Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

The ad, which was produced by the London-based advertising agency M&C Saatchi, featured prominent Hong Kong actor and musician Andy Lau Tak-wah as he delivered a monologue about Xiaoman, the eighth solar term and second solar term of summer on the traditional Chinese calendar. Audi has also removed the video.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2021

Early July 2021, Roderique received a message from a friend who had visited The Hudson’s Bay Company (The Bay) where she came upon Roderique’s photo for the company’s “ Charter for Change ” initiative. The Bay has since removed the image from all advertising. Roderique’s Response.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

The debate over whether copyright infringement cannibalizes legitimate media consumption has been dragging on for several decades now. However, there are many more nuanced types of copyright infringement, where ‘unauthorized’ use is more likely to have a positive effect.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. CPL Industries Limited , dismissed an appeal from the High Court in a copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing-off suit between two pharmaceutical companies. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia has awarded additional damages in the highest order against Clive Palmer ( Palmer ) for his copyright infringement of the 1985 Twisted Sister’s rock song “ We’re Not Gonna Take It ” (the Song ). After being alerted to the UAP campaign, Universal commenced copyright infringement proceedings against Palmer.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 20, 2024

In 2021, Colorado-based Internet provider WOW was sued by a group of movie companies, including Millennium Media and Voltage Pictures. The filmmakers accused the ISP of failing to terminate the accounts of subscribers who were repeatedly flagged for sharing copyrighted material.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. 511, 523 (2012).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Not everyone agrees that YouTube downloaders and domain registrars are piracy havens, and adding advertising companies is seen as a controversial step as well. Copyright holders clearly believe that these services deserve to be called out. PopAds generates advertising revenue for copyright infringing sites including gomovies123.org,

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 26, 2022

According to the Complaint, the Defendant, Jason Bartel (“Bartel”), on or about May 2021 put The Works on a free online file sharing and storage site called “4Shared.com.” After sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices the Foundation was able to have The Works taken off the site. 1125(a).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

26, 2021). Apparently the “de minimis” defense to copyright infringement doesn’t exist at all in the 9th Circuit. The court adds: “Apple was not willfully infringing merely because it did not exhaustively background check the hundreds of thousands of uploaders on its store.”]. SA Music LLC v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. Background Christmas in the UK has become almost synonymous with the arrival of the John Lewis advertisement that for many marks the beginning of the festive season. Did the defendants copy FFD?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2024

Hollywood Lawsuit Against IPTV Operator The complaint, filed by Hollywood majors including Disney and Warner Bros, as well as streaming giants Amazon and Netflix, accuses the defendant of widespread copyright infringement. This service originally operated as ‘Nitro TV’ between 2019 and 2021.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

On 24 June 2022, BAYC sued Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist and NFT creator for trade mark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, cybersquatting and other cause of actions before the Central District of California. Yuga Labs, therefore, still owns the copyright in each NFT. This is a U.S Ether (USD 1+ million).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

This material includes legitimate videos from official Pornhub models, as well as thousands of videos that are copyrighted by MindGeek, such as the Brazzers and Reality Kings brands. This content is freely available and monetized through advertisements. A copy of the agreement is offered as evidence and signed by Kumar.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2023

During Summer 2019, Mercredie became aware of the fall-winter 2019 advertising campaign, entitled #MajeMyDogandI, by ready-to-wear company Maje. The influencer subsequently brought an action for copyright infringement and parasitic conduct against Maje before the Paris Court of First Instance. Click here to see the campaign].

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2022

In fact, some statistics have shown that, in 2021, TikTok overtook Google as the year’s most popular domain. However, as the platform becomes more popular, it opens its doors to a multitude of legal challenges with copyright infringement near the top of the list. were copyright related. .”

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

45, to bring enforcement actions aimed at activities, including those involving the training and use of AI, that might involve copyright infringement—although we would note that the copyright consequences of AI are, as yet, undefined. That is far too hasty. Under governing law, that is a judicial function.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It’s been around for at least eight years but in December 2021 it became clear that major movie and TV show companies had seen enough. While the studios’ original complaint demanded millions in statutory damages, they also want to find out how much money has been generated by PrimeWire from advertising. and primewire.vc

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2022

The buyers can be assured though, no matter how many people copy the images, they still hold the unique NFT rights. Copyright Holders Sue an Electricity Supplier. In recent years copyright holders have filed a variety of lawsuits against third-party intermediaries that allegedly facilitate piracy. — Happy 2022!

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

This material includes legitimate videos from official Pornhub models, as well as thousands of videos that are copyrighted by MindGeek, such as the Brazzers and Reality Kings brands. This content is freely available and monetized through advertisements. A copy of the agreement is offered as evidence and signed by Kumar.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 26, 2021

2021 WL 1253803, No. 5, 2021) The plaintiff benefits from very generous treatment of its false designation and copyright claims, in the process stripping false designation of anything other than a prohibition on copying/vitiating both Wal-Mart and Dastar. Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. 20-cv-06957-VKD (N.D.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In line with previous submissions to the USTR, the ESA first highlights the threat posed by sites that don’t host any infringing content themselves but link to third-party storage sites (file-hosting/cyberlockers). Nsw2u.xyz (previously branded Switch-xci) offers links to pirated games for most platforms including PC.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. All of these facts placed Defendant on actual notice that it was highly likely that, in fact, Plaintiff’s Sticker Sheet was not infringing the Subject Design.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

ANCINE’s Special Agreement With the MPA In April 2021, ANCINE announced it had signed “technical cooperation agreements to intensify the fight against piracy of audiovisual content.” Not exactly; in fact, deeper cooperation with the MPA played a significant role in the decision to prioritize local content protection.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? You can judge for yourself by downloading a copy of “Jap Herron” here. The bad news?

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Three months after its release, Nevermind rose to the top of the Billboard 200 rankings and has sold over 30 million copies. In 2021, at the age of 30, he filed his lawsuit and after two rounds of amended pleadings, filed a second amended complaint in January 2022. He turned 18 in 2009.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This personal intellectual creation is lacking if the photographs in question are “mere reproductions of other photographs” in which an original has been merely reproduced (copied) as closely as possible. If a copy of a computer program is published in the territory of the EU/EEA with the consent of the rightholder, Section 69 No.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

2] Since we last discussed that decision on this blog in June 2021, [3] the Second Circuit reconsidered it following a subsequent landmark Supreme Court decision addressing fair use ( Google LLC v. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. 1183 (2021).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The BGH ruled that the exclusive right of distribution of the author also included the right to offer the original or copies of the work to the public to purchase and to advertise to the public, in a targeted manner, the purchase of either the original or copies of the work. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The defendant in that case had offered adapters for sale which enabled Nintendo games, that had been produced by third parties in circumvention of copy protection measures and downloaded from the internet, to be used on the Nintendo games console. Claims under copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2024

Three months after its release, Nevermind rose to the top of the Billboard 200 rankings and has sold over 30 million copies. In 2021, at the age of 30, he filed his lawsuit and after two rounds of amended pleadings, filed a second amended complaint in January 2022. He turned 18 in 2009.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Default judgment can be an effective way to stop online infringement. AMUL Canada , 2021 FC 636 is the most recent example of the effectiveness of default judgment. The Defendants were advertising, marketing and selling milk products in Canada through LinkedIn in association with the trademark AMUL and claiming to be Kaira.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications. The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The defendant stopped appearing since October 7, 2021 and since December 2021, the matter has been proceeded ex-parte followed by issuance of bailable warrants against the defendants. Julian Sancton filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI alleging copyright infringement. Eicore Technologies Pvt.

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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. It also noted that offers for sale and advertising were ways of using a trade mark, and this is precisely what the trade mark owner has directed at EU consumers.

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