TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While no digital content is ever entirely immune from being copied and distributed illegally, photographs and other images are especially vulnerable. Tools enabling users to download, copy, share, and then ultimately mass distribute images exist in, or are accessible from, most phones, tablets, and computers.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 24, 2022

” This worked out initially but soon after GitHub took action, copies started to appear. This included one shared by the user “jsemu3”, which Nintendo took down in 2018. As history has shown, new copies are bound to pop up. Again, it was uploaded by a user with a familiar-sounding name; jsemu2.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

He assembled various collages of the images and sent copies by postal mail to Doe and “his ex-wife, his adult child, several of his neighbors, and his place of business.” In our 2018 study, we found seven cases involving male victims. Spencer appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 11, 2024

In Cyprus, Texas , Valcrum, LLC (“Valcrum”), a company specializing in trailer and axle market products, is engaged in a legal dispute with Dexter Axle Company, LLC (“Dexter”) from Indiana over trademark and trade dress infringement regarding a hubcap design.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Boston Carriage’s principals voluntarily shared their business knowledge with Boston Suburban, including Boston Carriage’s business and marketing strategies and its online presence.” Boston Suburban registered the domain name “logan-car-service.com.” The actionable alleged misrepresentation is that defendant performed the relevant services.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

Operating from 2016 until 2018, the Flawless IPTV service copied subscription TV broadcasts from official (and unofficial) sources and then restreamed that content to tens of thousands of customers, at a dramatically cut down price. For many UK football fans, Flawless granted access to the sport they love, at a price they could afford.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 7, 2025

2 Licensing enables copyright owners and users to come together in a mutually beneficial manner, helping the market function more efficiently and responsibly. 12 In the 1970s, when photocopying was the disruptive technology, both direct and collective licensing helped make the market for using copyrighted materials work. 2018), [link].

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At these locations, content supplied by the TV providers had its copy protection stripped before being transmitted, stored, and then retransmitted to Gears subscribers using servers and other hardware controlled by Carrasquillo and his co-defendants. 506(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. §§ 2319(b)(3) and 2 (Counts 4, 13, and 18) 5. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 4, 2024

For good measure, they also marketed them as such. The majority failed to appreciate the importance of framing and intent and, as predicted in 2018 , YouTube’s 2021 response was inevitable. Where there had once been a nod-and-a-wink, many ventured into the full-blown piracy tutorial arena.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

501 in 2018 and moved for partial summary judgement on the grounds that she never authorized WWE to recreate her tattoo. The court opined that the dispute to copying does not arise as the defendants had admitted to copying the tattoo. 2016) it stated that the burden is on the Defendant to prove the copying was authorised.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

The major threat in today’s market has been growing for many years, mainly because it’s so quick and easy. The domain has been targeted in just seven requests with just eight of its URLs removed since 2018. But does wordplay stop people from ripping billions of tracks from YouTube and copying them to their machines?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

In 2018, broadcaster DISH Network sued the people behind pirate IPTV service SetTV for illegally obtaining the company’s broadcasting from its satellite service and redistributing them online. On June 4, 2018, the court issued a temporary restraining order against the SetTV defendants, which included measures to freeze their assets.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Adjusted for inflation, imported Japanese N64s changed hands for the equivalent of $1,400 in today’s money; a copy of Super Mario 64? Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. A snip at $165. An emulator reference, presumably.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? It confirms both ownership of valid copyrights and copying by the defendants of original constituent elements of the works.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“Kiwi Farms users provided a Google Drive link to a full copy of Mr. Greer’s book.” The court says these allegations are sufficient for direct copyright infringement: Mr. Greer alleged he discovered the book “had been illegally put onto Kiwi Farms” in January 2018. ” Greer emailed Moon asking to remove the book.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

” The Plaintiff undertook a market survey, which revealed that the defendant was secretly selling inferior quality apparel, under deceptively similar trademarks to those of the plaintiff. The Plaintiff claimed prior use of the mark since 2018. Mrs Arti Gupta & Anr. vs Puran Rana & Anr.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Robinhood used Ice Cube’s picture and paraphrase of a line from his song to illustrate an article about market corrections. The post 1H 2021 Quick Links, Part 4 (Advertising, Contracts, & More) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. On the contrary, they seem easily separable.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

He started collecting real-world test data in August 2018. He posted about the app on social media but didn’t encourage others to do so; he didn’t have a written business or marketing plan before launch, and he did not create investor presentations, solicit investors, or raise capital. But a jury could find bona fide use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This was, in a way, to “monopolize” the adult entertainment market. Instagram appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. 23, 2024) The post Allegations of a Bribe-Driven Facebook-OnlyFans Conspiracy Unsurprisingly Fall Apart in Court–Dangaard v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Starting in 2018, Shared “lost access” to the instant articles program three times, each time (allegedly) without advance notice despite the applicable TOS saying Facebook “will use good faith efforts to provide Publisher with notice of” any termination. Bonne chance.”).

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SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

In the context of plagiarism, UGC has publicly problematized both ‘regular’ plagiarism ( through its 2018 Regulations for the ‘ Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions’ ) as well as ‘self-plagiarism’ (through a public Notice in 2020). Context is Important!

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The software’s creators always distanced themselves from illegal activity but third-party sellers beyond their control marketed “fully loaded” Kodi boxes as ideal tools for piracy. A few years ago, Kodi found itself at the center of this add-on controversy. This is a working paper that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Our current AI-related offerings are focused on the corporate, research, academic and education markets. law, copying copyrighted content to train AI can state a cause of action for infringement [Citing, Thomson Reuters Enters. 2021) (downloading and copying of Westlaw database for the purpose of training AI).] 529 F.Supp.3d

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Setting the stage against DataCamp, DISH’s lawsuit draws attention to a 2018 submission to the USTR which saw the Motion Picture Association (MPA) complain that DataCamp’s infrastructure was being used by pirate IPTV services to distribute copyrighted content. Lawsuit Highlights MPA Complaints About DataCamp.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 1, 2024

Copying or reproduction remains relevant, as does the concept of distribution. According to the indictment, Valverde marketed Fenix and attracted subscribers through a network of resellers, each of whom sold monthly subscriptions via so-called reseller credits. Between 2018 and May 2020, Valverde sold reseller credits to ‘M.D’,

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Internet infrastructure company was featured in the first EU piracy watchlist in 2018 and responded with rebuttals. Since then, the company is no longer labeled a ‘notorious market’ Other sites and services have also dropped off the list. A similar position was experienced by Cloudflare. Cyberlockers. – Mega.nz/.io.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This is primarily due to the fact that a large number of new millionaire buyers have joined the market, thus leading to a surge in the trade of contemporary art. As of 2018, the global art market was valued at over 67 billion US dollars. Moreover, the contemporary art domain now accounts for 15% of the global art market.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2023

Vietnam Stays on the Watch List In 2018 there had been some promising signs. When the USTR published its list of ‘notorious markets’ in 2019, Vietnam had other problems on its hands. The prediction was solid. ” Once again, enforcement in Vietnam suddenly seemed viable.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

3] The suit alleged that Sherlock Holmes’ character traits of warmth and empathy were copied and not yet in the public domain, as these traits only developed in later works that are still protected by copyright. [4] 18] Netflix admitted it had access to and copied the memoir. [19] 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6].

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IPilogue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Though mass-marketed in a $2 million promotional campaign , Earthbound failed replicate its Japanese success in North America. Copies of the game along with a gamer’s guide packaged in special extra-large cardboard boxes sat unsold on shelves for months. History of Earthbound. This type of video documentation is called “Let’s Play”.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Samsung : This was a case, from 2011 to 2018, where Apple took the word against Samsung, claiming infringement of its smartphone design and utility patents. Apple had accused Samsung of copying the features of the iPhone, like the rounded-rectangle shape, home button, and the grid icon layout.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Users retain ownership of content they upload to GitHub, but grant GitHub: the “right to store, archive, parse, and display [the content], and make incidental copies, as necessary to provide the Service, including improving the Service over time.” GitHub (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There is uncertainty over how much selection and refinement is needed to produce the best work (see examples of selection, refinement and reworking here and here ) and getting the right prompt is challenging enough to have created a market for effective prompts. We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI” 2.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Some of McFree’s critical videos use copyrighted material owned by Watch Tower so in 2018, the group filed an application for a DMCA subpoena which asked a court to compel YouTube/Google to hand over his details. ” He also notes that following a Watch Tower DMCA notice in 2018, the Dubtown video was removed by YouTube.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

Protecting trade secrets under copyright law, Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to the plaintiff, restricting the defendant from marketing and selling its market research reports. The defendant however argued that they cannot be compelled to disclose commercial secrets, relying on Section 104A(1).

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