Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

When it comes to copyright, the photography space has been especially fraught with litigation and legal threats over the past decade plus. According to their press release, LicenseGuard searches the internet looking for Dreamstime user images that are not licensed. From a technical standpoint, LicenseGuard is fairly straightforward.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 15, 2024

Companies that generate revenue from patents are seeing less willingness to negotiate in recent years among businesses they approach about potential licenses, requiring more litigation in order to reach agreements, executives from IBM, InterDigital and others said Monday.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 25, 2024

CCC has licensed this report from Outsell, Inc., Why This Topic As AI continues to revolutionize corporate operations, a new collective licensing solution from CCC ensures that both content creators and users can thrive. with the right to distribute it for marketing and market education purposes.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Just three short years ago, copyright litigation discussions centered around whether it is fair use to copy declaring code or make unlicensed use of Lynn Goldsmiths photographs of Prince. Some of them are class action lawsuits, which are not very common in copyright land (though not unheard ofremember the Google Books litigation ?)

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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2024

In re Amazon Prime Video Litig., 15, 2024) This putative class action alleged that Amazon overcharged and “[d]eceived consumers by misrepresenting that it was selling them Digital Content when, in fact, it was really only licensing it to them[.]” weekend was ruined because Amazon suddenly lost one license. 2024 WL 1138906, No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

McDermott kept the copyright to those photo and granted NY Post a license. McDermott had not actually licensed the photo to anyone else to set a baseline license fee. However we get there, the overall litigation enterprise here makes no economic sense. The New York Post story.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2024

They also realize litigation is wasteful when you are dealing with products that often have a 1-, 2- or 3-year shelf life, so they are willing to do deals that allow them to quickly get products onto shelves and into the stream of commerce, and inventors get paid.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

District Court for the District of Maryland when the court granted their request for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Maryland Act, which essentially calls for compulsory licensing of electronic literary works to libraries on “reasonable terms”. The law went into effect on January 1, 2022. Copyright Act.

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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. A variety of services work to find copied images , and many engage in speculative invoicing and litigation as part of their strategy. Reasons to Calm Down (Some).

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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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JD Supra Law

APRIL 26, 2023

Recently filed litigation against Microsoft Corporation, GitHub, Inc., and various OpenAI entities ("Defendants") highlights new challenges that generative artificial intelligence ("AI") presents and risks associated with open source software ("OSS") license compliance. By: Jones Day

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

The decision was heavily swayed by the fact that Bell is a “serial litigant” that has filed dozens of similar lawsuits over the course of a decade. Oracle sued NEC last year, claiming that NEC used Oracle software in a way that exceeded their license. No details have been released about the terms of the settlement.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Moderna was one such company that was granted a compulsory license. Easy for Moderna to now push for ‘licensing and not abrogating patents’. As reported , these patents have been licensed to both Moderna and BioNTech. Such relaxations were specifically aimed at speeding up the process of vaccine production.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

They claimed that the workout company was using popular songs in their workout classes without obtaining sync licensed. That lawsuit was settled in February 2020 but, according to Muggerud, Peloton has still not properly secured licenses for Cypress Hill songs, including ones he helped write and performed on.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Rovi’s revenue model is to license a portfolio for a rate without consideration for the number of patents. Videotron did not renew its license which expired in 2016. Videotron claimed they licensed to avoid litigation, and later realized that Rovi’s portfolio is obsolete. Rovi’s conduct. Videotron’s Conduct.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

Next up today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that all the lawsuits filed against Pandora by comedians have been consolidated into a single lawsuit, in a bid to streamline and simplify the litigation process. For a time, Malibu Media was one of the most prolific copyright litigants in the world.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

However, that prompted the Public Citizen Litigation Group to step in. According to NetEase, Tencent, through its QQ Music streaming platform, has violated a contract with them by streaming music in provinces where QQ has no license to do so. The post 3 Count: AI Challenges appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst from Lewis Silkin report on recent litigation in the UK against the developers of AI generation software. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works. What is AI image generation software?

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2024

On July 12, 2024, the Delhi High Court (DHC) issued two orders in a matter involving a dispute between Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) and Al-Hamd Tradenation concerning interim injunctions and compulsory licensing (CL). PPL had informed Al-Hamd through the restaurant that a license was required for the use of these recordings.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that Voltage Holdings, a company best known for strongly litigating against piracy of films it holds the rights to, has begun sending out threatening letters to suspected UK pirates, seeking settlement fees for alleged illegal downloads.

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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

APRIL 25, 2022

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that a group of movie studios have won a key victory in their ongoing litigation against the pirate site PrimeWire with a court ordering that the site’s domains be seized. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

They filed the lawsuit against the site and its alleged operators, but they have taken ever-increasing steps to avoid the litigation. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The post 3 Count: Difficult Questions appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

github copilot, with "public code" blocked, emits large chunks of my copyrighted code, with no attribution, no LGPL license. However, the Copilot version did not come with the LGPL license, a requirement of using code under that license, nor was there any indication that it was copied. My code on left, github on right.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Implied License – Second, Take-Two could have argued that, by placing the tattoo on Randy Orton, that Alexander granted an implied license for it to be used as part of his image, including on TV, film and video games. Instead, this case was litigated for over four years in regular federal court, at great expense to both sides.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

That owner, Tofig Kurbanov, is a Russian national that attempted to litigate the case early on but, when told to hand over server logs as evidence, went silent. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Finally today, Jim Waterson at The Guardian reports that the band KLF has threatened a documentary filmmaker with possible litigation over the lack of cleared samples of their music. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

told the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that threats made by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions “to file IPR petitions and a declaratory judgment action unless granted a free license to three valuable patents,” among other allegations, “runs directly counter to the purpose and goals of the post-grant administrative challenge system.”

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Next up today, Kyle Orland at Ars Technica reports that a serial cheater at the video game Destiny 2 has tried a novel new tactic to avoid litigation. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 28, 2024

Restaurant, bar, club and tavern owners around the United States need to make sure they are properly licensing boxing fights for commercial usage before broadcasting the fight in their establishments.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2023

The European Union is reportedly considering sweeping new regulations for the licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs), which make fair-minded observers wonder whether any sane adults are in charge at the European Commission (EC).

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

With respect to patents subject to a commitment regarding licensing on a Fair Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) basis, 2024 saw several notable developments impacting the United States. Interestingly, some of the most notable developments involved attempts to have U.S.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 8, 2025

Over the last several years, the Federal Circuit has increasingly scrutinized patent litigants reliance on comparable licenses as a means for calculating a reasonable royalty, including whether the license needs to be apportioned to account for the value of the patented technology. By: Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He claims that third party “contributors” uploaded his copyrighted photos to ShutterStock as part of ShutterStock’s licensing program. Specifically, McGucken claims that a total of 337 images were uploaded, of which 165 were downloaded and that led to 938 licenses. Otherwise, this case appears to be economically irrational.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 27, 2024

But this time, Hadid didn’t settle or litigate. And while plaintiffs often use lost licensing fees as a baseline for statutory damages, Ramales didn’t provide any licensing history for the image here. A defendant could stipulate to liability in order to avoid litigation costs. She didn’t even hire a lawyer.

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