The TTABlog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

" Maude " was a television sitcom that ran in the 1970s, starring Bea Arthur. Here, the Board upheld a refusal to register the mark VIVA MAUDE for, inter alia , production of television programs featuring comedy, in view of the registered mark MAUDE for "entertainment services, namely, a continuing comedy television series."

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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. ISP blocking in France was supported by court-ordered ‘dereferencing’ instructions, meaning that Google was required to completely deindex Extreme-Down domains.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 6, 2023

CPAC, Geist CRTC Bill C-11 hearing, [link] Appearance before Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, December 5, 2023 Good morning. One is market exit. In the context of Internet streaming services, there have been cases of market exits elsewhere in light of regulatory costs. My name is Michael Geist.

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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. channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

He says that film companies and other entertainment content businesses, Disney included, believe that traditional television has run its course and video-on-demand services are the future. To explain the exodus, the article cites Nguyen Thanh Lam, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Information and Communications.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2021

According to the anti-piracy group, Millington created and built a software package that enabled illegal access to BT Sport, Sky, Netflix and other subscription television content. Software Developer Sentenced to Prison. The criminal prosecution of Millington was brought as a private action by FACT with some very big numbers attached.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 19, 2024

In the Scandinavian pirate market, Viking IPTV is a well-known brand and according to Rights Alliance, business appears to have been brisk. Rights Alliance reports that all plaintiffs were awarded damages by the Patent and Market Court (PMD), with the TV companies appearing to take the lion’s share.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 4, 2024

Given that audio streaming services already operate on thin margins with the majority of revenues going to licensing, the services may be unsustainable in Canada leading to a market exit ( as happened briefly in Uruguay ) or significant price increases.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the increasing sale, offer for sale, distribution, and/or supply of television boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs), the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ruled such sale and distribution as illegal observing that such activities enable copyright infringement and unauthorized access to copyright content.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Later in 2012, the RIAA submitted its regular report to the United States Trade Representative, requesting various sites to be branded notorious pirate markets. Servicing the local market in the Czech Republic, the platforms also rewarded uploaders based on the popularity of their files. Time to Start Filtering Uploads.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 16, 2023

At the same time, there’s a flourishing dark market of pirate streaming tools. “We are writing to notify you of, and request your assistance in addressing, the extensive copyright infringement of motion pictures and television shows that is occurring by virtue of the operation of the APK software, CloudStream.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

See Star Trek: The Next Generation: Schism (Paramount television broadcast Oct. The court also notes that money damages could compensate for any market harms. The post Rounding Up Recent Copyright and AI Rulings appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. In a footnote, the court distinguished the Thomson Reuters v.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 16, 2023

The fallout from Bill C-11 has been the subject of several posts this week, including the demands from a wide range of services for exceptions to the law and warnings from streaming services such as PBS and AMC that they may block the Canadian market due to the regulatory burden imposed by the law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Early September, Swedish anti-piracy group Rattighetsalliansen (Rights Alliance) reported on a trial that took place at the specialist Patent and Market Court in Stockholm. This week the Patent and Market Court found that the scale of the crime was worthy of time behind bars. million (around US$111,800). Man Sentenced to Prison.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2022

TikTok’s effectiveness, as a music marketing tool, became apparent during the early COVID 19 quarantine period, at which time a TikTok influencer created choreography to rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s newly released single, “Savage.” From a label’s perspective, marketing is equally as important as music production.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 23, 2023

At the same time, there’s a flourishing dark market of pirate streaming tools. “Specifically, at the URL, the Repository hosts and offers for download the APK CloudStream, which in turn is used to engage in massive infringement of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows,” the notice adds. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2021

Gannett appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. National Federation of the Blind v. Target Class Certified. The post ADA Doesn’t Apply to Newspaper’s Website–Suris v.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2024

Organizations and TV companies with interests in that content include Taiwan’s Satellite Radio and Television Business Association, and members of Japan-based anti-piracy group CODA, which include TV stations TBS, Fuji TV, NTV and TV Asahi.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Rights Alliance says the service was marketed via email and from the ‘marketing’ we’ve seen independently, also by posting on sites like Reddit. “Piracy of film and television content damages the rights holder financially and thus affects the possibility of – and the desire for – new production.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2024

They cited expert witnesses who concluded that there’s no financial harm and further argued that the service is substantially different from the ebook licensing market. Publishers Respond to IA’s Appeal IA argued that its scanning-and-lending activities amount to fair use. A Napster Moment?

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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. T he Progress Pride Flag, and the Realities of IP ” by Input Doc: Marketing Interviews. S ocial Media & Your IP Rights ” by Innovation Talks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2019, LaLiga launched an investigation into a website advertised on social media that was being used to illegally market football content plus other material belonging to a “well-known” on-demand television platform. According to police sources, the site offered subscriptions to illegal IPTV and CCCAM services.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

On behalf of the MPA, RIAA, Entertainment Software Association (ESA), Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Independent Film and Television Alliance, the IIPA lists dozens of areas where Canada falls short of the standards expected by U.S. corporations. copyrighted works. as a particular problem.

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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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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2023

DAZN’s marketing drilled that message home – and then some. With other market forces already biting hard, DAZN followed up with a recent announcement heralding huge price increases for its regular subscription packages. We are basically saying pay-per-view sucks,” Denyer said.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Image-generating technology is accelerating quickly, making it much more likely that you will be seeing "digital replicas" (sometimes referred to as "deepfakes") of celebrities and non-celebrities alike across film, television, documentaries, marketing, advertising, and election materials.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2021

released the movie internationally on September 15, which did not include key markets such as the US and UK. Unauthorized streaming sites now account for a huge part of the unofficial market so even if there have been hundreds of thousands of downloads thus far (which seems likely), that figure could be dwarfed in the days to come.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 7, 2024

At a time when Japanese content is in demand like never before in overseas markets, it’s especially important. As the market stands right now, however, only a minority of overseas consumers actually pay for it. Nippon Television Network Corporation 16. TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM TELEVISION, INC. TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO.,

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 16, 2021

This week, beIN Media Group and subsidiary Miramax submitted their recommendations to the Office of the United States Trade Representative for the purposes of the USTR’s 2021 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. Forever IPTV provides access to thousands of on-demand movies and television shows, including content owned by Miramax.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2021

With individuals and groups getting involved in the pirate IPTV market on a continuous basis, it may seem that stopping the illegal distribution of live TV channels, movies and TV shows is an impossible task doomed to failure. The accused advertised ‘cheap and stable television viewing’ via social networks.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The plaintiffs 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. Judge Frimpong’s judgment and order granting default can be found here ( 1 , 2 , pdf).

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TorrentFreak

JULY 9, 2024

Padilla’s Facebook posts emphasize that after the initial payment there are ‘no monthly fees’ (unlike legitimate pay-television services such as the services provided by Plaintiffs that charge a monthly subscription fee),” DISH notes. Next Day Delivery?

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The IPKat

JUNE 19, 2023

The collection contains 16 chapters covering various jurisdictions and types of IP, by 19 authors, presented in three parts; 1) Culture 2) Technology and Science; and 3) Signs, Images and Marketing Rights. Part One covers copyright and rights relating to television shows, songs, photographs, and intimate videos.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In Case C-426/21 , the CJEU looked into the complicated relationship between copyright law and online television services. For a full case comment, see Giulia Priora and Amanda Costa Novaes, “CJEU grapples with the intertwined nature of private copies and retransmission of online television broadcasts” (2023) JIPLP Current Intelligence.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Consider the wide swath of entities vital to disseminating others’ speech—bookstores, book publishers, essay-compilation editors, theaters, newspaper letters to the editor and op-eds, live television guest interviews, cable television operators offering cable channels, art shows, community bulletin boards, and comedy clubs, just to name a few.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2024

This absence of ‘internet transmission’ from 31D was beneficial for Copyright owners since they could exploit the lucrative online market by entering into ‘Voluntary Licensing Agreements’ without having to worry about statutory licenses being issued by the Copyright Board. An obvious answer is the ‘Streaming Industry.’

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