IP Watchdog

MARCH 7, 2022

By now, news of MIT and Harvard’s Broad Institute’s victory over the CVC group (the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier) in a dispute over genome-editing CRISPR technology has spread like wildfire in the biotech industry and academia.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

According to the lawsuit, the two companies used the photograph “ColdCutAsst040” on their websites despite not having a license to do so. The version of the movie released is a high definition edition from Europe, which isn’t as high of quality as some had hoped. As such, the company to sue for copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 24, 2022

1: New Copyright Lawsuit Targets Uploaders of 10-Minute Movie Edits. Next up today, Onyewuchi Ojinnaka at The Niche reports that, in Nigeria, a court is set to rule on whether venue spaces, in this case a hotel, are obligated to pay royalties or otherwise obtain music licensing rights for any songs played in the venue.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Note: Due to the effects of Hurricane Ida, we missed over a week of regular news, so this is a catch-up edition of the 3 Count. The fine came after a new European Union copyright directive took effect in the country that required search engines, like Google, to pay to license content from news services.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 25, 2022

It accuses VNG Group of releasing the Zing MP3 app, which features music owned by Lang Van even though VNG, according to the lawsuit, do not have license to use. This is a library that Facebook and Instagram users can use when editing videos for those platforms. The lower court agreed, dismissing the case.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The law, which took effect January 1, requires publishers that distribute e-books to offer a license to libraries on “reasonable” terms. The post 3 Count: Copyright Exhaustion appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

Lawmakers also passed an amendment to the Copyright Act that would enable the national Central Library to create digital editions of its books. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 3: Village Roadshow’s Lawsuit Against Warner Bros.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

Introduction Shutterstock is a global provider of licensed images, videos, audio and editing tools, that has revolutionized the way visual content can be accessed and used. Content creators contribute their work to the platform, making it available for licensing, while end users can easily browse, license and utilize them.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

Copyright Licensing of Digital Assets Attached to NFT Sales. Bonus: Free Open Source Copyright License for NFT sales below]. What are the terms by which you are selling the NFT and licensing your work, the art you put into the platform that’s going to be attached to the NFT? NFT Copyright Licensing.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Since then, Shenseea has released an edited version of the video minus the fruit clips. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Sarley had previously threatened legal action back in 2019. The post 3 Count: Wriggling Worms appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 22, 2024

This article originally appeared in The Scholarly Kitchen Copyright Licensing and Human Advancement Copyright licensing, that is, the granting of permission to reuse copyright works, has likely existed as long as copyright. Collective copyright licensing is nearly as old, generally viewed as dating from 1777.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. Back in November, Safe Creative announced a new product that makes it easy for users to append copyright and licensing information to an NFT. Adding in the Information.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2025

Our judges for this edition were Prof. (Dr.) Critiquing The Copyright Owners Backdoor into the House of Copyright Society In this essay, the author discusses whether organizations like PPL and Novex, which are not copyright societies, can issue licenses for the use of copyrighted works. Patel (Retd.) click here for their bios).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

What Kindle sells, instead of books, is licenses. Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider. When purchasing e-books on the Kindle app for Desktop or for the E-reader, books are not sold in the EPUB format, instead these licenses are downloaded in their own proprietary formats: AZW3 and KFX.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 24, 2025

Its like watching a classic superhero arcMattel, once the undisputed king of molded plastic heroes, fell into the shadows, trained in the art of strategic licensing deals, and has now returned, battle-scarred but victorious, to reclaim its throne. Spin Master: The Unexpected Villain? Spin Master, of course, is playing it cool.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

RightsClick also makes it easy to bulk edit a large number of works. However, this is something of a misnomer as the letter can be customized to send demands for payment, offer a license for legitimate use or a demand to remove the work. The next phase, ideally, is to register the work with the U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Often such audience, who can easily access any photograph, use these photographs after making certain modifications to them through photo-editing software like Photoshop, Adobe and many other photo modification tools. The post Copyright Infringement in edited photographs appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 18, 2024

Licensing to expand Giselle told Deborah Meaden that she wants to grow the business as “big as it can go.” One way Giselle could do this is by licensing her project out to wholesalers, granting them permission to use her products without infringing on her rights. IP can be ‘licensed-out’ or ‘licensed-in’.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Contreras Tritton on Intellectual Property in Europe, edited by Richard Davis, Thomas St Quintin and Guy Tritton And the Winner is: Intellectual Property Objectives in International Investment Agreements by Pratyush Nath Upreti Congratulations to all those nominated and this year's winners!

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Easily View Open Access Creative Commons License Details Our fall release brought another round of significant enhancements to Marketplace’s capabilities, including the ability to instantly view Open Access Creative Commons license details for articles and chapters right from your search results.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

Both of these are photographers who accuse the counterparty of using their work without a license. “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. Most of the other cases are related to photography as well.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Copyright Concerns When Using Others to Create Content. There are web-based fighters and robots that will go out in search for photos that are owned by photographers or by copyright licensing clearing houses, and they will find it eventually and they will send you a demand letter.

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Intepat

JUNE 25, 2024

Introduction Trademark licensing is a legal phenomenon where a trademark owner (Licensor) grants permission to another (Licensee) to use the trademark on mutually agreed terms and conditions. Hence, it reduces the uncertainty associated with the licensing of trademarks. This created an expectation to meet certain quality standards.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The publishers are not against libraries per se, nor do they object to ebook lending, but ‘authorized’ libraries typically obtain an official license or negotiate specific terms. The Internet Archive has no license. IA offers access to digital copies of books, which is similar to licensed libraries.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

Section 33 and Business of granting licenses through Copyright Societies. 9th edition Black’s Law Dictionary and State of M.P I could not get access to the 9th edition of Blacks Law Dictionary. But I went through the 4th edition (page 248) which provides for a similar definition. Registration of Copyright society.— (1)

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 7, 2021

EDITING (Q) -- A Fifth Circuit panel questioned an auto component supplier and a group of technology companies, along with patent-licensing entity Avanci, during oral arguments Thursday about whether the supplier had in fact been offered licenses for standard-essential patents.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As research organizations are typically publishers’ customers or using content available under open access licenses, STM publishers were generally supportive of this exception. The post Protecting Commercial AI Rights Is Harder Than You Think – EU Edition appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 6, 2024

The following is an edited transcript of my book video Building a Bold Brand Chapter 6: Why Apply to Register Trademark registration with the USPTO has tremendous value. A trademark registration is a tangible asset that can be assigned, licensed, or used as collateral in the sale of a business.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

“Alexander testified that she had never licensed her tattoos for video games or any other medium. Defense expert James Malackowski also provided unrebutted testimony that a market for licensing tattoos in videogames does not exist and was unlikely to be developed.” Case Citation : Alexander v. 3:18-cv-00966-SMY (S.D.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 22, 2024

CMO SGAE arranged their licensing fees according to the “flat rates” instead of “effective use rates.” The newest edition of the book has 10 chapters with a procedural focus and the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations, including several cases. Here is a weekly catch-up of what you might have missed!

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Erik K Pelton

JANUARY 19, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, Why Apply to Register Your Trademark. A trademark registration can actually be assigned a value in the valuation of a business and it can actually be licensed or transferred or sold. There are several key benefits to trademark registration.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Firstly , appropriate licensing is the foremost requirement for IPTV applications to operate legally. Apart from the obligation on telecom/internet service providers to pay the requisite license fees, they have to furnish complete details of their net worth and value addition (if any) to the content streamed through the IPTV platform.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. Among other things, IA argued that its lending activity causes no financial harm is substantially different from the ebook licensing market.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has been cropping, editing and posting pictures of herself on Instagram that were meant to be used only for the promotion of her Electrify perfume and has refused to pay the photographer's licensing fee, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court Wednesday.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

The most obvious reason would be that OpenAI intends to enforce its patents and/or to use them as negotiating chips in licensing negotiations. For example, US11983488B1 , relating to the generation and editing of text, specifically covers: 10. At the moment, we can only speculate why this may be the case.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2022

Koeltl at the District Court for the Southern District of New York, the plaintiffs say that as leading publishers of tens of thousands of books, they already issue licensed ebook editions to libraries.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

The consultation sought views on the prospects for facilitating patent and copyright protections for “inventions and creative works which are made by AI”, and for making easier the use of copyright-protected material by AI in innovation and research, through alternative approaches to licensing and text and data mining (TDM) exceptions.

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