Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Scanning books to create a searchable database of books constitutes fair use. Scanning books to create eBooks does not. In that case, Google did not output new books, but rather just snippets of the book as part of the search results. The court distinguished the Google Books case and Authors Guild, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 8, 2023

With more than 12 million books in its archive, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repository of pirated books on the Internet. “Books you have read should not gather dust on your shelf – instead, they can get a second life in the hands of new readers! Government seized the site’s main domain names.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2023! Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular order, were: • Der patentrechtliche Schutz von Daten und seine Grenzen; Landscheidt, by Fabian Landscheidt. We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2024!

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The IPKat

JUNE 19, 2023

The collection contains 16 chapters covering various jurisdictions and types of IP, by 19 authors, presented in three parts; 1) Culture 2) Technology and Science; and 3) Signs, Images and Marketing Rights. Part Three covers rights relating to trade marks, domain names, ambush marketing and publicity rights.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 4, 2024

Faced with the growing popularity of ‘pirate’ libraries such as Z-Library and Anna’s Archive , book publishers have ramped up their anti-piracy efforts. They reached out to several major publishers and partnered with an anti-piracy outfit, to test whether takedown efforts have a measurable effect on legitimate book sales.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In its yearly “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets”, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) lists a few dozen websites said to be involved in piracy or counterfeiting. Music, Games, Books, and Science. The music industry nominated several stream-rippers as notorious markets and FLVTO.biz, 2Conv.com, and MP3Juices.cc

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book. You can't judge a book from its cover". True, except when a book and its cover are involved. But of course.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

That book documented the efforts and plodding steps taken by China, a country that used to lacking experience in modern IP laws, during the 25 years since it entered the international community (China joined the WIPO in 1980; see also WIPO article China’s IP journey ). This Kat’s observations on the book pivot on the following two points.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. Briefly, the audiobooks and the audio summaries involved in this dispute are translated Hindi versions of popular English books such as Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Think Like a Monk etc.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

The list of complainants includes record labels, book authors, visual artists, even the New York Times. “Books3” Many of the lawsuits filed by book authors come with a clear piracy angle. Starting last year, various rightsholders have filed lawsuits against companies that develop AI models.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dr VRR Ayyar’s book, “Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties (1996)”, published in 2021. ” Interestingly, it turns out that our very own Prashant Reddy seems to have been a trigger for the writing of the book! .”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Rebecca Tushnet and I are pleased to announce the sixth edition of our casebook, Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. We’ve discussed the book’s background and our goals as authors in this essay. What Does the Book Cover? It is available for purchase in the following formats: * DRM-free PDF file. Price: $12.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . After winning the book, the group announced their plans.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2023

Between August 2016 and July 2021, Bernardini used his insider knowledge as a rights coordinator to execute an audacious plan that would see him obtain more than a thousand pre-release manuscripts of novels and other unreleased books. Following his arrest by the FBI, after touching down at John F. Impersonated Hundreds of People.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. According to authors, this enables authors and publishers to sell books at different prices for different countries. Without this rule, many authors fear the UK market would be flooded with cheaper international copies.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

I am delighted to take this opportunity to share with the SpicyIP community the release of my book, The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law (Thomson Reuters, 2022, ISBN-13: 978-9393702173). Second, it questions how much similarity ought to be enough to prevent two designs from co-existing in the same market.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Discussing the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hachette Book Group v. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Several users could borrow a scanned book at once. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 21, 2021

The following is a transcript of my video Bold Brands Are Like Bees to Pollinate Marketing. If you want to learn more about bold brands and how to build and protect them, you can read all about it in my book Building a Bold Brand , or you can learn more at buildingaboldbrand.com.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2025

The communication platform helps to connect people from all over the globe, with optional end-to-end encryption providing improved security compared to some other players in the market. After all, sharing or uploading copyrighted books would undoubtedly lead to trouble.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

ThFord argued that Freeplay’s name and marketing were deliberately confusing, but ultimately opted to settle the case. Next up today, Hebah Berhan at IPWatchdog reports that a UK high court has issued a mixed ruling in an ongoing case over the love story that inspired the book Doctor Zhivago.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

This book review has been prepared by Spyros Sipetas , PhD candidate at the Stockholm University. This section extends its analysis beyond legal frameworks to contextualize fashion as a market, shedding light on key revenue streams for fashion brands, such as licensing and merchandising. Eleonora Rosati and Irene Calboli, 2025, OUP).

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

On 7 th November 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“ FTC ”) issued a press release announcing its challenge to more than 100 patents listed in the ‘Orange Book’. Khan tweeted that inflated prices of essential asthma drugs, ranging from inhalers to EpiPens, could potentially be attributed to wrongfully listed patents in the Orange Book.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Mangamura’s case, a site founded in 2016 targeting the Japanese market became extraordinarily successful in a very short space of time. On September 26, Hoshino will launch his new book, The Truth About Mangamura. ” This is a “controversial book that indicts Japan’s judicial problems!”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 23, 2024

Rebecca Tushnet and I are pleased to announce the seventh edition of our casebook, Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. We’ve discussed the book’s background and our goals as authors in this essay. What Does the Book Cover? It is available for purchase in the following formats: * DRM-free PDF file.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 28, 2025

This blogpost is part of a series marking the publication of the fourth edition of the book Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights , edited by Daniel Gervais and Joo Pedro Quintais. The second part provides an in-depth look at CMOs across various jurisdictions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Booking Holdings Inc. A few days after the summary judgment decision, three of the defendants, Booking Holdings, Inc., the Dutch subsidiary of Booking Holdings, Inc., Booking Holdings is not “hacking” anyone here. Booking wants to sell and aggregate information related to all travel options on its various platforms.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The three models argued that Cloudflare directly infringed their rights by making copies of the copyrighted works on its servers and deliberately marketing its service to pirate sites. This includes the suggestion that Cloudflare marketed its service to pirate sites. No Direct Infringement (for now).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Booking Holdings , 2022 WL 13946243 (D. Booking Holdings is the parent company for Kayak.com, Priceline, Booking.com, and other prominent online travel agents (“OTAs”). But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 6, 2022

As the indictment explains, should an unfinished work leak out to the public, any piracy can dramatically undermine the economics of publishing, undermine an author’s reputation, and interfere with secondary markets such as film adaptations. Sophisticated Phishing Operation.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

To determine whether the use constitutes fair use or not is determined based on a number of factors like if they primarily include the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used, and the effect on the market for the original work. Another important factor is market effect. Google, Inc.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 3, 2025

Licensing offers rightsholders an immediate and impactful way to safeguard rights, generate revenue, and maintain influence over how their content is managed and used not just in traditional markets but in emerging AI-driven applications. His experience in scholarly communications and publishing is broad and multinational.

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The IPKat

JUNE 6, 2024

The book is divided into two distinct parts. By employing a legal doctrinal methodology, Lundstedt masterfully addresses all the research questions posed at the outset, providing a comprehensive analysis while maintaining a clear focus on encouraging innovation and competitiveness in the EU market. In more detail: Part 1 “The Factual.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 1, 2022

They initially announced that they were planning to both distribute the book digitally to the public and to create new content based on it. However, those big ideas ran into significant issues, most importantly copyright and the collapse of much of the cryptocurrency market.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2023

IA’s library is operated by a non-profit organization that scans physical books and then lends the digital copies to patrons in an ebook format. While ‘digital’ book lending is not uncommon, libraries typically loan out DRM-protected files after acquiring a license from publishers. Competing With Free?

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 17, 2024

Translators are crucial to the global entertainment market. However, despite their creative contributions, their work often goes uncredited. The post It’s Past Time to Credit Translators appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This doctrine is mainly pertinent to the physical copies of copyrighted works, such as books, CDs, and DVDs. Such a doctrine is the cornerstone for secondary markets such as libraries, used bookstores, and places for selling used CDs and DVDs. Section 109 of 17 U.S.C., the first-sale doctrine of the US, establishes precisely that.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2021

The National Emergency Library (NEL) was built on IA’s existing Open Library and initially granted access to more than a million scanned books so that people could educate themselves while in quarantine. The service was not appreciated by book publishers. Publishers Sue IA For Copyright Infringement.

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