LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

Gaming has had a profound influence on the entertainment industry – recording artists routinely jockey for inclusion in top games, movie and television producers mine games to bring stories to the screen. Protect Your Game’s Intellectual Property How, then, to safeguard what you’ve worked so hard to create?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

During the summer the UK government announced a new inquiry to investigate what needs to be done to “maintain and enhance” the UK’s position as a global destination for film and television production. Once again, the term ‘gold standard’ is used.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

According to an EU statement dated January 2022, Moldova’s State Agency for Intellectual Property ( AGEPI ) responded with a new draft transposing nine EU directives in full and four EU directives in part. Even when people make copies of tracks under Moldova’s private copyright exception, nobody gets paid.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“NFTs represent an exciting business opportunity for MPA’s members to promote their core products —motion pictures and television programs — in new ways, expand their merchandise offerings, and connect with their audiences on a deeper level,” the MPA writes. The same applies to the content to which an NFT might provide access.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy [CIPRA] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad is organizing its first blog writing competition in collaboration with us on the theme of Literature, Journalism and IP. Analysing the complexities of licensing deals for film and television adaptations.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

“That would catastrophically harm the digital markets on which the music industry, the movie and television industry, the news industry, and similar industries depend to profitably create and distribute their works—and would thereby undermine the incentive for the creation of new works that copyright law exists to protect.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Herein, Star India alleged that rogue streaming apps such as IPTV Smarters Pro undermine the value of its intellectual property in the original entertainment, sports content, etc. Such a factual matrix was addressed by the Delhi HC earlier this month in Star India Pvt. v IPTV Smarter Pro & Ors.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

CJEU judgments and AG Opinions Ocilion, AG Opinion, C-426/21 This is yet another preliminary reference on the private copying exception in Article 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive coming from the Austrian courts. For the a comment on the most recent Court judgment on private copying and the cloud (Case C-433/20), also coming from Austria, see here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

European Union Intellectual Property Office, Report on Online Copyright Infringement in the EU. In December, the European Union Intellectual Property Office issued a report on online copyright infringement in the EU with a specific focus on music, films and TV covering the period 2017-2020. Stay tuned!

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

With the onset of the trend wherein users are gradually switching to online streaming to meet their music needs and discarding traditional methods such as radio, television, and music CDs, compulsory licensing for the internet was recognized as a key policy issue by the music industry last year.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cyberlocker and stream-ripping sites make available vast amounts of copyright protected film and television content for streaming and/or downloading, making millions in the process,” an MPA spokesperson comments. — A copy of the High Court order, issued by Honourable Mr. Justice Mellor, is available here (pdf).

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The court noted that determining whether a use is de minimis involves both quantitative and qualitative assessments—how much of the copyrighted material was copied and how significant that copying was. In the meantime, a copy of the court’s opinion is below. Conversely, in Ringgold v. Social media doing what it does best.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It foresaw both registration of the work at the Copyright Office, deposit of copies, attachment of a copyright claim (© [year of first publication] by [name of owner of rights]), and, in certain cases, manufacture of the copies within the country.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. This contract addresses issues such as licensing rights, intellectual property rights, promotions and sponsorships, the duration of such broadcasting rights, payment, and so on.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Underwood Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University), Noam Shemtov (Professor in Intellectual Property and Technology Law/Deputy Head of CCLS, Queen Mary University of London), Haralambos Marmanis (Executive Vice President and CTO, CCC), and Catherine Zaller Rowland (Vice President and General Counsel, CCC). Lone Ranger Television, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The fact that the media experience (whether in a book, film, video, game, or interactive television) depends on both the creator, whose rights are protected by copyright law, and the viewer, who brings their own personal vision to the character, has become increasingly important in the context of interactive technology and user-generated content.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. 1125(a)(1)(B) (Section 43 of the Lanham Act).

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

This ultimately means that when a copy of an image is not stored on a computer’s servers but merely “embedded” onto a website, search engine, etc., As articulated in Perfect 10 , embedding websites that do not “store,” the content do not entirely “communicate a copy” of the content.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Digital platforms have made it increasingly easy to disseminate unauthorized copies of art works that are copyright protected. Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. However, the difference between the two has been elucidated in the case of Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. McDonald’s Corp.:

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Through the Internet Protocol, the growing idea of intellectual property has successfully adapted the law over time to the online community. There are issues with protecting intellectual property rights as our lives become more and more dependent on the Internet. It is the right to copy, as the name implies.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

This year, “the most commercialised show on British television” allegedly netted more than £12 million in revenues before the first episode aired on 28 June. We’ve talked about a lot of different types of intellectual property in tonight’s blog. The premise of the show is, as the name suggests, to find love.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. iii] While intellectual property remedies are painfully slow, the internet is on the cutting-edge of fast paced communication. By: Taylor Bussey. INTRODUCTION. Memes Provide a Social Benefit.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

On 24 March 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in the Austro-Mechana case which tackles the private copying exception and the compensation for the reproduction and storage of copyright material in the cloud. RTL Television, AG Pitruzzella, C-716/20. On 10 March 2022, AG Pitruzzella issued his opinion in RTL Television.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2025

Instead, the ED relies on the ongoing criminal case and a study by the Film and Television Institute (FTII), a government funded body commissioned by it. While Section 64 already allowed for the seizure of infringing copies, the PMLA now adds another mechanism that can cause conflict.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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The IPKat

APRIL 11, 2022

Along with the DSM Directive, this law also implemented Directive (EU) 2019/789 on online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes. The new law implements Article 17 of the DSM Directive mostly in a copy-and-paste fashion. Most probably, quantitative limitations (e.g.,

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A panel of four distinguished authorities on news publishing, intellectual property law and technology addressed these questions last week for the annual RightsTech Summit. Wout van Wijk , the Executive Director of News Media Europe , which represents over 2,500 media companies including newspapers, radio, television and on the Web.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The sheer number of developments and technological advancements in the sport make it crucial for the teams participating to ensure that their intellectual property rights are not violated. This is where the various protections under international Intellectual Property Rights conventions come into play.

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alexander testified that she declined the offer and advised WWE that she did not grant it any permission to copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce any of her designs. She further testified that WWE then offered her $450 for extensive rights to use and produce the tattoo designs on WWE products.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Other posts IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright Despite the increasing importance of intellectual property in the modern economy, there is a surprising lack of attention given to IP financing in India. Vs. Star India (P) Ltd. &

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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. While these developments have certainly made our lives easier, it has also led to many concerns regarding intellectual property right protection. Then there is also a threat of cyber-squatting.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. Copyright law forbids duplication, public performance, and so on, unless the person wishing to copy or perform the work gets permission; silence means a ban on copying. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. ,

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Netflix’s reaction to “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” was hailed by the fan fiction community, a group which has historically faced a tenuous relationship with the owners of the intellectual property that serves as inspiration for their work. We didn’t ask for permission to use their intellectual property.”.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

An orbit around the sun full of new developments, trends and reflections on intellectual property, with the analysis of our professional experts on the subject. Artificial intelligence pushes the boundaries of intellectual property. My product was copied and I haven’t registered it. is there anything I can do?

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. So, if you buy a copy of “Dune,” you can read it. Buying Objects ? Buying Copyrights.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

A federal district court in New York held that the Internet Archive’s Open Library project was engaging in copyright infringement by publishing digital copies of millions of books online. Universal City Studios , that home users of Betamax machines did not infringe copyrights when the recorded television content for later viewing.

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