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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The IPKat

JUNE 30, 2024

There is no doubt that photographs can be protected by copyright [ IPKat here , here and here ]. This Kat has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal concerning a copyright infringement dispute involving photographs.

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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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TorrentFreak

JULY 17, 2024

When Fmovies first appeared on the scene in 2016, it quickly gained popularity among streaming piracy fans. Copyright holders were less pleased. The copyright infringement lawsuit and the $210,000 damages award were casually ignored by the site’s owners.

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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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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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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? It has been established that lex loci protectionis is the rule that is applied to all the IPR infringement cases, barring a few exceptions. Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet. Garimella and S. Jolly (eds.)2017)

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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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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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TorrentFreak

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2021, companies including United King Film Distribution, DBS Satellite Services, and Hot Communication filed three copyright infringement lawsuits in a New York district court. As it recently turned out, the ability was there all along. Groundbreaking Site Blocking Order.

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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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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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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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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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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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TorrentFreak

APRIL 8, 2022

. “No meaningful measures are in place to prevent the upload and publication of clearly infringing content. On top of that, many cyberlockers and video hosting services do not respond at all to takedown notices,” the MPA adds, noting that many generate revenue from advertising and pay uploaders via reward schemes.

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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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SpicyIP

APRIL 20, 2025

Sonal Chada on 17 April, 2025 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff, an international fashion house, filed the present suit for permanent injunction against infringement and passing off in respect of its registered word and three-dimensional marks KELLY, HORAN, HERBAG and BIRKIN.

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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

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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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

. “Settling a claim out of court is at the discretion of the rights holder, whom may choose to prosecute criminally, depending on the flagrancy of the infringement,” the settlement portal reads. “Civil copyright infringement claims will be heard in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, a division of the High Court.

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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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SpicyIP

AUGUST 4, 2024

Novex Communications Private Limited vs Siddhivinayak Hospitality on 29 July 2024 (Bombay High Court) Image from here An ad-interim relief was granted by the Court in a copyright infringement case instituted by the plaintiff. The plaintiff company owned the copyright of several films and these were not licensed to any party.

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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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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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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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Intepat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These disputes often arise from patent, trademark, or copyright infringement claims, which can lead to costly litigation and significant damages. Between 2016 and 2021, the number of IP-related cases filed in Indian courts steadily increased, reflecting heightened awareness of IP rights among businesses.

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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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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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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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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

JULY 5, 2022

.” [6] If a designer is able to successfully improve infringement they may recover not only their own lost profits but also any profits accrued by the infringer from the infringed work. [7]. Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer.

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