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5th Cir affirms fair use on a motion to dismiss, fee award to D

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25, 2022) “The softball team and flag corps at a public high school outside Fort Worth used their Twitter accounts to post a motivational passage from sports psychologist Keith Bell’s book, Winning Isn’t Normal.” He sued; the court of appeals affirms a finding of fair use on a motion to dismiss and an award of attorneys’ fees.

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Court Finds Tweet To Be Fair Use

LexBlog IP

The WIN Passage is subject to a separate copyright registration and he offers licenses for its use. In December 2017, Chisholm Trail High School’s softball team and color guar posted the WIN Passage to their Twitter accounts. He offers merchandise, including t-shirts and posters, that display the WIN Passage.

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ACE Shuts US-Based Pirate IPTV Services, Poor Security Costs $2m

TorrentFreak

The realm of content protection may yet have an AI savior waiting in the wings, but until a model can accurately determine fair use and conduct complex, error-free investigations, humans retain the upper hand. 2m+ Settlement Agreed The closure of these services will be governed by a settlement agreement between ACE and three U.S.-based

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3 Count: Clubbed Penguin

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Joe Tidy at the BBC reports that the City of London Police have arrested three people and shuttered the website of a group that was running an unauthorized clone of Club Penguin, the Disney social media site/game that shuttered in 2017. The court, in this case, rejected the test as well as Newsweek’s fair use arguments.

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] TRIAL CASES.

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

CV H-17-1068, 2017 WL 2957912, at *8 (S.D. July 11, 2017) (holding that “the mere purchase of AdWords alone, without directing a consumer to a potentially confusing web page, is not sufficient for a claim of trademark infringement,” citing Mary Kay, 601 F. See Tempur-Pedic N. Mattress Firm, Inc. , in the Adler v. McNeil case.

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Trademarks as a Barrier to Free-Speech: An Examination of the MetaBirkins Dispute

SpicyIP

Though the text of the Act does not use the terms dilution, tarnishment, blurring or free-riding, the text of section 29(4), along with caselaw makes it abundantly clear that such acts are actionable in Indian courts. The Indian counterpart of fair use in trademark law is embodied in Section 30 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

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