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Torguard Settles Piracy Lawsuit and Agrees to Block Torrent Traffic on U.S. Servers

TorrentFreak

Among other things, the VPN company argued that the movie companies never sent any of their alleged copyright infringement and takedown notices to TorGuard’s designated DMCA agent. Settlement & U.S. Earlier this month, both parties agreed to end the legal dispute with a confidential settlement agreement.

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Mystery as Major Pirate IPTV Lawsuit Finds Itself Quietly Dismissed

TorrentFreak

Citing a confidential settlement agreement between the parties, the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice , meaning that it cannot be refiled. When the plaintiffs are in the driving seat in piracy cases, settlement agreements are often used as publicity tools. Settling a legal dispute with an agreement can make perfect sense.

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Stipulated Protective Orders During Patent Litigation

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Discovery in patent cases often requires parties to produce confidential technical, business, and financial information. How do stipulated protective orders protect confidential information? What types of restrictions do stipulated protective orders impose on the disclosure and use of confidential information?

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Are Courts Finally Getting Fed Up With Copyright Shakedowns?

Copyright Lately

Recent decisions suggest courts are losing patience with those who bring dubious copyright infringement claims as part of their business models. In June, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals threw the book at a company called Design Basics. Soon, litigation proceeds had become Design Basic’s principal source of revenue.

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DISH: Pirate IPTV Operators Launched New Services Despite $90m Judgment

TorrentFreak

At a Florida court, DISH and encryption partner NagraStar sued several individuals, companies and trusts collectively doing business as SetTV via the domain settvnow.com. The plaintiffs stated that the complex business structure was designed to frustrate enforcement efforts and hide profits made by SET Broadcast LLC and various individuals.

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ACE Expands to Become a Lean and Mean Anti-Piracy Machine

TorrentFreak

Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. Our enforcement actions will be designed to obtain the most significant impact by grouping actions by tactic, time, region, or language.” These people do business online and try to hide their identities.

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Coach narrowly alleges grounds for cancellation of similar marks

43(B)log

accused product another another The subsequent stipulation to a permanent injunction did not cover the registrations, but there is apparently a confidential settlement agreement that may have covered them. The complaint did “narrowly” state a claim. and [the] Coach” brand.