Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

” [The $2,500 amount was suggested by the presiding judge at a settlement conference, which the defendant turned into an offer of judgment.] An obvious question: why did the plaintiff choose federal court over the CCB when the CCB was designed precisely for the facts of this case? Case Citation : McDermott v.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

settlement in hand to clarify the consequences, a more difficult problem was yet to be addressed. Promoting and encouraging use of these tools, which are designed to circumvent Nintendo’s technical measures, amounts to marketing infringing devices, in breach of the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch A short non-precedential opinion from the Federal Circuit provides guidance on two key issues: (1) downstream non-party reliance upon settlement agreements; and (2) personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations. Siemens Industry, Inc. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (AG) , Nos. 2022-1623, -1624 (Fed. 22, 2023).

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JD Supra Law

JULY 2, 2024

Nike and Japanese fashion brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) have settled a trademark infringement lawsuit over BAPE’s alleged on-again, off-again infringement of some of Nike’s most iconic sneaker designs. The settlement requires BAPE to discontinue some of its sneakers and redesign others. By: ArentFox Schiff

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The lawsuit was filed by Jocelyn Susan Bundy, who claims that her grandfather created the design based on Dante’s Inferno. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. A similar work to that piece was used on the Nirvana Vestibule shirt, also based on Dante’s Inferno. That prompted the lawsuit for copyright infringement.

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IP Law 360

MAY 10, 2024

Dressmaker JLM Couture told Delaware's bankruptcy court Friday it reached an agreement in principle with a bridal dress designer, who was sued by the company and had sought to convert its Chapter 11 case into a Chapter 7 liquidation.

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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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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

Cooper alleged that Gladwell copied one of their rug designs, and Gladwell responded with a motion to dismiss based on the fact that the rug was designed by one Omer Copur, a co-founder of Kev & Cooper LLC. Given both of those facts, the Motion to Dismiss was denied.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

remain in settlement talks to resolve a patent infringement dispute over high-top sneaker designs, according to a Tuesday court filing, entering at least their fourth month of trying to resolve the suit. Steve Madden and Converse Inc.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Among other things, the VPN company argued that the movie companies never sent any of their alleged copyright infringement and takedown notices to TorGuard’s designated DMCA agent. Settlement & U.S. Earlier this month, both parties agreed to end the legal dispute with a confidential settlement agreement. Torrent Blocking.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2023

On January 2, 2015, a new system designed to assist copyright holders and better protect consumers went live in Canada. Late 2018, after some companies did exactly that, the Canadian government amended the Copyright Act to prohibit the inclusion of settlement demands in warning notices. lawsuit, give or take.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Federal Circuit on Friday determined that a federal court in Chicago had it wrong about what kind of conduct in litigation is granted "absolute litigation privilege," upending a multimillion-dollar jury verdict on liability over language in settlement agreements in a dispute over tire designs.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 3, 2023

DBA THE DWIGHT SCHOOL (“NYPSI”) for copyright infringement.Libera is the owner of Libera Design and is a professional photographer, he specializes in tourism advertising as well as motion-controlled-time lapse. On April 10, 2023, Pawel Libera (“Libera”) filed a Complaint against the NEW YORK PREPARATORY SCHOOL, INC.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Christine Farley, Authenticity and Design: Why sell a chair for 10x a visually identical chair? Sometimes the replication is exact; design claimants say they’re made with cheaper materials and practices, but midcentury modern design aimed for cheapness and access: the idea that more people can have it now would be a good not a bad.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

According to the claim, the defendants allegedly used copyright-infringing fairy wing designs in several photos that were shared on social media. “My own photos of my design were used in image edits and displayed on 11:11 Digital / Paris Hilton’s social media accounts without my permission.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

As detailed in our previous reporting , Voltage Holdings is a member of FACT Administration LLP , a UK corporate structure behind the latest settlement scheme. The Digital Economy Act 2017 was the government’s attempt at creating a better, safer internet for citizens in the UK. FACT Administration LLP. Good luck with that too.

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IPilogue

APRIL 22, 2022

This article delves into the legal doctrines that support the parties’ claims and the overarching strategy to their settlement. For example, a patent could describe a bike with two wheels (bicycle), three wheels (tricycle), or four wheels (quadracycle) and then only claim the two-wheeled design. sales of Biktarvy. Concluding Remarks.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2024

A famous Kat Facts Puma SE filed an application to register a Community design on 26 July 2016. The design represents different views of a trainer, falling within class 02-04 of the Locarno Agreement. Handelsmaatschappij J. On 21 April 2021, Puma SE appealed against the decision of the Invalidity Division.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2023

A joint status report and discovery plan filed mid-November lacked fireworks and little hope of a settlement. “[P]laintiff pled six causes of action: fraudulent notice under §512(f) of the DMCA, false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. If the parties fail to reach a settlement, the case will go to a jury trial.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 20, 2023

This article aims to provide an overview of the difference between the divorce decree and the marital settlement under UAE law, taking into account the legal implications for both Muslim and non-Muslim couples. The marital settlement aims to provide clarity and a mutually agreed-upon framework for the practical aspects of post-divorce life.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

There are two cases where the respondent has opted out, two more where the case was voluntarily dismissed (likely due to a settlement) and three where there was a procedural problem with the case that wasn’t remedied in a timely manner. According to this claim, Hiro originally hired Dragvertising to design their mobile app.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 2, 2022

The common denominator is the obviously unhealthy power disparity between corporate giants and ordinary internet subscribers, something that is built-in and then reinforced by design. Hatton and Berkeley (H&B) and its partners have been demanding cash settlements from UK internet subscribers for years. No warnings, no chances.

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IPilogue

JUNE 23, 2022

Retired Nicklaus now heads his golf course design and construction company, Nicklaus Designs. The IP rights and activities related to both Nicklaus as a person and his golf course design and construction activities made the deal worth more than $145 million.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 17, 2021

Childproof pot packaging company Pollen Gear told a California federal judge it has reached a conditional settlement in a patent infringement suit with a cannabis company that allegedly ripped off its packaging design.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A Nationwide unit and a Florida guitar company have reached a settlement resolving remaining claims in their Texas federal court coverage row over an underlying case in which the guitar maker was found liable for infringing Gibson Brands' trademarked designs.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

million settlement that will end Koi Design LLC's legal malpractice suit against The Bloom Firm APC and one of its former attorneys for allegedly botching a trademark infringement suit that the company lost by default. A California federal judge approved a $1.1

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

At the same time, it opened the door to potential liability for all tools that help content creators make their content, basically suggesting that the tools would be negligently designed in ways that expose the tool authors to liability for personal injuries. Snapchat could take this hint and pursue a settlement. March 31, 2022).

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2023

Therefore, the mere inclusion of an Italian company in the course of an exchange of correspondence for the purpose of negotiating an amicable settlement of the dispute should not be treated as a letter of formal warning. An Italian cat reflecting on jurisdiction Background On 13 January 2021, German company Bulthaup GmbH & Co.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

There has been quite a bit of debate around the registrability of GUIs under industrial design law in India. While the Designs Act, 2002, recognised protection for GUIs, the Indian Patents Office has been reluctant to grant registration to GUIs. Vs. The Controller of Patents and Designs and Anr. [1]

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In August, the parties already informed the court that they were working on a settlement, which has since been finalized. “Within 30 days of entry of this order, the Wicked Entities are ORDERED to use their best efforts to implement technological measures designed to prevent subscribers of the VPN.ht

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Philly Phanatic won't be wearing Yankees pinstripes or Astros orange any time soon, after the Philadelphia Phillies and the originators of the team's fuzzy green mascot reached a settlement in a lawsuit over ownership of the design, according to filings in a New York federal court.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 19, 2022

The High Court has recently awarded £450,000 in damages to a successful claimant in a dispute about unregistered design rights in clothing. Unregistered design rights in the UK are a unique right that often catch designs that fall outside the scope of copyright protection. Background. Additional damages.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Regarding detentions at the border, the most infringed right was trademarks , followed by designs , copyright and geographical indications. Seven percent of the detentions involved a court case for determining infringement, criminal proceedings, or a settlement out of court.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

While discussing the possibility of a settlement, Mahindra conceded to omit the letter e in the beginning and add the house mark MAHINDRA. The plaintiff had alleged that the defendants use of the mark eZEO was deceptively similar to its registered trademark EZIO. However, the plaintiffs rejected this proposition.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 23, 2021

in Philadelphia for trademark infringement , seeking to protect their signature headstock design. The case was never heard, as the two companies reached a private settlement outside of court in 1978. In 1977, Gibson sued Ibanez’s US distributor Elger Co. The Allure of a Lawsuit Guitar.

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IPilogue

MARCH 15, 2023

The Standard also suggested numerous domains of well-being and accompanying indicators that system designers should be concerned with. Ethics and Systems Design The IEEE Standard Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns during System Design is also frequently cited.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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