IP Watchdog

MARCH 12, 2025

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ruling on the scope of a 2011 wireless device licensing agreement between Motorola (a Lenovo company) and Ericsson. Yesterday, the UKs High Court of Justice of England and Wales (EWHC) issued an approved judgment in Motorola Mobility, LLC v.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

Last year was a surprisingly big one for legal decisions impacting the biotechnology transactions and licensing space.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Yet, the rapid rise of podcasting has left many creators overlooking critical legal considerations specific copyright licensing. Without proper licensing, podcasters risk legal disputes that could undermine their creative efforts. Licensing in India is classified mainly into two types: voluntary and compulsory.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Let’s explore why responsible AI use starts with proper licensing and implications for businesses like yours when navigating these waters. In fact, there’s a clear path forward for businesses that understand the importance of leveraging AI responsibly: licensing.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 9, 2025

focusing, in particular, on the CAFCs findings regarding interpretation and performance of the contractual obligation associated with the licensing declaration utilized by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as set forth in the ETSI IPR Policy. Lenovo (United States), Inc.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Our conversation this week focuses on Spaceport Technologies, which is a technology company that enables brand owners to monetize their IP and game platforms to offer content creators the ability to license the use of those brands within their game environment.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 22, 2024

Scarlett Johansson threatens to sue OpenAI, Cox sues insurers over copyright payout, and NMPA seeks to end statutory licenses. The post 3 Count: Her Not Her appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2025

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Heath Hoglund, President of Via Licensing Alliance. The conversation takes us deep into the world of audio, video, standard essential patents, patent pools, patent licensing, patent dealmaking, inevitable patent litigation that is often necessary when so much money is at stake, and much more.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

As a result, the Court granted an interim injunction barring SAI from playing PPL’s sound recordings at upcoming events without securing a license. Also, the general terms for booking a stadium under SAI states that it’s the organizer’s responsibility for obtaining a license (i.e. In Anand Patwardhan v. So Delhi in this case).

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 2, 2022

To that end, they found a generic photo of a syringe that was licensed under a Creative Commons license. Since the license only required attribution, the paper added the photo and included the photographer’s name in the caption. Unfortunately, Creative Commons Licenses are more complex than that.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 20, 2024

Spotify sued by Mechanical Licensing Collective, Internet Archive fails to get music lawsuit tossed and Sony Music opts out of AI training. The post 3 Count: Mechanical Litigation appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 24, 2024

FACT and Sky target IPTV operators in the UK, CCC announces AI licensing system and stealth piracy app caught in iOS App Store. The post 3 Count: Stealth Piracy appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 30, 2024

Inspired by a clever license plate, Erik shares tips on the benefits of planning ahead when it comes to protecting your brand. Inspired by a clever license plate, Erik shares tips on the benefits of planning ahead when it comes to protecting your brand. The post Plan Ahead appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s decision to deny an antisuit injunction prohibiting a patent owner from enforcing injunctions that it obtained in Columbia and Brazil on standard essential patents (SEPs). Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, et al. Lenovo (United States), Inc., 24-1515 (Fed.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

Since the year 2000, much of what makes up the core of Dungeons & Dragons has been easily licensed for others to use. That’s because the Wizards of the Coast (WotC), the rightsholders, licensed the System Resource Document under the Open Gaming License (OGL). Though WotC has dabbled with other open licenses, OGL 1.0

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When you publish content on your site that you did not either create yourself or license yourself, you’re trusting that the person who gave it to you sourced it both legally and ethically. But, even if they have permission to use it, that license may not extend to the people that purchase the theme. The Business Issue.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Federal registration provides protection in all 50 states, which is important not only to avoid confusion online and on social media, but for potential expansion, licensing, or franchising.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The ICO noted submissions from the creative industries highlighting the availability of other methods of data collection, such as properly licensed data sets of personal data. Instead, any opt-out TDM exception would only impose additional transaction costs and complexity for both rightholders and AI developers.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

According to their press release, LicenseGuard searches the internet looking for Dreamstime user images that are not licensed. Rather than sending a demand for settlement, LicenseGuard offers a special version of their regular stock image license that covers post-usage permission. A Softer Touch.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

With respect to the Jordan video, I assume the video was infringing when uploaded to Twitter, which is why a license argument wouldn’t work. Those licenses were explicitly and unambiguously laid out in YouTube’s Terms of Service, and the sublicense clearly extends to embedding the video.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 3, 2025

Licensing offers rightsholders an immediate and impactful way to safeguard rights, generate revenue, and maintain influence over how their content is managed and used not just in traditional markets but in emerging AI-driven applications. The CCC team looks forward to connecting with attendees and discussing these topics at Stand 7E40!

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 27, 2021

However, this turned out to be more of a licensing than a traditional plagiarism issue. The most likely cause for this similarity was simply Garcia using either the same or a very similar melody to the one he licensed to Luca. With the second case, the real question is what license did Luca obtain when purchasing the track?

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 29, 2022

This is largely achieved through the use of Creative Commons licenses. These licenses make the work available for reuse and sharing, provided the original author(s) are attributed and the exact terms of the license are followed. Gratis articles are free to view, but there is no clear license to allow or encourage reuse.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

In addition, there are concerns that many stock photography sites provide limited licenses to users and many unwittingly overstep them. Read the License Carefully – Make sure you fully understand the license, the terms of it and what is expected of you.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 17, 2023

These tools raise at least three types of potential legal issues: Does training AI models using open source code constitutes infringement or, even if the use is licensed, does doing so require compliance with conditions or restrictions of the open source licenses?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2023

However, they are setting their offerings apart with one thing: Proper licenses. Adobe and Nvidia both announced new image-generating AIs. The post Can Adobe and Nvidia Fix AI’s Copyright Woes? appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 17, 2023

These tools raise at least three types of potential legal issues: Does training AI models using open source code constitutes infringement or, even if the use is licensed, does doing so require compliance with conditions or restrictions of the open source licenses?

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Destiny 2 cheat case heading before a jury, Swiss music licensing agency sues X for infringement and the Australian government to talk AI. The post 3 Count: Destiny’s Jury appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Burbank studios despite Alcon’s refusal to license film photography for Tesla’s event. Alcon alleges that the image was displayed during a presentation given by Musk at a Cybercab launch event recently staged at Warner Bros.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

AI is causing a divide in journalism as news organizations work to find boundaries for the use of AI in reporting and licensing their work. The post The Divide in Journalism Over AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

First off today, Luke Plunkett at Kotaku reports that the iconic “oof” sound effect in Roblox has been removed yet again due to licensing issues with the sound’s creator. He is claiming that neither Mutinda nor Syinix paid for a synchronization license for the use of the song.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Finally today, a press release by the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MLPC) writes that they have joined with the Copyright Society, one of the largest and oldest organizations devoted to copyright awareness and education. The MLPC has been around since 1986 and handles licensing for more than 1,000 producers.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

ISP says music companies could sue file sharers directly, Copyright Office reviews music licensing systems and Meta creates Llama drama. The post 3 Count: Llama Drama appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

2: YouTube Holds Licenses For Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff’s “Entire Back Catalog”. Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that YouTube has said it will seek summary judgment in its lawsuit against Maria Schneider claiming that her publisher has granted the company a blanket license covering her entire back catalog of music.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 26, 2025

The figure was based on more than 600,000 copies of the software allegedly installed by the Navy, multiplied by the negotiated $370 license per install, minus a 30% discount. The witness further argued that a price of up to $200 per license would likely have been reasonable. Government disagreed.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2015, the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against Wolfgang’s Vault, alleging that the service did not have a license for the underlying compositions of the songs it streamed. According to the lawsuit, the shops had a license between 2009 and 2017, but that services were terminated due to non-payment.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Global Music Rights (GMR) is a performing rights organization (PRO) similar to ASCAP and BMI in that they license the rights to compositions to third parties, including radio stations. GMR has reached similar settlements with other radio groups, including one with the Radio Music License Committee. However, those groups have hit back.

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