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3 Count: Unicolors Redux

Plagiarism Today

1: Ninth Circuit Affirms Validity of Unicolors’ Copyright Registration on Remand, But H&M Scores Big on Remittitur Calculations. The lawsuit was filed by Unicolors, which accused H&M of infringing a 2011 design that they created as part of a 2015 one H&M sold in their stores and online.

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Is Your Website Published or Unpublished?

Plagiarism Today

It’s a confusing question with no easy answer, but it’s an issue that puts the copyright registration of every website at risk. In 2015, FDN filed a DMCA takedown notice, but Amazon did not take down the work in question. The Registration Wrinkle. In the United States, a registration with the U.S.

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3 Count: Polish Rejection

Plagiarism Today

However, the group argues that MODS copied at least two of their exhibitions, Boundaries from 2017 and Crystal from 2015. However, MODS is alleging that the lawsuit is improper, first because teamLab has no copyright registration, but because they have not identified specific elements that can be protected by copyright in the lawsuit.

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Tattoos and Copyright: A Potent Combination

Plagiarism Today

Furthermore, since Alexander did not file her registration timely, she is not eligible to be awarded attorneys’ fees. In March 2015, a jury awarded the estate of Marvin Gay $7.4 The post Tattoos and Copyright: A Potent Combination appeared first on Plagiarism Today. That board has a maximum total damages of $30,000.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The company was ordered to pay Ojo, ₦20 million (US$44 448) in damages.

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Court Slips Up in Duct-Taped Banana Copyright Case

Copyright Lately

Plagiarism much?” ” A 2015 post on Morford’s Facebook page depicting the junk that he claims was stolen and pimped. Here’s a photo of his entire art piece that I found in a 2015 post on Morford’s Facebook page. But some dude steals my junk and pimps it for 120k+ in 2019.

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

Surveillance and analysis of IP-related activities on the internet, such as domain name registration, web crawling, social media monitoring, and online marketplace scanning which can help detect potential IP infringement cases, such as cybersquatting, phishing, counterfeiting, piracy, and plagiarism. Gourav Bajaj & Anr.,