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Bolstered by 5th Circuit, Federal Circuit Again Rejects WTDX Judge Albright’s Venue Analysis

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Because most of these cases stem from Texas, this means the Fifth Circuit who recently established further precedent the copyright case In re TikTok, Inc. , As in TikTok , the presence of some [party] employees in Eastern Texas. 4th 352 (5th Cir.

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In re TikTok: Fifth Circuit Implicitly Backs Federal Circuit’s Use of Mandamus to Transfer Cases Out of W.D.Tex.

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Granting TikTok’s mandamus petition to have its trade secret case transferred from W.D.Tex to N.D.Cal. In re TikTok Incorporated , — F.4th 2023). In re TikTok Incorporated , — F.4th Although both companies are Chinese in origin, the plaintiffs sued in Judge Albright’s Waco Texas courtroom.

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TikTok Lawsuits Target Brands, Influencers

JD Supra Law

The lawsuits have largely targeted posts on TikTok, Inc. and should serve as a warning to companies and brands looking to capitalize on the popularity of TikTok as well as other short-form video sharing platforms. By: Kaufman & Canoles

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5th Circ. Allows TikTok To Move IP Row To Calif.

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In a precedent-setting decision, the Fifth Circuit has reversed a lower court's ruling and allowed social media giant TikTok Inc. to move a Chinese software company's intellectual property suit against it from Texas to California, finding that the conduct described in the suit took place outside the Lone Star State.

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Instagram and Facebook Users Are Engaging in Copyright Infringement?!

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On July 20 th , 2022, Meta Platforms Inc. The suit was filed in California Northern District Court by Swedish music label and publishing company, Epidemic Sound. Epidemic Sound solves this problem by offering music licenses to creators who publish on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok and YouTube.

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Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction

Copyright Lately

“The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” project started with a January 2021 video on songwriter Abigail Barlow’s TikTok account, in which she asks, “Okay, but what if Bridgerton was a musical?” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. , Netflix disagrees. Okay, But What if Netflix Filed a Lawsuit?

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Supreme Court Continues Preliminary Injunction of HB20 – with dissent

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” NetChoice is a lobbying organization controlled by large media companies, including Google, Facebook, TikTok, Amazon & Twitter. Those companies argue that HB20 impinges upon their Constitutionally protected free speech rights. 74 (1980) and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. See PruneYard Shopping Center v.