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.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

1: Major Record Labels Sue Charter Communications Again for Alleged Copyright Infringement. The lawsuit is the second the group has filed against Charter, with one being filed in 2019 that looked at Charter’s alleged activities between March 24, 2013 and May 17, 2016. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. HLG ultimately filed suit for copyright infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

1: 8th Circuit Revives Copyright Dispute Over House Floor Plans. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a copyright infringement lawsuit against the realtors Columbia House of Brokers Realty over the alleged infringement of floor plans.

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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 ). UMP held the exclusive license to the Song in Australia on behalf of Songs of Universal, Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

The named plaintiffs are two photojournalists whose photographs of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election were featured on websites of various traditional media outlets without those outlets having obtained any license from the plaintiffs because those media companies used Instagram’s proprietary embedding tools. In September, U.S.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Olivia Rodrigo rose to stardom this year when her song Drivers License dominated pop music charts across the world. Rodrigo has come under fire for copyright theft and plagiarism for her songs Deja Vu and Good 4 U. Rodrigo has come under fire for copyright theft and plagiarism for her songs Deja Vu and Good 4 U. What happened?

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

The Plaintiffs claim that the Defendants continued to use a diagnostic tool called the Morisky Medical Adherence Scale (the "Scale"), after their license to the Scale had expired.According to the Complaint, on August 19, 2013, the Plaintiffs and Defendants entered into a License that gave Defendants permission to use the Scale for one year.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

Code § 1202 prohibits the intentional removal of CMI without obtaining permission from the copyright owner, when it is known that will “induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal an infringement.” Between 2013 and 2017, Elias took photographs of hotels and licensed their owning companies to use them in promotional activities.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2022

The named plaintiffs are two photojournalists whose photographs of the George Floyd protests and the 2016 election were featured on websites of various traditional media outlets without those outlets having obtained any license from the plaintiffs because those media companies used Instagram’s proprietary embedding tools.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 21, 2022

According to the prosecution, the five sites offered access to copyright-infringing material and generated over a million euros in revenue between 2013 and 2018. The two eventually appeared on the radar of Spanish law enforcement.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 27, 2021

I finally had a chance to take a closer look at the new copyright class action complaint filed last week against Instagram. The complaint (read here) seeks to represent the interests of pretty much any Instagram user who’s had one of their photos embedded by any third party without their express permission since 2013.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Akhil discusses the compulsory licensing provisions in the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the objectives and principles relating to safeguarding public interest in Articles 7 and 8 and how they find reflection in India’s Patent Act. Poster for Zolgensma.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 8, 2021

The most vocal critics were in the open-source programming community , who were upset that GitHub trained their AI on significant amounts of open-source code and can even reproduce that code verbatim in some circumstances, but does not follow the respective open-source licenses. This has led to a massive debate about the legality of Copilot.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

passed an order interpreting the scope of this safeguard, reiterating that the right of the plaintiff to initiate actions against the “groundless threats” under Section 60 would be terminated in light of a separate suit by the defendant alleging copyright infringement, even if filed subsequent to the Section 60 suit.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A few years later, in 1984, Goldsmith’s agency, which had retained the rights to those images, licensed one of them to Vanity Fair for use in an article called “Purple Fame.” Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. The Indian courts have further clarified this issue.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

While a popular and respected form of art , appropriation art’s essence – the purposeful use of preexisting works – makes it especially susceptible to claims of copyright infringement. The prints were based on a photograph taken and copyright protected by Lynn Goldsmith in 1981 of the famous musician Prince. Prince , 714 F.3d

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2022

On the 20th of May, the Supreme Court, in M/s Knit Pro International vs The State of NCT of Delhi & Anr , held that offences under Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 are cognizable and non-bailable offences. of NCT of Delhi v Naresh Kumar Garg, 2013. Cognizable and Non-Bailable. Cognizable and Non-Bailable. State Govt.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

Further, providing copyright to the creations would demotivate the gamers to play for the threat of copyright infringement would always be looming while they create in the pre-existing environment. Re-Examining The Copyright Ownership Of Player Created Content, GNLU L. 22 (2021) Joanna E. & Tech.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Restellini alleged copyright infringement and related claims in connection with WPI’s digitization of certain material about the artist Amodeo Modigliani. WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

. — One logical starting point to tell the history of copyright preemption of contracts is to begin with ProCD v. The Second Circuit now takes “a restrictive view” of the extra elements that would make a contract claim qualitatively different from copyright, and therefore not subject to preemption. “[W]e Briarpatch, 373 F.3d

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Nathan directed the allegedly infringing 2013 Documentary, which “tells the story of Pug, a thirteen-year-old child who wants to be a ‘12 O’Clock Boy,’ just like [he] has repeatedly watched in [the 2001 and 2003 Documentaries].” Defendants' 2013 documentary Both parties’ works are “docu-fiction” set in Baltimore. Nathan, F.Supp.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In so holding, the Ninth Circuit created (or widened) a circuit split with the Second Circuit, which previously held that even under the discovery rule, damages for copyright infringement are limited to “a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed.” Scholastic, Inc. , 3d 39, 52 (2d Cir. Scholastic, Inc. , 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Hollywood & Netflix File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. “By their conduct, Defendants intentionally induce and knowingly contribute to the unauthorized reproductions, public performances, and display of the Copyrighted Works on a massive scale,” the complaint reads. Copyright Infringement Claims.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

For well over a decade, copyright holders have been obtaining injunctions around the world to have copyright-infringing sites blocked by Internet service providers. The belief is that when users are presented with this roadblock, they will be more likely to turn to licensed services instead.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. Some of Randy Orton’s tattoos from Catherine Alexander’s copyright applications.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2023

3] Goldsmith received a small licensing fee for this use and was co-credited with Warhol in the magazine. ” This time Goldsmith received no credit or fee; only Warhol (via the Andy Warhol Foundation, which held copyrights) was mentioned and paid. Goldsmith counter-sued, claiming copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

Fenty v Arcadia [2013] EWHC 1945 (Ch) confirmed a long line of authority that this kind of evidence was admissible. A claim for copyright infringement and passing off was issued in December 2019. Retromark rarely strays into copyright, but that was the main basis of Shazam’s successful claim.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. ” In 2004, video game publisher Capcom contacted MKR, the film’s producer, to inquire about about obtaining a license to use elements from the film in one of its games.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 16, 2023

On this, Aparajita discussed the inherent public interest involved in accessing this information and argues how the disclosure of the COVID-19 vaccine license is a global norm and is followed by the US and the UK. Mumbai Port Trust, the government is obligated to provide the access to these licenses. Other Posts. Other Developments.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Such an interpretation allows for a patentee to claim a right to prohibit another party’s export of allegedly infringing goods, thus going beyond what the statute actually offers. This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). Engineering Analysis Centre for Excellence Pvt.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Court relied on termination of the license agreement between the parties to hold that the Defendant has no right to use the deceptively similar mark. Copyright infringement claims in Kantara Vaha Roopam case dismissed. Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas’ accused of copyright infringement.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 3, 2021

” The decision removes any doubt that the Supreme Court remains strongly supportive of user’s rights in copyright and vindicates years of educational policy in shifting away from Access Copyright toward alternative means of ensuring compliance with copyright law. .”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

994 (2020) , a decision holding that the sovereign immunity of individual states prevented a copyright holder from recovering damages for infringement, I was a bit disheartened. ” When a governmental entity infringes, it is using the inventor’s, or the author’s, creation without license or payment.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Delhi High Court, while taking note of the documents and evidence on record, concluded that the Plaintiff had, in fact, not consented and given license to the defendants to make the film in any manner that they wished. InRaja Pocket Books v. In another case of Indian Performing Rights Society v. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co.,

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