Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

In 2019, Artem Stoliarov, a Russian DJ whose stage name is Arty, filed a lawsuit before the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Marshmello’s song ‘ Happier ’ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band). Image by 453169 from Pixabay.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ’” Id.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The movie companies allege a breach of contract but note that due to the defendants’ alleged accounting deficiencies, they are unable to put an exact figure on the amount Hierl and his law firm failed to pay. Overall, Millennium believes that there is an enforceable contract and it’s owed $130,000 in collected settlements.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The share of MSME Gross Value Added ( GVA ) in India’s GDP during the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 was an impressive 30.5%, 27.2%, and 29.2%, respectively. in the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22, respectively. These figures underscore the significant impact MSMEs have on the nation’s economic performance.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

They are predicated on the claim that MindGeek (MG Premium) signed a bilateral agreement with Goodporn in 2019, to transfer the rights of its content. “Defendant Kumar has made a claim of ownership of Plaintiff’s work and infringement by Plaintiff. The counterclaims and defense go hand in hand.

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

1] It’s not uncommon to hear artists complain about record label contracts once they see the impact their deals have on the control of their own music. [2]. Artists’ Frustrations with Transfer of Ownership in Record Agreements. BACKGROUND. 9] Kanye West also recently went public about his fight to regain the rights to his masters. [10]

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The Court, however, held that Densy stated sufficient facts to establish the existence of an implied-in-fact contract between the parties. There the Court quoted Justice Traynor’s dissenting opinion in Stanley : The policy that precludes protection of an abstract idea by copyright does not prevent its protection by contract.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In relation to objects subject to ownership, like tangible items, such an entitlement to revindicate ( rei vindicatio ) is commonly guaranteed as one of the prerogatives of the owner. By contrast, digital data are, as such, not undisputedly considered to be subjectable to ownership rights. Portability as a Consumer Contract Remedy.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works. The NRR allows copyright holders to register and view/download copyright certificates digitally.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

VLSI sued Intel for infringement of two patents in April 2019. ” Following Delaware law, the district court denied the motion as futile because it determined VLSI could not be bound by a contract to which it is not a party. a company with which Intel had a pre-existing license agreement. .”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

They are predicated on the claim that MindGeek (MG Premium) signed a bilateral agreement with Goodporn in 2019, to transfer the rights of its content. “Defendant Kumar has made a claim of ownership of Plaintiff’s work and infringement by Plaintiff. The counterclaims and defense go hand in hand.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Among other things, he allegedly signed a contract to obtain the rights to MG Premium’s content in 2019, leading him to accuse his accusers of copyright infringement. MG Premium sued the platform for widespread copyright infringement, hoping to shut it down, but after two years that is yet to happen.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the High Court found Morison liable for trademark infringement as well as passing-off, the trial judge did not make a finding of copyright infringement, stating that as the designer of the device was not called to testify, copyright ownership was not sufficiently proven.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

This examined the problem of authors’ remuneration: authors’ contracts tend to result in disproportionately low revenues relative to the returns of investors and intermediaries. Importantly, the parties may not contract out of this right to readjustment. On this prompt, Prof.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 7, 2021

In 2019, Warner Bros. Deciding the merits of Duthie’s claims is ultimately going to require a court to interpret a slew of contracts, assignments, judgments and other chain-of-title matters going back nearly a hundred years. Here’s a quick update on a case I first wrote about back in November involving Rin Tin Tin.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In 2019, the Copyright Office rejected the application, holding that human authorship is necessary to support a copyright claim. First, held the Board, a machine cannot enter into any binding legal contract. Secondly, the doctrine is about ownership, not existence of a valid copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Layered by the blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFT driven Web3 technology whose decentralised approach allows buyers total ownership over their purchases in the virtual universe, the Metaverse has been steadily gaining financial, cultural and social traction in the world. Contract Law .

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 1, 2022

It includes a lengthy list of specific financial products with well-understood legal meanings (such as stocks and bonds), but it also includes broader, more flexible terms (such as an “investment contract”), which can apply to a wide range of financial arrangements. [6]. The phrase “investment contract” is not defined in the Securities Act.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash In 2019, the European Union (EU) adopted its most important copyright reform in the past 20 years with the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive. At no point in Ukraine were copyright rules suspended, or the copyright ownership of schoolbooks transferred to allow an answer to the crisis.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 31, 2022

The Court, however, held that Densy stated sufficient facts to establish the existence of an implied-in-fact contract between the parties. There the Court quoted Justice Traynor’s dissenting opinion in Stanley : The policy that precludes protection of an abstract idea by copyright does not prevent its protection by contract.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In August 2019, a Starz employee discovered that one of the movies it had licensed ( Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure ) was also available on Amazon Prime. OK, that’s a clear breach of contract, but how is it copyright infringement? It’s copyright infringement because an exclusive license is a transfer of copyright ownership.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

In 2019, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s injunction ruling in favor of hiQ. The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. LinkedIn lawsuit started in 2017.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

In this regard, the PTO is further considering, for determining whether a party is under-resourced, whether it should consider: government funding; third-party litigation funding support; the resources of anyone with an ownership interest in the patent owner; anyone with a stake in the outcome of the proceeding. Litigate it?

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft. However, Windows 2.0

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The quarterly factsheet on foreign direct investment (FDI) on the website of Department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) shows that the amount of Foreign Direct Investment inflow for the period of October 2019 To March 2022 was $142.3 trillion in 2019 due to the onset of the COVID – 19 pandemic. [2]. ENTRY ROUTES.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

It has the ability to be one-of-a-kind and unrepeatable token that cannot be split but may be used to represent real or virtual world things, as well as the token’s own qualities and ownership, all while remaining within a blockchain representation. This endows NFTs with the unique qualities that make them so desirable.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 26, 2023

Non-Dilutive Funding: One of the key benefits of the SBIR program is that it provides non-dilutive funding, meaning that participating businesses do not need to give up equity or ownership in exchange for funding. Have at least 51% ownership and control by U.S. Be located in the United States. citizens or permanent residents.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

AKF contracted with two corporate defendants to be AKF’s third-party fulfillment intermediaries for several hundred thousand units of disposable vaping devices, batteries and related goods. But the distribution right does not include “the mere transportation of goods without a transfer or sale of ownership interest in the goods.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

1400(b) ) are different from rules of personal jurisdiction, and in 2018 and 2019, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. Google’s ISPs were obligated under their contract with Google to provide “‘[r]emote assistance services,’ which ‘involve[d] basic maintenance activities’ … if requested by Google.” Patent venue rules ( 28 U.S.C.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

2019) opinion concerning data scraping was vacated and remanded this June by the Supreme Court to be reconsidered in light of the recently decided case Van Buren v. It can’t be interpreted more broadly to include other limitations by contracts or policies. The controversial HiQ v. LinkedIn , 938 F.3d 3d 985 (9th Cir. 1648 (2021).

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

In 2019, actor Cameron Boyce , star of Disney franchises Jesse and Descendants , died tragically following a sudden epileptic seizure. The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. Copyright Office, claiming ownership through a written agreement with Coakley.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

The UK proceedings meanwhile were commenced in September 2019 alleging that Mr Aughton copied or otherwise made use of the PQ software ProSPC when he wrote InSPC v1 and v2 (either by use of automatic translation software, or manually, or a combination of the two).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit involves sound recordings of 19 interviews that then-President Trump voluntarily gave to Woodward between December 2019 and August 2020, plus one interview from 2016 (when Trump was still a candidate). Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Issue 3: Is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In 1963, Disney expressed skepticism about monopoly aspects of extended term and “expressed doubt that Congress would approve a longer ownership period.” Guy Rub, Revisiting the Copyright-Contract Conflict Most courts said that contracts were never equivalent to © rights. Could attend to contracts of adhesion in that way.

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