IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. The Court spent more time analysing the admissibility of the Copyright Certificate of Registration as evidence of Pugliese’s citizenship. Further Reading.

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BYU Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In April 2022, Kev & Cooper LLC ("Kev & Cooper") filed a lawsuit against Gladwell LLC ("Gladwell") in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging that Gladwell had created and sold educational rugs that were copies of Kev & Cooper's copyrighted designs. We will provide updates going forward.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. Deterrent to Infringement – A copyright registration could act as a deterrent against potential infringement.

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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. Copyright Owner Claims Ownership Over Depicting Emoji Symbols in Multiple Colors–Cub Club v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Keep in mind the generators are trained on existing material, including things that are protected by copyright and trademark law and registration and patents. used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. Can you use it in the ways you want to?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As laid out in David Graves’ declaration, the website DaftSex.com links to 1,734 pirated copies of CP Productions videos. A second website, Pornwild.com, began offering CP Productions’ videos around May 2022, again without permission. Two other domains, daftsex.tv and daftsex.porn, redirect to DaftSex.com.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

is flexing its copyright muscles once again, this time targeting the developers of hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular word game the Times purchased in 2022. purchased the copyright in Wordle in 2022 from original developer Josh Wardle. ” The New York Times Co. The aforementioned Lingo first premiered in the U.S.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

Stubenrauch, 2022 WL 2793579, No. 15, 2022) The parties in this case are former business associates, which is one reason there are so many different claims. Chiusa has a copyright registration for the website obtained during this dispute. There’s a similar copyright registration for this site. 3:21-cv-00545 (M.D.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The virtual universe Decentraland hosted in March 2022, the first Metaverse Fashion Week which was a success, as it featured more than 70 brands, artists and designers. As a result, the brands are becoming more vulnerable of being copied and exploited by others. All industries are starting to grasp this and are getting involved in it.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 25, 2023

The incident in question pertains to a series of photographs taken by Messerschmidt at the La Guardia Airport on June 17, 2022. and infringed on Messerschmidt's rights to the photographs when they allegedly copied and displayed the photographs on their website. Rural Telephone Service Co. as the foundation for his claim.

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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 (Fujian) Network Technology Co. Prior Posts on Section 512(f). * A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! Alper Automotive v.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The authors succeeded in simplifying issues that seems typically complex especially for newcomers in the IP field: copyright authorship, ownership and protection. The authors noted that the need to amend the Copyright Act was necessitated by the digitalization of copying and sharing of data which inevitably impacts on copyright law.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

As per a report, influencer marketing investment is expected to reach $15 billion in 2022. Therefore, content creators and social media influencers must understand that their unique and creative content is easily accessible to millions of social media users and can be easily copied. How to Ensure Compliance with IP?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

Ownership of every name periodically expires and, at that point, anyone may freely claim it on Namecoin by re-registering the expired name. If a new user re-registers a name whose registration is expired, a new token is created. If a new user re-registers a name whose registration is expired, a new token is created.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

8:21-cv-02121-JVS (ADSx), 2022 WL 17887590 (C.D. 28, 2022) Brick and mortar infringement still exists, and this opinion considers both copyright and trademark claims. The logo is registered with the Copyright Office, and AFK applied for trademark registration as well. AK Futures LLC v. LCF Labs Inc., AKF sued LCF etc.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ownership and Enforcement. Ownership and scope of protection against infringers are among the key challenges to copyright protection of NFTs. Ownership and scope of protection against infringers are among the key challenges to copyright protection of NFTs. Copyright Ownership. Trademark Ownership and Infringement.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

In January 2022, Berkovitz says he first discovered that parts of his Midterm and Final Exams were posted on the website Course Hero. Note that the straight-up essay-copying kind of plagiarism for which these sites are often used isn’t a problem that can be addressed by the type of copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Berkovitz here.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

OMG Dollz that copied their looks. 150 Questions seems to have copied from an Army manual itself; the Anarchist Cookbook used redrawn versions and written narratives like recipes. Purpose of study: how many names of tribes correspond to registrations not owned by tribes. Enabling more registration for tribes?

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

Industria has never had a registration for Ranchera; its application was opposed by an unrelated third party and has been suspended; a prior registration for Zenú was cancelled and Industria never sold any Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States when it owned that registered trademark. But it does not seem to require harm.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 13, 2022

By using asymmetric cryptography it is secured that only the owner can transfer the access rights and that the access rights cannot be copied.) The advantage of using standardized tokens with a sufficiently distributed blockchain is the possibility to digitally display ownership of IP in a secure, transparent and immutable manner.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 4, 2023

On December 20, 2022, in a precedential opinion in Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco d.b.a. the TTAB ordered cancellation of two registrations for the mark COHIBA for cigars, one in typeset and one in stylized form. The owner of the cancelled registrations is General Cigar Co., can cancel a subsequent trademark registration in the U.S.

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azrights

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In practice, there is a constant interplay between use of identifiers and ownership of them. Where you do not have any legal rights in an asset, as you won’t have with colour in the early days of your use of a colour, you are largely powerless to tackle competitor copying. Competitors Copying Your Colour.

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43(B)log

APRIL 28, 2022

2022 WL 1134487, No. 14, 2022) How it started: In 1982, a group of investors launched a springtime professional football league called the United States Football League (“USFL” or “Old League”). Games are scheduled to begin on April 16, 2022. “In Plaintiff’s 1980s USFL registrations lapsed. Real USFL, LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Fuxi, the putative copyright owner, has a registration for an image of printed sage leaves (the left image): The alleged infringer, the Sunny Factory, sells the candles on the right on Amazon. Chen , 2022 WL 742429 (N.D. March 11, 2022). Case citation : The Sunny Factory, LLC v. Prior Posts on Section 512(f). Babybus. *

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Moreover, contrary to The Satanic Temple’s novel argument, domain registration is not the same as registration for a social media website.” 512(f) case in the context of an ownership dispute is sent to a jury. 4, 2022): The KeyBank, SoFi, and Wells Fargo incidents are the best evidence of confusion.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Alleged Infringement of ‘Copyrighted Images’ In March 2022, Richard Byrne of freetech4teachers.com uncovered a scam in which website operators were informed by supposed law firm Arthur Davidson Legal that they’d infringed copyright in an image and a lawsuit could follow. Ghosts From the Past. A Few Coincidences to Clear Up.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Copyright Office registered this work: The registration makes sense with the landscape backgrounds. 2022 WL 3418643 (11th Cir. Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v. This is a messy case with complex facts.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ownership and Enforcement. Ownership and scope of protection against infringers are among the key challenges to copyright protection of NFTs. Ownership and scope of protection against infringers are among the key challenges to copyright protection of NFTs. Copyright Ownership. Trademark Ownership and Infringement.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It identifies the product of that company and recognizes its own and gives some rights to ownership that can be enforced. the plaintiff opened an art gallery in the virtual game world with the assistance of Second life, called “SLART” and obtained a trademark registration. Liden Research, Inc. ,

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

2022 WL 16857036, No. 10, 2022) Dfinity alleged that Meta infringed its Dfinity and Rainbow marks in its rebranding. Color was not claimed as a feature of the mark: infinity sign with left loop larger than right with DFINITY beneath In 2021, it secured registration of its second mark, the Rainbow Mark. Dfinity Found.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? Like most countries, Canada bars the registration of “clearly descriptive” trademarks to prevent applicants from monopolizing words that merely describe the goods or services at hand. Public Consultations Ahead of 2022’s Copyright Reform. Giuseppina D’Agostino.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2022

v State of Karnataka, 2022. Moreover, Section 64 of the Copyright Act shows that on an action of seizure, the police officer can “seize copies of infringing works without a warrant.” Cognizable and Non-Bailable. Piyush Subhashbhai Ranipa v The State of Maharashtra, 2021. Cognizable and Non-Bailable. ANI Technologies Pvt. The Judgment.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! On 24 March 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in the Austro-Mechana case which tackles the private copying exception and the compensation for the reproduction and storage of copyright material in the cloud. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

2022), the Ninth Circuit agreed with my view (and cited my amicus brief), expressly rejecting a three-year limit on recovery of damages in cases in which the discovery rule applies. One Music Specialist work (“Jam the Box”) was interpolated into Flo Rida’s hit song “In the Ayer,” which sold millions of copies and reached No.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2022

9126391, 2022 TTAB LEXIS 383, 2022 WL 16646840 (TTAB Oct. The Opposer pled ownership of eleven federal trademark registrations related to various SMOK marks as well as a family of marks “around the wording SMOK.” Ltd (“Opposer”), generally used in connection with electronic cigarettes. Shenzhen IVPS Tech.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

The word ‘ copyright ’ in its simplest sense is an amalgamation of the two words ‘copy’ and ‘right’ which leads to the meaning— ‘right to copy’. Understanding Tricky Tattoo copyright is also essential for safeguarding the artistic integrity and ownership of these unique body art creations. In Alexander v.

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