JD Supra Law

AUGUST 27, 2024

With around 3 billion people tuning in to each Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games viewership on the rise, the Olympics are some of the most widely watched televised events in the world. Copyright and trademark protection plays a big – and often, unknown – role in what a viewer sees on TV.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2023

These unauthorized alternatives increasingly use slick designs and easy-to-use apps to appeal to a broad audience. “[T]he Repository hosts and offers for download the APK, which in turn is used to engage in massive infringement of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows,” MPA adds in its notice.

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Behind every costume is a designer whose vision and design breathes life into characters. But behind every designer, other figures may undercut and miscredit them. Disney’s Cruella , released in May 2021 , tells the story of two haute couture designers battling for recognition in the fashion industry.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Spotting a gap in the market for sites with the same design and a similar name, copycat sites appeared one after another in a race to dominate search results. Deindexing was supposed to have a devastating effect on the site but, as some had predicted, it ended up making things worse. That library is now closed.”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

The lawsuit alleged that Nitro TV offered subscription packages consisting of thousands of “live and title-curated television channels” available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the United States and abroad.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 23, 2023

These unauthorized alternatives increasingly use slick designs and easy-to-use apps to appeal to a broad audience. Legal video streaming services such as Amazon, Disney, and Netflix are booming. At the same time, there’s a flourishing dark market of pirate streaming tools. Cloudstream is one of the apps that made its mark in recent years.

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Television Reporting Copyright Infringement Copyright 145

The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2023

In the national proceedings, a local CMO, Kopiosto, opposed an operator of cable television network, Telia. Kopiosto is also designated by Finnish authorities as a CMO authorised to issue extended licences for the retransmission rights of the works included in radio and television broadcasts.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

High-value assets, including a Range Rover Sport SVR V8 and an Audi A5 convertible, were seized along with designer clothing, designer bags, and jewelry. Millington was ultimately sentenced to two and a half years in prison. In cooperation with anti-piracy group FACT, NWROCU has also tested a more gentle approach.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Television Copyright 145

IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

It is hosted by Cesie and Angela, two practicing attorneys and reality television fans. They examine and discuss the lawsuits and legal disputes of reality television personalities. Since Daniel Quasar designed the Progress Pride Flag in 2018, its use appears to be steadily increasing. This past pride month, I saw it everywhere.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads. This was achieved by subscribing to their residential cable television services in a variety of locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, California and New York.

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IP Law 360

MAY 23, 2022

A federal judge in Florida on Monday will allow Comcast Cable Communications LLC to argue before a jury that its Xfinity brand could have possibly designed around a patent that purports to cover the interactive programming guides at the very heart of Comcast's business, rejecting an online television streaming company's bid to block that argument.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As for entertainment culture, examples include " a written reference to a 1956 episode of the " I Love Lucy " television series, and the transcript of a 1965 episode of the " Gomer Pyle " television series. The editor of " The Historical Dictionary of American Slang " even reported oral use of the term in 1956 by his own mother.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“The issued decree was conceived to eliminate the broadcasting of television signals broadcast through the Internet or similar networks, for unauthorized commercial purposes, which violates laws 9,739, on literary and artistic property, and 17,616, on the protection of intellectual property,” a government statement reads.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Pidilite contended that the defendant’s mark and packaging were designed to mislead consumers into believing there was an association with Pidilite’s products, thereby benefiting from Pidilite’s established goodwill. Design Trademarks in Fashion and Sports: Adidas India v.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

CNMC noted that SGAE’s refusal to offer licensing rates based on effective use to radio and television stations were supplemented by statements describing its musical repertoire as universal (i.e., 16 of the CRM Directive , emphasizes that the tariffs designed by CMOs must be "simple and clear". 102 of the TFEU. 164, implementing Art.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The CRTC’s Bill C-11 hearings are in their third and final week as a steady stream of broadcasters and producers make their way to Gatineau to urge the Commission to force Internet streamers to hand over cash in a giant cross-industry subsidy scheme designed to support everyone from small producers to Bell’s news division.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In addition to the warning seals, a permit must be previously obtained from the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) when advertising food and beverages containing front labeling on television, movie theaters, the internet, and other digital platforms. 09/22/22 – Industrial Designs.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

television entertainment services." N]ot every designation adopted with the intention that it performs a trademark function and even labeled as a trademark necessarily accomplishes that purpose….” In short, the specimen does not use either the word mark EL CABO or the composite mark as a source indicator for the television program.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2024

by Mirko Brüß In two recent decisions, the CJEU has once again addressed the issue of communication to the public by means of the provision of television receivers in hotels and similar public facilities. In particular the CJEU refers to its fundamental decision in C-716/20 RTL Television./.

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IPilogue

APRIL 12, 2022

Autoai Design Co., The Chinese National Radio and Television Administration introduced a regulation in 2018 to prevent illegal capture, cut, stitching, and adapting audio-visual programs. He has millions of likes on Facebook and YouTube. In 2017, AmoGood was involved in the first Chinese legal action against movie recap producers.

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Intellectual Property Law Television Copyright Infringement Fair Use 119

Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. Therefore, Dastar ‘s unaccredited copying did not constitute a false designation of origin actionable under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions. ” Dawgs brief.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

With respect to reproduction, the case mostly deals with the legal status of an online service for the retransmission of television services that enables users to access copies of the programs at a later stage through a “replay” function. Stay tuned in the next weeks for a post looking at these issues in detail.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 31, 2021

. “Defendants operate an illicit streaming service through the Sportsbay Websites, whereby Defendants offer Sportsbay users free access to Sling’s internet transmissions of television programming by providing the means to decrypt and acquire it without authorization,” the complaint reads. 1201(a)(2).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs. Case: Biomoneta Research Vs Controller General of Patents Designs on 13 March 2023 (Delhi High Court) The matter pertained to an appeal against the order of the controller rejecting a patent application for ‘Air Decontamination Assembly’. 7 of the plaintiff’s registered design of urination device.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 6, 2022

One set of big winners are community, campus, and indigenous radio and television broadcasters. Last week, the committee debated several potential amendments designed to address concerns that small and online-only news outlets were excluded from the bill. Further, two recent amendments create more winners and losers.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Obtained by companies including Rogers, Bell, The Sports Network, and Groupe TVA, the injunction was the first of its kind in Canada and had flexibility built-in by design. CTV Specialty, Television Enterprises, Inc., Rogers Media Inc., Rogers Communications, Inc., Bell Media Inc., The Sports Network Inc., and Groupe TVA Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For example, from the intro: “Texas has designated the Platforms common carriers; they no longer have a right to discriminate against different views in their role as public conduits.” ” That’s a word salad to me.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The application relies on the IPTV technology (Internet Protocol over Television) which provides delivery of audio/visual/graphic/textual data over IP-based networks. In effect, since DRM impacts the very design of the content, access for legitimate/fair use such as criticism, parody, educational purposes, etc.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2023

paintings, drawings, carvings, photographs, clothing designs, textiles) Architectural works (e.g., live action movies, animation, television programs, and videogames) Pantomimes and choreographic works (e.g., paintings, drawings, carvings, photographs, clothing designs, textiles) Architectural works (e.g.,

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

During the summer the UK government announced a new inquiry to investigate what needs to be done to “maintain and enhance” the UK’s position as a global destination for film and television production. For the major Hollywood studios of the MPA, IP protection and piracy remain key issues.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

See Star Trek: The Next Generation: Schism (Paramount television broadcast Oct. The court says: Star Treks Data might be worse than ChatGPT at writing poetry, but Datas intelligence is comparable to that of a human being. 19, 1992) (Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature, an endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature).

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 14, 2022

For those of you who are not familiar with Ohio State’s use of the word THE, you need only turn on your television during football season to quickly learn just how significant the university’s use of the article really is. With that in mind, we can return to the significance of this registration.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 31, 2023

91267822; [Section 2(d) opposition to EDENIC BLENDS & Design for "Vitamin and mineral supplements; none of the foregoing containing CBD" in view of the registered mark EDEN and an alleged family of EDEN-formative marks, for natural and organic food and beverage products, including dietary food supplements.] Kraferd , Opposition No.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furthermore, as regards to the Applicant's argument that the shape of a smiling face represented by the contested mark did not differ significantly from the habits of the food sector, it is common knowledge that deep-frozen potato products, such as fries and croquettes, are generally designed in the form of sticks, pucks or wedge-shaped.

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Michael Geist

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The video was part of the Seek More campaign launched by Made/Nous designed to “ encourage Canadians to seek out creators and content from a wide array of racial backgrounds and lived experiences, reflecting the vast and varied storytellers shaping television, film and gaming in Canada.”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 30, 2023

The defendants operated an “illegal streaming service called Nitro TV, through which the defendants pirated the plaintiffs’ television programming and sold that content to Nitro TV’s subscribers,” the court’s judgment reads. “Defendants fail to show entitlement to the extraordinary remedy of reconsideration.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These songs include hits such as Que Sera, Sera and theme songs for various television programs. The complaint states that Jay Livingston established trusts that took over 15 years to design and required the assistance of several estate planning attorneys. The complex trust relationships were outlined in the complaint.

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