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3 Count: LEGO Jacket

Plagiarism Today

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that LEGO is facing a lawsuit from artist James Concannon following the inclusion of a jacket similar to one that he designed as part of a recent LEGO set. According to Concannon, he designed the jacked in 2018.

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Court Dissolves hiQ’s Injunction Against LinkedIn–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

” In May 2017, LinkedIn sent hiQ a C&D and blocked its IP addresses. In August 2017, the district court: found that hiQ showed a likelihood of irreparable harm, crediting hiQ’s assertion that the survival of its business was threatened absent a preliminary injunction. hiQ sought relief from the courts.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 11-November 17)

SpicyIP

” The Court found substantial evidence to support these claims and acknowledging non-compliance with the plaintiff’s cease and desist notices by the defendant, the Court gave an ex-parte order for injunctive relief and ruled in favour of the defendant. Super Cassettes Industries Private Ltd.

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Court Mistakenly Thinks Copyright Owners Have a Duty to Police Infringement–Sunny Factory v. Chen

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

That’s by design–the DMCA was designed to resolve matters outside of court. Now, imagine the rightsowner also overclaimed trade dress protection for its sage leave design. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? ” This is clearly wrong.

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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 ]. In July 2019, a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the company H Z without much effect. A Kat on a monster-truck Facts Feld Motor Sports Inc. Feld Motor Sports Inc.

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Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

“Plaintiffs have adequately alleged that a member of the general online public ‘might see the EMMY Statuette Design as used by Defendant and mistakenly believe that there is a link between Plaintiffs and Defendant or find the association offensive, thus tarnishing the mark.'” .” UGH. No evidence re. July 30, 2021).

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

LinkedIn lawsuit started in 2017. CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. Are robots.txt, IP address blocks, or cease-and-desist letters still relevant to the CFAA at all?