IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

The time is ripe to strike a balance between the copyright owner’s economic interests and the public’s right to have access to information and knowledge for growth and development of society before it turns out as blessings of talent over the curse of poverty. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In a recent installment in the series of intellectual property disputes in the music industry, electronic artist Four Tet, also known as Kieran Hebden, has won a royalty lawsuit against his independent British record label, Domino Record Label, over how much he is paid every time one of his songs is downloaded or streamed. Sales vs Licences.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This is a 512(c) online copyright safe harbor case. The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service. The case involves ShutterStock, a photo licensing service. (We ShutterStock has a “contributor” program that allows anyone to upload photos into their licensing database in exchange for a fee if licensed.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2021

They released ‘sizzle reels’ to market the cheat using Destiny 2 artwork and developed software to hook into copyrighted Destiny 2 code thereby producing an unlicensed derivate work. They illegally downloaded Destiny 2 in violation of the company’s licensing terms and willfully distributed copyright infringing code.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As I wrote previously : lawsuits against IAPs are problematic for many reasons, including the failure of 512(a), the danger of assuming that notices of claimed infringements (NOCIs) actually reflect infringing behavior, and the mismatch between the wrongdoing of alleged copyright infringement and the remedy of terminating Internet access.

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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. In 2014, Lang Van sued VNG for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

was banned and then signed up for a new account, he agreed to Bungie’s Limited Software License Agreement with no intent to comply with it; fraud according to Bungie. has the right to disaffirm any contract within a reasonable time of becoming an adult. With no enforceable contract between L.L. In its response to L.L.’s

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

repeatedly breached the terms of its Limited Software License Agreement (LSLA) by using third-party cheating software, getting banned by Bungie, and then repeatedly signing back up to breach the LSLA’s terms once again. has indeed rendered the contract void ab initio. Stronger Copyright Claims Coming Right Up.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. What is copyright protection? Why should I copyright my software?

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

created) on a permissionless blockchain (like Ethereum, Cardano o Solana) through a software called “smart contract” which is recorded on the blockchain itself. These digital files are freely downloadable by everyone (there is no DRM protection in NFTs). In other words, the “old” IP rights (copyright, trade marks, etc.)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Under the Copyright Act, display. The first question is whether embedding the video on Sinclair’s website was a “display” that requires the permission of the copyright owner. But it cannot be that the Copyright Act grants authors an exclusive right to display their work publicly only if that public is not online.”

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Traverse Legal Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

AI companies typically do not provide a license to download or use their software. Users don’t need a license since they don’t download the AI engine, database, or software. AI projects must consider the second issue of identifying and protecting their IP – trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This means navigating a patchwork of national legislation and court decisions when dealing with international copyright projects. Up to March 2021, his photographs have been licensed more than 800,000 times. The defendant concluded a “download agreement” with Fotolia concerning one of the plaintiff’s photographs.

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LexBlog IP

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. In 2014, Lang Van sued VNG for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 11, 2022

Government regularly goes after copyright-infringing companies and individuals, both domestically and abroad. That doesn’t mean that there are no copyright issues within its own ranks. The lawsuit is not a typical piracy case in the sense that Navy officers downloaded software from shady sources, but the end result is the same.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2023

The discussion gave a broad overview of copyrights, patents, licensing structures, trademarks etc. LICENSING The nature of business operations in the metaverse also raises the question of licensing of trademarks. In this post, we aim to analyse and understand how trademark jurisprudence is shaping the metaverse.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2023

The Domino Effect Bungie filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against defendants allegedly involved in the development and supply of Destiny 2 cheat ‘Wallhax’ back in August 2021. in copyright infringement damages against Elite Boss Tech, Inc., For those still unconvinced, a judgment handed down Tuesday may be persuasive.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Last year, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. Court Dismissed Bungie’s Copyright Claims. In an amended complaint the game developer added more copyright infringement details. In May, U.S. Hacking Allegations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

WhenU concluded that copyright was a dead-end. In this lawsuit, the plaintiffs aren’t suing Google for violating their copyrights or trademarks. Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” Wells Fargo v.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Meme Culture Meets Copyright Law: A Guide for Businesses & Creators Memes, often humorous media fragments that spread rapidly through online sharing, are a global phenomenon that have made their way into mainstream culture. All meme-like images in this article are properly licensed. Are Memes Dangerous? What about meme generators?

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Unpacking the Guidance The Guidance breaks down IP Australia’s position for registering trade marks in respect of the following emerging technologies: Virtual goods: Start by considering whether your virtual goods fall into class 9, which covers downloadable software and data, and so will be a good fit for many virtual goods.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). These provisions served as, among other things, models for Articles 18 and 20 in the new DSM Copyright Directive (2019/790).

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

and Copyright in Graffiti and Street Art). Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. closing dinner), IP Lunches (incl. Diversity and Inclusion Today, Would you like some IP with your Wine?,

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

An article by Adi Robertson at The Verge looks at a recent study by The Galaxy , which examines the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and examines what the buyer is obtaining in terms of copyright or other intellectual property rights. NFTs were never meant to address copyright issues, they had a different purpose altogether.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 28, 2022

Confidentiality agreements, non-solicitation clauses, and non-competition clauses can all establish evidence of reasonable measures to preserve secrecy and create breach of contract claims for future trade secret misappropriation. But reverse engineering of any product obtained subject to a negotiated NDA or a mass market license (e.g.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. Elsewhere in the apparel space, American football quarterback Tom Brady has filed an application for ‘Tom Brady’ for NFTs and downloadable virtual goods in class 9. The NFTs act to authenticate these items.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

contracts) may play a decisive role in the final allocation of rights and obligations. Nevertheless, part of the literature has claimed that mining copyrighted works for purposes of TDM does not involve expressive uses, and, therefore, should not raise any copyright issues (see, e.g., here and here ). While art. 4(3), CDSM).

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azrights

APRIL 22, 2021

You can safeguard your know-how, secure your contracts, or start franchising and licensing among many other things. Turning ideas into a business and brand involves using the tools of the IP system – trademarks, design rights, copyright, patents, and confidential information or trade secrets. Turning Ideas Into a Business.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2024

The Cube file was provided under a Creative Commons, non-commercial, no derivatives license. It advertised “This device was one of the most popular items on a popular 3D printing website with over 20,000 unique downloads” on its website, at a time when Leszczynski’s Thingiverse page displayed that his Cube had been downloaded 20,000 times.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to the lawsuit, Crabtree worked as a colorist on the series and was granted a portion of royalties on both single sales and any adaptations of the comic and its characters via an oral contract. According to the lawsuit, Otto licensed the hornet logo back in 1981.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Risks for all stakeholders include FTC Part 255 regulations for endorsements and influencer contract drafting and, in this game, one of the things we’re going to be talking about is, you know, intellectual property. The Difference Between An Endorsement & A License. Copyright Licensing as a Form of Permission.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2023

The mapping produced a wealth of data and findings, which are systematized in a dataset available on the user-friendly website www.copyrightflexibilities.eu , and analyzed in a report downloadable from Zenodo , SSRN or ResearchGate , entitled “Copyright Flexibilities: Mapping and Comparative Assessment of EU and National Sources”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Concomitantly, the imposition of APCs has created new, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers to publication for researchers that are not affiliated to a contracting institution. [6] The new copyright rules relevant to “Big Deals”. In current practice, authors are expected to assign or exclusively license their copyright to publishers.

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The IPKat

APRIL 18, 2022

Here’s what happened (spoiler alert: Four Tet prevailed on some, but failed in others)… Background Mr Keiran Hebden, who goes by the artistic name of Four Tet, as a music artist, is suing his record label Domino Recording Company for breach of contract. The songs have since returned to streaming platforms.

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