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Ninth Circuit Concludes Direct Copying Can Be Evidence of “Secondary Meaning” for Trade Dress Infringement 

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. (“JSC”) against Trendily Furniture, LLC, Trendily Home Collection, and Raul Malhotra (collectively, “Trendily”) finding Trendily liable for trade dress infringement for willfully copying, manufacturing, and selling identical JSC furniture pieces. Trade dress is not intrinsically protectable. Trendily appealed.

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Sony vs. Datel: Game Cheat Copyright Questions Referred to EU’s Top Court

TorrentFreak

The company’s Action Replay range battled against Codemasters’ Game Genie, with the latter eventually backing out of the market. Sony Sends in the Lawyers When Sony released the PSP in 2004, the race to run ‘homebrew’ software on the PSP also began. Does a revision exist within the meaning of Art.

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Does Copyright Extend to “facts”? The Federal Court Sets the Story Straight on the Extent of Copyright Protection in Nonfiction Work

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

the defendants, for copyright infringement. In 2004, Mr. Hendley wrote and published a book called The Black Donnellys: The Outrageous Tale of Canada’s Deadliest Feud (the “ Outrageous Tale ”) , which cited The Black Donnellys as authority for many of the historical events detailed in the book.

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Synergy Between Ipr And E-Commerce Platforms

IIPRD

of the population of India having ingress to the world wide web and ever growing e-commerce market which is forecasted to reach about twenty billion euros by 2030, it becomes pertinent to analyse the interconnect between these two. [1] Kiren Willy, India: e-commerce market size 2030 | Statista , [link] (last visited Sep 7, 2023).

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

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The plaintiff, SSPL, had filed a lawsuit against the defendant NTC in the Bombay High Court, alleging Copyright and Trademark Infringement. SSPL was incorporated in 2004. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. Plaintiff’s Arguments. For more visit: [link].

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Why SNL’s “Muppets” Parody Had Even the Media Fooled

Copyright Lately

And putting aside its pure entertainment value, the sketch also raises some interesting questions about just how much of an original work may be taken before parodic fair use crosses the line into copyright infringement. Kermit the Frog and Robert De Niro on SNL (2004). Jason Segel and the Muppets on SNL (2011).

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In theory, 512(f) makes copyright owners do their homework and think carefully before they weaponize a copyright takedown notice. In 2004, the Ninth Circuit eviscerated it (in the Rossi case) by requiring plaintiffs to show that senders subjectively believed their takedown notices were abusive. A New 512(f) Plaintiff Win!