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Court Says “You May NOT Amend Your TOS by Posting New Terms to Your Site”–International Markets v. Thayer

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The most recent court to scowl in the direction of a company that purported to unilaterally update its terms-of-use agreement with little or no notice to users was Int’l Markets Live, Inc. Int’l Markets at 5. Reading the language of Int’l Markets and Dropbox , I think the answer should be no, but I haven’t seen a court say as much.

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Livehd7 Sports Piracy Network Shut Down By ACE, But Not For the First Time

TorrentFreak

Since its inception in 2017, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has built a reputation for targeting online piracy operations regardless of scale and no matter where they operate. Obtaining pirated content, whether movies, TV shows, or live streams of broadcast TV, has been a global consumer phenomenon for years.

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Virginia Photographer Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Indiana Company Premier Aquascapes LTD for Unauthorized Use of Image

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Court documents claim the Photograph was registered with the United States Copyright Office (USCO) on January 19, 2017. Despite Plaintiff’s attempts to resolve the issue in October and November 2024, the Defendant allegedly continued to infringe on the work, resulting in harm to the Photograph’s commercial market.

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Lessons from the Levandowski Case: Reimagining the Exit Interview as Risk Management

IP Watchdog

It was February 2017 when Waymo, Google’s self-driving car unit, sued Uber in what would become the biggest trade secret case of the century. Waymo alleged that its former manager, Anthony Levandowski, had organized a competing company while still at Waymo, and before leaving had downloaded 14,000 confidential documents.

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Pirate IPTV’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Headteacher Risked More Than Most, Paid the Price

TorrentFreak

Had a crystal ball been available back in 2017, Merrell would’ve observed the operators of Flawless being sent to prison in 2023 for more than 30 years. In a subsequent interview Merrell admitted that he’d serviced 1,000 customers since 2017, a figure later revised to 2,000 by 2021.

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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

However, an element of the bill would make it retroactive for all companies with a market cap of $150 billion, an amount Disney exceeds. This is actually the second lawsuit between the two, as Riot sued Moonton over similar allegations in 2017. 2: Riot Games sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang for Plagiarism—Again.

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512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. McCandless

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Case Citation : Digital Marketing Advisors v. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? The post 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. McCandless appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. McCandless Group, LLC, 2022 WL 17403067 (C.D. MGA Entertainment.