Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

A federal jury is set to decide whether celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D infringed photographer Jeff Sedlik’s copyright in a Miles Davis portrait by tattooing the image onto her client’s body. A first-of-its-kind copyright infringement trial is scheduled to begin today in Los Angeles.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 27, 2021

On June 21, 2021, the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (Shenzhen AMR) issued the first ever administrative injunction against the alleged infringement of a design patent. On June 24, 2021, the Shenzhen AMR issued its first injunction under the above described scheme. The Shenzhen ASM Experiment.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2021

On June 21, 2021, the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (Shenzhen AMR) issued the first ever administrative injunction against the alleged infringement of a design patent. On June 24, 2021, the Shenzhen AMR issued its first injunction under the above described scheme. The Shenzhen ASM Experiment.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

& Anr passed an interim injunction in favour of the plaintiff restraining the defendants and its associates from using in any manner the trademark RAJDHANI or any other trademark which is deceptively similar to the trademark of the plaintiff [September 1, 2021]. Delhi High Court entrance. . & Delhi High Court in Dassault Systems v.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a copyright infringement lawsuit against the realtors Columbia House of Brokers Realty over the alleged infringement of floor plans. 2: Eurovision Singer James Newman Wins Copyright Case over Rudimental Hit.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Respondent submitted that the Palais Royal dining table would not be protected by copyright since it is not sufficiently original. The design was largely attributable to functional and technical considerations and based on simple variations of previously known designs that are part of the general design repertoire.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It included a list of the 20 most viewed posts during the second quarter of 2021, each of which received between 43.6 Though it’s impossible to know where the source actually is, Ghanaian rapper M.anifest posted the image on Twitter two weeks prior, and it’s likely that too was a copy from somewhere else. Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Among other things, the coordinated Friday release scheme was designed to reduce piracy. In line with the current releasing schedule, it appeared on official sites on Friday 19 November 2021 courtesy of Melted Stone and Columbia Records. ’30’ is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As one side pays millions to produce or license movies and TV shows, the other only has to worry about when they’re available to copy, so that subscriptions can be sold to the public. Rights Alliance mentions no specific date but says that police targeted the home of a key suspect late 2021. Similar IPTV Arrest.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2023

Following an online hearing on February 3, 2021, Mr Justice Miles rendered his decision at the High Court in London. To keep things as simple as possible, his key findings were as follows: 1) The streaming-ripping sites were “designed to provide a service which enables users to make infringing copies.”

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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] 2021) (full order can be viewed here ). [2] 1] Phillip Madison Jones v. Twentieth Century Studios, Inc.

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SpicyIP

MAY 13, 2024

The Assistant Controller of Patents on May 6, 2024 (Bombay High Court) An appeal under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970 was filed by the petitioner against an order dated September 16, 2021. INTA filed an intervention on interpretation of the term “Article” under the Indian Designs Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office. OK, I guess, but this is a reminder of how hard it is to win 512(f).

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2022

The IPKat's favourite Le Pliage When you have a handbag design bestseller with over 54 million copies sold around the world since its creation in 1993, the question concerning the IP rights vesting in it is not just an academic one. The case concerned Longchamp’s Le Pliage “cult” bag.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, historically, the Act had no provisions to put in place any mechanism of sorts to deal with infringing copies of film being exhibited or distributed. Apart from the newly inserted sections, the whole scheme of the Act does not talk about copyright infringement or film piracy. 6AA and 6AB to the original Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

The Television Academies sued Goodman for copyright infringement, trademark infringement and dilution, and defamation. Copyright Infringement/Fair Use. When the Television Academies sent the takedown notice to YouTube, there is no evidence they knowingly made a misrepresentation about the infringement.

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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. July 17, 2023).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

However, copyright protection may unexpectedly clash with this sustainable practice, as certain upcycled items could include copyrighted prints, ornaments, or design patterns from the original materials, such as new clothing items made out of old bed sheets, curtains, or tablecloths , or jewellery made from broken porcelain.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In September 2021, Indigenous model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse turned heads at the Met Gala wearing a gold cut-out gown by Peter Dundas and traditional Navajo turquoise jewelry. The applicant, Indigenous artist John Bulun Bulun, sought relief for copyright infringement of a bark painting, which R & T Textiles had used on t-shirts.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2021, OpenAI’s Dall·E was able to create images in response to text prompts, including those combining unrelated concepts (such as “a snail made of harp”), but the results were merely competent in artistic terms. Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

1183 (2021). In that case, the Court found that Google’s use of Java API naming conventions in its Android operating system was fair use under copyright law. Because its fair use decision decided the case, the court did not rule separately on whether the API was even copyrightable in the first place.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Late September 2021, a group of independent movie companies filed a lawsuit against DataCamp, alleging that the CDN company provided services to several VPN providers. As a result, the company was accused of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement alongside calls for an injunction. Pirate IPTV Services Used DataCamp.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Depending on opinion, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, either doesn’t like criticism, dislikes copyright infringement, or hates both. In the summer of 2021, that case also ran into trouble when McFree refused to supply his real name.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

.” This is exactly what happened to Jaguar Land Rover in its claim against Land Wind (Jiangling Motors) in China for copying of Jaguar Land Rover’s car design. After their patent battle from 2014 to [2019], the design patents of Jaguar Land Rover and Land Wind for their off-road vehicles were invalidated by each other.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

ANCINE’s Special Agreement With the MPA In April 2021, ANCINE announced it had signed “technical cooperation agreements to intensify the fight against piracy of audiovisual content.” Not exactly; in fact, deeper cooperation with the MPA played a significant role in the decision to prioritize local content protection.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

vs Sotkon Sp Slu on 30 January, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal against the impugned order and held the Appellant prima facie guilty of contempt for continuing to supply garbage bins to Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation, in violation of an interim injunction dated October 2021. Check out the post for more details.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Default judgment can be an effective way to stop online infringement. AMUL Canada , 2021 FC 636 is the most recent example of the effectiveness of default judgment. Kaira also owns common law design marks which are displayed on the websites www.amul.com and www.amuldairy.com. Background. Kaira produces milk products.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications. Delhi High Court joined three matters and ruled on jurisdiction of the courts post Tribunal Reforms Act 2021. Comedian Vir Das, Netflix booked for copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

I wonder what would be the effect of design-related regulatory measures, such as requiring generative model outputs to begin with triggering expressions like “I am not sure, but.” series is a series of models that was trained on a blend of text and code from before Q4 2021. ” or “I may be wrong, but.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The BGH ruled that the exclusive right of distribution of the author also included the right to offer the original or copies of the work to the public to purchase and to advertise to the public, in a targeted manner, the purchase of either the original or copies of the work.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Musical Arts, designs, pictures, software, material, and many other sorts of Intellectual Property can be transferred using an e-commerce platform in the digital age. There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. 26, 2023, 11:00 AM), [link]. ANU Press 2018). [23]

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. without a copyright notice.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Calm Water Therapeutics Llc vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs on 28 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The appeal challenged the rejection of a patent application for a “Bi-Functional Co-Polymer” by the Assistant Controller of Patents. X wins copyright infringement case against 17 music publishers.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

For example, YouTube has a fairly robust free copyright infringement monitoring program called Content ID. [5] And, where feasible, brand owners may want to consider hiring a person(s) whose sole purpose is to employ these tools to scour the internet for infringements. [6]. 13, 2021). [2] 13, 2021). [3]

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The defendant stopped appearing since October 7, 2021 and since December 2021, the matter has been proceeded ex-parte followed by issuance of bailable warrants against the defendants. Julian Sancton filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement. Eicore Technologies Pvt.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

They may look to state hacking laws, trespass to chattel claims, or other causes of action “such as copyright infringement, misappropriation, unjust enrichment, conversion, breach of contract, or breach of privacy.”. __. 2021 WL 1531172 at 6 (N.D. April 19, 2021). 2021 WL 1531172 at 10 (N.D. April 19, 2021).

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