TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. Not too long ago Malibu was one of the most active anti-piracy litigants in the U.S., — A copy of John Doe’s first amended answer and counterclaims, filed at a federal court in Texas, is available here (pdf). but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 13, 2023

According to some, the lawsuits’ main objective is to collect settlement payments and default judgments. ” No Troll The argument that the company simply pursues these cases to collect settlements isn’t sufficient either. .” — A copy of U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael E.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Targets are encouraged to pay settlements to ensure these legal problems go away. The ability to recover damages for infringements that occurred an arbitrarily long time ago, as long as litigation is begun within three years of discovery, expands the opportunities to seek nuisance-value settlements against numerous internet users.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10]

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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. Whether State Farm will settle this dispute or continue to litigate remains to be seen.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 17, 2023

And the WGA has said that its writers’ using AI as a tool is acceptable: There would essentially be a robot in the writers’ room with writers supplementing their craft with AI-generated copy, but without AI wholly usurping their jobs. Can you DMCA or sue someone who copies that?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The filing described the filmmakers as “opportunistic litigants” that rely on “unsupported” liability theories. Settlement Reached. While it’s clear that both sides have an entirely different view on the matter, settlement negotiations began behind the scenes. Both parties agreed on a confidential settlement agreement.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Therefore, this essentially means that if the ex-parte ad-interim injunction is not granted on the first date of hearing, the aggrieved party may have to wait for a relatively long period of time to get a post-notice hearing where he or she gets a chance to secure an ad interim injunction against the sale of the similar / copied products.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

They also claimed not being aware of revised versions of Marenems stories and denied reproducing or distributing physical copies or graphic posters of Marenems book, Secret Stories. Given this context, both parties agreed to a settlement to avoid further litigation, with each party covering its respective costs.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Whatever legal ambiguity might have existed then has been decisively resolved, at least with respect to competitive keyword ads that don’t use the trademark in the ad copy. Warby Parker, part of 1-8oo Contacts’ irrepressible efforts to revive the litigation genre. Actual Confusion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

” That prompted this litigation. Still, there should be many circumstances where descriptive fair use permits the defendant to use the term “Texas tamale” in the ad copy. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. ” Uh oh.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Submit Your Application: Retain copies of all documents. Litigation: If an appeal is unsuccessful, we will advise your with respect to a lawsuit. Negotiation and Settlement: In some cases, a better result is demanding that the insurer continue to cover you under the LTD policy. Timing is often important to the claims process.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Proponents argued that the CCB would offer rightsholders a low-cost, efficient alternative to litigation in federal courts (which can easily cost over $100,000 to litigate), allowing small creators to more effectively defend their rights. Deal (another known and aggressive serial copyright litigant).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2024

According to Cox, this settlement might suggest that more is going on, but when it pointed this out to the court in 2022, requesting ‘relief from judgment’, the court denied its Rule 60 motion. “Cox lost this case, in a fairly litigated trial where it had every opportunity to defend itself,” the labels write.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

To many trademark owners, it’s a simple decision to sue when the advertiser includes the trademark in the ad copy. 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit?

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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

After nearly four years of litigation, the parties reached a settlement agreement and mutually opted for voluntary dismissal. On June 9, 2023, both parties agreed to conclude the prolonged litigation following several petitions to extend the discovery period deadline. Each party agreed to bear their own attorneys fees.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

The litigants directly compete. It would be accurate to classify this ruling as another trademark owner loss in a competitive keyword advertising case, despite the fact that the trademark appears in the ad copy. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2022

When the symbols “include something in addition to common tropes and shapes,” and even then, the registrations should only preclude verbatim copying. GmbH as potentially a trademark troll due to their high litigation volume and dubious litigation tactics. Dear [smiley]” formed a settlement agreement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Some of the companies involved have previously gone after individual pirates from which they obtained settlements, and the ISP puts them in the “copyright troll” corner, a label the filmmakers have previously rejected. “Plaintiffs and Maverickeye are part of a well-known web of copyright trolls.

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BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Over the last several years, we have reported on a number of cases that have reached quiet settlements or otherwise fizzled out without us acknowledging their end. The case ground onward for two years without significant developments, but it seems that the parties eventually reached a settlement. Pearson Education, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

These entities have previously sued individual file-sharers in various courts to extract easy settlements. Until now, Plaintiffs’ modus operandi has been to file John Doe lawsuits in the hope of securing quick settlements and to dismiss them at the slightest resistance.” — A copy of Wow!’s However, Wow!

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

The company first launched a proactive lawsuit against music rights group BMG in 2016, which ended in a settlement. “As a result, Plaintiffs request to join Screen Media and its 320+ copyrighted works to this litigation is denied,” Judge Bongiovanni added.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2022

The legal battle between the American video game developer Bungie and AimJunkies.com is one of the most litigated cases thus far. The case initially seemed set for a quick settlement but the parties failed to reach an agreement. — A copy of U.S. AimJunkies argued that cheating isn’t against the law.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. The jury also found Shi breached the settlement agreement. ” In the partially published case, Elation Sys. Elation appealed the order granting the JNOV.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

Amount/substantiality: Accepting his allegation that the passage was the heart of the work, the court saw no need to separately address his argument that the separate registration meant that the school district copied the “whole” work. If that were all, copying the WIN Passage would be qualitatively significant. NXIVM Corp.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Genius planted tiny mistakes in some of the lyrics it posted, and once those appeared in Google’s information boxes, it argued that Google copied lyrics from Genius. Genius’s “browsewrap,” however, prohibits copying for commercial use, and Genius sued Google for breach of contract.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The initial verdict was overturned, with BMG and Cox later reaching a confidential settlement. In any case, the trial will continue, with or without the “innocent infringer” and “Cox litigation” evidence. At the time of writing, there’s no public court order on the record labels’ requests.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. This is a preview of the future of CCB litigation…CAN’T WAIT!

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2022

Shortly after the settlement was announced, MarkMonitor asked the court to make sure that sensitive evidence doesn’t see the light of day. — A copy of MarkMonitor’s request to return or destroy the sealed documents is available here (pdf) and Cox’s response can be found here (pdf).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 17, 2023

And the WGA has said that its writers’ using AI as a tool is acceptable: There would essentially be a robot in the writers’ room with writers supplementing their craft with AI-generated copy, but without AI wholly usurping their jobs. Can you DMCA or sue someone who copies that?

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The cause of action in the original suit was the alleged breach of a settlement with the plaintiff, caused by the defendant’s continued use of the plaintiff’s trademark in advertisements on the big search engine. The defendant in their motion of attorney’s fees argued that the plaintiff unreasonably litigated the case.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

But much like George Washington’s army, even though Flo & Eddie lost many individual battles, they ultimately won the war, as their quixotic litigation campaign prompted Congress to grant protection to pre-1972 sound recordings equivalent to that provided to newer sound recordings under federal copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Delaware company collected settlements from U.S. “Rightscorp refused to provide access to its databases and instead offered to create a new database, solely for purposes of this litigation and only containing data that Rightscorp deems relevant to RCN,” the ISP informed the court. Rightscorp Evidence.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

ii] This unreported judgement helped bring the grievances on the table for the others to see that copyright law has deficiencies in terms of music sharing and copying along with royalty issues. viii] Spotify, Pandora and other companies also follow the principle of settlement rather than compliance in their regimes.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In some cases, people will opt to pay a settlement fee, which over hundreds or even many thousands of threats, can amount to a significant new revenue stream for the movie company. Warning Signs Appeared a Few Months Ago. The precise amount is not detailed but it is likely to be many hundreds of pounds and possibly more.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced his office has reached an $8 million settlement with Google of its lawsuit alleging deceptive radio disc jockey advertisements for the Google Pixel 4 smartphone. You might remember that we previously reported on this lawsuit when it was filed, in January 2022. my son’s football game.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The 512(f) plaintiff wins after 3 years of litigation and a bench trial. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.

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