Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

However, Genius, not the copyright holder on the lyrics, opted to sue claiming breach of contract and unfair competition laws. TorGuard has agreed in a settlement to block BitTorrent traffic on its servers in the United States using “commercially reasonable efforts” to do so.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

Trade secret and contract claims often travel together. Because of the close relationship between such claims, this Holland & Knight blog post discusses a contract case involving confidentiality, even though trade secrets do not seem to be implicated. By: Holland & Knight LLP

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Complaint alleged that Boston University used and distributed these materials without his consent to promote and run the course, despite a Settlement Agreement from 2019 that purportedly restricted such use. Boghraty's claims focused on copyright infringement and breach of contract.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

However, HP argues that many of the servers involved predate Oracle’s current contract system, making the patches legal. The two sides had entered into settlement negotiations following the first filing, but those broke off after the judge ruled in favor of AimJunkies. AimJunkies, for their part, no longer sells the cheats.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. Settlement. Last week, Tarantino and Miramax came together for a full-day settlement discussion, led by mediation firm Signature Resolution. With the settlement, the legal battle is effectively over.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Shortly thereafter, on October 25, 2021, the Plaintiff and Defendant submitted a Stipulation of Dismissal due to a settlement agreement, requesting that the court dismiss the case with prejudice. In its opinion, the court emphasized that copyright licenses are interpreted according to principles of contract law. Williams et al.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

as part of a settlement of the companies' patent and contract litigation over Wi-Fi routers in the U.S. Netgear Inc. has received $135 million from TP-Link Systems Inc. International Trade Commission and California federal courts.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

Without mentioning any figures, BMG said that it was “extremely happy” with the “substantial settlement.” Following the original verdict, before the eventual settlement, Cox informed its insurance companies Hiscox and ACE American Insurance of its claim. Beach of Contract? million in costs, Cox appealed the matter.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A settlement proposal included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. While Area 51 was shut down before the proposed settlement was signed, the plaintiffs claim that Tusa then launched a clone service called SingularityMedia which took on Area 51’s customers. Breach of Contract.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2022

SWA also addresses members’ complaints against producers, directors, broadcasters, studios or even other writers, regarding violation of their contracts, or infringement of their copyright, credit denial, etc. via its Dispute Settlement Committee (DSC). Responsibilities. SWA legal officer has two-fold responsibilities.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Tusa had been on the radar of the studios for some time and had previously shut down Area 51 after reaching a settlement agreement with anti-piracy coalition Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment. Tusa then signed a settlement agreement but went on to launch Digital UniCorn Media but denied he had anything to do with it.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

The class action plaintiffs alleged that J&J “worked to suppress competition and raise prices to purchases of [REMICADE] by imposing a web of exclusionary contracts on both health insurers and healthcare providers.” The court preliminarily approved the settlement in August 2022. million in expenses.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

A pending settlement agreement included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. After the apparent demise of Area 51 but in advance of the settlement being finalized, it’s alleged that Tusa launched a close copy of Area 51 called SingularityMedia, which scooped up Area 51’s customers.

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IPilogue

JUNE 23, 2022

This interesting case will likely become a battle over the terms of the contract with strong arguments on both sides. This term mirrors the contracts of most universities (like University of Toronto’s patent policy ) where professors are not the exclusive IP owners for independent work completed during employment.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, in the UK Parliament, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, in its final report on the Economics of Music Streaming , made a number of recommendations, including speedy adoption of reversion and contract adjustment rights so that UK artists do not fall behind their European counterparts.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 20, 2023

A pharmaceutical tech company will not settle a former CEO's breach of contract claim that was partially reinstated by the First Circuit last month, the company's lawyer told a federal judge Tuesday.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Disney has reached a settlement to end Scarlett Johansson's California state court suit alleging the Marvel Studios parent's decision to immediately release "Black Widow" on its streaming service rather than allow for an exclusive theatrical run violated their contract and slashed the actress' earnings on the film, the parties announced Thursday.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

While some ISPs did indeed forward Rightscorp’s notices, the anti-piracy company couldn’t balance the books with its settlement model and lost millions of dollars. It seems unlikely that Rightscorp has $15m lying around so whether it will choose to fight or pay a settlement remains to be seen.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 20, 2023

This article aims to provide an overview of the difference between the divorce decree and the marital settlement under UAE law, taking into account the legal implications for both Muslim and non-Muslim couples. The marital settlement aims to provide clarity and a mutually agreed-upon framework for the practical aspects of post-divorce life.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This post discusses a recent patent case in which the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) awarded punitive damages upon post-settlement-agreement repeated infringement. One month later, a settlement was reached. Shelly: 'Oops!…You You did it again ?' In April 2021, Jin sued Baijia store for patent infringement.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

SAFE allows an investor to invest a certain amount of money in exchange for the option to acquire future shares that may eventually arise from a future formal capitalization, as stipulated in the contract. aDVANTAGES OF USING For investors: Simple and low-cost investment alternative. . For entrepreneurs: Quick and easy way to raise capital.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 2, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, finding that a patentee could not rely on a forum selection clause found in a settlement between the parties to avoid IPR proceedings. By: Haug Partners LLP

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 6, 2025

A pair of robot lawn mower companies that have been fighting over the aftermath of their prior partnership have come together to tell North Carolina's business court that they are ready to drop their dispute following an earlier motion that stated they had agreed to a settlement.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In this contract, it was stipulated that for licences, he would be paid a royalty rate of approximately 50%, but for a sale, such as the sale of a CD, he would be paid a royalty rate of 18%. When Four Tet’s contract was signed in 2001, these standard licensing terms were different for the music industry. Sales vs Licences.

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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. Barring a settlement, this case has a long way to go and there may be appeals and other courts to weigh in. Bottom Line. However, the case does perfectly illustrate a problem.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited has reached a settlement with two attorneys who were among the score of defendants the timeshare company accused of providing services encouraging people to break their timeshare contracts, marking the latest deal in the Miami federal court case.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2023

A joint status report and discovery plan filed mid-November lacked fireworks and little hope of a settlement. 501 et seq, business defamation, violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act under RCW 19.86.020, and breach of contract.” If the parties fail to reach a settlement, the case will go to a jury trial.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday agreed to hand Mylan a win on a breach of contract claim from Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. over its gout drug Colcrys, agreeing with Mylan's interpretation of an earlier settlement agreement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2021

He has not transacted any business in Virginia or contracted to supply services or things in Virginia.” In August, the parties already informed the court that they were working on a settlement, which has since been finalized. There is no indication that these other providers are considering a settlement.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Registrations are cancellable: Under Article 11, the registration of a copyright may be cancelled where the initial registration was erroneously made or fraudulently procured or by an order of court or pursuant to the law of the relevant contracting state. Under what circumstances may a contracting state make laws to cancel a registration?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. The flexibility of contracts makes them a prime candidate for restricting uses that copyright law leaves unprohibited. That still leaves a rather broad space for contract law to effectively limit the use of information.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Can a Claim for Breach of Confidence and Breach of Contract be made together? While discussing the possibility of a settlement, Mahindra conceded to omit the letter e in the beginning and add the house mark MAHINDRA. Deepak Gupta & Ors Do trade secrets/confidential information need to have economic or commercial value?

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The court rejected this because Apple neither showed that the validity of any single patent would affect those payments, nor that there was any contract dispute resolved by validity of the patents. At this point, the settlement and license occurred and the district court litigation was dismissed with prejudice. § 315(e).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Google Successfully Amends Adwords Contract to Add Arbitration–AdTrader v. If Singh can’t get this ruling reversed on appeal, then this case is dead and Singh spent a lot of unrecouped money over the past 5 years. Case Citation: Singh v. Google LLC , 2022 WL 94985 (N.D. The CourtListener page. More Click Fraud Posts.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Tenth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s judgment dismissing an action claiming breach of a patent settlement agreement. The court agreed that the patent owner failed to establish damages for unpaid royalties, given that patent owners can’t charge royalties after the patent term expires. By: AEON Law

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

I also had the privilege of making contract amendments and drafting an entirely new contract through “Canadianizing” an American reference contract. I participated in a settlement negotiation. I attended a patent law Colloquium that Teva sponsors at University of Toronto.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

It’s a good way to boost the odds of settlements, as surviving a motion to dismiss raises the defense costs substantially. In other words, file a dumb enough complaint that the court can’t tell what you’re arguing and thus won’t grant the motion to dismiss.

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