SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

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! The defendants were unable to establish prior use and legitimate registration.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 30, 2022

A careful step towards ensuring the acquisition of prosperity gained through your work is to copyright it. The copyright laws in India are governed under the Copyright Act, 1957. They provide for the protection of such rights against the infringement or violation of works that may be literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That, in turn, prompted a counterclaim by Dorland for copyright infringement. The Letter: Doorland accuses Larson of copying her donor letter and including significant portions of it, in particular in early versions of the story. Inspiration is one thing, but copying and rewriting exact words is another.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

on 15 October, 2024 (Delhi District Court) The plaintiff alleged trademark and copyright infringement of his registered mark “KHATOON” by the defendants, who used an allegedly similar mark “SHAHI KHATOON.” The Court held that the defendants had copied the plaintiff’s mark and passed off their products as those of the plaintiff.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story. However, due to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the widow of Bram Stoker, Florence Stoker, the movie almost didn’t survive at all. This prompted Florence Stoker to sue, a case she won handily with an order that all copies of the film be destroyed.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

They alleged that ISPs were not doing enough to stop piracy, most notably refusing to terminate accounts of repeat infringers and not responding adequately to copyright infringement notices. 3: Maurizio Cattelan Hits Back in Banana Copyright Lawsuit, Claiming He’s Never Seen the Other Guy’s Art.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Several students from Chapman University in Orange County California (currently identified only as John Does 1-5) are finding themselves on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Assistant Professor David A.

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BYU Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

On January 31, 2022, Dr. Tamara Eichelberger ("Eichelberger") filed suit against Dr. Mary Hudson-McKinney ("Hudson-McKinney") and Western University of Health Sciences ("Western") for copyright infringement and for reverse passing off under the Lanham Act.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . Copyright Office. The payment beyond excessive.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It further added that an individual could either own a registered trademark or copyright but not both. NTC’s statement regarding the copyright assignment from SK Oil Industries to SSPL wasn’t appropriate as it wasn’t a party in the contract, and therefore, didn’t have the right to question it.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits have been filed against alleged cheaters or cheat makers. This includes several copyright infringement allegations. According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Though there are definitely ways that NFTs and blockchain technology can be useful for handling copyright issues , especially in countries where copyright registration is not required, it should not shock anyone that NFTs, as they exist today, aren’t the path. This is why such images are considered fungible.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This prompted Alexander to file a lawsuit against Take-Two, claiming copyright infringement of her work. However, the important thing to know is that there was no doubt that Take-Two did copy the tattoos in question and there was no question of Alexander’s ownership of them. Instead, she only won actual damages totaling $3,750.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Pyrotechnics registered a copyright in its protocol and sued FireTek for copyright infringement. Let’s take a closer look at Pyrotechnics’ registration. ” Pyrotechnics’ copyright registration then starts to fall apart. .” It didn’t register any source or object code.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 25, 2024

d/b/a All Seasons Roofing for alleged copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C §101 Rigsby then secured copyright registrations for his work, establishing his exclusive rights to its use and distribution. Darnell, Inc. 101 et seq.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2024

Copyright infringement is a significant problem for operators of news websites. As any journalism organization knows, producing original news content is a costly endeavor.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

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. Changes to domain registration records must be prevented and all must be disabled to prevent public access.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2022

Then, in early December, companies including Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix filed a full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit against the alleged operators of the site including moderators Dev_Team, Silverrain, Fugitive, and drodman250. to any other registrant or registrar. or primewire.vc

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Copyright Registration in India ensures legal protection to the creators of original works. Copyright is a kind of intellectual property right which grants exclusive rights to the creator of the original work. In India, the protection of copyright is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. The court denied summary judgment on American’s trademark infringement and unfair competition claims, citing unresolved factual issues. It sought $94.4

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Copyright do not require any formal registration. Copyright helps in protecting the software or codes that run a video game. Copyright also helps in protecting the narrative contents and preventing it from being copied. Licensing of their games are also controlled under Copyright only.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 30, 2023

for Copyright Infringement, Removal of Copyright Management Information and Addition of False Copyright Management Information. According to the Complaint, Stross created the photograph entitled Plenty of Trees (the “Photograph”) in 2008 and registered it with the United States Copyright Office. Gotsch, Sr.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s suppose that you have not registered your copyright in a book with the U.S. Copyright Office and you find someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Can you get a licensing fee as fair market value for actual damages for the copyright infringement?

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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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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2022

Suppose you have not registered your copyright in a book with the U.S. Copyright Office until someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Can you sue the alleged infringer for actual damages for the copyright infringement without going to federal court?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. The registrant counternoticed each time. The court found that the registrant sold about 8.3 per sticker set.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Should I let the Copyright Office switch my registration to merely text and lose all ability to include photographs? You can't claim copyright in photos published before 1925 or in unpublished photos taken by photographers who died before 1950. These photos are in the public domain and free for anyone to copy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

Babybus runs a competitive channel that Moonbug believes infringes its copyrights. An example: Moonbug submitted takedown notices to YouTube covering at least 70 videos and sued Babybus for copyright infringement. Okularity. * Copyright Plaintiffs Can’t Figure Out What Copyrights They Own, Court Says ¯_(?)

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43(B)log

JANUARY 31, 2025

Kirtsaeng: Court prioritized free movement of copies. Second Circuit shut down secondary market in digital copies (ReDigi) and libraries too (Internet Archive). Likewise, effects of Star Athletica on registrations/C&Ds may be very different. Fourth Estate, the registration case, has also had a big impact.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Choice Of Law In Ipr Infringement The nature of the rights is the primary concern in any international dispute that involves intellectual property rights. SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

ID Tech believed that Bayam copies too much of its copyrighted website content and pursued a whirlwind of enforcement activity, including filing two lawsuits against Bayam and sending numerous DMCA takedown demands to Shopify. Bayam and ID Tech run rival online jewelry businesses. Both use Shopify as a service provider.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In simple words, copyright does not need registration to be protected. Yet, there are many benefits of copyright registration in the USA. For example, in case of any infringement of the copyright, the copyright owner can get statutory damages. Benefits of Copyright registration in the USA.

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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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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement. In January, Axel Springer lost its copyright infringement lawsuit against Eyeo GmbH, the company behind Adblock Plus. In March, a high-quality Blu-ray copy of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ leaked online , weeks before the official physical release.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

There is no registration fee for any of the seminars. Though he applied in 1992, registration was granted only in 2020. The first defendant allegedly used similar marksSilicon Review, www.siliconreview.com, and CEO Reviewand copied content, causing confusion and revenue loss. Read the post for more details.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 23, 2021

Copyright Office under Registration No. According to the Complaint, Berman observed a copy of the Photograph on Auralex Acoustics, Inc. ’s Berman claims because the Photograph was copied, stored, and displayed without license or permission, Auralex infringed on her copyrights. for each infringement.

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