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Dreamstime Launches LicenseGuard to Track Copyright Infringements

Plagiarism Today

Getty Images, along with several other stock photography companies, engaged in a massive copyright campaign that began in the 2000s. The campaign was so prevalent that, in April 2011, Getty Images purchased the image location service PicScout. . However, the stock photo service Dreamstime is hoping to change that.

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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre. And Who Owns It?

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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

This act is often done without the prior consent or permission of the copyright holder or the photographer of the picture. Thus, the question arises if such use attracts copyright infringement. If the photo taken without any prior consent is edited and used for a commercial benefit, then it might attract copyright infringement.

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De Minimis & Copyright Infringement : Where To Draw The Line?

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright infringement and De Minimis are often replaced to complement each other. However, de minimis is sometimes used as a defence in a copyright lawsuit. More often than not, the lawsuits filed for copyright infringement are cases of de minimis and thereto, get dismissed on the anvil of frivolity. INTRODUCTION.

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Copyright Infringement and Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants

The IP Law Blog

District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs. District Court in California.

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Is that Bird A Cardinal or a Scarlet Tanager? Who Cares. The U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Copyright Infringement and the Issue of Mistake

The IP Law Blog

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. The jury found in Unicolors favor and H&M moved the court for judgment as a matter of law, which the trial court denied. First, the Court looked to the text of 17 U.S.C.

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“Inducing” Copyright Infringement in Canada: Is it a Thing?

IPilogue

Is there such a thing as “inducing” copyright infringement? One must of course first start with the Copyright Act itself and deal with what the Supreme Court also said in Compo (above): “Mr Hughes … put it very well when he said that copyright law is neither tort law nor property law in classifi­cation, but is statutory law.