Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

But number 1 when it comes to number 2 is a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week over a jigsaw puzzle called “101 Pooping Puppies.” The plaintiff is UT Brands, which does business under the name Funwares. ” 1000 pieces, 101 puppies: more poop per inch than a stable at the Kentucky Derby.

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2024

This time, Katfriend Spyridon Sipetas (Stockholm University) tells the story of a collaboration – the one between Jacquemus and Nike – that has been already plagued with accusations of copying. Here’s what Spyridon writes: Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh Bag: ‘Just Copy It’ or re-appropriation of Nike’s own trade mark?

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

They alleged that ISPs were not doing enough to stop piracy, most notably refusing to terminate accounts of repeat infringers and not responding adequately to copyright infringement notices. 3: Maurizio Cattelan Hits Back in Banana Copyright Lawsuit, Claiming He’s Never Seen the Other Guy’s Art.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This summer, California company PCR Distributing, which operates under various brands, including J18 and JAST USA, took action. While this response was expected from the site, nHentai’s memorandum adds new information that puts the copyright infringement complaint in a new light. Permission Granted?

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. However, the Court ultimately dismissed August’s case because they failed to prove all the necessary elements of copyright infringement.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Fashion is not the exception , and different brands have become involved in the meta world. The virtual universe Decentraland hosted in March 2022, the first Metaverse Fashion Week which was a success, as it featured more than 70 brands, artists and designers. All industries are starting to grasp this and are getting involved in it.

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43(B)log

MAY 19, 2023

Wowwee sells a line of dolls called “My Avastars,” which plaintiffs allege were “copied directly from Roblox’s Classic Avatars.” The court found copyright infringement adequately pled as to several figures, although substantial similarity was a “close issue.”

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Intepat

APRIL 26, 2025

Copyright in the Digital Space: Your original musical compositions and recordings are protected by copyright. However, the ease of digital copying and sharing online makes it crucial to understand how to register your copyright, monitor its usage, and enforce your rights against infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 31, 2025

These marks include popular adult entertainment brands including Pornhub, Youporn, Brazzers and Reality Kings, which fall under the umbrella of Aylo, the empire formerly known as MindGeek. Traditionally, these types of lawsuits rely on copyright infringement claims but subsidiary Licensing IP recently tried a different approach, with success.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

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! Read this post by Aditi Agrawal discussing these issues!

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Brands have recently begun to co-opt this form of communication in an attempt to capitalize on the prevalence and effectiveness of memes. [ii] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. LAW AND ECONOMICS. Int’l Com.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 20, 2022

As with most popular brands on the Internet, the ‘MP3Juices’ and ‘YTMP3’ keywords are used by third parties to attract search traffic. ‘Brand Infringers’ The notice in question came in a few days ago and was sent by someone using the name Ryan Milne. cc, is seeking help from Google as well.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

While some have been quick to downplay its significancepointing to Judge Stephanos Bibass explicit disclaimer that Rosss AI is not generative AI make no mistake: the decision will be cited early and often in the 40+ pending AI copyright lawsuits across the country that do involve generative models trained on massive datasets.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2022

In various forms, including under the 1channel branding , the site has been in operation for perhaps eight years. Its domains are blocked by court order in the United Kingdom , Ireland , Norway , Denmark and Portugal , and the site has been repeatedly branded a ‘notorious market’ by the MPA. Preliminary Injunction Granted.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. Danielle Bernstein is a 28-year-old New York City influencer and founder of the brand We Wore What (“WWW”). However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. The account and its 2.6

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

American accused the website of deceiving customers, selling unauthorized tickets, and tarnishing its brand. Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. It sought $94.4 As always, I’d love to hear what you think.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The owner of the Naked Wolfe brand has accused two online footwear retailers of design and copyright infringement, alleging that they "slavishly copied" its chunky boot designs.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 8, 2025

Lemo TV & Kemo IPTV The American pay-TV provider accuses the operators of popular streaming services ‘Lemo TV’ and ‘Kemo IPTV’ of direct copyright infringement. This allows third parties to launch their own custom-branded IPTV streaming sites and apps for under $200.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In September 2021, a grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging Bill Omar Carrasquillo with crimes related to his Gears-branded IPTV services. Reproduction of a protected work (felony copyright infringement via reproduction of copyrighted video works) from May 24, 2019 to November 20, 2019, in violation of 17 U.S.C. §

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

the user name and image, user caption, number of likes, and branding of the social media platform). Instagram, filed a complaint in the Northern District of California seeking class-wide relief against Instagram for inducing copyright infringement and for contributory copyright infringement and vicarious copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

This case involves copyright protection for fireworks systems–a relevant topic for July 4th! Pyrotechnics (under the “FireOne” brand) claims to be the “world leader in digital pyrotechnic firing systems.” Pyrotechnics registered a copyright in its protocol and sued FireTek for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2021

And despite sending many copyright infringement notices, these services failed to take meaningful action in response. A few days ago the movie companies filed a new lawsuit at a federal court in Virginia, accusing UK-based company Datacamp Limited of copyright infringement. Movie Companies Sue Datacamp.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In pirate streaming, in part due to the way sites tend to copy each other’s branding, obvious long-standing players are less easy to identify. Hollywood & Netflix File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Copyright Infringement Claims. is taken into account.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2025

Even for Nintendo, suing every infringer isn’t just impractical. Negative exposure in the media has direct implications for image and branding. “Please immediately confirm whether you have maintained copies of everything you have already deleted and that you will comply with your preservation obligations.”

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

There is an increasing number of brands, talent agencies, and influencers looking to leverage influencer marketing. Celebrities, Influencers, Talent Agents, Marketing Agencies & Brands. We represent agencies, marketing agencies trying to line up influencer campaigns for their clients, for brands. Seems simple right?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Hollywood group sees copyright infringement as one of Telegram’s growth drivers and it urged the US Trade Representative to put the service on the annual list of notorious piracy markets. Channels owners can simply change their brand or start a new group altogether. This feature is regularly abused by pirates.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

At a time when many pirate sites seem increasingly elusive, oftentimes almost transient as domains, identities, and branding, come and go, static enforcement targets are in limited supply. “The scope of repeat infringement on Verizon’s network is staggering. Verizon Services Corp.,

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

It is now the most prevalent form of online music copyright infringement. Denmark was the first country in the world to declare stream-ripping illegal and currently blocks sites with flvto, ytmp3, yt1s y2mate, and savefrom branding, among others. Similar brands appear in legal documents relating to a High Court ruling in the UK.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Copying designs as well as creating replicas of any sort which closely resemble the general composition or the original blueprint infringes the right of the creator. The submission of hard copies of the logos or decorations is essential.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Model Gigi Hadid defaults in a copyright lawsuit over an Instagram post, leading to a judgment of only $3,000 in damages. Gigi Hadid’s post of sister Bella resulted in the fourth copyright infringement lawsuit filed against her. Gigi Hadid is no stranger to copyright lawsuits. So what do you think?

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2022

The RIAA doesn’t have any issue with the domain service itself but takes offense when third parties sell domains with RIAA branding and the names of its members and executives. Ironically, the original LimeWire was previously shut down by the RIAA after being sued for copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

On infringement, the judge found that the similarities were sufficiently close to be more likely a result of copying than coincidence and so it was for Tesco to explain those similarities. On the judge’s substantial part finding, Tesco argued on appeal that Tesco had not copied what was original to the author of the Stage 3 Work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. Among the tens of thousands of tattooers working in the United States, the tiny handful who have brought copyright infringement claims are rare outliers.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Atari’s copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm advances, underscoring the importance of careful clearance in advertising. On Friday, a Texas federal judge dismissed much of the case but kept Atari’s core copyright infringement claim in play.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Many of these sites use variations of popular piracy brands, including YTS, Cuevana2, Movies123, and Tamilgun. The movie companies convinced the court that these sites, some of which have millions of estimated visits per month, are clearly copyright infringing. – Moviecrumbs. – 2kmovie. – Freemoviesfull.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 30, 2021

It is also an increasingly popular medium for infringers to illegally source and share copyrighted materials. Losing control over you work is not only frustrating, it can damage your business or brand. Fortunately, copyright law prohibits the unauthorized reproduction of a work. How is Copyright Infringed?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday, the complaint speaks of a global pirate IPTV service variously branded as Glo TV, Rays IPTV, and Rays TV. “Rays markets and brands the Infringing Service as, alternatively, Glo TV, Rays IPTV, and Rays TV.

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