Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, to copy any less than the entire frame of each video would have disturbed the material and made the videos useless to the commentary. Market Effect. Swindelles appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Nature of the Work. ” Amount Taken. “Mr. . ” Amount Taken.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2021

They say that IA now wants access to data related to more than 500,000 additional books, complaining that it only wants access because the data it has obtained thus far doesn’t support its theory of no market harm. ” Data Sought is “Not Material”, Creates a Massive Burden.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The researchers used this ‘natural’ event to see if the takedowns impacted legitimate streaming activity of TV shows on iQIYI, one of China’s most popular subscription streaming platforms. The researchers analyzed whether the mass takedown event impacted demand for subscription-only ‘VIP’ shows in any way.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By recording the latest movies directly from the silver screen using concealed devices, ‘cammers’ fuel the illicit piracy market that thrives during the first few days of a film’s initial release. Events during the summer seem to have taken everyone by surprise. Movies Were Shared on TorrentGalaxy.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In May, Triller filed a lawsuit against the H3 Podcast, claiming that by showing a portion of the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight event on YouTube, the defendants breached the company’s rights. ‘Unlisted’ Video Was a “Bootlegged” Copy. In its opposition, Triller moves directly to the core of its new focus.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In his memoir, Ford recounted growing up in Michigan, serving in Congress, and the complicated events of the 1970’s that brought him to the Presidency. Harper & Row had a first publication rights agreement with Ford, but The Nation used a pre-publication copy of the memoir to scoop everyone else with an excerpt from the book.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 30, 2022

According to the claim, the restaurant copied a wide variety of copyrighted materials without permission. After JMC failed to confirm that the event would be canceled, Paramount decided to take the matter to the Copyright Claims Board. Instead, they announced plans to open a new McDowell’s in Springfield from May 20 to June 5.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 28, 2023

Their events attract millions of viewers and are monetized through multi-billion dollar licensing deals and expensive PPV events. This has created a black market for pirated live streams which attract millions of users. The UFC, NBA and NFL are without a doubt among the most recognizable sports brands in the world. Whether U.S.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But if you have not taken that route for one reason or another and you encounter highly similar products on the market, there are other ways to protect your products through IP. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios. One way is to take advantage of the European unregistered design.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Netflix also holds the position that Barlow and Bear “ copied liberally and nearly identically ” the elements of expression, dialogue, characters, and key plot points from Bridgerton. Perhaps more important for Netflix is the promotion and success of their event “Queen’s Ball,” a Bridgerton experience held across multiple cities.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

They insist that copying their books without permission is illegal, despite IA’s claims that it only lends copies of books that it physically owns while maintaining a one-to-one “owned-to-loaned” ratio. They add that IA is not an educational institution but in any event, nonprofit status is not an excuse for book piracy.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

Ab initio distinctiveness The Court concluded that the trademark is not distinctive ab initio because there are numerous similar perfume bottles on the market. So the Court considered that Chanel’s perfume bottle is commonplace within the perfume market. As mentioned, Chanel had also submitted marketing materials and market share data.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 3, 2023

However, the court denied these motions, as there is no hard evidence that any game code was copied. This is the first time that a case like this will go before a jury, making it a landmark event. Defendants did not have access to the software Bungie accuses them of copying,” defendants note in a pretrial statement.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Adjusted for inflation, imported Japanese N64s changed hands for the equivalent of $1,400 in today’s money; a copy of Super Mario 64? Imported into the gray market in Europe, US cartridges were cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. A snip at $165. An emulator reference, presumably.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“At a basic level – and common to all the technical devices mentioned – AAPA would like to see the production, marketing and distribution of any device which can be used to infringe IP made illegal” – Sheila Cassells. What’s AAPA’s position there? As for the mobile phone, it’s an infringement machine.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

There’s a market for pretty much anything digital today and ‘collectables’ in particular sell like hot cakes. There are NFT projects ‘copying’ other NFTs, for example, and in some cases, people simply issue NFTs based on existing copyrighted works owned by others. ” Paid Music Events on Roblox.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It provides that any use of a copyrighted work for the purposes of, inter alia, “criticism or review, whether of that work or of any other work” [52(1)(a)(ii)] or “the reporting of current events and current affairs” [52(1)(a)(iii)] is exempt from an infringement claim provided that it constitutes ‘fair dealing’ with the work.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In common with almost every country with a movie and TV show market to protect, Spain regularly conducts operations to shut down or disrupt local pirate IPTV services. As a result, movies, TV shows, and live sporting events, were available at a rate much lower than the legitimate market price.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a matter of weeks, the controversial Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren PPV boxing event will turn three years old and still be remembered for all that went wrong. In summary, H3 says that when it showed the fight along with biting commentary on YouTube, that was fair use, even though the video shown was sourced from a pirated copy of the PPV event.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

” With respect to whether Babybus’ baby character infringed Moonbug’s baby, Babybus claimed that the alleged copying related to generic features found in nature. .'” Day to Day Imports. * Satirical Depiction in YouTube Video Gets Rough Treatment in Court. * 512(f) Preempts Tortious Interference Claim–Copy Me That v.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Influencing others via social media is one of the most influential and efficient method of marketing and they get good pay out from it. There is a need to understand that the content published is available to anyone and everyone with internet and can be copied and used. As a result, it is crucial to learn how to safeguard IP.

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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. v Stability A.I.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2024

The event was mostly a meetup of like-minded geeks, but one person stood out a mile; Tim Kuik, director of anti-piracy group BREIN. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Kuik recalls that the home video market was just opening up. The downside was that pirates would create bootleg copies. Kuik recognizes this, at least in part.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

With studios initially unable or reluctant to distribute their works through official channels, piracy platforms of all kinds sought to fulfill demand and as a result, gained a significant foothold in the market. “This app is now closed. Unfortunately it was hit by a DMCA by the monarchy company known as Funimation,” he writes.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to the plaintiffs, IP addresses allocated to Verizon/Cellco Partnership were monitored by anti-piracy tracking outfit Maverickeye downloading and sharing pirate copies of their movies. A copy of the complaint, filed by Voltage Holdings et al. Hundreds of Thousands of Infringements.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2023

Operating from 2016 until 2018, the Flawless IPTV service copied subscription TV broadcasts from official (and unofficial) sources and then restreamed that content to tens of thousands of customers, at a dramatically cut down price. In common with licensed services, pirate IPTV providers have broadly two options for reaching the market.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Between spooky skeletons and sleigh bells ringing, there are new IP events and conferences coming up in early November. The two-day online event will take place on 5 and 6 November 2021, from 1:00pm to 5:30pm, CET. Find more information about the event and how to register here. Here comes this week’s miscellany roundup.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In a news release , Moderna stated that they believed Pfizer/BioNTech unlawfully copied two key features of Moderna’s patented technologies in the development of their mRNA vaccine, Comirnaty. government or to a list of 92 low and middle-income countries in the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment will also be excluded from damages.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

On April 21, a special event at the WIP contemporary art center in Moscow featured The Batman. Tickets cost around 500 rubles (US$7.00) with the organizers framing the screening as an art performance with artistic commentary on Hollywood’s departure from the Russian market. The source for the movie was unofficial, of course.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. That is, in an NFT there can be an underlying copy of a work of art –typically an image, photograph, piece of music, video or certain audiovisual content– that may be subject to copyright. And why is that?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

From my view, a photo of a real-time event never should be given “thick” copyright protection. “IJR copied a significant percentage of the Photo in its article, and it only cropped out the negative space while keeping the Photo’s expressive features, or the ‘heart’ of the work.” Amount Taken.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law. YouTuber ‘Touchtone’ (Raul Orelanna) was later added as a defendant in an amended complaint alongside accusations he was paid $500,000 to market the service.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

The Measures aim at improving the trademark examination system by addressing the national interests and the needs of market players, while maintaining high-quality examination standards. at the national or provincial level, and there is an urgent need to introduce trademark protection.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

. “Anyone who watches the 4/22/21 Podcast can instantly recognize the true purpose of Triller’s [second amended complaint]: retaliation against the 4/22/21 Podcast because it excoriated the Broadcast and its main event – the boxing match between Jake Paul and Ben Askren (the ‘Fight’).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In any event, it is worth noting that the decision to delete did not stem from the artificial origin of the music, but rather from the fact that the songs were being used to collect royalties on behalf of fraudulent accounts. Essentially, FlowGPT would have fed the copied songs into the system, and that could mean copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

JUNE 29, 2022

His contribution to trademarks included extending common law protection to unregistered geographical indications when he ordered Cadbury to stop passing off its British-made bars as Swiss chocolate , cautious of Cadbury’s marketing tactics potentially fooling customers.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 20, 2023

Many events have contributed to the rise and fall of online piracy rates over the past 20 years but few – if any – can match the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Western companies’ partial or complete withdrawal across all entertainment sectors has profoundly affected content availability.

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