The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

Marcel Pemsel discussed the decisions on the validity of the trade mark applications, filed in 2015, that include the geographical name 'COMPTON'. Intellectual Property Anna Maria Stein outlined the findings from a report on 'Emerging public perceptions of intellectual property in UK media,' released by the UKIPO last month.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Center for Countering Digital Hate is a not for profit organization that publishes reports on among other things, hate speech and disinformation on social media. For example, it alleges that 12 posters are responsible for two thirds of the anti-vax content on social media. Radiance v NAACP, 1415-68 (4th Cir 2015).

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Social Media Reporting Contracts False Advertising 52

JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Started in 2015, the fashion watchdog Instagram account has since gained widespread name recognition and had a significant impact in the fashion industry. Its primary purpose was to call out copycats within the industry, but it quickly began to focus on calling out racism and cultural appropriation as well.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. That will prove to be an issue for the team.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

In July 2015, we looked at the case of The Dollop , which was accused of plagiarizing from the website Damn Interesting for its podcasts. That’s why, in all of these cases, the copying was first detected by the public, who went on to point out the issue and create a controversy both on social media and the broader internet.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

‘Online’ is a reference to Online SAS, the cloud hosting company that rebranded as Scaleway in 2015. ‘Expert’ Opinions Should Be Ignored Some ‘experts’ posting on social media are claiming that the l’Informé article is bogus.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2019, LaLiga launched an investigation into a website advertised on social media that was being used to illegally market football content plus other material belonging to a “well-known” on-demand television platform. According to police sources, the site offered subscriptions to illegal IPTV and CCCAM services.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

cities to address increasing Hyundai and Kia thefts that use a method popularized on TikTok and other social media channels. vehicles by 2015 but were standard on only 26% of 2015 model year Hyundai and Kia vehicles, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Highway Loss Data Institute.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Social media (aka Facebook) were not a part of the conversation. This raises the question: does the press publishers’ right apply to social media? Recital 54 of the Copyright Directive points to news aggregators and media monitoring services as examples. Do social media make content available?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Facebook also implemented filters for video content following the “freebooting” controversies of 2015 and 2017. It has the oldest demographics of the major social media networks and much of that is because so little of the content on it is original or fresh. This included both on Instagram and Facebook.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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 photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. about your goods, products or services”).

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Applicant Carson submitted a declaration that contained only conclusory statements that “[e]ach year from 2015 through the present,” he has provided “licensing of advertising slogans and cartoon characters” under both proposed marks “to a wide range of customers located throughout the United States." Playdom , 778 F.3d

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

In 2015, Austrian law student and privacy activist, Maximillian Schrems, sued Facebook Ireland for what he alleged to be an unlawful transfer of data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook’s headquarters in the United States. Compelled to revise his challenge in 2015, Schrems alleged that contractual arrangements in the U.S.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

These reforms come after a lengthy consultation period by IP Australia before announcing in 2020 plans to implement the former Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) recommendations from its 2015 review of the Australian designs system. Merpel adds: this really grabbed her attention. Merpel adds: this really grabbed her attention.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

And, as we previously blogged , the SEC historically had limited enforcement activity for Rule 21F-17(a), with roughly 14 enforcement actions between 2015 and 2021. .” However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

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Kashishipr

JULY 20, 2022

Hydrox was largely discontinued in 1999, and it was in September 2015 when the product was reintroduced by Leaf Brands. The American video and photo sharing social media platform Instagram has been accused of copying Snapchat. It is nothing but another case of the strong proving victorious over the weak in society.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

A likely answer to this chicken riddle is a combination of social media , the perception of chicken being a healthier option to beef, and the impact COVID-19 continues to make on the food industry. A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

August asserts that the Defendant, AirG Inc, a Canadian social media brand, committed copyright infringement by reproducing six of Pugliese’s Jennifer Lopez photos on their website without permission. The Court was not satisfied that any of this evidence confirmed that Pugliese was a US citizen in April 2015, when photos were created.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 12, 2024

The company’s anti-piracy team constantly engages with the public on social media, often with controversial results. The development team behind it has been hard at work for close to 9 years since 2015, and has tirelessly iterated upon it, to create possibly the best kind of reader there is today.”

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2023

The lawsuit states that De La Cruz’s “distinguishable voice” also has been used without her consent for songs, records, promotions, worldwide concerts, television, radio and social and musical platforms.

Business 40

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

program, but not from its less-competitive EdD program (which was offered online after 2015). USC likewise regularly touted USC Rossier’s ranking (and that USC Rossier was “top-ranked”) in press releases, on social media, on the Rossier Website, and in other promotional materials.

Advertising 59

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The National Information and Communication Technology Policy, 2015, has therefore been a key policy action. It encompasses all intersecting IT industries and might affect anything from social media use to surveillance, e-commerce, and technological innovation.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 27, 2022

the definitions) and Part II (dealing with intermediaries and social media intermediaries) of the IT Rules, 2021 and primarily impacts only the intermediaries in terms of their obligations under Rule 3. Union of India [2015 5 SCC 1] and the Delhi High Court in Kent RO Systems Ltd. What are the proposed amendments?

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 22, 2021

There seems to be a belief that police service, when paired with a musical interlude, will prevent a recording of the interaction from being posted on social media due to algorithms that detect and remove videos incorporating copyrighted music (among other types of content). Pursuant to the 2015 case of Lenz v.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

JC Penny faced a similar “price anchoring” class action suit in 2015. Rather, as stated in the Complaint, the “original” prices are “false or severely outdated reference prices, utilized only to perpetuate Defendant’s false discount scheme.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Power Ventures was a platform that attempted to enable users to manage all their social media accounts from one platform. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). Power Ventures was a 2016 case involving Facebook (back when the company itself was still known as Facebook). emphasis mine). Koninklijke Philips N.V.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Dragons were impressed with Pavan’s CV, which includes a Guinness World Record (since bettered) of fastest henna artist, a permanent location in Selfridges since 2015 and she once created a window display in Harrods. It became apparent the pair came here for social media guru, Steven. Pavan demonstrated a strong pitch.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that while issues such as national security are important, Apple would not implement any technology which malicious actors could misuse as a backdoor to encrypted user data. One of their core values and popular marketing point s is that “privacy is a fundamental human right.”

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The claimant had goodwill dating back to 1992 and registrations from October 2015. The defendant had been using since 2013 with registrations from June 2015. Floor cleaning appears to be big business, with the claimant enjoying more than £17m in turnover in 2020 (boosted by the pandemic, perhaps?).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

See Byrnes’ We Would Be Friends: Fans, Musicians and Social Media and Jarzyna’s Parasocial Interaction, the COVID-19 Quarantine, and Digital Age Media. Now social media has allowed for PSRs with reality TV celebrities, Instagram influencers, and the like. ’ Piccone v. Bartels , 785 F.3d

Copyright 52

Copyright Social Media Plagiarism Fair Use 52

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, the prevalence of such activities can be seen in online rummy advertisements on social media and the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal. It typically involves the possibility of winning or losing substantial amounts of money based on a fortuitous event. [1]

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. The parties settled in 2015; defendants agreed to cease their use of those marks and to avoid the words “Florida” and “Virtual” together in a mark.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 24, 2015, Ms. A literary controversy surrounding a copyright claim has taken over the North American online writing community, and it involves a kidney donation, a private Facebook group, and a short story.? .

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

My quick PACER search revealed that Harold Lloyd Entertainment filed several lawsuits alleging infringement as late as 2015—92 years after the film’s copyright was originally secured and just a few years before it was set to expire. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

26, 2021) Zamfir is a researcher in the field of cryptoeconomics and distributed systems; he and Vitalik Buterin are allegedly the two lead researchers of the proof-of-stake blockchain protocols known as Casper (name adopted around 2015). Zamfir’s branch of this research, carried out in the US, became known as “CBC Casper,” aka “Casper.”

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