IP Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: WIPO releases a study that finds intangible investment is growing rapidly in part due to IP; the Center for Investigative Reporting files a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft; and the RIAA files a lawsuit against AI music-generating platforms for mass copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Some allegdly-infringed works (full list below) “Without Court intervention, Defendants will continue operating the Libgen Sites, causing still further harm to copyright holders, including Plaintiffs. Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § while runner-up India accounts for 7.9%. 101 et seq.)

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 24, 2025

Danish Crackdown on The Scene The authorities note that the alleged “Scene” member was active from November 2021 until his arrest in November 2023. The November 2023 arrest sparked rumors of a broader Danish crackdown on The Scene, which reportedly involved several arrests.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2023

As such, the case proceeded to trial in April 2023 in a US Federal Court in Manhattan. Additional cases were filed over the same songs by Structured Asset Sales, a company owned by investment banker David Pullman that is a beneficial owner of one-third of the copyright in the Townsend catalogue. Are the songs substantially similar?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This case has been continuing for around five years now and was taken to trial in April 2023 in New York. However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song. This time around, the singer was accused of infringing a 2015 song named “Oh Why” sung by Sami Chokri.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2024

“Between January 2023 and February 2024, the men transcribed detailed information about the entire story, including the names of characters, lines, actions, scenes, and scene developments depicted in the film Godzilla 1.0 ,” CODA reveals. .

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Note: The term ‘Infringers’ refers to respondents who reported consuming any content in a way that was likely to be unlawful. Music was also consumed by more Australians in 2023.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 20, 2023

Image from here A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a law student in Bengaluru filed a case, alleging copyright infringement, against two assistant professors. This was later quashed by the Jharkhand High Court on August 10, 2023. The case went on for 10 years and has been quashed only now.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances”. This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. According to the Plaintiff, on March 10, 2023, Cardinal notified DCG that it would be terminating the Design-Build Contract. Hamilton County, Indiana– The Plaintiffs, DCG Indiana, Inc. Indiana); and Glenmark Construction Co.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

1: Music Producer Challenges Copyright Infringement Claims Over Hit Rap Song. The system is currently planned to take effect in 2023. 3: Jeff Koons Sued for Copyright Infringement in ‘Made in Heaven’ Series. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Novak denied the bulk of a motion to dismiss a suit alleging that a general contractor had infringed an architectural firm’s copyright on design plans for a brewery and tasting room to be built in Williamsburg. 3:22CV470 (DJN), 2023 U.S. Michael Pellis Architecture PLC v. Bell Construction LLC, Civil Action No.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

It also discusses national and international viewpoints on the subject before going into the Indian judiciary’s stance on copyright violations in the social media era. Ning Zhang , Copyright Infringement on YouTube- Understanding Consequences and Best Practices , (29 TH 2023). 1 (2022). [5]

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Often subject to intense planning and strict media embargoes, we simply stumbled across the live campaign website early October 2023. The main campaign video (above) was uploaded to YouTube on September 12, 2023, and when we spotted it early October, it had already been viewed 484,000 times. What Happens to the Data?

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Thousands will compete, many are objectively baseless, but only five can be crowned the worst of the worst copyright lawsuits of 2023. We’re nearing the end of December, which means it’s time for Copyright Lately ’s annual worst-of list. When Netflix refused to pay up, Cramer sued for copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 5, 2023

Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement. plaintiff), who alleged that earlier in 2023, she had participated in the “Global Jural Conclave 2023” organized by Lloyd Law College (Defendant no.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2024

We also received a few direct to us via email, more than usual in 2023. New Year 2023: Peaceful for 19 Days By January 19, 2023, things were looking quite promising. On April 3, 2023, we received an email from Turkey-based anti-piracy outfit DigiGuardians Inc.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2024

As reported yesterday, the Australian government has just released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. When compared to how many citizens resorted to pirate sources in 2015, the figures for 2023 show improvement almost right across the board.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As such, the judge is holding firm to the currently planned trial date, which is in January 2023. The lawsuit was filed by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who claim that Swift’s Shake it Off is a copyright infringement of their 2001 song, Playas Gon’ Play , which was written for the R&B group 3LW.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

APRIL 8, 2025

According to Justia.com, he has filed 23 copyright infringement suits across the country since 2017. Davis alleges that FW Allergy used his photograph to promote its business in a post titled “Stinging Insect Allergy” on March 16, 2023, and distributed it online without his consent. Continue reading

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Meanwhile, the two arrested suspects, continue to fight the criminal copyright infringement allegations and their requested extradition. Omo, EVO, Mega We’ll end this brief and selective overview with a few key cases that started earlier, but saw some (preliminary) conclusions in 2023.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On the whole, however, the copyright infringement problem is rather persistent, which is exemplified by Strike 3’s track record. Raising the Bar With the year in its final week, we decided to take a look at the number of file-sharing lawsuits filed in the United States in 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023). Another troubling ruling for an Internet access provider trying to shake a contributory copyright claim based on user-caused copyright infringement. PetaPixel : “Photographer Who Won Warhol Copyright Case Paid Over $2.5M

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2025

The French site went to court, arguing that it should not be held responsible for third-party copyright infringements without being notified about specific instances first. In court, 1fichier argued that hosting services are only at fault when they fail to remove content after being specifically notified about concrete infringements.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

Interestingly, the civil suit has been disposed of by the Madras High Court, holding that there is no copyright infringement, and the proceedings in the criminal case have been stayed. After 13 years, the Madras High Court in 2023 decided the civil suit in favour of Shankar. But it may not be copyright infringement.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On December 27, 2023, The New York Times Company ("The Times") sued several OpenAI entities and their stakeholder Microsoft ("OpenAI") in the Southern District of New York for copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), unfair competition, and (..)

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 5, 2024

On 27 December 2023, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft alleging copyright infringement in connection with OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT technology.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

That prompted the lawsuit for copyright infringement. However, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit, arguing that one of the key issues in the case is whether Bundy holds the copyright in question. The new rate, when decided, would be applied retroactively and would also govern royalties owed between 2023 and 2027.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2023

On December 14, 2022, a group of music rightsholders including BMG, UMG, and Capitol filed a complaint at a Texas district court, accusing Altice, the parent company of ISP Optimum, of facilitating massive copyright infringement. By now the base allegations are very familiar.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

Note: The responses below were received in 2023. That includes copyright infringement. Primarily, we stress that our service is not intended to be used for illegal activities and copyright infringements and we request our users to comply with this when accepting our Terms of Use. Mullvad VPN AB – Swedish.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 19, 2023

As reported, both Houses of Parliament recently passed the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2023 (JV Bill). Major intellectual property rights laws – the Copyright Act, 1957, the Patents Act, 1970, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Geographical Indications Act, 1999, have also been amended.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

The new deal covers the years of 2023 through 2027. Copyright Infringement / Repeat Infringer Lawsuit. Copyright Infringement / Repeat Infringer Lawsuit. The goal was to determine what royalties songwriters and publishers should receeive when their compositions are streamed on digital services.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

on text data mining and its interpretation as an exception to allegations of copyright infringement, SpicyIP Fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami highlights the key findings of the Court and explores the probable lessons for Indian policymakers in harmonizing copyright with AI and innovation.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

According to the 2025 study, executives report the highest level of copyright awareness (94%) but are most likely to share in ways that may not be allowed by their companies own policies. Employees are accessing more publications than in 2023. In all cases, companies frequently share these materials.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

1: Cardi B Wins California Jury Trial in Art Copyright Infringement Case. Part of the European Commission’s work program for 2023, a group of rightsholders and other stakeholders demanded a new law that would enable them to shut down illegal streams within minutes of detecting them. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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