TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The same service was also promoted on Dauditl.com Warnings Ignored In August 2017, a DISH investigator is said to have visited Massive Wireless’s retail store to confirm sales of other infringing services carrying DISH content. In both cases DISH instructed Massive Wireless to cease-and-desist and both times DISH was ignored.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. million followers on Instagram, was allegedly making “ seven figures ” as of 2017, and has a book on the New York Times bestseller list (Tik Tok commenters would remind you, however, that her listing had a dagger next to it). The account and its 2.6

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. Their complaint, which cites an earlier case from 2017 , alleges that youtube-dl aids copyright infringement by circumventing YouTube’s technical protection measures. Numerous Legal Uses.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2022

During the summer of 2017, several of the world’s largest entertainment industry companies teamed up to create a new anti-piracy coalition. Cease and Desist. While court cases are also part of the repertoire, a cease-and-desist letter is usually the first step taken. ” Civil and Criminal Lawsuits.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

Of the efficacious four, three were based exclusively on trademark rights, not copyright. The court says those aren’t DMCA takedown notices by definition, because they didn’t assert any copyright interests; so they are outside 512(f)’s scope. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2022

From a standing start in 2017, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is now the largest and most successful anti-piracy coalition on the planet. They were charged with criminal copyright infringement offenses in connection with movies and TV shows made available via filmovi24h.com and serije.online.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

One weird piece: the court implies that a copyright owner can enforce violations of access control limits deployed by third parties, i.e., RIAA could sue Yout for Yout’s violation of YouTube’s access control technology. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? The complaint.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Mods are beneficial for the video game industry, [3] but mods can threaten a company’s copyright exclusivity because of their status as derivative works. [4] 4] Mods that collect revenue by paywalls are likely to scare copyright holders into litigation. [5] Why Paywalled Monetization of Mods Makes Copyright Holders Threaten Litigation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Day to Day Imports. * Court Mistakenly Thinks Copyright Owners Have a Duty to Police Infringement–Sunny Factory v. Okularity. * Copyright Plaintiffs Can’t Figure Out What Copyrights They Own, Court Says ¯_(?)_/¯. * A 512(f) Case Leads to a Rare Damages Award (on a Default Judgment)–California Beach v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2022

Babybus runs a competitive channel that Moonbug believes infringes its copyrights. An example: Moonbug submitted takedown notices to YouTube covering at least 70 videos and sued Babybus for copyright infringement. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Babybus counterclaimed for 512(f).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Copyright Office registered this work: The registration makes sense with the landscape backgrounds. Court Mistakenly Thinks Copyright Owners Have a Duty to Police Infringement–Sunny Factory v. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? The Lower Court Ruling. This is a messy case with complex facts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Copyright owners are in the best position to spot and redress infringement, so they should identify alleged infringement to services and seek intervention when they see infringements. This paradigm, however, breaks down when copyright ownership is contested. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Allegedly on behalf of Barrett, an SEO vendor sent DMCA takedown notices to Google, alleging that Source Capital had copied some of Barrett’s copyrighted material. Source Capital alleges that no copyright violation took place at all. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Hawai‘i Aug.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

TL;DR: a copyright takedown notice that doesn’t meet the elements of 512(c)(3) cannot give rise to a 512(f) clam. Specifically, the putative copyright owners didn’t send a proper 512(c)(3) takedown notice because: it lacked specific identification of the copyrighted works. ” Cite to ISE v. Alper Automotive v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

The Television Academies sued Goodman for copyright infringement, trademark infringement and dilution, and defamation. Copyright Infringement/Fair Use. Benjamin. * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Canning. * 17 USC 512(f) Preempts State Law Claims Over Bogus Copyright Takedown Notices–Amaretto v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some forms of data are protected by copyright, trademark, or another cognizable forms of intellectual property. And while their terms of use provide the social media companies a license to use that user-generated content, it is their users who typically have a copyright interest in their content. It’s user-generated content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

LinkedIn lawsuit started in 2017. CFAA : The key question is whether hiQ’s continued access following receipt of LinkedIn’s cease-and-desist letter was “without authorization” under the CFAA. Are robots.txt, IP address blocks, or cease-and-desist letters still relevant to the CFAA at all?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A refresher: in 1998, Congress created a notice-and-takedown scheme for user-submitted items that allegedly infringe copyright. Copyright owners send takedown notices, and service providers either remove the items or lose the safe harbor. The DMCA’s main counterbalance to copyright owner overreach was supposed to be 512(f).

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The TTABlog

JUNE 17, 2021

In November 2016, Respondent sent a cease-and-desist letter to Petitioner, demanding transfer of the domain name to Respondent. To the extent Petitioner’s belief in damage may have existed at the time Petitioner brought these proceedings in January 2017, clearly it has not been maintained. Text Copyright John L.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). These provisions served as, among other things, models for Articles 18 and 20 in the new DSM Copyright Directive (2019/790).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

the ITC can also issue cease and desist orders to prevent further sales of the accused products. These statutory criteria also apply to investigations based on other intellectual property rights specified in the statute, including registered trademarks, copyrights, and mask works. [4] 2d 1325, 1327, 2017 WL 6327551, at *3 (E.D.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 30, 2023

Image from here In a copyright dispute involving two giants of the media industry, Shemaroo sued Super Cassettes (SCIPL), in Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd vs Super Cassettes Industries Pvt Ltd and Ors , for allegedly publishing audio-visuals of songs from 24 films (suit films) without seeking prior permission from it.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 6, 2022

Few opponents prefer to jump straight into court action, with oppositions typically the preference when a cease and desist letter fails to get the right reaction. Most IP lawyers dread reading about their cases in a newspaper, what with journalists’ infamous ability to speak of copyrighting a trade mark in a patent dispute.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Highlights of the Week The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings Recently Delhi High Court came up with ‘Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules’ which would be a positive step towards assuring better access to law and transparency.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In a recent case, the Cologne Regional Court (‘LG Köln’) decided that the slogan ‘Geimpft, gechipt, entwurmt’ (German for ‘Vaccinated, chipped, dewormed’) is not eligible for copyright protection ( 14 O 24/22 ). In this ruling, the court applied earlier German jurisprudence on copyright protection for slogans and other types of short phrases.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

law with the Copyright Act of 1978, his point remains. Back in 2017, a group made plans to stage a play entitled Who’s Holiday , a one-woman show featuring a foul-mouthed grown up version of Cindy Lou Who. As the play got closer to opening, the Seuss estate sent cease and desist letters to try and stop it. Bottom Line.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. 23, 2017), [link] awards-new-balance-1-5-million-in-trademark-case-idUSKCN1B317X.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 15, 2022

124 USPQ2d 1028, 1035 (TTAB 2017) (“It is well-settled that use of a mark by a licensee inures to the benefit of the trademark owner.”); Quality Candy Shoppes/Buddy Squirrel of Wisc., Text Copyright John L. See Moreno v. Pro Boxing Supplies, Inc. , Grande Foods , 90 USPQ2d at 1392. Read comments and post your comment here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tam (2017) and Iancu v. Like copyright law (which was also discussed at oral argument in Elster ), this provision of the Amateur Sports Act has different goals and rules than Section 2(c) and other trademark registration and enforcement laws in the Lanham Act. ” (pages 879-880) and “Free Speech Challenges to Trademark Law after Matal v.

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