Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! On 8 September 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in RTL Television. On 22 September 2022, the AG Szpunar issued his opinion in the AKM case on the interpretation of communication to the public by a satellite. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams. First Images of ‘Valorant Mobile’ Appear.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

” Indeed, the court says “the Deposit Copy reads like a manual, instructing a user how to generate digital messages—and convert those digital messages to analog signals—that Pyrotechnics’s control panel and field module can send and understand.” Pyrotechnics wants to control the market for every component of its system.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

pic.twitter.com/sqpOThi8nf — Tim Davis (@DocSparse) October 16, 2022. However, the Copilot version did not come with the LGPL license, a requirement of using code under that license, nor was there any indication that it was copied. — Alex Graveley (@alexgraveley) October 16, 2022. Similar, but different.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2022

When movies are recorded directly from cinema screens, the resulting pirate copy is known as a ‘cam’, regardless of the device used – camcorder or otherwise. A screenshot from the cam copy of Minions: The Rise of Gru. Other Camming Incidents in 2022. FCPA-issued Camming Response Flow Diagram.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 16, 2024

It reviews the growing importance of the protection of non-traditional trademarks within the fashion world in assessing how firms use trade dress to create and maintain an identity that may thrive within market competition. 2] Herms International v Rothschild 590 F Supp 3d 647 (SDNY 2022). [3] Yves Saint Laurent [1] and Herms v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Case Citation : Digital Marketing Advisors v. McCandless Group, LLC, 2022 WL 17403067 (C.D. Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v. The post 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

But with streaming, no significant uploading takes place and, just as importantly, no copies of movies or TV shows are made on users’ machines. He pre-installed Kodi and a selection of addons on the devices which enabled customers to access pirated copies of movies, TV shows, and live TV.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2022

April 20, 2022). Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The plaintiff’s alleged harm is the loss of a decade of photos, but the lack of an explanation didn’t cause that harm (the termination did). ” Protip: Facebook is a terrible cloud storage option. Case citation : King v. Facebook, Inc.,

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BYU Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

On January 25, 2022, Panoramic Stock Images, LTD ("Panoramic") filed a lawsuit against Washington University in St. its complaint, Panoramic accuses Wash U of copying "Panoramic’s copyrighted Work in order to advertise, market and promote its business activities."

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

Corporations are rarely considered worthy recipients of sympathy votes, but tearing down a patiently-built market that had overcome many piracy challenges over the previous decade won’t have been easy, even if it was necessary. It appears that price-cutting and piracy quickly took their toll on a collapsing market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The court says Likee didn’t engage in volitional conduct: Plaintiff has failed to establish the necessary causal nexus between Defendants’ conduct and its users’ illegal copying of Plaintiff’s copyrighted works. 2022 WL 17578247 (C.D. Likee appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

1:21-cv-10688-IT, 2022 WL 4626918 (D. 30, 2022) Plaintiff, d/b/a Logan Car Service, has offered limousine and transportation services primarily in the Greater Boston area since the 2000s and uses logancarservice.com to do so. Boston Carriage, Inc. Boston Suburban Coach, Inc., Boston Suburban is a competitor.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The court shows the moves at issue side-by-side: There is no doubt that Fortnite “copied” the video. At the same time, the choreography of a full dance routine should be copyrightable–and it would likely be infringing if a second comer copied the routine completely and verbatim. 2022 WL 4007874 (C.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

In response, Newman, the community moderator, copied all of the community’s posts and uploaded them to Dreamwidth–an action we used to call “mirroring” in the old days. “Newman did not create the original allegedly defamatory posts on LiveJournal…Newman copied the allegedly defamatory posts from LiveJournal to Dreamwidth verbatim.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2022

Having spent billions on development and marketing over decades, companies like Microsoft dominate important sections of the software market. The defendants are described as prolific distributors of “black market access devices”, aka activation keys and tokens for Microsoft software.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

According to the complaint, when Apple learned of the app, it liked the idea—so much so, in fact, that it copied it. These screenshots (from the complaint) show the alleged copying: I trust the differences are immediately apparent. Apple appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Apple, Inc. LEXIS 28086 (N.D.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

Both individuals and organisations may now share, communicate, and market their goods or themselves. The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent. 1 (2022). [5] 7] Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Marketing fast Internet is evidence that the service is trying to profit from copyright infringement…? RCN Telecom Services, LLC , 2022 WL 6750322 (D.N.J. 2022 WL 7560395 (D. RCN appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Some lowlights from the opinion: Direct infringement.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By recording the latest movies directly from the silver screen using concealed devices, ‘cammers’ fuel the illicit piracy market that thrives during the first few days of a film’s initial release. TGx is an open platform with an active and lively community, a relative rarity in today’s streaming-dominated market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

March 21, 2022). RCN Telecom Services, LLC , 2022 WL 1291388 (D. April 29, 2022). Peak ruling and embrace the Cablevision ruling that there is a class of unfixed electronic works: embodiment alone does not result in the creation of a copy; the embodiment must also persist for a period of more than transitory duration.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ID Tech believed that Bayam copies too much of its copyrighted website content and pursued a whirlwind of enforcement activity, including filing two lawsuits against Bayam and sending numerous DMCA takedown demands to Shopify. ID Tech LLC , 2022 WL 16849454 (S.D.N.Y. ID Tech appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 24, 2022

As many brand owners are now aware, the USPTO recently commenced copying registrants on notices of registration as part of their transition to electronic registrations. However, in. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2024

In 2022, a platform called Pirate Library Mirror appeared on the scene, courting controversy right from the start after obtaining a full copy of Z-Library before the site’s legal troubles began. “We deliberately violate the copyright law in most countries. . million books and 99.4 million papers for download.

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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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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

On 12 January 2022, the Lithuanian Supreme Court upheld the rejection of the Lithuanian designation of Chanel SARL’s two-dimensional trademark (see below) in Class 3 for perfumery products. So the Court considered that Chanel’s perfume bottle is commonplace within the perfume market. The trademark depicts the shape of the Chanel No.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2025

Hoping to fill in the gaps, TorrentFreak requested a copy of the court order. The supply of CCCAM servers focused on Sky broadcasts may have laid the groundwork for its entry into the IPTV market towards 2014/2015. Similar claims featured in subsequent submissions to the EC and the USTR’s Notorious Markets Report. .”

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Vogue’s publishers have sued rappers Drake and 21 Savage for unauthorized use of Vogue’s trademarks and false representations in marketing their newest album, “Her Loss”. On November 17, 2022, Drake and 21 Savage agreed to this preliminary injunction and also agreed to stop using Vogue trademarks for their album promotion.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2023

According to a federal indictment unsealed early 2022, that was certainly not the case. Unfinished works leaking out to the public can wreak havoc on everyone involved, from authors and publishers to interested parties in film and other secondary markets. Bernardini understood that and went ahead anyway.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2022

Its domains are blocked by court order in the United Kingdom , Ireland , Norway , Denmark and Portugal , and the site has been repeatedly branded a ‘notorious market’ by the MPA. Following a hearing that took place January 3, 2022, last Friday Judge Mark C. A copy of the preliminary injunction can be found here (pdf).

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2022

In the meantime, unofficial ‘scanlation’ groups stepped in to meet demand with their scanned and translated copies, leaving official suppliers to play catch-up and pirate sites to reap the benefits. As a result, companies including Tokyo-based publisher Shueisha and US-based publisher VIZ Media now have a big piracy problem.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. On July 29 th 2022, Netflix sued the TikTok stars Barlow and Bear in the U.S. District Court in D.C. 501 and 15 U.S.C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. . 2022 WL 580788 (N.D. Babybus appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Babybus (Fujian) Network Technology Co. Alper Automotive v.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2022

Research suggests that the damage suffered by the cinema industry in the first six months of 2022 goes beyond that caused by the pandemic. “To date, the wave of unauthorized showing of film copies is developing exponentially and will only grow: four weeks ago, such content was shown directly in 16 cinemas, last week – 127 cinemas.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2024

A Mountain to Climb The world-famous news publications mentioned above have faced considerable challenges with the transition to digital, including unauthorized digital copies of their products being made available online by pirate sites. trillion yen (estimated as of February 2022) • 2022 – ~506.9 Piracy Campaign.”

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