made for Latinfood Zenú products used the phrase “una deliciosa tradición,” which translates to “a delicious tradition.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Another troubling ruling for an Internet access provider trying to shake a contributory copyright claim based on user-caused copyright infringement. 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

CODA says that its work against B9Good dates back to 2016 when it filed an administrative complaint in China. It was alleged that the women were paid by the site’s main operator to upload pirated content, while the man uploaded content to file-hosting sites to generate revenue from advertising.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2022

The named plaintiffs are two photojournalists whose photographs of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election were featured on websites of various traditional media outlets without those outlets having obtained any license from the plaintiffs because those media companies used Instagram’s proprietary embedding tools.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

A talented graphic designer, Bencko was responsible for Megaupload’s logo and ensuring that other sites in the group looked good and accommodated advertising properly. Maybe Bencko had agreed to sing like a canary in exchange for the ‘freedom’ depicted in this January 2016 tweet?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. of the Patent Act on June 24, 2016. Copyright Law. The Copyright Act ’s section 29 fair dealing provision, which allows for certain uses of copyright-protected materials, remained a central issue.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

If the music that is streamed is not licensed out, then does it amount to Copyright Infringement ? The services are advertised on the idea that customers can store the files for offline usage, and that is a unique selling point of the service, and it thus is not incidental.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. SCIL) (2016) Myspace Inc. MySpace Inc.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Operating from 2016 until 2018, the Flawless IPTV service served over 50,000 UK households while generating millions in revenue by selling cheap subscriptions. Meanwhile, the two arrested suspects, continue to fight the criminal copyright infringement allegations and their requested extradition.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

million viewers averaged in the preceding 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. NBC’s answer may lie right in front of it with this copyright infringer on Twitch. This, however, was not the case. Instead, the prime-time Olympic events averaged 15.5 million viewers across all platforms, almost half of the 26.7

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Goldsmith on a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit involving celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (aka Kat Von D). Recall that the Supreme Court majority limited its own fair use analysis to the licensing of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince to Condé Nast in 2016.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. The Indian courts have further clarified this issue. see also Sourav Ganguly vs Tata Tea ).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In another development, Publishers united to Fight Copyright Infringement on ResearchGate , although it was settled out of court. The person was later convicted in 2016. Only then does Google need to take action against the advertisement and not otherwise. But what are the implications of this (not-so-straightforward?)

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The BGH ruled that the exclusive right of distribution of the author also included the right to offer the original or copies of the work to the public to purchase and to advertise to the public, in a targeted manner, the purchase of either the original or copies of the work.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In a decision back in 2016, the BGH had been called upon to rule on the question of whether the use of the client software of an online game is covered by the exception provision in Section 69d (3) UrhG if the purpose of use of the program was for the user to develop their own automation software (so-called bot software).

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Shades of Gray

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

On October 24, 2016, the Ninth Circuit joined the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Circuits in extending Octane ’s holding to a trademark fee application. [2]. The Third Circuit was the first to apply Octane in a trademark action, followed by several others, including, most recently, the Ninth Circuit on October 24, 2016. 24, 2016). [3]

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

As I explained in my discussion of the Rick Astley lawsuit , right of publicity and trademark law provided viable claims to Bette Midler and Tom Waits when imitations of their voices were used in advertising. AI Drake original track “Winter’s Cold.” ” I’m waiting for the follow-up, “Stove’s Hot.”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The MPA has been conducting discovery against entities doing business with PrimeWire to establish the identity of its operator and any profits attributable to copyright infringement. Arm’s Length Advertising. And another from 2016 that featured a piracy ‘brand’ with an even bigger profile.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In Standard International, the US hotel in question lost its trade mark registration for non-use before both the EUIPO Cancellation Division and the EUIPO Board of Appeal, despite ample evidence of advertisements and promotional campaigns aimed at customers in the EU. The images below show the marks and sign at issue. IPKat here.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Following Prince’s sudden and untimely death in 2016, the Warhol Foundation, successor to the copyright in the Prince Series, licensed to Condé Nast one of the Prince Series images for use in a commemorative magazine titled The Genius of Prince , which featured on its cover the image from the Prince Series.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2024

In media reports the platforms are regularly described as copyright-infringing, since they typically offer Premier League, Serie A and La Liga matches without appropriate licensing. As outlined in red, the site reported that live matches were available on Tuesday, but without advertising.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view). Claims under copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Digital Rights Management emerged as a result of ubiquitous copyright infringement related to digital content. DRM work mechanism to protect the digital copyright work is to put barriers in places to prevent the stealing of the digital content. Rameshwari Photocopy Services & Anr, 2016).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The authorities claim that the IPTV service was advertised on TikTok, Facebook and similar platforms, but the parties responsible for that aren’t mentioned. “Decrypting TV Signals” Since 2016 Investigators say that the men are suspected of decrypting TV signals since 2016. ’ as reported by local media.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

A claim for copyright infringement and passing off was issued in December 2019. Retromark rarely strays into copyright, but that was the main basis of Shazam’s successful claim. As has been widely reported, Shazam has now won. I wonder if it will be appealed? IPKat here.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Judicial Orders like summoning the accused in Copyright infringement suits needs application of judicial mind, holds Allahabad High Court. To this, the plaintiff responded that it had filed a rectification petition before the IPAB in 2016, in which defects were raised by the IPAB in 2017. Case: Shubham Munjwani vs State Of U.P.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. Conjuring up a Copyright Case. In 2016, author Gerald Brittle alleged that the Warner Bros. affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the advertisers.

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