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Flawless IPTV: Men Behind UK’s Largest Pirate Service Jailed For 30+ Years

TorrentFreak

Mark Gould, Steven Gordon, Peter Jolley, Christopher Felvus and William Brown were sentenced to more than 30 years in prison combined. A sixth defendant, Zak Smith, did not appear in court. Zak Smith appears to have made less than £5,000 from Flawless. million in revenue. The reasons for that are extraordinary.

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Herbert Smith Freehills steers Capital & Counties towards successful completion of all share merger with Shaftesbury to create Shaftesbury Capital

Herbert Smith Freehills

Herbert Smith Freehills has supported Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco) in reaching successful completion of its all share merger with Shaftesbury PLC, bringing together some of London's most iconic destinations in the West End to create an estate valued at £5 billion.

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Thursday Thingies

The IPKat

The Herchel Smith Intellectual Property Lecture 2023 The Lecture will take place on Monday 23 October at Ashworth Centre, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. Image via Pexels Another Autumn week is coming to an end, and with the falling leaves come some more interesting IP opportunities. The event is free.

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Print-on-Demand Service Defeats Fish Illustrator’s Copyright Claim–Tomelleri v. Sunfrog

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In any case, the court explains why there’s no volition here: First, Plaintiff alleged that Defendants displayed his copyrighted illustrations without authorization. CafePress * Cafepress Suffers Potentially Significant Trademark Loss for Users’ Uploaded Designs * Life May Be “Rad,” But This Trademark Lawsuit Isn’t–Williams v.

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Public Domain Day 2024 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

Bessie Smith’s recording of “Down Hearted Blues” enters the U.S. At this point, “story elements—including characters covered by the expired copyright—become fair game for follow-on authors.” Joseph Oliver and Clarence Williams “ Ramona ,” w. public domain on January 1, 2024. Wolfe Gilbert, m.

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Dow Chemical’s 1945 ‘Perfectly Plain’ Test for Obviousness

Patently-O

Williams Bros. The Supreme Court’s Decision In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Murphy, the Supreme Court affirmed the invalidity of the Grebe-Sanford patent. . 187 (1876) Smith v. However, in an earlier case involving a different defendant, the Tenth Circuit had upheld the validity of the same patent. 112 (1874).

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Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement

IIPRD

Williams-Sonoma commented that Amazon’s own product line “Rivet” has infringed patents of furniture designs. [3] 7] Amazon Patent and Trademark Infringement, Smith & Hopen (2020), [link] (last visited Dec 8, 2022). [8] 10] Dickinson Wright-William J. 7] Amazon’s IP Policy is one of such investments.