Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

1: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber Sued for ‘10,000 Hours’ Copyright Infringement. First off today, Mathew Lemkuehler at The Tennessean reports that a new lawsuit claims the song 10,000 Hours , performed by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, is a copyright infringement of an earlier work.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2021

Copyright Infringement Offenses. Since the cheating software developed and distributed by Ring-1 is primarily designed for the purpose of circumventing technological measures that control access to their games, the plaintiffs state that the defendants are trafficking in circumvention devices in violation of the DMCA (17 U.S.C.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Lynn sued allegiging that those prints were a copyright infringement. 2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit was filed in California and accuses Zulily of using their designs on fabrics that they have sold through their site.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

1: Krafton Sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire Copyright Infringement. First off today, Aaron Orr at Pocket Gamer reports that the developer of the battle royale game PUBG has filed a lawsuit against competitor Garena after alleging that Garena’s mobile game Free Fire is a copyright infringement of PUBG.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 1, 2023

Execute the Task in the Public Create any cinematic production in homage to the work Make an adaption of the text by translating it Copyright Infringement Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is copyright infringement. Without the copyright holder’s permission, someone reproduces his work.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

1: Man Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Nickelback Over ‘Rockstar’ First off today, Lauryn Schaffner at Loudwire reports that a musician named Kirk Johnston has filed a lawsuit against Nickelback, Roadrunner records and others involved with the band. 3: Saga Over Garment Design Copyright Infringement Ends with Ceremonial Fire.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. According to the complaint, in early 2022, Andretti Global hired the Plaintiff and the Defendants to design and construct a racing facility in Fishers, IN. (Indiana); and Glenmark Construction Co.

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MARCH 24, 2022

1: Louis Vuitton Loses Copyright Infringement Battle, Le Canard Enchaîné Reports. First off today, Laure Guilbault at Vogue Business reports that the French court of appeal has ordered Louis Vuitton to pay designer Jocelyn Imbert €900,000 ($990,000) for infringing a lock design that she created.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 18, 2023

Introduction The Plaintiff asserted that its hipster whiskey bottle design, which was inspired by the shape of a smartphone and intended to fit into a hip pocket, was novel due to its rectangular shape, smooth rounded shoulders, V-shaped neck, rimmed rounded cap, and dimpled bottom.

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Likelihood of Confusion

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Not that the plaintiffs in the Designer Skin case didn’t get an injunction: They did (here it is); a narrow one utilizing proposed language by defendants explicitly permitting S&L to. District of Arizona: “No automatic injunction upon a finding of copyright infringement” appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

First off today, The Fashion Law reports that trainer Megan Roup has filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by fellow trainer Tracy Anderson over allegedly copyright-infringing exercise routines. committed copyright infringement every time he simply played the game. However, L.L.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 24, 2023

The Designs Act, 2000 (“the Act”), is a complete code in itself and protection under it is totally statutory in nature. It protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian. Designs are registered in different classes as per the Locarno Agreement. These classes are mainly function oriented.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that LEGO is facing a lawsuit from artist James Concannon following the inclusion of a jacket similar to one that he designed as part of a recent LEGO set. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Novak denied the bulk of a motion to dismiss a suit alleging that a general contractor had infringed an architectural firm’s copyright on design plans for a brewery and tasting room to be built in Williamsburg. In a September 22 decision, District Judge David J. Michael Pellis Architecture PLC v. 3:22CV470 (DJN), 2023 U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As such, the direct infringers in this case are the alleged pirate site operators. That is why the publishers are suing for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement, alleging that they aid in the direct infringement and willfully ignore or tolerate those infringements. Copyright Office.

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MARCH 21, 2022

Dubbed the Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies (SMART) Copyright Act of 2022, the act aims to encourage the use of “standard technical measures” by creating a system that the U.S. Copyright Office would oversee to designate standard technical measures through a public rulemaking process.

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2025

Patents and SPCs Rose Hughes reviewed the capabilities and limitations of AI-powered software designed to assist in patent drafting. Copyright and Design Law Alessandro Cerri detailed a decision by a Delaware court where the fair use defense was successfully applied in a copyright infringement case.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

But, while the facts of the case may not be particularly interesting, this has the potential to be one of the most important copyright cases in some time, in particular one of the most important for the CCB. The case is important for one simple reason: It easily could have been a “normal” copyright infringement case.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

First off today, Ted Johnson at Deadline reports that a group of six United States Senators have signed a letter to the domain name registry Verisign calling upon the service to suspend the domains of pirate websites and generally do more to combat copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

In short, such providers cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by their users as long as they meet certain criteria. Among that criteria is that they designate a DMCA agent to receive notices of copyright infringement and then work to remove or disable access to any works they are notified about.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

1: Cardi B Wins California Jury Trial in Art Copyright Infringement Case. Brophy filed the lawsuit alleging that Cardi B’s designer used an image of his back tattoos on the cover of her mixtape. Brophy claimed that this was both an infringement of his copyrights and his likeness.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. First, the Canadian claims are much narrower than those found in other lawsuits such as the NY Times case.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The alleged offenses include violations of the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act as well as conspiracy to defraud and money laundering. The lawsuit was filed by programmer and lawyer Matthew Butterick, he accuses Microsoft of ignoring the copyright licenses on various open-source applications when training the Copilot AI.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The case began in April of last year when M&S accused Aldi of copyright infringement. Aldi briefly removed its version of the cake but began selling them again in May after making some design changes. M&S has a well-known Colin the Caterpillar cake, but Aldi released their own version named Cuthbert.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Plainfield, Indiana – Allen Lee Asher-Butler has filed a copyright infringement suit against Amazon KDP and Jeff Bezos , claiming they are committing copyright infringement regarding four books that he designed and illustrated the covers for.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

To that end, NFTs have long been heralded as a great solution for transferring copyright in a simple, elegant way. However, NFTs were never designed for this purpose. Cent, one of the largest and most important NFT marketplaces, halted sales due to widespread copyright infringement. But that shouldn’t be a big deal.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) hosts, such as yourself, are not liable for infringement by their users so long as they meet four criteria: Adopt and Reasonably Implement a Policy for Dealing with Repeat Infringer. Have a Designated Agent to Receive Notices of Copyright Infringement.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

The lawsuit was filed by Jocelyn Susan Bundy, who claims that her grandfather created the design based on Dante’s Inferno. That prompted the lawsuit for copyright infringement. However, a judge has dismissed the lawsuit, arguing that one of the key issues in the case is whether Bundy holds the copyright in question.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In what appears to be action designed to send a deterrent message, RIAJ members requested information held by a local ISP on subscribers identified by the labels as prolific uploaders of pirated music. Success at the Tokyo District Court This week the RIAJ reported success following legal action at the Tokyo District Court.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In this light, I focus on: one , the relevance of copyright law for live broadcasting and streaming platforms; and two , the utility of digital rights management (DRM) and strong policy frameworks in safeguarding broadcasters and copyright owners. Copyright Infringement by Streaming Platforms: How does IPTV Smarters work?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

2: Bungie’s Copyright Infringement Claims Against AimJunkies ‘Insiders’ Can Continue. Finally today, Jonathan Bolding at PC Gamer reports that YouTuber and video game developer Mike Dailly has received several copyright takedowns filed by Rockstar Games over his uploading videos of prototypes of the game Grand Theft Auto.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

This required Roblox designers to pay $1 (or 100 Robux) to include the sound effect in their creations. In a response to the legal demand, Syinix said that they do not think that there was any copyright infringement, but were interested in discussing the terms for obtaining such a license.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

1: Steely & Clevie Productions Take Reggaetón’s Biggest Hitmakers To Court For Copyright Infringement. Zara, known as a “fast fashion” brand, is often in the defendant’s chair in such cases, accused of ripping off designs from pricier competitors. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

1: Shenseea Hit With Second Copyright Lawsuit For US$450,000 Over ‘Foreplay’ Video. First off today, Claudia Gardner at DancehallMag reports that Jamaican dancehall artist Shenseea is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Stephanie Sarley, a visual artist who accuses Shenseea of infringing the copyrights of three of her pieces.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Next up today, the Associated Press reports that an artist has filed a lawsuit against Cardi B over the cover of one of her mixtapes that featured a back tattoo that he both designed and is wearing. As such, he has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the musician and the artist who created the cover, Timm Gooden.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Normally, a company like Facebook would be protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from such arguments. However, Cook’s allegations speak to those requirements, both claiming that “removed” content isn’t truly removed and that they have failed to terminate repeat infringers. The Complicated Backdrop.

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