The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The answer to this question hasn’t always been clear to me, although the sensible answer is to say that, if I actively market my hotel to the EU tourist market and EU tourists respond by booking to stay in my hotel, that counts as genuine use in the EU. But I am not sure that is fair. The images below show the marks and sign at issue.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

The idea that the transitory nature of streams qualified for protection under Article 5 of the InfoSoc Directive was also dismissed, in part because the pirate movies and TV shows were (surprise) pirated and therefore undermined the legitimate market. And with that, BREIN had the authority to target all players in the pirate IPTV market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. A lawsuit over allegedly infringing music files uploaded to the iTunes store. [The 26, 2021).

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

However, regarding the affidavit of user, the court noted that the application was filed before the 2017 Trademark Rules that prescribe for an affidavit of user, and thus the same cannot be subjected to the provision that was introduced during its pendency. Samsung to pay $150 mn to Nanoco Tech in QLED patent suit settlement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

The Digital Economy Act 2017 was the government’s attempt at creating a better, safer internet for citizens in the UK. As detailed in our previous reporting , Voltage Holdings is a member of FACT Administration LLP , a UK corporate structure behind the latest settlement scheme. FACT Administration LLP. Good luck with that too.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. The picture at issue was taken in 2017, and was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office on July 29, 2017. Mitrakos, 22-CCB-0035 , February 15, 2023, and Oppenheimer v. Prutton, 22-CCB-0045 , February 28, 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Thus, if an artist creates a derivative work based on a photograph unlawfully , and copies of that derivative work are reproduced and distributed to the public, the owner of copyright in the photograph is entitled to sue for copyright infringement and to recover remedies for the unlawful use of their photograph.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

That includes copyright infringement. We use Google Analytics and cookies to collect marketing metrics for our website and several external tools for collecting crash reports (only if a user opts in to sharing these reports). If we receive any type of DMCA requests or Copyright Infringement Notices – we ignore them.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

With its ruling in Poland v Commission ( C-401/19 ) on 26 April 2022 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed an action to annul Article 17 of Directive (EU) 790/2019 on copyright and related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive).

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