TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

In 2018, broadcaster DISH Network sued the people behind pirate IPTV service SetTV for illegally obtaining the company’s broadcasting from its satellite service and redistributing them online. On June 4, 2018, the court issued a temporary restraining order against the SetTV defendants, which included measures to freeze their assets.

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BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Over the last several years, we have reported on a number of cases that have reached quiet settlements or otherwise fizzled out without us acknowledging their end. Carrington CollegeWe previously reported on this case in late 2018. Here, we round up final updates on a few of those cases:Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. The registrant counternoticed each time.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

In mid-2018, BREIN approached a seller of illegal copies of ebooks on local online service Marktplaats and Facebook. “After this, settlement was achieved by means of payment of another 2,500 euros at once. BREIN will also report the man to the authorities because of his persistence in large-scale infringement.”

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 3, 2022

courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. — A copy of the email, signed by both Mrs. Pelissier and Mr. Field, is available here (pdf). The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. but in recent years this activity ground to a halt.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

Pirate site brands, including 123movies, Putlocker, Kisscartoon, 123movieshub, and GoMovies, were suddenly recognized all over the world, despite in many cases having been copied from ‘pirate’ brands already in existence. As the image below shows, Zoro.to’s nameserver records have now been updated to point to ns3 and ns4.films.org.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Some of McFree’s critical videos use copyrighted material owned by Watch Tower so in 2018, the group filed an application for a DMCA subpoena which asked a court to compel YouTube/Google to hand over his details. ” He also notes that following a Watch Tower DMCA notice in 2018, the Dubtown video was removed by YouTube.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than November 20, 2023 per settlement. . No earlier than June 30, 2023 per settlement. December 14, 2018. first submission May 2017; resubmitted June 2018). first submission May 2017; resubmitted June 2018). November 28, 2018. November 2, 2018.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

The settlement, however, did not end the case because the amount of money owned for the playing of that music was apparently based on a formula depending on how the appeals of the New York, Florida and California lawsuits turned out.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

Though I’ll detail the advertising-based claims below, I will also note that the court did dismiss claims based on Facebook’s “Copy, Acquire, Kill” strategy as untimely. Even after the 2011 FTC settlement, it deceptively tracked users and gave data to third party developers. FB argued laches because its 2011 FTC settlement was public.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2021

Around that same time, FDA responded to Pfizer’s August 2018 citizen petition in which the company asked the agency to issue guidance “to ensure truthful and non-misleading communications by sponsors concerning the safety and effectiveness of biosimilars, including interchangeable biologics, relative to reference product(s).”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

The settlement, however, did not end the case because the amount of money owned for the playing of that music was apparently based on a formula depending on how the appeals of the New York, Florida and California lawsuits turned out. ”). .”

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Ltd [2022] EWHC 1895 (Ch) (July 2022) In our last volume , we reported on Samsung being held directly liable as a platform for copied watch faces for Samsung smartwatches. An appeal in 2018 failed to dodge this finding by trying to argue that the registration was a series of marks (see Volume 5 ).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

The settlement, however, did not end the case because the amount of money owned for the playing of that music was apparently based on a formula depending on how the appeals of the New York, Florida and California lawsuits turned out. ”). .”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

This was accomplished by the enactment in 2018 of the Classics Protection and Access Act (now codified at 17 U.S.C. It was certified as a class action on behalf of a large number of sound recording copyright owners (but excluding the major record labels, which had already entered into a separate settlement with Sirius XM).

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Miceli, Law and Economics: Private and Public 23 (West Academic Publishing 2018). [v] 405 (2019); Terrica Carrington, Grumpy Cat or Copy Cat? xxii] Keyboard Cat Wins a Settlement with Maker of the Game “Scribblenauts” , THE SPOKESMAN-REV. ” How Stagnant Copyright Law is Stifling Creativity , 27 J. 277 (2020). [iv]

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. 1045 (2018).

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If a design, when registered, does not suffer from lack of novelty or originality, the mere fact that, after it is registered, several persons may choose to copy the said design can obviously not constitute a ground to cancel the registration of the design.” Samsung to pay $150 mn to Nanoco Tech in QLED patent suit settlement.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

ii] This unreported judgement helped bring the grievances on the table for the others to see that copyright law has deficiencies in terms of music sharing and copying along with royalty issues. viii] Spotify, Pandora and other companies also follow the principle of settlement rather than compliance in their regimes.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2022

PDF copy available. 13] Settlement occurred after the court ordered Energy Innovation to show cause why it failed to comply with the court’s fee order[14] and NCR moved the court to enforce the judgment.[15]. 235, 244-246 (2018). Read the full article at Law360. 6] See npe.law.standford.edu. [7]

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

Similarity to Doe defendants—one advantages is plaintiff can use the revelation of identities of defendants as leverage to get settlement, as in the porn/© cases. The Class Action as Licensing and Reform Device Xiyin Tang Google Books settlement was rejected; quasi-legislative provisions were more for Congress. Frank Music v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. On June 4, 2018, Oppenheimer found his image on Prutton’s website. Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A It seems like it did. Here are some highlights.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

IP Financing in India – Part II: The Supreme Court and (mis)interpretation of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Part II of the two-part guest post by Bharat Harne on IP Financing in India focuses on the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Canara Bank v N.G. India currently holds 127 patents for 6G,” says Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Similarly, when an artist lawfully creates a derivative work based on a photograph, and copies of that derivative work are reproduced and distributed to the public, ordinarily the owner of copyright in the photograph and the owner of copyright in the derivative work are entitled to royalties. . 36, because remote controls did not exist.)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

1-800 Contacts (FTC 2018). 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit? 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com (10th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

73, 77 (2018)(footnotes omitted)]. Garg (2018), at 78-80 ]. Likewise, the Office cannot register a work purportedly created by divine or supernatural beings, although the Office may register a work where the application or the deposit copy(ies) state that the work was inspired by a divine spirit. Compendium, at Section 313.2 ].

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Other Posts A Case of ‘Smart Copying’: ‘Peace Maker’ Restrained from Imitating ‘Officer’s Choice’ image from here Do you enjoy your whiskey? The plaintiff submitted that though their “Sufiyana” mark has not been registered, they have been using the same since 2014/ 2018 and thus have gathered a substantive goodwill in the market.

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