IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2023

It is not the first time that the French courts have ruled that fonts may be protected by copyright (e.g. Recently, a draft bill to change the burden of proof of originality was presented to the French Senate to try to deal with the problem created by the lower courts. But the court ruled that the font had not been copied Article L.122-4

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Ninth Circuit was recently asked to determine whether to continue to apply the Circuit’s two-part extrinsic/intrinsic test for “substantial similarity” with regard to a copyright infringement claim or to depart from this approach and apply the Second Circuit’s “ordinary observer” test instead. In Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 22, 2023

This is a review of Poorna Mysoor ’s Implied licences in copyright law (Oxford University Press, 2021). As the title suggests, this book consists of a detailed analysis and explanation of instances where it is possible to imply a copyright licence in response to or as a defence to an allegation of copyright infringement.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 31, 2024

Let’s explore some common assumptions about copyright and AI and address several widely held misunderstandings on the subject. No copies are made during the process of training generative AI systems. Using copyrighted content for training LLM systems is fair use. Copyright stands in the way of innovation. True or False?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So, before 2023 turns into yesteryear, let’s see what the past Novembers on SpicyIP (2005 to present) have offered. Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. The Indian courts have further clarified this issue.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

and Universal Music Group (“Plaintiffs”) sued AI start-up Anthropic PBC (“Anthropic”) on October 18, 2023, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee “to address the systematic and widespread infringement of their copyrighted song lyrics” by Anthropic. ABCKO Music, Inc.,

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

Ignoring Copyright is Risky Business Research in the life sciences depends in part on the ability to acquire and share scientific information, particularly journal articles, in a timely manner. In the United States, Sci-Hub has been sued twice for copyright infringement and lost both cases.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 5, 2022

In recent years we have seen several lawsuits against ISPs including Charter, Cox, RCN, and Bright House, which are accused of failing to terminate repeat copyright infringers. Under US copyright law, Internet providers must act against persistent pirates “in appropriate circumstances.” Music Industry vs. Bright House.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 31, 2024

Let’s explore some common assumptions about copyright and AI and address several widely held misunderstandings on the subject. No copies are made during the process of training generative AI systems. Using copyrighted content for training LLM systems is fair use. Copyright stands in the way of innovation. True or False?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Today, this doctrine has become one of most popular doctrines in the realm of copyright law. It allows people a positive defense against the infringement of copyright. Definition.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2024

In the EU, Article 4(2) of the InfoSoc Directive specifically addresses exhaustion, stating that the distribution right of the copyright holder is exhausted within the EU after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of a copy of a work with the rightholder’s consent. What could this mean for copyright-relevant upcycling?

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. LAW AND ECONOMICS. Costs Versus Benefits of Copyright Protection. 29, 2013), [link]. [ii] 277 (2020). [iv]

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in Nashville last summer, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI, and others accused X Corp of “breeding” mass copyright infringement. Elon Musk himself had previously added fuel to the smoldering fire, characterizing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as a “ plague on humanity ”.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. Alexis Hunley et al v. In September, U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Photo by Udo Pohlmann via Pixabay Over the last decades, European lawyers got used to the – at times remarkable and even forceful – interventions of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in copyright law. He sues for copyright infringement and claims damages. The Safarov case In 2009, Safarov authors a book.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2024

Emphasizing the lack of a robust mechanism to ensure access to literary work by persons with disability, the authors highlight how the existing copyright framework comes in conflict with the rights enshrined under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Views expressed here are those of the authors’ alone. Image by freepik Prof.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Alexander filed a complaint before the District Court of Southern District Of Illinois for copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § The court opined that the dispute to copying does not arise as the defendants had admitted to copying the tattoo. Citing Muhammad-Ali v. Final Call, Inc., 3d 755, 761 (7th Cir.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The company demanded damages under copyright law claiming that the team “willfully and maliciously” copied, adapted and distributed its source code and other content without permission. Take-Two also demanded damages for alleged misrepresentations in the defendants’ DMCA counternotices.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 7, 2024

In this filing the music companies reiterate that Anthropic built its “multibillion-dollar AI business on brazen, widespread copyright infringement.” Refrain from using unauthorized copies of such lyrics to train future AI models. From the proposed injunction RIAA et al. ’ It is not.”

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 12, 2024

Almost half a decade ago, eight Las Vegas men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law via two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. In the same year, another pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2023

When someone violates a creator’s exclusive rights to a piece of work, they are engaging in copyright infringement. modification, and other forms of copying of the work fall under this category. Music as well as the movie industry are two common industries that face copyright issues on a day to day basis.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. Copying-in-Fact. No Wrongful Copying To determine wrongful copying, the court uses the abstraction-filtration-comparison test. A Personal View The High Tech Law Institute has a special affinity for bananas copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As per legal requirements, Github complied with the takedown demand but, as TF noted at the time , the team behind the projects had the option of filing a DMCA counter-notice if it was confident that its work is permitted under copyright law. Copyright Infringement Complaint.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. Many ISPs have been reluctant to take such drastic measures, which triggered a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits in recent years. Copyright Infringement Claims.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 1, 2024

29 town hall, The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training and LLMs, presented a comprehensive case that AI systems do infringe copyrights and called for a licensing system to compensate content owners. The presentation wove together technical principles and legal arguments. The post Who Owes Whom?

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI. ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Midjourney are some examples of generative AI tools that are presently in use.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 24, 2022

When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright law would govern their online activities moving forward. These heavily edited copies of mainstream movies aim to summarize key plot lines via voice-over narration in about 10 minutes. Image credit: CODA ).

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Wilmott Storage Services, LLC , decided September 9, 2021, the Ninth Circuit clarified the role that the de minimis concept plays in copyright infringement cases. In essence, the Ninth Circuit explained that de minimis goes to the amount of copying of a copyrighted work as opposed to any de minimis use or display of any such a work.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2022

Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.”. Before it starts, however, both sides have submitted requests for summary judgments, in order to settle crucial matters before they are presented to the jury. Billion Dollar Lawsuits.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. With further amendments to copyright law in the pipeline in Taiwan, authorities launced an investigation into the supply of Unblock Tech’s devices in the country. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S. Government.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 25, 2021

In Google , the Supreme Court found fair-use but did not decide the issue of copyrightability. WPL is a UK based software company who obtained several copies of SAS statistical software and made a clone version. SAS sued in E.D.Tex for both copyright infringement and patent infringement. copyright law.”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The limitation with an unregistered design is that it merely confers the right to prevent third parties from using a design only when it occurs as a consequence of the copying the protected design. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film. But as the Yonay case shows, producers should be aware that paying once could land you in the danger zone if you don’t pay again, whether warranted or not.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Photo by Joey Csunyo on Unsplash In recent years, copyright departments in governments around the world have been preoccupied with AI’s effects on copyright industries and, more recently, copyright law challenges created for AI industries. Which copyright issues has the Australian government been grappling with?

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