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Instagram Not Liable For Copyright Infringement Over Embedded Images

TorrentFreak

In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram. does not constitute direct infringement.”

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

LexBlog IP

. (“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.

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If copyright law won’t protect small fashion brands against copying, social media will – just ask influencer Danielle Bernstein

JIPEL Copyright Blog

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. However, an equally long list of controversies accompanies this list of accomplishments, the majority of which involve alleged copying. Nordstrom removed the pieces at issue, and everything seemed to be fine on the copying front—until 2020 hit. The account and its 2.6

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Film Companies Seek ‘Torrenting History’ Related to Redditor

TorrentFreak

All social media account usernames used including for Reddit, Twitter and Facebook January 1, 2016 to present. 1, 2016 to the present 6. In addition, it seeks information on other social media profiles, where more relevant information might be found. 1, 2017 to the present.

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Is The Server Test Ready for a Reboot?

The IP Law Blog

Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. In September, U.S.

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The “Excitable Edgar” Dragon Copyright Case

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Perhaps it comes as no surprise that a copyright dispute regarding a fire- breathing – sneezing dragon would get so heated. John Lewis responded by providing evidence which it said showed that adam&eve had conceived of the idea a year prior to FFD’s publication (the “2016 outline”). Did the defendants copy FFD?

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Emerging Trends In Digital Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works.