The IPKat

JUNE 7, 2022

Readers may have seen that the media have picked up on a claim made against Mariah Carey for copyright infringement by her infamous song " All I Want for Christmas is You ". However, as readers will know, there can be no copyright in a title (see also Compendium US Copyright Offices Practices, §313.4C ).

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Seventy-two years later, Scott-Giles’ granddaughter, Jocelyn Bundy, noticed that “ an image virtually identical ” to Scott-Giles’ illustration was being used in the popular grunge-rock band Nirvana’s merchandise and brought a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States for damages covering decades of sales. copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. However, for artists, rightsholders and those familiar with copyright, it was completely predictable. A rethinking of blockchain and crypto’s role in copyright, and an examination of both if and how it might actually help.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

It deals with whether Amazon and/or CCA infringed FDN’s copyrights by scraping descriptions from their website for use as part of Amazon’s product listings. It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. The Registration Wrinkle.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 26, 2022

Suppose that you want to register your copyright by preparing and filing a copyright application with the U.S. Copyright Office. What if you were unaware that you made some mistakes in the copyright application and the copyright application issued into a copyright registration?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This prompted Alexander to file a lawsuit against Take-Two, claiming copyright infringement of her work. He called an earlier decision in the case one of the 5 worst copyright decisions in 2020 and, with the jury verdict, called it a loss for bodily autonomy and free speech. That board has a maximum total damages of $30,000.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 5, 2021

1: York Can’t Be Sued for Copyright Fees Not Agreed To: Top Court. In Canada, a group named Access Copyright handles collective licensing for authors when it comes to the use of their work at colleges and universities. However, York University opted not to pay for a license, prompting Access Copyright to file a lawsuit.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

million in copyright damages against Skiplagged—but the website’s business model remains largely unaffected. Yes, there was a copyright infringement claim in the mix, based on Skiplagged’s use of American’s “flight symbol” logo. Jury awards American Airlines $9.4 Talk about a case of the tail wagging the dog.

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Art Law Journal

MAY 13, 2021

Etsy copyright infringement by its members is a well-known problem and while it has taken some steps to tackle the issue, what, if any, recourse do content creators have in stopping these infringements? Steve Schlackman.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This week, EUIPO released another in-depth piracy report titled “Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.” It finds that, in 2023, there was a 10% increase in visits to pirate IPTV registration pages, with an average of 2.14% of internet users visiting these websites each month.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

In addition to raising questions about ownership of outputs , infringement in training , and the future of copyright as a policy tool to encourage creativity , economists are in the early stages of analysing the effects of these technologies on human creativity.

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Charming Beats, claims to control the copyright in the registered musical work Lights Dim (U.S. Copyright Registration No. SR 713-284) (the "Song"). The company asserts that Wasatch Academy reproduced, synchronized, distributed, and publicly performed the Song in the Video.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

1: NYC artist granted first known registered copyright for AI art. First off today, Adam Schrader at UPI reports that New York artist Kris Kashtanova has received a copyright registration for a graphic novel entitled Zarya of the Dawn , representing the first known copyright registration granted to a work of AI-generated artwork.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 20, 2023

Image from here A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a law student in Bengaluru filed a case, alleging copyright infringement, against two assistant professors. On the above allegations, the court took cognizance of the offense u/s 63 of the Copyright Act (copyright infringement) and Section 420 of the IPC (Cheating).

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 7, 2022

1: Paramount Pictures faces copyright lawsuit over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ First off today, Joe Hernandez at NPR reports that Paramount Pictures is facing a lawsuit over their new movie Top Gun: Maverick. Copyright termination allows original creators or their heirs to reclaim rights to works they may have signed away years before.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 30, 2022

A careful step towards ensuring the acquisition of prosperity gained through your work is to copyright it. If infringement is faced, a copyright proprietor can avail many remedies. The copyright laws in India are governed under the Copyright Act, 1957.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

million jury award, CBC News finds Canadian authors in AI dataset and Copyright Office refuses AI registration. Photographer wins $6.3 The post 3 Count: Maximum Damages appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. However, the Court ultimately dismissed August’s case because they failed to prove all the necessary elements of copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

APRIL 14, 2022

They held that an inadvertent mistake of law in a copyright registration application does not automatically nullify the application. . a fabric and design company in Los Angeles, owns copyrights in various fabric designs. Looking ahead, the Supreme Court’s decision strongly protects copyright applicants and holders.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 10, 2022

a copyright infringement suit with far-reaching consequences for American creativity. The litigation in North Carolina did not decide the copyright infringement issues, so SAS was forced to file a separate suit, this time in Texas. On January 13, the U.S. World Programming, Ltd.,

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Supreme Court Questions H&M’s Bid to Sew Up Copyright Win. H&M case, which asks questions about whether a mistake in filing a copyright registration should cause a copyright infringement case to be dismissed. 3: Amazon, Publishers and Authors Move for Default Judgment in Copyright Case.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2024

on 15 October, 2024 (Delhi District Court) The plaintiff alleged trademark and copyright infringement of his registered mark “KHATOON” by the defendants, who used an allegedly similar mark “SHAHI KHATOON.” 63 of the Copyright Act and S. 52(1)(a)(iii) of the Copyright Act. Zahoor Hussain Bhat v. Mr. Nadeem Nazir and Anr.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2022

The currently-unidentified students are accused of uploading copyrighted exam questions to Course Hero in order to cheat during tests. How about being liable to your professor for willful copyright infringement damages of up to $300,000? Copyright Office. Exam Questions and Copyright. Failing the class?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Throw into the mix a first amended complaint that added two new parties – Uniglobe Entertainment, LLC and AST Publishing – yet still failed to properly identify a single alleged copyright infringement relating to any of the parties – YouTube’s patience found itself stretched to the limit.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lawsuits filed in the United States targeting pirate sites usually focus on breaches of copyright law, typically direct and secondary infringement, or violations of the DMCA, depending on individual circumstances. filed its complaint. In theory, at least.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Late last month (August), the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights within the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was adopted at a Diplomatic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda. Would a refusal be used as a defence to copyright infringement?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2023

US Copyright Office clarifies AI registrations, ACE shuts down a pirate streaming site and publishing groups form a new coalition. The post 3 Count: Shuttered Streamzz appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

1: Top EU Court Rejects Polish Complaint Over Copyright Law. First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Enforcing Criminal Remedies Against IP Infringement in India: A Long Road to Justice? In a recent order, a Mumbai Magistrate Court acquitted an accused in a copyright infringement case after 37 years! The defendants were unable to establish prior use and legitimate registration. Nirmala Agarwal Prop of Karmyogi vs B.C

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit disagreed with the district court and ruled that because Unicolors had made a mistake of law in connection with the registration (i.e.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The plaintiff, SSPL, had filed a lawsuit against the defendant NTC in the Bombay High Court, alleging Copyright and Trademark Infringement. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2024

There are plenty of options for copyright holders to frustrate pirate site operations, but attacking their domain names is particularly effective. The anti-piracy group goes on to mention that pirate IPTV services infringe copyrights. This is a terms of service violation, but not one related to copyright. But were they?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Most of these amount to copyright infringement complaints, challenging the unauthorized use of protected works as AI training data. These tools allow people to download music from platforms such as YouTube and, despite their legal use cases, the music group considers stream-rippers a prime copyright infringement tool.

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BYU Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

On January 31, 2022, Dr. Tamara Eichelberger ("Eichelberger") filed suit against Dr. Mary Hudson-McKinney ("Hudson-McKinney") and Western University of Health Sciences ("Western") for copyright infringement and for reverse passing off under the Lanham Act.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

They alleged that ISPs were not doing enough to stop piracy, most notably refusing to terminate accounts of repeat infringers and not responding adequately to copyright infringement notices. 3: Maurizio Cattelan Hits Back in Banana Copyright Lawsuit, Claiming He’s Never Seen the Other Guy’s Art.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and Machine Unlearning and the ANI vs OpenAI case. Anything we are missing out on?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Before mid-2022, the Copyright Office will deploy a new adjudicatory function called the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law. TL;DR: I’m not a fan.]. Overview of the CCB. 505; Kirtsaeng v.

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