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3 Count: Levitating Lawsuit

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed by Artikal Sound System, a band behind the 2017 song Live Your Life. According to the lawsuit, the album that Live Your LIfe was on reached the number 2 spot for reggae in 2017, meaning that it’s very easy for Dua Lipa to have heard it. No details have been released about the terms of the settlement.

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The Sham Litigation Exception after AbbVie - Is the Subjective Element a Sham?

JD Supra Law

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued AbbVie and Besins Healthcare, co-owners of a patent that covered brand AndroGel, in 2017. The FTC claimed that the manufacturers had brought “sham” patent infringement litigation in 2011 against Teva and another generic supplier, Perrigo. Actavis, in violation of Section 5.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently-O

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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‘Strike 3’ Filed a Record Number of Piracy Lawsuits in 2024

TorrentFreak

Since 2017, the adult company has filed over 15,000 cases against alleged pirates. For comparison, in 2017 – the first year Strike 3 was active – all copyright holders combined filed 1,019 cases related to file-sharing. At the time, Malibu Media was the most active copyright litigant.

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Prosecutors Drop Fraud Case Against Danish ‘Copyright Troll’ Law Firm

TorrentFreak

Since around 2017, Danish law firm Njord Law has worked with movie companies to extract cash settlements from alleged pirates. State Prosecutor Finds No Wrongdoing. All along Njord Law has insisted that its work complied with the law and it now transpires that the authorities agree.

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3 Count: Servant Returns

Plagiarism Today

The service disappeared from the internet in June 2017 as the result of a lawsuit and an injunction filed in Canada against Lackman. 3: Nykaa Settles Copyright Infringement Litigation With L’Oreal, Stocks Rally Post News. 3: Nykaa Settles Copyright Infringement Litigation With L’Oreal, Stocks Rally Post News.

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Piracy, It’s a Crime: UK Govt. Ignored Warnings, Now Families Pay The Price

TorrentFreak

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.