Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Back in October 2020, I wrote about a copyright infringement case filed by Jeffrey Scott against the Walt Disney Company. Without any ownership interest in the production bible, Scott had no right to assert a copyright infringement claim. The case didn’t get very far as a result of a somewhat unusual set of circumstances.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Construing these allegations as true and in Service’s favor, Service subjectively believed that he possessed an ownership interest and that he never approved the Comedy Dynamics deal. I’m pretty sure the drafters of 512(f) never contemplated that it would be invoked in disputes over ownership.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The movie companies allege a breach of contract but note that due to the defendants’ alleged accounting deficiencies, they are unable to put an exact figure on the amount Hierl and his law firm failed to pay. Overall, Millennium believes that there is an enforceable contract and it’s owed $130,000 in collected settlements.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the context of certain questions that arose in the proceedings, Tanvi then brings up an interesting hypothetical i.e. what if the defendants had challenged the ownership of the copyright early on, instead of the attempt to amendment later on. Tanvi is a second-year student pursuing BA LLB at the National University of Juridical Sciences.

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Patently-O

JULY 22, 2022

However, the pair had not fully exited from their Sleep Number contract. The appellate panel agreed that Sleep Number had a fair chance of prevailing since the contract “clearly and unambiguously places the inventions described in the patent applications within” its scope. On appeal, the 8th Circuit has affirmed.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The Court, however, held that Densy stated sufficient facts to establish the existence of an implied-in-fact contract between the parties. There the Court quoted Justice Traynor’s dissenting opinion in Stanley : The policy that precludes protection of an abstract idea by copyright does not prevent its protection by contract.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In March 2020, plaintiffs began to have concerns about defendants’ loyalties to the business. Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. It had approximately 4,000 followers. See generally, Christopher A. Johnson.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here. While the High Court found Morison liable for trademark infringement as well as passing-off, the trial judge did not make a finding of copyright infringement, stating that as the designer of the device was not called to testify, copyright ownership was not sufficiently proven.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2022

2020-1415, -1416, -1919, -1920 (Fed. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, has something for everyone: questions of venue and statutory interpretation, invalidity and written descriptions, contracts and co-ownership of patents, and willfulness, injunctions, and royalty rates. Research Org., Appeal Nos.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Although the contract between a makeup artist and her publisher described the artist as the author of the book, the dispute still arose under the Copyright Act because “author” is a term defined under the Act. Kelley, August 12, 2020, Higginbotham, P.). Case date: 12 August 2021. Case number: No. 20-20523.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Notwithstanding a 2020 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2018 denied Google’s first mandamus petition, but on Google’s second attempt the Federal Circuit Court held in 2020 that mandamus was warranted and venue was not proper.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

Facebook sued BrandTotal on October 1, 2020, which the court treats as a revocation of BrandTotal’s rights to access Facebook’s servers. Penal Code § 502); (5) intentional interference with Meta’s contracts with its users; and (6) violation of the “unlawful,” “unfair,” and “fraudulent” prongs of the UCL. ” Oof.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

In 2020, AirG was involved in a similar copyright infringement action, Lickerish, Ltd. Federal Court Dismisses Copyright Claim Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Establish Ownership: [link]. The Court was not satisfied that any of this evidence confirmed that Pugliese was a US citizen in April 2015, when photos were created. v AirG Inc.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2024

Through immutable record-keeping and smart contracts, blockchain provides a secure and transparent platform for managing IP rights, facilitating collaboration, reducing disputes, and unlocking new opportunities for innovation and monetization.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In today’s world, there has been considerable growth in remote jobs, gig-economy work and artificial intelligence tools which introduce new complexities with the ownership of worker creations. With the increasing prevalence of AI tools and hybrid work models, the traditional understanding of ownership and IP becomes obscure. [2]

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This means that, at the time when this market emerged (which can be probably traced back to 2020 – it seems not that long ago, but time in the crypto-sphere is running at a different pace), it was unclear what an NFT exactly is. All this has been complicated by the fact that NFTs are both a new and complex concept.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

billion in 2020 to $24.1 This blog explores some considerations surrounding influencer marketing and highlights key aspects that should be addressed in contracts to ensure a mutually beneficial and legally compliant partnership. billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In 2020, Reddit removed Rogozinski from his role controlling the subreddit as moderator, concluding that he was “attempting to monetize a community.” The issues in this case are interesting because they are similar to those being debated with regard to AI ownership and attribution. Should be interesting.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The plan follows the Commission’s IP Action Plan adopted in November 2020, and addresses a number of strategies for the protection and enforcement of IPRs. by Jan Bernd Nordemann, Christian Czychowski. € by Jan Bernd Nordemann, Christian Czychowski. €

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. With an astounding $17.7 The cat painting itself does not usually immutably exist on the blockchain.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements. Heads up: The Regulations were revoked in March by the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Royalty Collection and Distribution) (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations, 2023.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

billion in 2020 to $24.1 This blog explores some considerations surrounding influencer marketing and highlights key aspects that should be addressed in contracts to ensure a mutually beneficial and legally compliant partnership. billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

2020), the Second Circuit purported to reaffirm that “the discovery rule applies for statute of limitations purposes in determining when a copyright infringement claim accrues under the Copyright Act.” Starz filed suit in May 2020 (within nine months of discovery), asserting 340 separate infringements. Scholastic, Inc. , 17 U.S.C. §

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. From this constitutional dimension of copyright emerged the notion of ‘user rights’ ( Geiger, 2020 ).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Several months prior to trial, in September 2020, Intel filed a motion to stay the litigation due to a new license defense the company wished to assert. 2] ” In July 2020, affiliates of investment management firm Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”) acquired Finjan, bringing Finjan under the control of Fortress.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Only five percent of Black Americans own equity in a business in the United States, according to an October 2020 McKinsey study. She received a loan and was able to make her dreams of restaurant ownership a reality. . But bank loans for bars and restaurants have been historically difficult to come by. .

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

The digital universe is so large that it is said that big data is doubling in size every two years, and by the end of 2020, it is expected to reach 44 zettabytes. Automation, as well as assets emerging from big data, will need a new outlook from the legal standpoint to justify such creations and resolve ownership issues.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Since in or about late 2020, ML Fashion has been receiving calls from vendors about unpaid bills or about where to ship certain goods that have turned out to be for Nobelle.” Second, more fundamentally, this was conversion/breach of contract, not false advertising.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The share of MSME Gross Value Added ( GVA ) in India’s GDP during the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 was an impressive 30.5%, 27.2%, and 29.2%, respectively. in the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22, respectively. These figures underscore the significant impact MSMEs have on the nation’s economic performance.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 1, 2022

It includes a lengthy list of specific financial products with well-understood legal meanings (such as stocks and bonds), but it also includes broader, more flexible terms (such as an “investment contract”), which can apply to a wide range of financial arrangements. [6]. The phrase “investment contract” is not defined in the Securities Act.

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43(B)log

MARCH 4, 2022

In spring 2020, the page allegedly had over 4,000 followers. The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. But breach of fiduciary duty and contract claims survived, as did unjust enrichment and civil conspiracy.

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

This arrangement by the Copyright Board expired in 2020 after which the IPAB fixed the rate of royalties while deciding on the applications filed under Section 31D. YRF’s argument was that the right to collect royalties in the proviso to Section 18, was another statutory right that does not arise out of ownership of copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A report by Citibank published in March, 2020 observes that the Metaverse economy could be a thirteen trillion dollar total addressable market by the year 2030. But needless to say, the Metaverse brings into picture several aspects of the law such as Copyright law , Contract law, Tort law and Criminal law. Contract Law .

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43(B)log

APRIL 3, 2024

Collectively they’re called “contracted service providers” (CSPs). Route Consultant advises CSPs on “buying and selling FXG routes, ISP and TSP ownership and operations, and fleet strategy.” Route Consultant advises CSPs on “buying and selling FXG routes, ISP and TSP ownership and operations, and fleet strategy.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. What is Considered an Ownership Interest? What is Substantial Control? Does the Company Applicant Need to be Reported?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 28, 2023

23/2020 on the Regulation of the Sale of Residential Real Estates by the Heirs and Dubai Decree No. 23/2020 – Regulation of the Sale of Residential Real Estates by the Heirs: This decree focuses on the regulations surrounding the sale of residential properties inherited by heirs in the Emirate of Dubai. 23/2020 and No.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

33] And let’s not forget the elephant in the room, the USPTO, which, as the issuer of patents, has the right to ask for ownership information and the recordation of secured interests throughout the administrative process, particularly as it comes to the broad fee-setting and fee-paying authority it has over the patents it issues and reviews. /Dec.

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