IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 13, 2023

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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Intepat

JULY 11, 2024

Introduction The issue came to light when one of the founders of a company named Dorje Teas put up a post on LinkedIn claiming that they have been served a copyright infringement notice by Shark Tank India for the unauthorized use of clips of their pitch on the show to advertise on Youtube and Meta ads.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

A federal court has shot down a copyright infringement lawsuit claiming that Top Gun: Maverick flew too close to a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original film. The case may also serve as a cautionary tale when historical source material is used as the inspiration for an entertainment project.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i]

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2024

The use of pirated content, to promote and support crimes typically considered to be more serious, provides rightsholders with a golden opportunity to place copyright infringement in the same conversation as illegal gambling and money laundering. ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. .

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fans expressed their love for the show various ways on social media. Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP. Since one of the event locations is in Washington D.C

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. The judgment also offers an insight into how the courts will view a party’s efforts to attract media attention by publicising their proceedings, as John Lewis said was the case here.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Image Source: gettyimages]. What are takedown services?

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

X (formerly Twitter) is one of the most popular social media platforms for businesses and individuals, with around 335 million monthly active users worldwide. Unfortunately, this global reach and accessibility to a large audience also attracts bad actors looking to exploit the popularity and features of social media platforms.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 19, 2024

The safeguard against groundless threats alleging copyright infringement in Section 60 suffers from a lack of clarity around some of its key terms like “due diligence”, “groundless” and “prosecution” One decision that attempts to address this lacuna is the Bombay High Court’s decision in Manya Vejju v.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 13, 2024

These events are good for billions of euros in broadcasting rights and with these types of figures at stake, UEFA is understandably keeping a close eye on piracy. Systems are in place to detect and shut down pirate streams within minutes, and social media will be heavily monitored as well.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

For website operators trying to get information into the public eye, the last thing they need are legal threats claiming that they’ve infringed someone’s copyrights. Copyright lawsuits have a reputation of being expensive to defend so, when threatened, most people take the easiest way out. – GetSocialGuide.com.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 12, 2023

PornEZ Doing Business in the United States On January 18, 2023, MG Premium, the adult entertainment giant behind brands including Reality Kings, Brazzers, MOFOS, Babes.com, and Twistys, filed a copyright complaint at a California federal court. social media platforms did so via U.S.-based s copyrighted works onto PornEZ.net.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” So, while writers have a compulsion to use what they know from life to create their works of imagined lives, they will draw not only on events central and personal to themselves but on many things intersecting or tangential to the writer’s own life. They have to look and see, that’s all. Then they have to write.”

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Corsearch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Monitor authorized channels: Monitor where and how your authorized sellers are selling on online marketplaces, social media and across websites to check whether they are complying with distribution agreements. Learn more about our brand protection solutions.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2023

Making a Living: DMCA Freelancing DMCA notices listed on the Lumen Database are an invaluable source of information when investigating instances of copyright abuse. The concerning thing here is the suggestion that DMCA takedown notices can target copyright-infringing content and also “malicious and defaming” posts.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The IPO Business Engagement team frequently attends trade shows and business events across the UK to support sectors and advise on different aspects of intellectual property. IPO Digital Communications Officer, Oliver Downey, recently attended The Photography Show at the NEC Birmingham alongside the team, where copyright was centre stage.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Copycats: unregistered designs, unfair competition and copyright Better register first than be sorry later. Last but not least, fashion items might be protected by copyright. The appeal of using copyright as the means to acquire IP protection lies in the fact that it lasts up to 70 years after the creator’s death.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is worth remembering that copyright is as much about the distribution of contents as the conditions of their creation. A contemporary example of the distribution function, in an age of social media, is the influencer, whose written and oral words can impact, indeed forge, the thoughts and ideas of myriads of followers.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These days it’s more likely for those sales to be organized on social media, which happily broadcast illegal sales to the whole world while logging everything for posterity. Fraud, Copyright and Money Laundering. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A literary controversy surrounding a copyright claim has taken over the North American online writing community, and it involves a kidney donation, a private Facebook group, and a short story.? . Copyright Office. In order to prove copyright infringement , Ms. Dorland originally posted on Facebook.? . In T-Peg Inc.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

The Australian government has released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. Online consumption of live sports events also saw an increase in 2023. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Free streaming websites – 7% (No change vs 2022) 2.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 14, 2023

Alternatively, lookalikes and replica products omit trademarks from their design and packaging, and copyright, design rights, and patents can be utilized to combat these illicit products. Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized use of a protected work. Send the NOCI to vero@ebay.com or fax (801) 757-9521.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

by Despoina Dimitrakopoulou Recently, the news of reggaeton mega-star Bad Bunny's eloquently put disappointment spread on social media, bringing up interesting questions concerning music creation using AI. Essentially, FlowGPT would have fed the copied songs into the system, and that could mean copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Publishing is, of course, one of the core copyright industries – if not the core industry historically associated with copyright. IP law in publishing, especially at The Globe – who is known for being an early provider of digital media and device-agnostic content delivery – goes far beyond copyright infringement and litigation.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. First, as far as copyright cases go, this one’s easy. Barlow & Bear refused.”

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

A federal district court in New York held that the Internet Archive’s Open Library project was engaging in copyright infringement by publishing digital copies of millions of books online. Universal City Studios , that home users of Betamax machines did not infringe copyrights when the recorded television content for later viewing.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In a first-of-its-kind copyright trial, a jury will decide whether tattoo artist Catherine Alexander can effectively control the use of Randy Orton’s likeness in video games. After over four years of litigation and five COVID-related continuances, it’s finally time for the main event. There’s a lot at stake. Skull arm design.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

16, 2023) The court refused to dismiss copyright and trademark claims based on copying of a TV show format, including the hosts. Media critics allegedly readily observed that the new show was “a clone of A&E’s Live PD,” and that “On Patrol: Live is Live PD.” Fan reactions on social media included “Ok. I’m confused.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Internet service providers, websites, search engines, hosting providers, domain companies, social media services, and advertising companies are all considered part of the problem. Case law mainly discusses liability as secondary infringers if DNS providers serve structurally copyright infringing websites.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The fallout seems to have even impacted Twitter’s copyright filtering tools. Those tools ceased to work sometime within the last week , leading users to upload full movies and even live events to the platform undetected. They go as far as to call for people to change their mindset about social media before making the jump.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

In relation to the rental right, equitable remuneration is provided under sections 93B (for copyright) and 191G (for performers rights) of the CDPA 1988. And, in any event notes that the UK Government have repeatedly stated that they will not implement UK law provisions akin to those established by the DSM Directive. Plot twist!

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. The Indian courts have further clarified this issue. For a more specific discussion, see Prof.

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you were told 15 years ago that a personal post on your social media could be worth millions of dollars, would you believe it? In October 2021 this event came to pass; the very first Tweet posted by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was ‘minted’ (created) as an NFT and sold for a staggering $2.9

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Branding has become more important than ever, particularly in developing an online presence through search engines, various online platforms, and social media. Nearly every mainstream marketplace and social media platform has Acceptable Use Policies, which provide procedures for reporting intellectual property infringements.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 19, 2022

The UK High Court has declared that Ed Sheeran’s mega-hit “Shape of You” does not infringe copyright in Sami Switch’s lesser-known song “Oh Why” ( [2022] EWHC 827 (Ch) ). There is also some useful, but limited, commentary on copyright subsisting in part of a song and individual elements of that part. The background.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In our brave new world where millions of ordinary people are copyright holders of snaps they publish to social media or videos they upload to YouTube, awareness of copyright law is at an all-time high. ” and “Is it copyright if nobody knows I copied a song and changed it so it sounds nothing like the original?”

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