Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

IPRs are crucial for startups as they safeguard their unique ideas and creations, enabling them to establish a competitive edge in the market. Trade Secrets: Trade secrets encompass confidential information critical for a startup’s success; this may include formulas, processes, customer lists, marketing strategies etc.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 26, 2021

First, design elements that are “physically or conceptually separate” from the article can be protected. Lawsuits around these particular issues are rare and the disputes that do arise typically are handled through cease and desist letters or takedown notices. This isn’t to say there’s been no litigation in this area.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

Consider how you’re going to bring the game to market and to your business plan. and abroad: This essential step strategically files word marks and design marks in the U.S. Design patent filing – U.S. He also is experienced in intellectual property litigation. Trademark application – U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Court held that hiQ raised at least serious questions going to the merits of its California Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”) claim and the applicability of the CFAA, based in part on the alleged anti-competitive conduct designed to suppress hiQ’s competitive products. LinkedIn appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

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. Ryanair has a long history of litigating against OTAs in Europe and the United States. It previously litigated against Expedia in Washington. Needless to say, it didn’t stop.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. Yet, the dispute is still very heavily litigated in the district court (while the Ninth Circuit was mulling over its ruling in light of Van Buren ). Eric’s Comments.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

The litigants are an employer and former employee. By design, it seeks to push questions over ownership to court, rather than have the intermediary service try to resolve those question. Maritas * 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. The 512(f) claim fails. Shande will get his day in court.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

Maritas * 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Summit Entertainment * Cease & Desist Letter to iTunes Isn’t Covered by 17 USC 512(f)–Red Rock v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

400 in damages after 4 years of litigation won’t put a smile on anyone’s face. Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. HSI. * Furniture Retailer Enjoined from Sending eBay VeRO Notices–Design Furnishings v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

” Market Effect. “Plaintiffs have adequately alleged that a member of the general online public ‘might see the EMMY Statuette Design as used by Defendant and mistakenly believe that there is a link between Plaintiffs and Defendant or find the association offensive, thus tarnishing the mark.'” ” UGH, no.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Summit Entertainment. * Cease & Desist Letter to iTunes Isn’t Covered by 17 USC 512(f)–Red Rock v. RIAA appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Instead, Source Capital alleges the DMCA takedown notices were “knowingly false” and designed to kick Source Capital out of the Google search results during the high season. Maritas * 512(f) Plaintiff Must Pay $91k to the Defense–Digital Marketing v. Barrett Financial appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. Summit Entertainment. * Cease & Desist Letter to iTunes Isn’t Covered by 17 USC 512(f)–Red Rock v. Babybus appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

So this post is 100% true, even if it might sound farcical. * * * This ruling is part of an ongoing multi-iteration tussle (in and out of court) over market share between two rival unions. Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2024

Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. The accessibility of Internet markets and the ease with which information may be shared have given rise to new opportunities for trademark infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Or, for that matter, hiQ Labs, who has effectively been run out of business by their ongoing litigation with LinkedIn, and who has been on the losing end of almost every key legal decision in their dispute with LinkedIn. And most website-scraper interactions don’t fit within those scraper-litigation patterns. Just ask BrandTotal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. Also in the couple of weeks, Microsoft affiliate OpenAI released a product called GPTbot, which is designed to scrape the entire internet. But the content that they’re trying to protect isn’t theirs—it belongs to their users.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

It further expanded its domain as a manufacturer by establishing a market for its self-made products such as kindle for e-book services, audiobook and ‘cloud computing’ web storage services. Williams-Sonoma commented that Amazon’s own product line “Rivet” has infringed patents of furniture designs. [3]

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Sometimes marketing departments and independent divisions spin out valuable intellectual property assets that, for one reason or another, never made it past the desk of general counsel or a responsible executive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

After two trips to the 9th Circuit, a remand from the Supreme Court, and nearly six years of motions and posturing, the outcome of the litigation was a permanent injunction against hiQ, a win for LinkedIn, and insolvency for scraper hiQ Labs. Meta sent Bright Data a series of cease-and-desist notices telling it to stop.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The court relied on the studies conducted by Lumen and “large volumes” of cease and desist complaints to prima facie establish that the App is a rogue website and deserves to be blocked as a whole. Controller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks launches IPO Grievance Portal. Pharmacy Council of India and Ors.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

1125(c)(3)(C) by claiming its humorous use of the Jack Daniel’s marks was not pure commercial speech because it poked fun at the company in the Bad Spaniels design. Parody doctrine can apply when a similar mark is used as a designation of source, such as in the Chewy Vuiton case.

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