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“Volitional Conduct” Doctrine Helps DistroKid Defeat Copyright Infringement Claim–White v. DistroKid

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DistroKid defends against the direct copyright infringement claim using the volitional conduct argument. However, direct copyright infringement is strict liability, so the volitional conduct provides an important “fast lane” to survive cases that otherwise look dangerous to defendants. Case Citation : White v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 13 – January 19)

SpicyIP

Can a Claim for Breach of Confidence and Breach of Contract be made together? Enforcing Criminal Remedies Against IP Infringement in India: A Long Road to Justice? In a recent order, a Mumbai Magistrate Court acquitted an accused in a copyright infringement case after 37 years! Deepak Gupta.

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Copyright Owner Prevails in Lawsuit Over Form Contracts–Equine Legal v. Fireline Farms

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The plaintiff sued the defendant (and others) for copyright infringement. Copyrightability The case sets up one of the longstanding open questions in copyright law: when are form contracts copyrightable, and when is sharing them infringing? 2025 WL 485493 (D. Fireline Farms, Inc.

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Sony still can’t get no relief in claim over Jimi Hendrix Experience recordings

The IPKat

The Court of Appeal has dismissed Sonys appeal against the refusal to strike out the claim, with Arnold LJ giving the leading judgment: Noel Redding Estate Ltd & Anor v Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 66 (06 February 2025). 182A-182CA of the CDPA). It is the claim under s.182CA

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Monday Miscellany

The IPKat

The programme will address inter alia the current copyright landscape, how the IP system adapted to new technologies in the past, and the interplay between training data, generative AI and copyright infringement. Papers in French or English covering any topic related to IP law may be submitted no later than 21 February 2025.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

We are extending the deadline to vote for the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024 until 10 February 2025. Rose Hughes, additionally, analysed the UPCs decision in Plant-e v Bioo , dealing with the doctrine of equivalents in patent infringement cases for the first time. Extension of Deadline!

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Open AI’s vison for a social contract – of things to come…

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This statement sets out OpenAI’s vison for a ‘social contract for content in AI’. OpenAI’s vision for a fair AI ecosystem The ADAI mentions copyright only in passing, but it is fairly obvious that the desire to ‘deal’ with pending copyright infringement claims (largely in the US) lies at the core of this ambitious statement.