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“El TORO LOCO”: when a Monster truck show amounts to both trade mark and copyright infringement

The IPKat

Copyright and design rights are often invoked in parallel, particularly in relation to works of applied art [ e.g. IPKat here ]. This time, this Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris in a dispute concerning both copyright and trade mark infringement. Feld Motor Sports Inc.

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3 Count: LEGO Jacket

Plagiarism Today

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. As a result, he sent a cease-and-desist letter to LEGO. However, the MPA alleged that the code was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) due to the fact it circumvents copyright protection tools.

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Record Labels Hit Internet Archive With New $400m+ Copyright Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s largest publishing companies, late Friday some of the world’s largest record labels launched similar legal action in the United States. named as defendants. .

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Judge Recommends $83 Million ‘Piracy’ Damages Award Against YouTube Rippers

TorrentFreak

They previously sued YouTube-MP3, the world’s largest ripping site at the time, which resulted in the site shutting down in 2017. The sites’ Russian owner Tofig Kurbanov was taken to court in the United States in 2018, accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement. The copyright infringement complaints were not new either.

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Pirate IPTV Service Glo TV Faces $25m Lawsuit, Resellers’ Feet Held to the Fire

TorrentFreak

DISH is yet to identify the direct infringers but believes they’re located overseas. “The Direct Infringers carry and market the Infringing Service in two ways: by making the Infringing Service available to retail stores for resale to Service Users; and directly to individual Service Users.

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Cheat Makers ‘Troll’ Activision Lawyer, Brag They Will Never Be Found

TorrentFreak

In reponse to rampant cheating in Call of Duty games, earlier this month Activision filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against cheat maker EngineOwning UG and CMN Holdings S.A. Activision Investigation Has Been Running Since 2017. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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If copyright law won’t protect small fashion brands against copying, social media will – just ask influencer Danielle Bernstein

JIPEL Copyright Blog

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. million followers on Instagram, was allegedly making “ seven figures ” as of 2017, and has a book on the New York Times bestseller list (Tik Tok commenters would remind you, however, that her listing had a dagger next to it). The account and its 2.6