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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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“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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Two skulls are confusingly similar – Crystal Head Vodka successfully enforced its 3D trade mark

The IPKat

It involves the iconic skull bottle of Crystal Head Vodka and a hauntingly similar skull-shaped bottle design. 015736622 , registered in 2017 inter alia for ‘vodka’. Globefill also owns EU design no. As a result, Kefla was ordered to cease and desist from using its German trade mark and to agree to surrender it.

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

JIPEL Copyright Blog

How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? 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

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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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Record Label Sends Bogus Takedown Notice, Defeats 512(f) Claim Anyway–White v. UMG

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Summit Entertainment * Cease & Desist Letter to iTunes Isn’t Covered by 17 USC 512(f)–Red Rock v. HSI * Furniture Retailer Enjoined from Sending eBay VeRO Notices–Design Furnishings v. Spoiler: Not Well) * Another Section 512(f) Case Fails–ISE v.