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. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2024

With CDL, libraries maintain a balanced ratio of owned copies to loaned copies (owned to loaned ratio), preventing unauthorized sharing and copying of the digital content. This rule covers lending digital copies of copyrighted works, while works in the public domain can be freely digitized.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

A record studio owned by Melomega released a version of the song in 2014. According to the lawsuit, the musicians and their songwriters copied elements from the earlier track, including the chorus, verse and hook from the song. Neither Dan + Shay or Justin Bieber had any comment on the lawsuit.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

Since most tweets relating to the initial dispute have since been deleted or disabled, here we rely on archived and cached copies for evidence. Copies of these communications have not been made public, so their nature remains unknown. “I was hit by DMCA tens of times since 2014 and I was suspended once for 3 weeks.

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IPilogue

MAY 19, 2022

Music distribution company The Orchard , a subsidiary of Sony , released First Time in 2014, and the original written song had been submitted to the US Copyright Office by Melomega in 1980. First Time was initially released in 2014, followed by re-releases in 2017 and 2019 by The Orchard, which has distribution channels in 45 countries.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2023

This bi-annual postponement cycle began in 2014 and continued earlier this month. — Copies of the orders to stay the civil cases are available here ( MPA / RIAA ). MPA and RIAA Cases Postponed Again Over the past several years, Megaupload has repeatedly asked the court to delay these lawsuits.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

In 2014, in Alice Corp. 208, 216, 219 (2014), the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. Since 2014, the federal courts have invalidated hundreds of patents on the grounds that they are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under Alice.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

As one delves deeper into the allegations, it becomes clear that it isn’t just a case of a writer with a heavy hand for copy and paste, but a broader ethical breakdown that represents a years-long failing on Mikkelson’s part. A supposed arbiter of truth has been lying to us for years, going back to at least 2014.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

During the Cox trial, the music companies presented a hard drive that contained the files, suggesting that those were the original songs that were pirated between 2012 and 2014. — A copy of Cox’s motion to intervene in the Charter cases is available here (pdf). Vacate the $1 Billion Verdict.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hollywood believes that these ‘cam’ copies cause significant damage to the cinema industry, an opinion shared by the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 3, 2022

Specifically, the note said that the reporter in question had copied passages that were “not central to the stories” and instead represented background or supplemental material. The editor’s note is similar for each article, the only change being to highlight the specific elements that were copied.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It is that functionality, and not the copying, to which Apple truly objects. Importantly, there is no Apple code in CORSEC itself, and there is also no infringement when someone downloads a copy of iOS from Apple’s site. 8, and the first copyright law was “an act for the encouragement of learning,” Cambridge University Press v.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 10, 2024

When pirated copies of “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” came out nearly two decades ago, The Pirate Bay changed its front page logo. The production took place in Stockholm, Sweden, but also ventured to other countries including Chile and Thailand, where Fredrik Neij was arrested and paraded in front of the press in 2014.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In the early days that involved copying cassettes and floppy disks and today most unauthorized copying takes place over the Internet. CODEX was founded in 2014, which makes it a relatively young group. From the day the first computer and video games were published, people have been able to pirate them. CODEX Enters The Scene.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Respondent Davidson was entitled to rely on the April 2, 2014, filing date of his underlying application as his date of constructive first use. He sold copies of comic books featuring the character and displayed the comic books at a comic convention. 108 USPQ2d 1134, 1145 (TTAB 2013). He also received some media attention.

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

Additionally, the Mark enjoyed a narrow scope of copyright protection, and since Tesco had not copied several of the original elements of the work, the Court held that Tesco had not infringed copyright.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

It was decided by the Supreme Court in the case that the cinematographic films do have the copy right it was on of the issue in the case of Yash Raj Films vs Sri Sri Ganesh Productions. [1] 24863/2014. [3] Sri Sri Ganesh Productions, AIRONLINE 2019 DEL 1017. [2] 2] Novartis v. Cipla, I.A. 3] Starbucks Corporation v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The PSP was discontinued in 2014, but after more than a decade, Sony’s lawsuit is still alive and inching toward a conclusion – one way or another. One of those lawsuits saw Sony Computer and Entertainment sue Datel in Germany over cheat software produced for the Playstation Portable (PSP) console.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

However, shortly after publication, another UK journalist, Josh Bavas, noticed that several paragraphs of one of the articles were copied verbatim from his earlier work without any citation. ABC’s Media Watch also investigated and found sill more copying in the piece, including large sections taken from a different journalist.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This process has been ongoing since 2014 but aside from the replacement of a judge , there haven’t been any significant breakthroughs. — Copies of Megaupload’s requests to stay the civil cases are available here ( 1 , 2 ). The order was requested by Megaupload Ltd with consent from the rightsholders.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Respondent Davidson was entitled to rely on the April 2, 2014 filing date of his underlying application as his date of constructive first use. He sold copies of comic books featuring the character and displayed the comic books at a comic convention. 108 USPQ2d 1134, 1145 (TTAB 2013). He also received some media attention.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“Megaup hosts hundreds of unauthorized copies of copyright protected video game titles and only has a 33% response rate to ESA’s takedown notices despite receiving numerous removal notices,” ESA writes. Interestingly, the game companies write that 1337x was launched in 2014, which is seven years after its actual founding date.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

However, in 2014 CCN began working with Amazon and Amazon was dissatisfied with the quality of descriptions that CCA created for themselves. Copyright Office, “Online content is considered published if the copyright owner authorizes the end user to retain copies of the content or further distribute the content.”. According to the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

[iii] This treaty also directs for permission of use, without authorization of the copyright holder over such accessible formats of copyrighted copies, which should be non-commercial lending & may comprise of electronic communication. v] General Obligation on Limitation and Exception, Article 11, Marrakesh Treaty. [vi] 3d 87 (2d Cir.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2022

The international registration of the given trademark is valid as of 1980; the Lithuanian designation was made in early 2014. Interestingly, unlike in Lithuania, protection for this trademark was granted successfully in other jurisdictions, such as Latvia and Poland, in which the request on designation was also submitted in 2014.)

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2023

Founded in 2014 by two Taiwanese software engineers, movie and TV show piracy site 8maple is a prime example. ” TorrentFreak obtained a copy of the official verdict from Taiwan prosecutor Harris Chen.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

It’s perhaps fitting that sites that relied heavily on copying are being copied themselves; the original operators can hardly complain about that. The owners eventually decided to let go of the name and in 2014 rebranded as Firedrive. 102,499 Auction.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

In 2019, Artem Stoliarov, a Russian DJ whose stage name is Arty, filed a lawsuit before the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Marshmello’s song ‘ Happier ’ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band).

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The TTABlog

MAY 16, 2023

There was no evidence of intentional copying or of unsolicited media coverage. TTABlogger comment: Shouldn't the Board be asking whether Comptime established acquired distinctiveness before respondent's first use date, which apparently was in 2014? Read comments and post your comment here. See, for example, the case TTABlogged here.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2022

During the jury trial, the music companies presented a hard drive that contained the files, suggesting that they were the original songs that were pirated between 2012 and 2014. — A copy of Cox’s motion for relief from the judgment is available here (pdf). This evidence was central to prove direct copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Therefore, takedown orders cannot be directed against infringing copy of content hosted on OTT platforms. Institutional Mechanism of Nodal Officers: Learning from the Past The ‘Statement of Object and Reasons’ 2023 Act mentions the attempt to ‘curb the menace of film piracy by transmission of unauthorised copies on the internet.’

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BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 10, 2023

He received two Copyright Registrations for his works concerning the Clinic in 2014.Chavers He provided them with copyrighted copies of proposals for the Clinic. Chavers approached the leadership and faculty of Howard University and presented ideas for starting a Clinic program at Howard.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 20, 2023

There, it was presented as an original Koons artwork of which three copies exist. As IPKat readers are surely aware, his fame extends well beyond the art world, given that Koons has contributed as litigant to some of the most interesting copyright case law around the world [see, eg, IPKat coverage here ]. All these attempts were made in vain.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2022

During the trial, the music companies presented a hard drive that contained copies of ‘verified’ music files that were allegedly pirated by Cox subscribers, suggesting that those were the original songs that were pirated between 2012 and 2014. — A copy of U.S. Recreated Evidence?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 14, 2022

Dropbox says it has amended its TOS twelve times since 2011, including adding the arbitration clause in 2014. [NB: NB: there always should be someone at the company who can easily answer just how many times the TOS has been amended and provide definitive copies of each amendment and the date they occurred.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

1] The Court reasoned that the defendant companies could not have possibly copied the script in question, as they did not have access to the script until after Ad Astra was written. Phillip Madison Jones, the screenwriter, sued Twentieth Century Studios, The Walt Disney Co., 1] Phillip Madison Jones v. Twentieth Century Studios, Inc.

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