TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Ever since it’s been technically possible to distribute pirated copies of movies and TV shows online, the Motion Picture Association has been attempting to stop it. Indeed, the groups do seem to prefer confidential settlements and controlled shutdowns when it is deemed appropriate. The Ideal Candidate.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

Anyway, Bell goes around suing unauthorized users of the passage, mostly public schools or nonprofits that publish the passage on social media. If that were all, copying the WIN Passage would be qualitatively significant. The fact that he extracted settlements from alleged infringers does not a real market make.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The companies previously obtained data from the YTS user database as part of a settlement with the torrent site. — A copy of the filmmakers’ motion to compel is available here (pdf) and WOW!’s The filmmakers also want to check if the subscribers had accounts with the popular torrent site YTS.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2024

WOW mentioned that the companies previously tried to get quick settlements from John Doe subscribers based on little more than an IP-address. Supreme Court held that social media platforms aren’t liable for ISIS terrorists who used their services to recruit and raise funds. In that case, the U.S.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 10, 2021

The court rejected H/E’s assertion (as well as those of its expert witnesses) that the new mascot costume was a “slavish copy” that wasn’t original enough to qualify as a derivative work. That said, there are reasons for the parties to discuss settlement. 3D Mascot Turnaround of Original Phillie Phanatic.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Price argues that since 2014, the District has continuously copied, distributed, and counterfeited products with his artistic design without his consent, including reproducing it on their social media pages and websites, despite repeated warnings not to do so. Consequently, after 12 years, Price decided to file a lawsuit.

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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. INT’l L.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Other Posts A Case of ‘Smart Copying’: ‘Peace Maker’ Restrained from Imitating ‘Officer’s Choice’ image from here Do you enjoy your whiskey? Would you mix up these two labels: Officers Choice and Peace Maker? Well, it appears the courts think most consumers would. Frankfinn Aviation Services (Pvt.)

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Basically, corporations must employ someone willing to scour the internet and report such infringing content by either filing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices, reporting such individual posts via the methods provided by social media platforms, or both. 405 (2019); Terrica Carrington, Grumpy Cat or Copy Cat?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Musicologists in litigation: (1) identify formal similarities—instrumentation, chord progression; (2) opine on how aesthetically similar/significant those similarities are; (3) opine about the rarity of similar features; (4) opine that copying did or didn’t occur. Mistaken faith in musicology: let’s find an expert to talk about copying.

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Garrigues Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Successful products and services are likely to have their trademarks copied. Therefore, before emabarking on any enforcement action, you need to gather as much information as possible on the entity copying your trademark(s). weigh up and anticipate what a litigation case entails in the big picture and in light of your business.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Two documentaries, one Boy Scouts scandal—a trial lawyer claims Netflix copied his film, but the legal trail ahead looks rocky. Closing Scenes Finally, both films close with an epilogue about the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy settlement trust and the lingering uncertainty it leaves for survivors. Horrific, yes. Protectable, no.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Kunal Makkar & Anr on 14 March 2024, Delhi High Court Image from here The petition concerned alleged violations of a previous judgment where respondents undertook not to imitate, copy, manufacture, or sell shoes imitative of the petitioner’s designs. Christian Louboutin Sas & Anr v.s

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A copy from the Wayback Machine also reveals that the photographs of the therapist are drastically different when compared across sites, an indication of a deliberate switch. As the archive copy of the Beyond Boundaries website on the Wayback Machine clearly shows in the footer, the site was created by web design/SEO company i New Media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

This court further believes that courts should be very hesitant to find that, by posting an inspirational quote in this manner, a social media poster has violated copyright law The court seems to be hinting that author attribution provides a defense to copyright infringement, or at least a pro-defense fact in the fair use analysis, but it is not.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 30, 2023

While many of these lawsuits have resulted in private settlements, Strike 3 also encountered pushback from some of the people it sued. In addition, the defense asked the court to exclude evidence taken from Doe’s social media profiles and comments from his neighbors, who testified on the strength of his WiFi signal.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Many of these cases result in private settlements and are never heard of again. In addition, the defense wants the court to exclude evidence taken from Doe’s social media profiles and comments from his neighbors, who testified on the strength of his WiFi signal. Rare Files-Sharing Trial.

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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. 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. Signal 23 Television v. Prior Posts on Section 512(f).

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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets. Though I’ll detail the advertising-based claims below, I will also note that the court did dismiss claims based on Facebook’s “Copy, Acquire, Kill” strategy as untimely.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In that case, artist Lebeus Woods claimed that a torture device used in the Terry Gilliam film had been unlawfully copied from his drawing of a wall-mounted chair. This prompted a quick settlement which allowed the chair to remain in the picture. You can post a note in the comments section below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The Court ruled that the defendants have tried to slavishly copy the plaintiffs’ trademark by adopting a visually, structurally and phonetically similar trademark. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The risk of targeting an innocent person has never gone away but simply targeting the ‘wrong’ person has the potential to transform a company’s carefully crafted social media interactions into a toxic hellscape overnight. Settlement letters posted in public are disconcertingly vague.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Same But Critical The lawsuit against the Chinese companies claimed they had stolen/copied and then defeated Nagravision’s security technology, including watermarks used to track the original source of pirate broadcasts. Confirmation of a settlement appears in a GoTech report, available in even greater detail here ( pdf ).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 30, 2024

Judge to Cher: “I Got You Paid,” as court rejects Mary Bono’s bid to use copyright recapture to overturn a decades-old divorce settlement. Drop me a comment below or @copyrightlately on social media. In the meantime, here’s a copy of Judge Kronstadt’s order.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

(For a more detailed discussion of these issues, you can also see Diane Nelson’s excellent article in The New York State Bar Association’s March/April 2022 Journal, entitled ‘ We’re Gonna Rock Down To’ Copyright Protection: The Unauthorized Use Of Popular Music In Political Campaigns During The Social Media Era).

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

As Donald Trump used every available resource to ensure his tenancy at the most recognizable house in the United States was extended, some social media platforms had adopted an unorthodox approach to his accounts. Or even negotiating the terms of the settlement Grant offered in August 2020 before filing the lawsuit.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Trump has voluntarily chosen to defend against a private citizen’s copyright claims rather than admitting liability or reaching a settlement with Grant. Drop me a note in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately. He can’t have it both ways. Of course, that’s just what I think.

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