Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

How to take down Amazon seller listings that copy your products You have invested a great deal of time and money to develop your products. Now you’re being copied by others. What can you do to take down Amazon seller listings of copy products? The goal is to win and shut down listings of copy products on Amazon.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2024

While most of the settlement terms are confidential, it is significant as one of the first resolutions of a case involving these issues. The special – “I’m Glad I’m Dead” – sought to reflect how Carlin would have commented on current events since his death in 2008. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

(“Lehren”), claiming that Lehren copied “significant portions” of its website.Since then, Lehren has responded to these allegations. On June 13, 2021, Lehren filed its Answer wherein it admitted that it “copied a limited amount of text.”

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2023

has reached a settlement to resolve BMG Rights Management's claim that MGA's song "My Poops" promoting its Poopsie Slim Surprise toy line used a soundalike vocalist to infringe the Black Eyed Peas hit song "My Humps," according to an order filed Monday in New York federal court. Toy-maker MGA Entertainment Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted. According to Genius, they had used watermarking techniques to prove that Google had copied from their database of lyrics. copyright law. This move comes after similar lawsuits filed against other VPN providers.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The conclusion of that lawsuit declared that an emulator like Yuzu, that circumvents Nintendo’s technical measures, decrypts Switch games using unauthorized copies of Switch cryptographic keys, allowing games to be played on anything other than a Switch, violates copyright law. “In fact, Defendant has posted links to copies of [.]

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2024

After music giant BMG sued Cox Communications for failing to take action against repeat infringer customers, the matter was settled in BMG’s favor via a “ substantial settlement.” That included copies of its source code (23,693 files) and more than a million pages of documents.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 9, 2023

Exploring a Potential Settlement RCN initially responded to the allegations with a counterattack. Specifically, they are considering a potential settlement. “More recently, the Parties have communicated directly about the possibility of settlement but are not currently engaged in settlement discussions.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 18, 2024

Samsung has reached a settlement in principle in a patent suit by MyPort Inc., which had accused the mobile electronics giant of selling Galaxy devices that copied MyPort software technology covering personal voice assistants, multimedia capture and location tagging, according to a notice submitted Thursday in Texas federal court.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 29, 2022

In her lawsuit, she alleged that the show copied elements of not just her title, but the plot of her book. The case was scheduled to head to a trial in July, but both sides have since reached a settlement. The terms of that settlement were not disclosed. The post 3 Count: Greenleaf appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Lizzo has reached a settlement with her former collaborators over her hit song Truth Hurts. However, now the sides have reached a confidential settlement that brings the case to an end. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

” Failed Settlement Attempt The complaint doesn’t identify the owners of nHentai, who have yet to be named. The proposed terms of the agreement are unknown, but PCR declined and insisted that nHentai should take down pirated copies of their works. — A copy of PCR Distributing’s complaint, filed at the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2022

This far-reaching measure appears to have paid off as both parties have just informed the Virginia federal court that a settlement has been reached. While the settlement terms will remain private, a few details have been shared in public. Settlement With Blocking Requirements. As in previous lawsuits against VPN.ht No Logging!

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 27, 2024

And while the vast majority of these photo cases settle early, in my experience, copyright plaintiffs recently have been looking to extract increasingly steep settlements for the privilege of avoiding litigation. Single-photo settlements are rarely that low. In the meantime, here’s a copy of the court’s order in Ramales v.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

That said, they did state that the two sides had met for at least one settlement discussion though, clearly, no settlement came out of it at this time. However, he claims that Epic has been copying and distributing at least one of those questionnaires without his permission, despite his attempt to get them to license it.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

However, Voltage has now moved to dismiss those lawsuits, citing a settlement that has been reached. The terms of that settlement are not known, but, in a similar lawsuit, ISP Cox Communications as ordered to pay major studios $1 billion in jury verdict over similar allegations.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 14, 2022

Last week, the United States Office of Research Integrity (ORI) made its first finding of 2022 , and it was a voluntary settlement agreement between themselves and Terry Magnuson, a researcher at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. . You simply cannot count on a later version of you being able to perfectly removed the copied text.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Confidential Settlement. As part of this settlement, all claims against VPN Unlimited were dismissed. The full details of the settlement agreement are confidential. Hosting provider SharkTech signed a similar settlement deal a few weeks ago and VPN.ht With the settlement, the lawsuit against VPN Unlimited is over.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

Without mentioning any figures, BMG said that it was “extremely happy” with the “substantial settlement.” Following the original verdict, before the eventual settlement, Cox informed its insurance companies Hiscox and ACE American Insurance of its claim. — A copy of the complaint, filed by Cox at the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The “Destiny 2 Hacks” listing was swiftly pulled from the AimJunkies site but an archived copy of the page remains available. This deadline was extended twice, as the parties indicated they were engaged in constructive settlement discussions. Settlement Discussions & Default. “These sharp practices by Bungie, Inc.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It started out in 2010 when Oracle sued Google for copying the application programming interfaces (APIs) of Java, a programming language developed and licensed by Sun Microsystems and later acquired by Oracle, in Google’s development of the Android operating system.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The first uploaders who, similar to the sites, remain unnamed, offered pirated copies of books and settled for €7,200. The second person uploaded both music and books and agreed to a €5,000 settlement, which is partly conditional due to personal circumstances.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Next up today, Eva Martinello at Dot Esports reports that Riot Games has filed a lawsuit against Shanghai-based Moonton Games alleging that Moonton has copied assets from them when making the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. million settlement in 2018. That lawsuit resulted in a $2.9

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

A pending settlement agreement included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. 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.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This included those sent by the tracking company Rightscorp , which were paired with settlement demands. “Rightscorp intentionally sends out millions of notices a year, and includes threatening settlement demands therein, as it stands to gain a portion of each settlement received as a result of each notice.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

Earlier this week, independent fashion designer Bailey Prado took to Instagram to call attention to a different fashion label that, according to her, copied her “whole life.” For example, items that may sell on Prado’s website for up to $300 typical appear as copies on Shein’s app for less than $20.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

But with streaming, no significant uploading takes place and, just as importantly, no copies of movies or TV shows are made on users’ machines. He pre-installed Kodi and a selection of addons on the devices which enabled customers to access pirated copies of movies, TV shows, and live TV.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In the lawsuit, Pearson alleges that Chegg, through the use of thousands of freelancers, provides answers to questions found in textbooks it publishes and, in doing so, often copies the question verbatim or with slight paraphrasing. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2023

courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements on the way. Plaintiff monetizes its alleged copyrights through coercive and needless litigation and by extracting settlements from that litigation disproportionate to the minimal value of Plaintiff’s works,” the defense wrote. but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Settlement & U.S. Earlier this month, both parties agreed to end the legal dispute with a confidential settlement agreement. However, the settlement comes with a twist. As part of the settlement, the VPN provider also signed a list of undisputed facts , where the hosting company is prominently featured.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

While many of these lawsuits have resulted in private settlements, Strike 3 also encountered pushback from some of the people it sued. According to Strike 3 the man pirated 54 movies and through discovery it requested permission to inspect a copy of his hard drive and cloud hosting accounts for evidence. — A copy of U.S.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The backstory and context provide some interesting insight into the copyright infringement settlement mill. Late December 2017, a few months after the blog post was published, Mr. Bell wrote in demanding the immediate takedown of the photo as well as a settlement payment of $5,000. Lucrative Settlements. As it turns out, Ms.

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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. My bet’s on a relatively quick settlement, but one thing is clear—this is one insurance ad that just wasn’t worth the risk.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

However, both sides have now reached a settlement, bringing the case to a close before that happens. Instead, they argue that he copied them from black artists performing in the 1950s and 1960s. Sinclair argued that the server test meant that, since they weren’t hosting the video, that it was not infringing.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2024

In a lawsuit filed at a New York federal court in June, leading textbook publishers including Cengage Learning, Macmillan Learning, Elsevier and McGraw Hill, accused Google of profiting from sales of infringing copies of their textbooks. ” The letter reveals that the parties have not yet engaged in settlement discussions.

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