The IPKat

MAY 28, 2023

Copyright infringement cases often involve works of art, literature, or design. This recent French decision gives us an opportunity to look at a rarer case, that of copyright infringement in a typeface. A very Kat font Background The facts deserve some attention.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

Julius Bencko, Graphic Designer In the United States government’s superseding indictment dated February 16, 2012, Julius Bencko is described as a citizen and resident of Slovakia. Had designing logos and making websites look pretty begun to look less attractive to prosecuting authorities than they had done a couple of years earlier?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. Jury awards nearly $50M in damages against Internet access provider for user-caused copyright infringement. Buzzfeed, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

.” This is exactly what happened to Jaguar Land Rover in its claim against Land Wind (Jiangling Motors) in China for copying of Jaguar Land Rover’s car design. After their patent battle from 2014 to [2019], the design patents of Jaguar Land Rover and Land Wind for their off-road vehicles were invalidated by each other.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2023

It is not the first time that the French courts have ruled that fonts may be protected by copyright (e.g. In 2016, a French company specialising in typography created a font called ‘Spectral’ for Google, who used it as part of its free service Google Fonts , used by website creators and users of word processing software.

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Intepat

JUNE 9, 2023

In 2016, India introduced its National IPR Policy with the objective of stimulating creativity, protecting intellectual property, and promoting its commercialization. But first, let’s look at what the 2016 India’s National IPR Policy states. The major focus is to promote “Make in India” products.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2023

Over the past few years, The IPKat has hosted a number of posts on the lengthy Danish saga relating to protection and infringement of copyright in pottery created by designer Anne Black. Now, the final word seems to have been spoken, as Katfriends Hanne Kirk and Charlotte Mittet Høfler (both Gorrissen Federspiel) report.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. Perhaps the most infamous of the above scandals was the allegation of copyright infringement by The Great Eros (“TGE”). If successful, this would mean TGE could not file an infringement suit).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To show infringement, there must be access to the work that was allegedly infringed upon—an element the court believes is not met here. Jones first brought his script to CAA in November 2015, with a subsequent submission of the script in September 2016. 36(a)(1). [3] 29, 2023) [link]. [4] 30, 2023) [link].

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

27, 2023) Industria sued Latinfood for trademark and copyright infringement; Latinfood counterclaimed for tortious interference against Industria and another counterdefendant Cordialsa. But there was no evidence that the only actionable statement—Latinfood’s use of Imdustria’s logo on its website in 2016—was likely to cause injury. “[N]o

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2021

All of the sites were served with copyright infringement notices before the application was filed but none of them responded. The Court also found that the operators of the sites carry out their business on a for-profit basis, putting them at odds with a 2016 ruling from the EU Court of Justice. The Domains to Be Blocked.

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Corsearch

APRIL 27, 2023

Other tests included asking the chatbot for information about 1337x, a popular torrent website that has faced site blocking orders and was de-indexed from Google search results in 2016[1]. See screenshots of our tests below: A key question is whether it’s possible to bypass ChatGPT content filters.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 25, 2023

In August 2021, Bungie filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a number of defendants involved in the development and supply of Destiny 2 cheating tool, Wallhax. “At some point between 2016 and 2018, Larsen decided to make a cheat for Overwatch, which is a game from Activision/Blizzard. 11020781 Canada Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

TPG aggregates and collects information from the most prominent rewards programs and provides a series of rankings and recommendations designed to help maximize your rewards points. dispute back in the Ninth Circuit in 2016. Trademark infringement 6. False Designation of Origin 9. Copyright Infringement 10.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

That applied in particular if the product being exhibited was not ready for market but merely a prototype or design study. In 2017, the BGH had the opportunity to implement the case law of the CJEU on communication to the public in the area of links in German law, to the extent it concerned links to copyright-infringing content.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Larson also sought a declaration that she owns the copyright to The Kindest and that the letter in the short story does not infringe Dorland’s copyright. Dorland counterclaimed for copyright infringement, claiming that Larson’s use of Dorland’s letter was a violation of intellectual property law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 2016, Time “embedded” one of Brauer’s Instagram posts, featuring one of his photos of Hilary Clinton, in its entirety (preserving his username or “handle”, his caption, and his links and hashtags). As a practical matter, the answer is certainly yes; an open system is built into the design of the internet. 94-1476, at 159-60.

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

The MHC in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (PSITA) in determining non-obviousness. thus, the use of trademark “Serpenti” by the defendant for identical goods prima facie amounts to infringement under Section 29 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view). Claims under copyright law.

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IPilogue

APRIL 14, 2022

They held that an inadvertent mistake of law in a copyright registration application does not automatically nullify the application. . a fabric and design company in Los Angeles, owns copyrights in various fabric designs. Looking ahead, the Supreme Court’s decision strongly protects copyright applicants and holders.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Within just over a month, a raft of barely-underground Discord servers like AI Hub have popped up to provide users with access to software—and step-by-step instructions—for creating new songs using hundreds of community-made AI models designed to mimic specific artists’ voices. AI Drake original track “Winter’s Cold.”

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There was no upfront requirement for such an address for International Registrations designating the UK. I do not think it is controversial to say that these are not genuine companies run by genuine UK lawyers, but are little more than post boxes designed to meet the UKIPO’s threadbare requirements. IPKat here.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The MPA has been conducting discovery against entities doing business with PrimeWire to establish the identity of its operator and any profits attributable to copyright infringement. That being said, shell companies and partnerships like these are designed to frustrate investigations, including this one carried out by the MPA.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2022

In addition to damages relating to the fraudulent notices, the company piled on with additional claims for copyright infringement, false designation, business defamation, breach of contract, and violations of consumer protection law. Whether by carelessness or design, it also included his real name: Nick Minor.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

Specifically, the judge determined that the port boss slippage problem precluded the original prototype from being viable, and Mackay and Hewson’s design input, like the starburst grooves, helped solve that critical issue. Campbell filed a provisional application in 2011 and a non-provisional in 2012 that eventually issued in 2016.

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SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2023

We featured a total of 5 posts discussing 2 significant orders from the Karnataka High Court on Twitter’s writ petition against blocking orders issued by the GOI, and on the copyright infringement complaint filed against the Indian National Congress. Last week also saw many landmark orders from the courts across the nation.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

This prevents the possible infringement of the exclusive right to reproduce a computer program provided for in article 42(2) of the Copyright Law, which belongs to the creator or author of the relevant program. The A & K Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm website can be accessed at www.metaxopouloslaw.gr. 2916/2022. (2)

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Delhi High Court reiterates that the counterclaim for revocation of design is maintainable before the High Court. Mold-Tek Packaging Ltd held that the counterclaim seeking revocation of the registered design is maintainable before the High Court and is not limited to being heard before the controller. Containers Indore v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether that’s by choice or design isn’t clear but a lecture from someone who earns more in a day than many fans do in a year could be even more disastrous than it sounds. At least until now, however, Premiership stars themselves haven’t ventured too near to the front lines.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

They are as follows: Literary Works Artistic Works Dramatic Works Cinematographic Films Musical Works Sound Recordings The copyright law decrees that copyright protection exists from the moment a creative work is finished. However, that is sometimes not enough to avoid infringement, which is where registration comes in.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

They are as follows: Literary Works Artistic Works Dramatic Works Cinematographic Films Musical Works Sound Recordings The copyright law decrees that copyright protection exists from the moment a creative work is finished. However, that is sometimes not enough to avoid infringement, which is where registration comes in.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. What constitutes copyright infringement in one country may not be in another. 1] , t he cloud service provider was not made liable even after abetting the infringement. It is designed as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform. eBay Inc.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright. The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent. ” [8]. .” ” [8].

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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. 123unblock.me, scihub.proxybit.me.

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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. The humanized skeleton figure on the left is Skully, which artist and entrepreneur Gregory Spiers first conceived while designing a T-shirt for the Lithuanian Olympic basketball team.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright. The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. Scenario 2: Protecting Novel Designs by Patent. The reviewal process for the U.S.

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