Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

One area that often gets overlooked in the outsourcing and collaboration process is how to manage copyright compliance and the associated risks of non-compliance. While smaller companies without a librarian or information specialist onboard may be unaware of their obligations under copyright law, their lack of knowledge won’t help them. 

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While a flurry of AI copyright lawsuits from prominent authors and artists grab headlines, another case has quietly taken something more important: a head start. This means that a jury could weigh in on some of the thorniest copyright questions involving artificial intelligence as early as May 2024. Thomson Reuters v.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On January 12, 2024, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals , in the matter of UIRC-GSA Holdings v. The issue revolved around copyright infringement claims brought by UIRC-GSA Holdings against William Blair, a financial services company. Continue reading

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that? an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

A magistrate judge recommended dismissing Tomelleri’s copyright claims. He ultimately summarizes: “District court decisions within the Sixth Circuit have held that plaintiffs must show the defendant ‘intentionally and knowingly’ copied the copyrighted work.” The supervising judge agrees.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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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. The Sedlik v.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Hsuanyeh Law Group v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Thiccc Boy then sued for copyright infringement. “the allegedly infringing videos undisputedly commented on the quality of the discussion in the copyrighted works.” Swindelles admittedly duplicated the copyrighted videos’ full frames. The court finds fair use. Purpose and Character of Use. “Mr.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. UIRC obtained copyright registrations for two versions of its documents. There was no question about the copying–the revised William Blair documents sloppily retained references to UIRC).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 21, 2024

My SAD Scheme paper provided some data indicating that 88% of SAD Scheme cases involved trademarks, with only 6% each in copyright and patents. There are no allegations suggesting the claims against each separate Defendant arise out of the same transaction or occurrence; rather, they allege separate acts of copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 4, 2024

Piracy Tutorials in 2024 On May 31, a popular GitHub repo containing Switch emulation tutorials found itself targeted by Nintendo. Specifically, the reported repositories provide to users unauthorized copies of cryptographic keys (prod.keys) extracted from the Nintendo Switch firmware,” Nintendo writes.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. You can read a first take on the copyright relevant provisions here. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Dear readers, Happy new year!

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SpicyIP

MAY 13, 2024

Case Summaries The Indian Hotels Company Limited vs Shivgyan Developers Private Limited on 3 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff, registered proprietor of marks ‘Vivanta’ and ‘Vivanta by Taj’, filed a suit against the use of the defendant’s unregistered mark ‘Vivanta’. The post will surely be of interest to TM prosecution attorneys.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 8, 2024

This landmark ruling was appealed and while Cox remains liable for contributory copyright infringement, the damages award may change. For one, there are currently conflicting court of appeals rulings on the “material contribution” aspect of copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 17, 2024

Decades of experience supports the theory that intellectual property infringement is often viewed by China as a problem to be solved by those complaining of violations on home territory. Other conundrums, including IP rights owned by U.S. “During the search, PCs, server equipment, etc.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2024

Louis Vuitton USA Inc, 2024 WL 3237591, No. 28, 2024) The court tosses out most of an independent fashion designer’s claims against LVMH, while preserving one copyright infringement claim based on a distorted checkerboard pattern. One thing that the court didn't address is: what exactly does Hian own a copyright to?

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TorrentFreak

JULY 3, 2024

What followed was a copyright infringement lawsuit , filed at the Delhi High Court in India, DoodStream’s home turf. The bottom line is that DoodStream’s efforts to remove all copies of the plaintiffs’ copyrighted works failed to meet the requirements of the injunction. million visits.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This week saw yet another California federal court dismiss copyright and related claims arising out of the training and output of a generative AI model in Tremblay v. 2] OpenAI moved to dismiss all claims against it, save the claim for direct copyright infringement, and the court largely sided with OpenAI.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2024

On January 1, 2024, TorrentFreak published a review of the wrongful DMCA notices filed against us in 2023, either directly via email or at Google demanding deindexing of our articles. Our small request for 2024 was not unreasonable: stop sending us bogus copyright notices.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

AI and copyright: Prompts and Intellectual Inputs This Time from China Recently in a copyright infringement dispute concerning a work generated by using an AI, the Beijing Internet Court held that it qualifies as an original work of human intellectual achievement. . &

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Velocity of Content

MAY 1, 2024

This article appears in the Information Today May 2024 print issue. Do the creators and users of large language models (LLMs) and as sociated generative AI applications infringe the copyrights of content creators? If so, what specific acts constitute infringement, and what should be done to remedy the problem?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Orders issued in the Andersen case (and other, similar cases) to date suggest that the success of the plaintiffs’ claims hinges on being able to demonstrate substantial similarity between the copyright-protected materials used to train AI platforms and the output created by those platforms that the plaintiffs claim is infringing.

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SpicyIP

JULY 31, 2023

Prima facie, it seems like an improvement from the previous drafts which kept the contours of piracy open by limiting it to “authorized places;” however, it actually expands it by subjecting it to “a manner that amounts to the infringement of copyright under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957.” Isn’t it?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. However, Lidl’s key trade mark for the Lidl Logo including the word LIDL (the “ Mark with Text ”) was valid and so Tesco remained liable for trade mark infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

The Retraction Order The relevant AGCOM ‘order of annulment’ is dated May 10, 2024, and, like most documents published by the regulator, it begins with a list of relevant laws dating back to 1941 before getting to the crux a page and a half later.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 4, 2024

LibGen Hoping for a better outcome, textbook publishers Cengage, Bedford, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education filed a similar copyright infringement lawsuit against LibGen last year. According to the plaintiffs, LibGen is responsible for “staggering” levels of copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The last time developer Christopher Boomer appeared on our radar was back in July 2022 when he attempted to unmask thousands of alleged copyright infringers using the DMCA subpoena process. The same gameplay mechanics also appear in Get Muscles Simulator but the complaint alleges that copying goes well beyond that.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

In light of the recent Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024, we are pleased to bring this post by Prashant Reddy T., Hardik Mukeshbhai Pansheriya and Ors, Mathews shares his thoughts on safeguards intermediaries can employ to preclude trademark infringements. The case is set to be re-notified on July 12, 2024, for further proceedings.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Case Summaries Therelek Machines Private Limited vs Therelek Engineers Private Limited on 28 February, 2024 (Karnataka High Court) The petitioner challenged the rejection of its interim application under Section 124 of the Trade Marks Act, seeking a stay in a suit for trademark infringement.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

Fresh on the heels of filing an infringement lawsuit against OpenAI , The New York Times Co. 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. ” The New York Times Co.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Indeed, in a world where “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed “, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let alone in copyrighted art works. Commentary & Conclusion Kurasov v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Indeed, in a world where “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed “, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let alone in copyrighted art works. Commentary & Conclusion Wali v.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

. “The understanding is that there would be an overlap in responsibilities with the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL),” ANCINE explained, adding that it would be combating copyright violations of Brazilian works on digital platforms instead.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

Entertainment, a company incorporated by the famous music composer, singer and lyrist Daler Mehndi, sought a permanent injunction prohibiting infringement of his publicity rights and deceptive endorsements that could result in passing off. Copyright laws also provide plausible remedies for enforcing one’s right to personality.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. Challenges in IPR Regulation in e-commerce As per a survey, around 38% online buyers experienced counterfeit products and 1/3 rd people have gotten copied products. 26, 2023, 11:00 AM), [link]. 5] Kirsty Phillips et al.,

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