TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2013, Afdah.com entered the already crowded market and quickly attracted millions of users tempted by a comprehensive library of copyright-infringing movies. But of course, along with a rise in Afdah’s popularity came increased interest from copyright holders determined to shut down or disrupt the site. and Afdah.to.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Nearly a year after a screenwriter’s lawsuit over Disney’s “Muppet Babies” reboot was dismissed, the trustee of Jeffrey Scott’s bankruptcy estate has filed a new complaint alleging copyright infringement in a production bible and scripts from the original series.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TV Company Claims Ownership of Blender Film. The notice claimed that Bruno had infringed ZO’R TV’s copyrights by reproducing content (6:21 to 8:26) from this YouTube video published in 2018. The video published by ZO’R TV appeared on YouTube in March 2018 and since then has amassed 324 views.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

If the Supreme Court upholds the discovery rule for copyright cases, or simply declines to address it, the decision will leave copyright defendants exposed to very large awards for years of infringing conduct (as they have been everywhere but the Second Circuit). By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 10, 2018, Ms. Copyright Office. Dorland’s copyright infringement claims were allowed, while her claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress was denied.? . In order to prove copyright infringement , Ms. Dorland originally posted on Facebook.? . 19-cv-10203-IT), Ms.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. The software was rewritten in C# and became InSPC v2 in 2017/2018. Over the next three years they worked together to develop the InSPC software.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

It is now the most prevalent form of online music copyright infringement. The same is broadly true for blocking action in Australia while a more recent blocking injunction in India targets 18 sets of domains, with each set consisting of often multiple domains linked to the same platform or perceived ownership.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2023

Under the ‘Notice and Notice’ regime, ISPs are required to forward rightsholders’ copyright infringement notices to subscribers, in most cases those linked to the downloading and sharing of movies using BitTorrent. including hosting companies , VPN providers , and the latest targets, internet service providers.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Digital Rights Management emerged as a result of ubiquitous copyright infringement related to digital content. DRM work mechanism to protect the digital copyright work is to put barriers in places to prevent the stealing of the digital content. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT. Copyright Office.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This leads to obviously wrong statements like: In this case, the Court does not have claims for defamation, obscenity, copyright infringement, or some other related theory of liability before it, but instead claims sounding in negligence and public nuisance based on Defendants’ affirmative conduct. ” No. Not even close.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

While the prediction concerning key acquisition seems valid, in the unlikely event Nintendo addresses key ownership, licensing agreements would almost certainly tilt in favor of the gaming company. 1201), and infringes copyrights owned by Nintendo.” 1201), and infringes copyrights owned by Nintendo.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In so holding, the Ninth Circuit created (or widened) a circuit split with the Second Circuit, which previously held that even under the discovery rule, damages for copyright infringement are limited to “a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed.” Scholastic, Inc. , 3d 39, 52 (2d Cir. Scholastic, Inc. , 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Interestingly, T-Series enjoys joint ownership of the franchise “Aashiqui” with Vishesh Films. Titles of works are not considered suitable subjects for copyright protection, as they are essentially names of the work and are not complete by themselves without the work. In Krishika Lulla v. Lyca Productions v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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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? The court then moves on to consider Viacom’s copyright infringement claim.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 12, 2024

In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 grants certain rights to creators. Section 55 of the Copyright Act of 1957 [ii] provides civil remedies for copyright infringement. It explains that the copyright owner can claim an injunction as a remedy where copyright in any work has been infringed.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

However, its specific emphasis on protecting certain elements of the whole scheme of copyrighted content, such as fictional characters and the distinctive personas they embody, has been a focal point, contributing substantially to the discourse surrounding the ever-expanding ambit of copyrightability as well as personality rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

¯_(ツ)_/¯ We can infer from this opinion that treatment of Copyright Management Information (“CMI”) will be tricky for generative AI developers. Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2024

In 2018, after Nealy finished serving his second prison sentence, he sued Warner and others in the Southern District of Florida for copyright infringement, claiming he held copyrights to Music Specialist’s songs and that Warner’s licensing activities infringed his rights. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. 1] The U.S.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In such cases, ownership may be attributed to the publisher or another designated entity. This case highlighted the need for legal reform to address the complexities of orphan works in Indian copyright law. Furthermore, cultural institutions and educational organizations may hesitate to use such works, fearing copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The defendant did not claim ownership of the “Levi’s” trademark and only denied selling such goods. Consequently, their possession of numerous infringing products suggested they were selling counterfeit, prompting the Court to grant a permanent injunction in Plaintiff’s favour. 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 15, 2023

Advertisements are for public display and therefore, claiming the ownership is a debatable question in the domain of intellectual property. Plaintiff alleges that the same amounts to infringement of the trademark rights and the copyright involved in the cinematograph works.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

It took eight months, but the ownership question of the photographs has been settled. However, it is not what I expected for the first case to be finally determined: Section 512(f) and an ownership dispute between former business partners. On June 4, 2018, Oppenheimer found his image on Prutton’s website. It seems like it did.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

994 (2020) , a decision holding that the sovereign immunity of individual states prevented a copyright holder from recovering damages for infringement, I was a bit disheartened. 2d 588 (1985) (“Section 106 of the Copyright Act confers a bundle of exclusive rights to the owner of the copyright.”); 2d 480 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cattelan moved to dismiss Morford’s infringement and plagiarism claims on three grounds: [7]. Morford cannot claim ownership over a natural element (a fruit) and a functional component (duct tape). 13] He argued that those elements were original and thus protectable and, in this case, infringed by Cattelan’s Comedian.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon stopped the program in 2018, before Amazon recruiters had used it to evaluate candidates, when AI specialists discovered that the engine was biased against hiring women. Other industries have been reckoning with bias in AI as well. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon stopped the program in 2018, before Amazon recruiters had used it to evaluate candidates, when AI specialists discovered that the engine was biased against hiring women. Other industries have been reckoning with bias in AI as well. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2023

Morford’s claim is barred by the copyright doctrine of merger. Morford’s Motion for Summary Judgment Morford moved for summary judgment on three grounds [15] : Morford established ownership of a valid copyright. Cattelan copied constituted elements of Morford’s work that are original.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E owns a trademark (for entertainment services) and registered copyrights for Live PD, “which for four years featured live feeds of law enforcement activity across America, along with live narration and commentary from host Dan Abrams and others.” Query: what percentage of social media comments about On Patrol: Live does this represent?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

Gutierrez held that Arty had contractually given up ownership of the rights over remix composition, and therefore had no grounds to sue. The Remixer Declaration provides that Arty does not have any ownership or financial interest in the “underlying musical composition” embodied in the Remix Master. Background and decision.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office granted ownership of the word “Jesus” to Jesus Jeans, owned by a publicly traded Italian company, BasicNet, giving the company exclusive rights in America to sell clothing bearing the name “Jesus.” 73, 77 (2018)(footnotes omitted)]. Garg (2018), at 78-80 ]. World Intellect.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

In addition to raising questions about ownership of outputs , infringement in training , and the future of copyright as a policy tool to encourage creativity , economists are in the early stages of analysing the effects of these technologies on human creativity.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Potential for Copyright Infringement The significant challenge created when AI systems are trained on copyrighted content is found when they accidentally copy parts of old works into new ones and, in turn, generate infringement. Copyright Office, Compendium of Copyright Office Practices , 2023.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

In interpreting these provisions, the Commission’s Guidance (COM/2021/288 final) states that information is considered “relevant” if it is at least “accurate about the rights ownership of the particular work or subject matter in question”. fingerprinting” and “metadata-based solutions”).

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? In 2018, section 53.1 Copyright Law. Even Fake Facts are Not Copyrightable. David Vaver. By Claire Wortsman.

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