The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

To celebrate the start of this event, this Kat has found a recent judgment issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Lyon [ the birthplace of cinema ] concerning a case of copyright infringement relating to the still of a short film. Mr T unsuccessfully proposed an out-of-court settlement to his former school. 131-2 and L.

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Moral Rights Cinema Copyright Infringement Copyright 62

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

[Does a refusal equate to non-existence, non-conferral and/or non-subsistence of copyright in the work and/or the applicant? Would a refusal be used as a defence to copyright infringement? Under what circumstances may a contracting state make laws to cancel a registration? How may fraud be established? Article 14.

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Related Rights Registration Copyright Contracts 95

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2023

A joint status report and discovery plan filed mid-November lacked fireworks and little hope of a settlement. 1125(a), copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 501 et seq, business defamation, violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act under RCW 19.86.020, and breach of contract.”

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Settlement Reporting Copyright Designs 108

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 2, 2023

Bungie listed six causes of action including copyright infringement, trafficking in circumvention devices contrary to the DMCA, trademark violations, and unfair competition. In February 2023, after reaching settlements with three defendants, a California court rejected Bungie’s request for a $2.2m

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Copyright Infringement Contracts Copyright Business 81

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits have been filed against alleged cheaters or cheat makers. In a complaint filed at a Seattle federal court last June, Bungie accused AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. Copyright Questions.

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Copyright Law Copying Copyright Infringement 135

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If the creator has greater leverage or financial means than the enforcement-targeted business, the result of these demands is often swift settlement. Plainly, predicting the merits of a copyright claim in this realm is extraordinarily difficult, and for many small businesses, settlement is the better part of valor. Warner Bros.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

Also in 2018, FDN filed the original complaint, targeting both Amazon and CCA, alleging that they both breached contracts and committed copyright infringement. It is ill-equipped to handle how copyright-protected works are shared today. Simply put, the system was built in a very different time. Bottom Line.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2021

He has not transacted any business in Virginia or contracted to supply services or things in Virginia.” In August, the parties already informed the court that they were working on a settlement, which has since been finalized. Most importantly perhaps, all copyright infringement claims against Wicked Technology, VPN.ht

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Settlement Technology IP Copyright 144

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The settlement didn’t end the lawsuit completely as the anonymous operators of Popcorntime.app were targeted in the same case. Among other things, Judge Buchanan recommends awarding damages for trademark infringement, DMCA violations, contract breach, and willful copyright infringement against Popcorntime.app.

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Copyright Infringement Copying Reporting Copyright 130

TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2022

Over the past several years a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits has targeted alleged cheaters and cheat makers. In a complaint filed at a Seattle federal court last June, Bungie accused AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. Initially, the parties entered settlement discussions.

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Copyright Copyright Infringement Copying Trademark 70

BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

After nearly four years of litigation, the parties reached a settlement agreement and mutually opted for voluntary dismissal. Bookholders LLC This case, initially reported on May 17, 2021 , took almost one year to reach a settlement. Each party agreed to bear their own attorneys fees. Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Education, Inc.;

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Settlement Publishing Reporting Litigation 40

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The question posed in this case was whether Section 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957 precludes the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal and whether disputes alleging copyright infringement arising out of commercial agreements are subject to arbitration.

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Intellectual Property Settlement IP Copyright 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs 111

Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over Hit Single Levitating. First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song.

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Licensing Fair Use 202

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

First off today, Tim Ingham at Music Business Worldwide reports that the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has accepted a settlement between organizations representing songwriters and publishers and those representing digital streaming services on a new royalty rate for the next five years. 2: Twitter Hit With $228.9m

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Contracts Music Settlement Licensing 188

Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The case is now heading to the Supreme Court, where Genius is arguing that the Second Circuit went against most other circuits and Google argues that Genius is trying to use a contract to invent a new right. 2: DaBaby Facing Copyright Lawsuit Over His No. 1 Hit “Rockstar”.

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Settlement Plagiarism Reporting Licensing 179

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 26, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Director Vidal grants sua sponte review of IPR institution decisions to clarify the General Plastics factors; the Ninth Circuit rules that secondary meaning only needs to identify a single source, not a particular source, to support trade dress infringement claims; the Fifth Circuit affirms the dismissal (..)

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Licensing Settlement Copyright Copyright Infringement 52

TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

million copyright infringement damages award in hand, and suddenly cooperative defendants helping to unveil others involved in the circumvention of Bungie’s technological protection measures. Bungie’s pursuit of people behind Destiny 2 cheat operation Elite Boss Tech, is pushing forward and showing no sign of stopping.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

A photo of the Indianapolis nighttime skyline has generated $825 in license fees & $135k in settlements. After 3+ yrs of litigation, court awards Bell $200 in statutory damages–but actually $0 due to a related settlement. A lawsuit over allegedly infringing music files uploaded to the iTunes store. [The 26, 2021).

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Copyright Copying Copyright Infringement Copyright Law 110

TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

That includes copyright infringement. All third-party services we use are bound by a contract with us to never use the information of our users for their own purposes and not to disclose the information to any third parties unrelated to the service. Some links in this article are affiliate links.

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Privacy IP Technology Reporting 137

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Thus, if an artist creates a derivative work based on a photograph unlawfully , and copies of that derivative work are reproduced and distributed to the public, the owner of copyright in the photograph is entitled to sue for copyright infringement and to recover remedies for the unlawful use of their photograph. at 563).

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In 1994, allegations of copyright infringement, not obscenity, landed 2 Live Crew at the steps of the U.S. ” The Court held that 2 Live Crew’s version qualified as a non-infringing fair use because it was a parody that sufficiently transformed the Orbison original. .” Supreme Court. Ironically, the Campbell v.

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Copyright Music Fair Use Social Media 104

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Alfred Yen, A Federal Rules of Evidence Perspective on Forensic Musicology and Music Copyright Infringement Juries hear a lot of forensic musicology evidence they shouldn’t which confuses them and leads to poorer decisionmaking in music © infringement cases. Kristelia Garcia: the bullets you give apply to the plaintiff’s side.

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