Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The plaintiff sued the defendant (and others) for copyright infringement. Copyrightability The case sets up one of the longstanding open questions in copyright law: when are form contracts copyrightable, and when is sharing them infringing? As such, defendant made the Forms available.”

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over Hit Single Levitating. First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

1: Spike Lee, Nate Parker Sued by Indie Filmmakers Over Copyright Infringement. First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, the two companies created and produced work related to various testing needs and targeted state contracts. However, when WIN won a lucrative contract with the state of South Carolina, ACT sued allegiging that their skill definitoins and other elements were “virtually identical” to their own.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In total, the lawsuit is seeking both injunctive relief and damages for alleged copyright infringement and contributory copyright infringement. 3: Dev loses copyright appeal over forensic software after judges rule suite was owned by his employer.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

1: Miramax Hits Tarantino With Copyright Suit on ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Samantha Handler at Bloomberg Law reports that the film studio Mirimax has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against director Quentin Tarantino over Tarantino’s plans to release of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to the film Pulp Fiction.

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Although the Video was originally posted in 2010, Charming Beats claims to have been unable to locate the Video until this year notwithstanding a practice of making dozens of YouTube searches each year to identify instances of potential copyright infringement of works Charming Beats owns.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Copyright Infringement / Repeat Infringer Lawsuit. million lawsuit against Twitter alleging that Twitter has failed to complete its obligations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and protect its material from infringement. 2: Twitter Hit With $228.9m That amount totals $228.9

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. businesses in conjunction with Zing MP3.”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Piracy Challenges Remain Despite these successful enforcement efforts, the MPA still sees room for progress, to further clamp down on copyright infringement. “MPA opposes these restrictions because they would not only impact providers’ revenues and general freedom of contract but would also weaken copyright enforcement.”

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

3: “Cheaters” Reality Show Creator Awarded $390,000 in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Finally today, a press release announces that Bobby Goldstein Productions (BGP) has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over a pair of reality TV shows as a jury awards them some $390,000 in damages for some 26 infringements.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

However, Terix has already been found liable for copyright infringement and has been ordered to pay $58 million to Oracle. However, HP argues that many of the servers involved predate Oracle’s current contract system, making the patches legal. 2: Bungie Takes Another Shot at Cheat Seller AimJunkies in Court.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

273 (the "District"), claiming that the District violated the longstanding copyright permissions agreement that governed the District's use of a hornet logo designed by Otto (the "Logo"). Otto claims that these uses infringe his registered copyright in the Logo and constitute a breach of contract and unjust enrichment.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The lawsuit was filed by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who claim that Swift’s Shake it Off is a copyright infringement of their 2001 song, Playas Gon’ Play , which was written for the R&B group 3LW. Morantz, who is 77, is suing Downey over alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract and elder abuse.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This time he has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal , concerning a copyright assignment agreement, a subject that is the source of many disputes in France. Subsequently, on 31 December 2019, Ms Y brought an action against L'Oréal Paris a for copyright infringement before the Paris Court of First Instance.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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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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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition to the breach of contract and alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the lawsuit accuses The Points Guy of violating both their copyrights and trademarks for the use of the American Airlines logo as part of the app.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. First, the Canadian claims are much narrower than those found in other lawsuits such as the NY Times case.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2021

Section 13(3) states that if the photographer was contracted for work, the photos taken belong to their employer. Additionally, under section 13(4) , the photographer can contract out of this complete assignment of rights, and instead grant certain rights in the photo instead of full ownership. However, the Act includes an exception.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

However, the court ruled that there are several elements in the case that could constitute infringement, setting the stage for a trial. The judge also allowed overlapping breach of contract claims to move forward, setting the stage for a possible trial down the road.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

2: Bookie Operators Sued Over Alleged Sports Broadcast Copyright Infringement. However, despite the termination of the contract, the shops continued to show Sis broadcasts, despite multiple warnings to stop. Currently, nearly €40,000 ($39,000) USD remains outstanding.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

. “This is a ruling that fully upholds our allegations, and we believe that it should be a great deterrent against copyright infringement in the future,” a joint CODA and JVA statement reads. “Compared to other copyright infringement cases in recent years, the amount of compensation awarded in this case is large.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The first instance judge held that a factual inquiry may be needed to assess whether the consents to their performances being recorded given in the recording contract covered the modern exploitation of those rights through streaming. The Court of Appeal (with Arnold LJ giving the lead judgment) dismissed this ground of appeal.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

If the issue lies in loopholes within the ToS, the solution seems straightforward: draft tighter contracts and perhaps incorporate a browsewrap on your platforms to catch those who don’t hold accounts. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

has the right to disaffirm any contract within a reasonable time of becoming an adult. As it happened, he had already declared all contracts with Bungie null and void. With no license in place, Bungie said that every download and every play of Destiny 2 amounted to copyright infringement, potentially placing L.L.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

To the extent that Schwartz owns any or all of the Intellectual Property, the Complaint alleges that Kilroy’s have infringed and continue to infringe Plaintiff’s rights as the owner of such. According to the Complaint, Schwartz began working for Kilroy’s as a server and bartender in August of 2021. Section 504(c).

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. It is ill-equipped to handle how copyright-protected works are shared today. Simply put, the system was built in a very different time.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Bungie calls this ‘cheat software” and according to Mann, the company has been trying to “shoehorn” its use into a recognized cause of action, such as copyright infringement and/or breach of contract. Copyright Infringement? “In this action, Bungie vilifies and attacks Defendant L.L.

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Boghraty's claims focused on copyright infringement and breach of contract. He argued that Boston University's continued use of his course materials without proper authorization violates his exclusive rights as a copyright holder and breaches the terms of the Settlement Agreement.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

One is the contract with the individual or individuals doing the work who help create content; and two is the type of content that they create and where they get photos from, in particular. First, contracts. Make sure you have proper contracts. And the infringement doesn’t have to be long.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Can a Claim for Breach of Confidence and Breach of Contract be made together? 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! Deepak Gupta.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dua Lipa and Warner Music are being sued by talk box inventor and singer, Bosko Kante, for breach of contract and copyright infringement in hit song 'Levitating'. Kante alleges both 1) copyright infringement and 2) breach of an oral agreement. billion plays on Spotify).

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On November 16, 2021, Miramax, LLC (“Miramax”) brought claims of breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition against director Quentin Tarantino.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In addition, it refuted the copyright infringement allegations; these lacked substance and were ungrounded because some of the referenced copyrights were registered well after the cheats were first made available. Court Dismissed Bungie’s Copyright Claims In May 2022, U.S. This attempt was more successful.

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