Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

Though distance learning is here to stay and education will likely never look exactly like it did in 2019, 2022 is still marks a return to something that as close to that previous norm as possible. 1: New Tools to Detect Contract Cheating. But one of the things that the pandemic changed with academic integrity was academic integrity.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 17, 2022

1: GPL Legal Battle: Vizio Told by Judge it Will Have to Answer Breach-of-Contract Claims. Vizio argued that the matter should be heard by a federal court, which has sole jurisdiction over copyright matters, but the SFC argued it was a contract dispute, which would be heard in the state court. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

3: Judge Rules in Favor of Ford on AirPro Contract, Copyright, Trademark violations. Finally today, Lurah Lowery at Repairer Driven News reports that car manufacturer Ford has won a summary judgment against the diagnostic company AirPro over alleged contract, copyright and trademark violations. That amount totals $228.9

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

It’s a reminder that you must consider how you will introduce evidence of contract formation in addition to worrying about the contract terms and formation process. “To the extent the contract pertains to use of Peloton’s Services (e.g., ” Thus, the nonparties cannot be swept into the contract.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2019, the same court found largely the same thing , but chose to revisit the issue following the Supreme Court ruling last year. Copyright and breach of contract are just two other areas to consider. In fact, it doesn’t really change much from it’s 2019 ruling either. Little has changed in the last three years.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Last month, Advocate General (AG) Szpunar issued his Opinion in case C-575/23 , this being the first request for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Directive (EU) 2019/790. 18 to 23, which govern fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers. 18 to 23 Directive (EU) 2019/790 Under Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 27, 2022

Almost 3 years after the adoption of the Digital Single Market ( Directive (EU) 2019/790 ) (CDSM Directive), its transposition by the Member States (MS) has proved to be a significant challenge. Source: European Copyright Society. Digital and Cross-Border Teaching Activities (Article 5).

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted. However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. The lawsuit was filed by filmmakers Selton and Langston Shaw.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 7, 2021

US Courts typically enforce choice-of-forum provisions found within contracts between two business entities. But, they did not enter such a contract. 2021)( KannuuSamsungDecision ). ” The potential deal fell apart and Kannuu eventually sued Samsung for patent infringement. Dodocase VR, Inc. MerchSource, LLC , 767 F.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

If the issue lies in loopholes within the ToS, the solution seems straightforward: draft tighter contracts and perhaps incorporate a browsewrap on your platforms to catch those who don’t hold accounts. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

District Court for the District of Delaware asserting claims against Sarepta for breach of contract and other claims. In its breach of contract claim, Nippon Shinyaku alleged that Sarepta breached the forum selection clause by filing the IPR petitions. Nippon Shinyaku filed a complaint in the U.S. Int’l Shipping Corp.,

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

One of the major changes in the past decade has been the rise of contract cheating. Though online essay mills may dominate headlines, studies show that most contract cheating isn’t for money and happens on a more personal level. The one thing that is certain about the 2022 school year is that it will be very different from the 2019.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2022

The complaint explains that Google changed the way it displays restaurant search results in 2019, confusing customers into ordering through Google-designed ordering buttons and pages, thereby robbing the restaurants of direct online orders.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

In a highly technical ruling, the court rejects Twitter’s CFAA claim on a motion to dismiss and rejects Twitter’s other claims, including breach of contract, on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike. Breach of Contract Twitter’s TOS bans scraping. Twitter fails this burden. to lose significant advertising revenues.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

At issue are two versions of the TOS from 2016 and 2019. Amazon updated the TOS in 2019 to make explicit that arbitrability would be decided by an arbitrator, and it emailed the drivers the new TOS. We have previously observed the importance of notice in the analogous context of electronic consumer contracts. It did not do so.”

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

25, 2021) Unlike the education cases so far, this pandemic case sustains both consumer protection and contract claims. Plaintiffs purchased Ikon ski passes for the 2019-20 ski season but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defendants closed their ski resorts on March 15, 2020.” Alterra Mountain Co., 2021 WL 2633326, No. 3d 834 (9th Cir.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Otto's Complaint alleges that he and the District entered into a contract on August 5, 1981, allowing the District's Athletic Department to use the Logo, but requiring written permission from Otto for specific uses. Between 1981 and 2019, the District apparently sought and received Otto's permission for each new use of the Logo.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Here’s what Ludovico writes: French ruling on transposition of the principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration by Ludovico Bossi Yesterday, by Decision n° 454477 , the French Conseil d’État stated that Directive (EU) 2019/790 (DSM Directive) has been insufficiently transposed in France, in particular concerning Article 18.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

In April 2019, the school disciplined her by revoking her status as a graduate family member, prohibiting her for apply for a promotion to full professor and barring her from serving on any of the school’s committees. Breach of Contract: Did the school violate their own rules and contracts with the person filing the lawsuit?

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

American actress Scarlett Johansson, known for playing the Black Widow in Disney & Marvel’s The Avengers franchise, took action against Disney on July 30, 2021 for an alleged breach of contract involving the recent Black Widow film’s distribution. In contract law, ambiguity is addressed in several ways.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has received its first request for preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of Directive (EU) 2019/790 (DSM Directive). 205/4 of the Belgium’s Code of Economic Law (as in force prior to the 2022 reform to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790).

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IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

Hence, commercialization occurs by distributing contracts among the authors and directors/publishers to distribute their works. Like any contract, a broadcasting agreement is entered between the concerned parties ascertaining their rights and obligations with respect to their content as a document enforceable in the eyes of law.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Nonetheless, Mirimax claims to hold all the copyrights and trademarks related to the film, prompting them to file a lawsuit for breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and unfair competition. 2: John Lewis Sued by Self-Published Children’s Author Over Christmas Ad.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Contracts are a state-law issue. And online contracts, even though they exist in the friction-less, boundary-less world of the internet, are also generally governed by state-law principles. There are relatively few state-court cases with outsized influence in the law of online contracts. 2019) 402 F.Supp.3d 2018) 893 F.3d

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

In 2019 , Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine Records for an estimated $300 million, including the master recordings for one of the most popular and successful musicians in the world: Taylor Swift. Sparks Fly. All music can be subdivided into three categories of copyright: lyrical, compositional, and sound.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Slaughter for the Central District of California granted motions for summary judgment against a screenwriter’s claims that the creation of Ad Astra , the 2019 Brad Pitt film, had infringed on a script he had written. [1] District Judge Fred W. Phillip Madison Jones, the screenwriter, sued Twentieth Century Studios, The Walt Disney Co.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 14, 2023

This long-running lawsuit started in 2019. The court asked the plaintiffs to point to the relevant contract provisions that shape the implied covenant. The plaintiffs made several key concessions: plaintiffs do not contend that there is an express contract provision requiring defendants to post plaintiffs’ videos on YouTube.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zilly ruled that the hacking, theft, and contract breach allegations survive Bungie’s motion to dismiss so can proceed. “On several occasions between October 2, 2019 and May 25, 2021 Bungie, Inc […] obtained information from personal files contained on Mr. Mays’ personal computer. This attempt was more successful.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cohen highlights the hurdles that defendants face in trying to assert a fraudulent inducement defense to a breach of contract claim. 656938/2019 (Sup. Even before the plaintiff sat for a deposition, plaintiff moved for partial summary judgment on the breach of contract claim, which the Court granted. In Thomas O’ Connor v.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This time, the dispute notably concerns both the originality of photographs and their use for a period exceeding that stipulated in the copyright assignment contract. In early 2019, Ms Y noticed that several of her other photos were still available online and had been altered. L'Oréal regularised the situation by renewing the licences.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. The flexibility of contracts makes them a prime candidate for restricting uses that copyright law leaves unprohibited. That still leaves a rather broad space for contract law to effectively limit the use of information.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

District Court for the District of Delaware asserting claims against Sarepta for breach of contract and other claims. In its breach of contract claim, Nippon Shinyaku alleged that Sarepta breached the forum selection clause by filing the IPR petitions. Nippon Shinyaku filed a complaint in the U.S. Int’l Shipping Corp.,

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

While NFTs – aka token contracts- last forever on the blockchain ledger, the linked digital asset could be taken from you or have its value/utility diminished or extinguished. Securities law, contract law, consumer protection laws, and causes of action for fraud and misrepresentation are all possible legal claims.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Bowers, 2019 Del. & Safety, 2019 U.S. Lamothe, 2019 U.S. State, 2019 Ark. 3, 2019 U.S. Friends of Wwoz, 2019 U.S. Loethen, 2019 U.S. Cases referencing thumbs-up emojis: 2 Bubbles LLC v. Trial Order LEXIS 38 (Del. Justice of the Peace Ct. Angelakos v. LEXIS 164701 (E.D.N.Y. Bardales v. Gonzales v.

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