TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Piracy Isn’t Always a Crime, Even When Dressed Up as Something Else As telecoms regulator AGCOM warns that people who simply use pirate IPTV subscriptions risk having their details forwarded for prosecution, a case with alleged offenses dating back to January 2017 has been progressing in the background.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 26, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by musician Greg Kihn, who sued the site in 2017. With that defeat, the two sides began settlement negotiations and have now agreed to dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning that it cannot be refiled. He sought to make the case a class action lawsuit, something that Wolfgang’s Vault fought against.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A shareholder who sued the media company formed by iconic comic book writer and publisher Stan Lee following an alleged "fire sale" merger with a Hong Kong company in 2017 has agreed to settle his Delaware Chancery Court class action for $950,000.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2022

First off today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that internet service provider Charter Communications has reached a second settlement with the major record labels over allegations that it failed to do enough to stop piracy on its service. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

This is actually the second lawsuit between the two, as Riot sued Moonton over similar allegations in 2017. million settlement in 2018. That case was dismissed by the same court and resulted Riot’s parent company, Tencent, filed a separate lawsuit in China alleging violations of a non-compete agreement.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GMR has reached similar settlements with other radio groups, including one with the Radio Music License Committee. The lawsuit was filed by Jingna Zhang, who alleged that Dieschurg copied a photo she took in 2017 when creating a painting. 2: ISPs Sued Over Pirate Movie Hosters Fembed, Uqload, Upvid, & Uvideo.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch A short non-precedential opinion from the Federal Circuit provides guidance on two key issues: (1) downstream non-party reliance upon settlement agreements; and (2) personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations. Siemens Industry, Inc. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (AG) , Nos. 2022-1623, -1624 (Fed. 22, 2023).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2025

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. Nowadays, Strike 3 mostly acts alone, but that doesn’t mean that their activity has diminished.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 25, 2022

In 2017, BREIN booked a prominent victory at the European Court of Justice, which ruled that it’s illegal to sell devices that are pre-configured to access copyright-infringing content. Operator Located, Settlement Reached. This settlement figure is relatively modest compared to what we have seen elsewhere.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sued AbbVie and Besins Healthcare, co-owners of a patent that covered brand AndroGel, in 2017. The FTC also claimed that the December 2011 Teva settlement constituted an illegal reverse payment settlement under FTC v. AndroGel is a blockbuster testosterone replacement therapy.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2022

New Pirate IPTV Sales Breached Settlement Agreement. But BREIN says that in subsequent investigations a number of adverts and websites showed traces of the same perpetrator, leading to the conclusion that the man was in breach of the settlement agreement. 5,000 Penalty For Any New Subscriptions.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The backstory and context provide some interesting insight into the copyright infringement settlement mill. Late December 2017, a few months after the blog post was published, Mr. Bell wrote in demanding the immediate takedown of the photo as well as a settlement payment of $5,000. Lucrative Settlements.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

In 2017, three indirect-purchaser antitrust class actions were filed against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc., The court preliminarily approved the settlement in August 2022. The post REMICADE Antitrust Settlement Receives Final Approval appeared first on Big Molecule Watch. million in expenses.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2021

This damages figure was reduced in a settlement agreement but, soon after, the Internet provider was hit with a $1 billion jury verdict in a similar case, which is still under appeal. In 2017, DMCA notices were separated from other abuse complaints. Cox Updated Its DMCA Policy. These lawsuits were a wake-up call for Cox.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2024

2m+ Settlement Agreed The closure of these services will be governed by a settlement agreement between ACE and three U.S.-based ACE has mentioned reaching settlement agreements with platform owners in the past, but in this matter the financial aspect is given a much higher profile than usual. based IPTV operators.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2022

These lawsuits can be a lucrative business, especially when targeted defendants opt for quick settlements of a few thousand dollars. For comparison, in 2017 all rightsholders combined filed 1,019 file-sharing cases. Strike 3 filed its first case in 2017 and since then has submitted over 9,000 complaints at federal courts.

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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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 2, 2021

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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JD Supra Law

JUNE 25, 2024

Under Armour on Friday said it has agreed to pay $434 million to settle a 2017 class action lawsuit accusing the sports apparel maker of defrauding shareholders about its revenue growth in order to meet Wall Street forecasts. The proposed settlement, subject to court approval, averts a scheduled July 15 trial in Baltimore federal court.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In 2017, Genentech also reached a settlement with Mylan in relation to Genentech’s patents for HERCEPTIN (trastuzumab), in which Mylan agreed to withdraw two IPR challenges. The post Genentech BPCIA Trastuzumab Case Against Tanvez Dismissed After Settlement appeared first on Big Molecule Watch.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

Since the ‘Filmspeler’ decision in 2017, BREIN says it has targeted around 370 IPTV sellers/providers, with cases usually involving settlements of tens of thousands of euros. He agreed to pay a relatively small settlement of 500 euros. Small Fines For Small Traders Prepared to Go Straight.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement. Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is not without risk.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2024

Catching IPTV Pirates In 2017, BREIN booked a prominent victory at the European Court of Justice, which ruled that it’s illegal to sell devices that are pre-configured to access copyright-infringing content. The man also agreed to pay an undisclosed settlement fee and 7,500 euros per day if any future infringements occur.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Court clarified that the appellants mark was declared well-known in 2017, and the well known status of a trademark is prospective and cannot retrospectively affect prior users. While discussing the possibility of a settlement, Mahindra conceded to omit the letter e in the beginning and add the house mark MAHINDRA.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

APRIL 6, 2017

The parties continued their settlement discussions and in February 2017, Neurovision’s owner and a Medtronic director exchanged offers and counteroffers by email. The parties’ attorneys exchanged drafts of a settlement agreement, which resulted in a finished unsigned agreement on March 23, 2017. against Medtronic, Inc.,

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The service disappeared from the internet in June 2017 as the result of a lawsuit and an injunction filed in Canada against Lackman. Finally today, Chetan Thathoo at Inc 42 reports that the French cosmetics company L’Oreal has reached a settlement with the Indian firm Nykaa over allegedly infringing packaging that the Nykaa was using.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2023

For comparison, in 2017 all rightsholders combined filed 1,019 file-sharing cases. 12,500+ Strike 3 filed its first case in 2017 and since then has submitted over 12,500 complaints at federal courts. This happens when the parties reach an out-of-court settlement or if Strike 3 drops a complaint for other reasons.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 15, 2022

With ties to the shadowy piracy monitoring and settlement factory GuardaLey , Voltage is currently pursuing Virgin Media customers in the UK to retrieve cash while warning that something much worse could happen. Voltage settlement actions always seek to maximize pressure on the internet bill payer. Background.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In a sample period spanning 2016/2017, Danish law firm Njord Law represented CMS Ltd in legal action targeting telecoms giant Telia. When Patrick Achache was in control of CMS, Maverickeye and Guardaley, he formed a copyright settlement partnership in the UK with Robert Croucher of Hatton & Berkeley.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

It was certified as a class action on behalf of a large number of sound recording copyright owners (but excluding the major record labels, which had already entered into a separate settlement with Sirius XM). That settlement left Flo & Eddie’s lawyers representing a class of only about 20% of the pre-1972 sound recording copyright owners.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Payment And Settlement Systems Act RBI, the primary regulatory authority of different forms of financial bodies has been quick in anticipating and adopting technological innovations. These banks are in fact Private Limited Companies and cannot discharge banking activities especially accepting demand deposits and on payment and settlements.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 2, 2024

With momentum on its side and tacit acceptance of its core claims via settlement agreement with Yuzu, Nintendo targeted key software tools underpinning emulation of its copyrighted games.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

A Family settlement agreement (FSA) was concluded wherein Abhishek Lodha was appointed as the CEO of the Lodha Group (later renamed Macrotech). According to this article , Abhinandan claims that the non-compete clause operated from 2017-2022 and was limited to Mumbai and London. 500 crores (disputed figure). In Cipla Ltd.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

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. ,

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

to account for the difference in income owed as a result of the difference between the royalty rates of 18% and 50% and simple interest calculated at a rate of 5% per year during the accounting period commencing July 1, 2017. Domino also paid Four Tet £56,921.08 Future Impacts. for songwriters/publishers.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Prior to 2017, China was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world, with 80% of Bitcoin transactions, the most popular digital currency, taking place in yuan 1. With “blockchain” in their name, almost 5,000 companies have been formally registered, up from 500 in 2017.

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