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DataCamp’s IPTV “Scam Judgment” Claims Withdrawn Pending Settlement

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

Indeed, the company appeared to be putting up quite a fight, at least until the case took a familiar turn; settlement talks and maybe an end to the dispute. “The Parties have reached an understanding on settlement terms that will fully resolve this litigation,” the motion concludes.

Settlement

Settlement Confidentiality Copyright Infringement Public Domain

3 Count: Plagiarism Again

Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

This would put all of Disney’s work from roughly 1995 (or 1967) forward into the public domain. million settlement in 2018. However, an element of the bill would make it retroactive for all companies with a market cap of $150 billion, an amount Disney exceeds. That lawsuit resulted in a $2.9

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Public Domain Copyright Law Copyright

HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] TRIAL CASES.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Public Domain Derivative Work

ACE Shuts US-Based Pirate IPTV Services, Poor Security Costs $2m

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2024

2m+ Settlement Agreed The closure of these services will be governed by a settlement agreement between ACE and three U.S.-based ACE has mentioned reaching settlement agreements with platform owners in the past, but in this matter the financial aspect is given a much higher profile than usual. based IPTV operators.

Settlement

Settlement Social Media Public Domain Fair Use

SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 23 – December 29)

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The Court found that the registered trademarks of the plaintiff are in the public domain. The defendants are in a similar business and were alleged using deceptively identical marks like LOUIS PHILLIPE and LORIS PHILIPPE. The defendants also abandoned their defence in the suit.

Journalism

Journalism Trademark Registering Trademarks Business

Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright Office’s guidelines, but a settlement was reached in 2018. The settlement sidestepped the core question of Naruto’s copyright ownership and avoided setting a legal precedent. The case faced initial dismissal due to the U.S.

Art

Art Copyright Ownership Artwork

Competition Law: The Patent Pendulum

Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

After the period of protection, the inventions and information surrounding it fall into the public domain. Apart from this, the public disclosure at the time of application allows others to build upon this preexisting knowledge. Parallelly, competition law works in tandem and “protects competition, not competitors.”

Law

Law Patent Settlement Inventor

Graffiti and Street Artists Sue for Copyright Infringement

Greenspoon Marder LLP

MARCH 27, 2018

A well-known street artist known as Rime has filed lawsuits against prominent designers Vince Camuto and Moschino, both which ended in settlements. The terms of the settlements were not disclosed. Rime’s dispute with Vince Camuto centered around the designer’s use of four different murals in an ad campaign.

Copyright Infringement

Copyright Infringement Copyright Settlement Advertising

Can AI-generated works be protected by copyright? No, according to US Copyright Office.

CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

Slater agreed to contribute 25% of future revenues from the images to charity in a 2017 settlement with PETA, but a court ruled against PETA in 2018, setting the precedent that only humans, not animals, may register for copyright and launch copyright claims. So, whats the Future of Copyright for Artificial Intelligence-Created Works?

Copyright

Copyright Artwork Public Domain Art

Is it possible to protect AI-generated works with copyright? According to the US Copyright Office, no.

CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

Slater agreed to contribute 25% of future revenues from the images to charity in a 2017 settlement with PETA, but a court ruled against PETA in 2018, setting the precedent that only humans, not animals, may register for copyright and launch copyright claims. So, whats the Future of Copyright for Artificial Intelligence-Created Works?

Copyright

Copyright Artwork Public Domain Art

A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. As a double-insult, 512(f) preempts related state law claims over abusive takedown notices, so it actually leaves victims worse off than if 512(f) didn’t exist by clearing out the field. Signal 23 Television v.

Registration

Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs

SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 20-March 25)

SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

The Court allowed the application and permitted the plaintiff to place the additional documents on record as despite the documents being available in the public domain at the time of filing of the suit, the need for filing the aforesaid documents arose only on account of the stand taken by the defendants in the written statement.

Design

Design Designs Cease and Desist Art

PTAB Rule Ideas – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

The Bad Pre-institution Settlement Provide for rules clarifying that settlement documents be filed if prior to institution? 135(e), 317(b) and 327(b) govern the filing of settlement documents for post-institution settlement, but not pre-institution. Allow for binding term sheet to settle cases? This is shortsighted.

Settlement

Settlement Litigation Patent Business

Conundrum behind registrability of GUIs as industrial designs in India

LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

The subject design is original and has never been in the public domain. This order gives fresh hope of settlement of the law on the registrability of graphical user interfaces under industrial designs law in India. GUI can positively influence customers to buy such products. 1] AID No. 2 OF 2019

Registration

Registration Design Designs Public Domain

WIPIP Concurrent Session #5 Copyright & Culture

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

May also resolve through settlement. What goes on in settlement? Gena Feist: you might look at whether they were added to the master ownership/composition ownership as a way of detecting settlement. Can contact living people—lawyers on settlements may be still alive. public domain. what does that mean?]

Copyright

Copyright Editing Settlement Music

Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

But a few months later, in a much less high-profile decision, the Northern District of California ruled that hiQ likely breached LinkedIn’s terms and conditions, which led to a settlement agreement in which LinkedIn presumably received everything it wanted. Other legal tools can address this difficult question more directly.

Blogging

Blogging Contracts Copyright Law Copyright

Reforming the Existing IP Legal Research Methodology- an Insight into the Intersection of Empirical and Socio-Legal Research

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 15, 2023

With upcoming liberal views towards IP rights, in a sense to justify limited IP law regimes and focusing more on the public domain, it would be helpful because the research method would help in deciphering the relationship between society and the law which has led to the latest developments.

IP

IP Registration Law Public Domain

SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 1- January 7)

SpicyIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

International IP Developments Nokia and Honor enter into an amicable settlement of their 5G SEP dispute in China. New roster of Delhi High Court IPD takes effect from January 3. Clothing brand Superdry sues Manchester City for using similar Asahi Super”Dry” logo for their training kits.

Trademark

Trademark Registering Trademarks Public Domain Registration

What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

Technology

Technology Patent IP Invention

What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

Technology

Technology Patent IP Invention

What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

Technology

Technology Patent IP Invention

Documentary Duel: Lawsuit Claims Netflix Copied Boy Scouts Abuse Film

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Closing Scenes Finally, both films close with an epilogue about the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy settlement trust and the lingering uncertainty it leaves for survivors. Horrific, yes. Protectable, no. White letters appear over a black screen as dramatic music swells in the background.

Copying

Copying Music Public Domain Copyright

U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

(If so, I have seen no evidence of that in public record; and the subsequent procedural posture suggests otherwise.) But in any event, AWF’s aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach made a friendly settlement all but impossible.

Fair Use

Fair Use Derivative Work Blogging Licensing

IP Reveries: Class 3: Parsing the P -‘Property’ of IPR

SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

Akira: ( emphatically ) In fact, if we think about it as a ‘means of production’, how do we account for the vast amount of knowledge that currently exists in the public domain and in the commons.

IP

IP Intellectual Property Public Domain Copyright

[UPCKat] Access to confidential information by parties and the public in the UPC

The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

The protection of the integrity of proceedings ensures that the parties are able to bring forward their arguments and evidence and that this is decided upon by the Court in an impartial and independent manner, without influence and interference from external parties in the public domain.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality Art Patent Patent Application

15th Trademark Scholars’ Roundtable: Session 1: Congress and the Courts (including the role of the Supreme Court)

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sears/Compco said there was a right to copy things in the public domain; how did that go away? There was a settlement over validity v. But somehow there’s a big change between Sears/Compco and Taco Cabana. infringement doctrines but TM use puts that in a blender.

Trademark

Trademark Law Brands Branding

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DataCamp’s IPTV “Scam Judgment” Claims Withdrawn Pending Settlement

3 Count: Plagiarism Again

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

ACE Shuts US-Based Pirate IPTV Services, Poor Security Costs $2m

SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 23 – December 29)

Who Owns the Copyright in AI-Generated Art?

Competition Law: The Patent Pendulum

Graffiti and Street Artists Sue for Copyright Infringement

Can AI-generated works be protected by copyright? No, according to US Copyright Office.

Is it possible to protect AI-generated works with copyright? According to the US Copyright Office, no.

A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 20-March 25)

PTAB Rule Ideas – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

Conundrum behind registrability of GUIs as industrial designs in India

WIPIP Concurrent Session #5 Copyright & Culture

Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Reforming the Existing IP Legal Research Methodology- an Insight into the Intersection of Empirical and Socio-Legal Research

SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 1- January 7)

What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Documentary Duel: Lawsuit Claims Netflix Copied Boy Scouts Abuse Film

U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

IP Reveries: Class 3: Parsing the P -‘Property’ of IPR

[UPCKat] Access to confidential information by parties and the public in the UPC

15th Trademark Scholars’ Roundtable: Session 1: Congress and the Courts (including the role of the Supreme Court)

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