IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

Intellectual Property License is an agreement between the owner of the Intellectual Property and the party to whom the rights are being given in exchange for a fee or royalty. The present article looks into a comprehensive landscape of Limited License. The IP Owner and the third party are the licensor and the licensee respectively.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2021

Game developer Bungie is continuing its legal battle against businesses and individuals who develop and distribute cheats for its popular multiplayer game Destiny 2. They illegally downloaded Destiny 2 in violation of the company’s licensing terms and willfully distributed copyright infringing code.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that’s frequently used by startups and established businesses in the tech industry. The RIAA logically doesn’t want third parties to strip music or vocals from copyrighted tracks, particularly when these derivative works are further shared with others. mp3juices.cc.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 10, 2022

The complaint named Canadian business entities Elite Boss Tech and 11020781 Canada Inc., ” The defendants argued that during the development of the cheating software, no copies of Destiny 2 were made or distributed, and no derivative works were created. The agreement sees Robert James Duthie Nelson, Elite Boss Tech, Inc.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

106, et seq): the plaintiffs never authorized Meta to make copies of their works and derivative works, publicly display copies (or derivative works), or distribute copies (or derivative works) during the training process of the LLaMA language models. Vicarious Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2021

“Defendants’ conduct has caused, and is continuing to cause, massive and irreparable harm to Plaintiffs and their business interests. Defendants’ Business Model. Ring-1 is said to largely operate from Ring-1.io “Cheaters ruin the experience of playing the Games.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

It’s been a busy two weeks for copyright and AI cases. March 18, 2025) This case involved the completely AI-generated work, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”: The copyright applicant, Thaler, disclaimed any human involvement in the work’s creation. Perlmutter , No. 23-5233 (D.C.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

The allegation that licensing costs were avoided carries much more weight, however. ” Who owns the copyrights to the curriculum and how licensing is structured, may be a point of interest for the defense. According to the complaint, the LifeWise Curriculum is actually a derivative work, i.e And so it begins.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2023

The defendants admitted that Wallhax injected new code into Bungie’s code, thereby creating an unlicensed derivative work. Additionally, Bungie has shown that Larsen violated § 1201(b)(1) by creating an infringing derivative work. In June 2022, Bungie was awarded $13.5m 11020781 Canada Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2022

It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. for a ‘lifetime’ license. You agree that as a condition of your license, you will not: i. People Want to Download and Keep Movies & TV Shows.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

7] Before the court could decide if the subtitled version, a type of derivative work, could still be protected even if the underlying film on its own was available to be used by all, both parties settled. [8]. 14] Before lawyers got involved, pressure from the photographer resulted in the granting of a licensing fee. [15]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. documents, or other files”, a definition that necessarily comprises source code, and hence the Licensed Materials. (As Complaint at 2.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s business landscape, the significance of intellectual property (IP) assets is on the rise and is becoming increasingly crucial in various sectors. The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

The 21-year-old is the sole director of MMH Group Holdings which plays host to 3 businesses: Filter, MMH International and FM Cosmetics. According to their Terms of Use, the user owns the copyright to the image posted but automatically agrees to license that image to Instagram.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Yet especially in the business-to-consumer or “B2C” context, these ToS have often been reviled as largely unread, not understood, and creating an abusive relationship of imbalance of power in monopolistic or oligopolistic markets. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license? user, service)?

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP. Netflix claimed that the defendants declined their licensing offer before the live performance and proceeded without authorization.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 15, 2025

When using copyrighted materials, a common misconception persists that internal use within an organization does not require licensing. If the work is protected by copyright and is used in certain ways without proper permission, your team could still be infringing on the copyright owners exclusive rights.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Table of Contents: Warhol v.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

Trade mark infringement cause of action is brought under common law while unfair competition cause of action is brought under both common law and California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200 et seq. This is a U.S federal court which has jurisdiction in the case pursuant to Title 28 of the United States Code.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As more and more projects in these fields adopt open-source licensing, the legal complexities tied to these licenses are becoming increasingly relevant, with dual licensing being a case in point. Second, altering the license could alienate a project’s community, leading to forks or abandonment.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

.” Focusing on the tattoo itself, defendants argue that “[t]he specific challenged use—a non-commercial tattoo hand-inked on the arm of Kat Von D’s friend—is nothing like the copyrighted use, a photograph licensed to be used in a magazine article about Miles Davis.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The NEL was held to be a derivative work, and the Archive’s lending practices violative of copyright law. Effect on the potential market for or value of the works By providing the books without appropriate licensing from the Publishers, and free of cost to readers or libraries, the Archive “usurped” the market for the original works.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

What makes Astley’s case interesting is that Gravy and his record label obtained the appropriate copyright license to recreate the melody and lyrics from “Never Gonna Give You Up” (which Astley didn’t write and doesn’t control) for “Betty (Get Money).” The defendants obtained a license to use the former, but not the latter.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 30, 2024

Shumaker: How does CCC’s business model relate to the copyright questions about AI? What role might CCC play in licensing for AI applications? Since our founding, we’ve been putting users and rightsholders together, so people can find good ways to license the works that they need. We offer various licensing models.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2021

Not all literary works are the same; Infinite Jest gets a different kind of copyright protection than my emails do. Anyway, in GvO, Justice Breyer instead reproduces an entire short story, which was just minding its own business and had nothing to do with the case, in two different languages no less.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open Source material may seem safe and easy, but it has its licenses and restrictions. It’s not just about avoiding legal pitfalls; it is also about making informed decisions that can impact the growth and credibility of your business. Licenses also play a pivotal role in this context. The post Don’t Get Sued!

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open Source material may seem safe and easy, but it has its licenses and restrictions. It’s not just about avoiding legal pitfalls; it is also about making informed decisions that can impact the growth and credibility of your business. Licenses also play a pivotal role in this context. The post Don’t Get Sued!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

From the output side, the relevant issues are whether the output is copyright-protected, and whether it infringes the copyright of ‘works “ingested” during the training stage of the AI system’ ( see Quintais, here ; see also here and here ). To facilitate the process of TDM, data is the key.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Accordingly, this case is a useful example of how a court will: (1) assess the derivation requirement (of actual copying) of UK copyright; and, (2) as part of that, consider similarity between musical works for the purpose of copyright infringement.” by Pamela Samuelson “In March 2022 the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is certainly within the definition of chutzpah to publicly display your own work on the Internet, visible for anyone to see for free and without further conditions, and then to complain that others are helping people find your work by linking to it. Surely paid licensing should not have to work on an all-or-nothing basis.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. Although often overlooked by entrepreneurs in the early stages of their ventures, understanding the importance of IPR is critical for startups aiming to thrive in today’s competitive business landscape.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Reproduction and public display are the main alleged rights violated (with lots of overlap); only 71 derivative work claims. Few repeat players, but Joe Hand live entertainment is—business model is working with bars etc for live entertainment broadcasts. Statutory damages requested 22% of time.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

On August 6, Roc-A-Fella filed an amended complaint, naming GoDigital, a company to which Dash allegedly granted the right to license Reasonable Doubt to certain websites, as a co-defendant. [13] According to Miramax, the creation of the NFTs constituted copyright infringement because they were unauthorized derivative works of Pulp Fiction.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

After filing a series of lawsuits against cheat developers, cheat sellers, resellers, and even gamers who use cheats, there’s little doubt that Bungie views cheating as a threat to its business. Bungie continued, business as usual. had no permission from Bungie, that amounts to an unauthorized derivative work.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

.” The site also removed any piece that they had received a complaint about and promised that they will do what they can to make up for “past mistakes” and that they are reviewing their business model going forward. However, Warhol also created 15 additional works known as the Prince Series that were unlicensed.

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