LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2023

Typically, they are extracting settlements anywhere from $150 to $750 per movie allegedly infringed. For example, if an adult downloads 100 movies and shares them via BitTorrent protocol via “the swarm” the so-called John Doe Defendant can be on the hook for a $20,000 to $50,000 settlement. This can add up.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Their pages contained a pair of copyright notices that read, “Nothing on this page may be copied or reproduced without explicit permission.” Barring a settlement, this case has a long way to go and there may be appeals and other courts to weigh in. But this is where FDN introduces a new wrinkle. Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2024

. ‘Trolls’ The ISP described the film companies and their anti-piracy partner MaverickEye as “copyright trolls”. WOW mentioned that the companies previously tried to get quick settlements from John Doe subscribers based on little more than an IP-address. This lawsuit isn’t progressing quickly by any means, however.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

West-Coast Pharmaceutical Works directed the Registry to draw up a decree-sheet per the terms of settlement between the Defendants and the Plaintiffs with regard to the case of infringement of Plaintiff’s OMEZ trademark by Defendant’s OMES [September 28, 2021]. Delhi High Court in Reddys Laboratories Limited v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. Prutton claims that Oppenheimer was unreasonable in settlement negotiations. His daughter submitted a declaration that she found no copyright notice on the image. It seems like it did. What is the burden?

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 20, 2024

The arguments centered around the interpretation that the copyright notice and watermarks on the Course Hero website do not constitute false copyright management information as claimed by Post University. It appears that this may be a prolonged case that could extend further unless the parties agree to a settlement.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 2, 2024

All you have to do is add up the numbers and see how outrageous the settlement demands will be. It is not uncommon to see demands of $25,000 to $35,000 for merely downloading movies (where copyright notices and FBI warnings are not usually found) and to try to milk these people financially dry.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Automatic Forwarding Unfortunately, the original system was subject to abuse as social media platforms tended to forward all copyright notices they received in order to limit their liability. These letters were used to effectively extort settlement money from alleged infringers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Before the 1909 Act, the author was required to register the title of the work before publication, as a condition of receiving copyright protection. Under the 1909 Act, an author received a federal statutory copyright merely by publishing the work with proper copyright notice.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

1: Tarantino, Miramax settle copyright suit over ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. First off today, Jack Queen at Reuters reports that Miramax and director Quentin Tarantino have reached a settlement in their dispute over Pulp Fiction-based NFTs. The two sides have now reached a settlement and the terms have not been disclosed.

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