Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

White created “beats” and got copyright registrations for them. White now claims that DistroKid infringed his copyrights to the beats, both directly and indirectly (the court dismissed the indirect claims last year). First, oral copyright licenses are a recipe for trouble. Ugh, so much going wrong here.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Poster of the film “ Naanum Rowdy Dhaan “ Image from here Nayanthara and Dhanush Copyright Controversy – De Minimis Rule to the Rescue? The first question is which work’s copyright has been infringed and who is the owner of that work. Later, we will look at the controversy from the lens of Prof.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

A quick glance at last week finding the real Burger King saga continues now at the Supreme Court, EDs involvement in the Shankar-Tamilnandan copyright case, right to health and compulsory licensing for rare disease medicine Risdiplam. The inclusion of copyright infringement in an anti-money laundering statute sounds a little strange, right?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Events ALAI 2025 Congress (Opatija, Croatia, 9-11 October 2025) The Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) has announced that its next Annual Congress will be taking place in Opatija, Croatia, between 9-11 October 2025. For further details and to register, click here (available soon).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

ANI vs OpenAI: Why Delhi High Court Has Jurisdiction While OpenAI has argued that the DHC does not have jurisdiction to entertain the suit filed by ANI, a close look at the Copyright Act and CPC says otherwise. The last day to send your applications is April 1, 2025. For more details see their call for applications in this post.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume IX, Issue I [Submit by January 10, 2025] National Law University, Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for its upcoming issue (Volume IX, Issue I). The last date for submissions is January 10, 2025.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 26, 2025

The Guidelines were released by the Pontifical Commission have been in force within Vatican City State since 1 January 2025. They touch upon key emerging issues in AI, including development/training, output generation, transparency obligation, and the authorship and ownership of AI outputs.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 1, 2025

Dr Chijioke Okorie , who joined the IPKat at the start of 2019 as our first Africa Correspondent , has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria, effective 1 January 2025. He kept readers informed about the latest developments in trade marks, designs, AI, and copyright law.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

91272108 (February 20, 2025) [not precedential] (By the Board). Although Baron testified that it repackages the goods in its own packaging, which packaging displayed the TAKDIS mark that already appears on the goods as purchased from the third-party distributors, this did not create ownership rights in Baron. Text Copyright John L.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Unless the Court of Appeals decision is appealed to the Supreme Court, the copyright and performers rights claims made by the estates of former JHE band members against Sony Music Entertainment will proceed to a full trial. 23 of the Limitation Act 1980.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In the complicated landscape of genAI and copyright law, several different themes have emerged as particularly thorny and triggering the interests of different stakeholders. The roundtable is part of IBILs series on genAI and copyright. In copyright law terms, very often that data could correspond to individual human expression.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Invisible Narratives claims to own the copyrights and trademarks to the series. Next Level unlawfully submitted takedown notices to YouTube under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA Takedown Notices) which claimed that Season 25 of Skibidi Toilet contained copyright content owned by Next Level. ” PREACH!

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

1925 As of 26th February, 2025 , Kindle users will no longer be able to use the feature Download or Transfer via USB, for Kindle Purchased books, as Amazon is discontinuing the feature. Thus the higher evidentiary standard of intention to infringe upon copyright must also be proved (p 588). Virginia Woolf, How Should One Read a Book?,

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

5 Proven Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property in 2025 In a world where ideas are currency, protecting intellectual property (IP) has ne ver been more critical. Copyrights : Apply to original works of authorship, including books, music, films, software, and visual art. Maintaining and renewing the trademark to avoid expiration.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

15 [Submissions by March 31, 2025] NALSARs Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 15th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is March 31, 2025. The plaintiff successfully proved his copyright ownership. Srinivas-Nadayogiya Sunaadayaana.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 4, 2024

His current project, which he recently presented at the IP Scholars Africa conference at the University of Cape Town, highlights how copyright enables the proactive exploitation of digital workers’ contributions as inputs to AI training or, in some cases, AI-assisted outputs. As noted by D’Agostino et al. ,

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

They are seeking to establish that they have an ownership stake in both the copyrights and performers’ property rights in the tracks which the band recorded between 1966 and 1970, and that they are owed unpaid royalties from Sony as a result. The wider context of this case is an industry where “catalogue” (i.e.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

First, the government’s economic modelling for television production reaches the following conclusion: Regardless of the status of Bill C-11, FLS [foreign local service production] in Canada is expected to surge to new highs by 2025, led in part by global content boom fuelled by a growing field of streaming platforms.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%. Intellectual Property Rights : The commercial deal between the parties may dictate that certain intellectual property rights (commonly copyright) in the end-product created by the influencer relating to a campaign are owned by the brand. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 32%. Intellectual Property Rights : The commercial deal between the parties may dictate that certain intellectual property rights (commonly copyright) in the end-product created by the influencer relating to a campaign are owned by the brand. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In particular, the court held that the patents were not invalid for obviousness-type double patenting because there was no common ownership with other Immunex patents, the patents-in-suit were assigned to Roche, and Immunex did not obtain “all substantial rights.” license and the ability to bring a biosimilar to market in March 2025.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2025

Shortly before the Holidays, the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State released the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence ( here for the English version : note, however, that the English version is not entirely accurate insofar as it translates from Italian) to be applied within this state as of 1 January 2025. CXCVII, Sept.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 12, 2025

While much of Los Angeles grapples with the devastating destruction and displacement caused by recent wildfires ( here’s how to help ), a dozen or so lawyers have been gearing up for a high-stakes jury trial in the long-running copyright lawsuit over M. on Monday, January 13, 2025. That May, Judge John F.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Copyright and AI Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Sam Berriman discussed the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) response to its consultation series on generative AI. It was also highlighted that copyright is not the only area of law that needs to be considered especially with the legality of website scraping for AI development.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on the Lodha trademark dispute, the scrapping of the UGC-Care list, and the escalation of the Nayanthara-Dhanush copyright battle. Kollywoods Copyright Battle Escalates, But What is the Urgency? Whose Copyright Stands Tall? amongst others.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2025

In those circusmtances, copyright law is an especially attractive tool to the pugilists, with its strict liability standards, amorphous fair use boundaries, high defense costs, and effectiveness of takedown notices. In the last month, two more copyright lawsuits over city council videos have triggered my alerts. 2025 WL 35245 (D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Shein Technology LLC , 2025 WL 445187 (D.C.D.C. 9, 2025) Prior Posts on Section 512(f) * Copyright Battles Over City Council Videos * Record Label Sends Bogus Takedown Notice, Defeats 512(f) Claim AnywayWhite v. Barrett Financial * 512(f) Once Again Ensnared in an Employment Ownership DisputeShande v. Zoox * Surprise!

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In a 55-page decision, the Board granted a petition for cancellation of registrations for the mark VIVACE for a "radio frequency microneedling device" on the ground of non-ownership. 92074719 (February 14, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cheryl S. Therefore, the Wrist-Rocket factors for determining ownership did not apply.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 21, 2025

Applicant Kason's ownership of a design patent for the same design "presumumptively indicated that the design is not de jure functional," In re Becton, Dickinson and Co. , 97602791 (March 18, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas L. pdf here ] Text Copyright John L. Welch 2025. In re Kason Industries, Inc.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In a recent decision of the UK High Court ( Illiquidx Ltd v Altana Wealth Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 299 (Ch) ) , a claim for breach of confidence has succeeded, while claims for copyright infringement and liability of two directors have failed.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Wishing everyone a prosperous and a healthy new year ahead and hoping that 2025 brings in spicier IP developments to the Indian IP regime, making it a more fair, balanced and effective one!

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 10, 2025

In this opposition to registration of the mark VICE REI for Wine; Spirits; Liqueurs; Anise liqueur, the Board denied opposers motion for partial summary judgment grounded on non-ownership of the mark on which applicants international registration was based. Text Copyright John L. Welch 2025.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

On January 1, 2025, the U.S. December is here, ushering in festive gatherings and holiday cheer—and for copyright enthusiasts, the countdown to one of the year’s most anticipated milestones: Public Domain Day. The first film featuring the Marx Brothers enters the public domain in 2025. Here’s what it all means.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Copyright Kat Friend Vanessa van Coppenhagen (Spoor & Fisher) explored the legal implications of using urban buildings in videos, especially with the rise of CGI and VFX in marketing. The case will proceed to trial, with potential implications for copyright ownership.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 2, 2025

2023 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review View the Recording CLE credit for this recording expires on January 30, 2025. Navigating the Intersection of Non-Compete Agreements and Employee Mobility View the Recording CLE for this recording expires on February 20, 2025.

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