Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

In 2019, Artem Stoliarov, a Russian DJ whose stage name is Arty, filed a lawsuit before the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Marshmello’s song ‘ Happier ’ copied the synthesizer melody from his 2014 remix of OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ (OneRepublic is an American pop rock band). From remixes to remasters.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Introduction Over $67 billion USD was transacted in the worldwide contemporary art market in 2018, an increase of nearly $3 billion USD from the previous year’s value. Artwork based on such a notion presents challenges when attempting to establish ownership.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2023

Adjusted for inflation, imported Japanese N64s changed hands for the equivalent of $1,400 in today’s money; a copy of Super Mario 64? In summary, this prevents users from playing pirated copies of Nintendo’s games on Switch devices but also prevents users from copying and playing games on devices that are not Nintendo Switch.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 20, 2023

The basic facts don’t appear to be in dispute; Nintendo informed 1fichier that it had found pirated copies of its games on the service, but 1fichier refused to take them down. Nintendo has been locked in a legal battle with French file-hosting service 1fichier for the past five years. Why Would 1fichier Deliberately Expose Itself?

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. In 1982, California amended its copyright law to remove the distinction between pre- and post-publication but continued to use the term “exclusive ownership.”

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Sheeran’s attorneys argued the elements that were allegedly copied, namely a chord progression and the harmonic rhythm, were both commonplace in music and not protectable by copyright. This one, filed in 2018 by Structured Asset Sales, however, appears to have survived those hurdles. That case was dismissed in 2017.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 13, 2023

The same is broadly true for blocking action in Australia while a more recent blocking injunction in India targets 18 sets of domains, with each set consisting of often multiple domains linked to the same platform or perceived ownership. The domain has been targeted in just seven requests with just eight of its URLs removed since 2018.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Nepal Privacy Act was passed in September 2018. An NFT and the corresponding permission to use, copy, or display the asset can be bought and sold in digital markets. And a public proof of ownership for the NFT can be provided via blockchain technology. NFTs are viewed as the future of ownership by enthusiasts.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 10, 2018, Ms. Dorland will need to show: (1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original. Dorland originally posted on Facebook.? . Dorland registered her donor letter with the U.S. Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TV Company Claims Ownership of Blender Film. The notice claimed that Bruno had infringed ZO’R TV’s copyrights by reproducing content (6:21 to 8:26) from this YouTube video published in 2018. The video published by ZO’R TV appeared on YouTube in March 2018 and since then has amassed 324 views. Give feedback.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

The software was rewritten in C# and became InSPC v2 in 2017/2018. The UK proceedings meanwhile were commenced in September 2019 alleging that Mr Aughton copied or otherwise made use of the PQ software ProSPC when he wrote InSPC v1 and v2 (either by use of automatic translation software, or manually, or a combination of the two).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. The wranglings caused the registrant’s sticker to be removed from Amazon for a total of 44 days in 2018 across several different incidents.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 2018, Johannsongs-Publishing filed a copyright infringement claim against the defendants who were involved in publishing and/or selling You Raise Me Up. The basic elements that a plaintiff must prove are: “(1) ownership of a valid copyright; and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

Pirate site brands, including 123movies, Putlocker, Kisscartoon, 123movieshub, and GoMovies, were suddenly recognized all over the world, despite in many cases having been copied from ‘pirate’ brands already in existence. ” This means that we cannot confirm that the Zoro.to What we can confirm is that Zoro.to

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? It confirms both ownership of valid copyrights and copying by the defendants of original constituent elements of the works.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

” The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. , They filed similar suits in Florida and New York contending that those states’ copyright laws required a similar result.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings. Secure Distribution is a means of distributing digital content using encrypted codes which prohibit copying and limits the number of devices a product can be accessed from.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

The action for infringement can be taken under the following acts: If the work has been copied or duplicated for illegal use and exploitation with respect to literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, or cinematographic. If the original contents of a cinematographic film have been duplicated, copied, and pirated.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Morford cannot claim ownership over a natural element (a fruit) and a functional component (duct tape). ’” [20] “Legal copying” requires “similarities between the two works [that] extend to the work’s original, protectable elements.” 2018); Norris Indus., ” [21]. .’”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2021

” The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. , They filed similar suits in Florida and New York contending that those states’ copyright laws required a similar result.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 15, 2023

Advertisements are for public display and therefore, claiming the ownership is a debatable question in the domain of intellectual property. The plaintiff in March 2018 released a video as a part of the advertisement campaign for its product on various social media platforms, one of which was YouTube.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 2018, Johannsongs-Publishing filed a copyright infringement claim against the defendants who were involved in publishing and/or selling You Raise Me Up. The basic elements that a plaintiff must prove are: “(1) ownership of a valid copyright; and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.”

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

16, 2023) The court refused to dismiss copyright and trademark claims based on copying of a TV show format, including the hosts. It developed the show with Big Fish, but the parties agreed that A&E would have exclusive ownership of the rights in Live PD. “In A&E Television Networks, LLC v. 7411 (KPF) (S.D.N.Y.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

comprising of a cylindrical cross-section of a tree with nails positioned around the outer circumference of its upward facing flat circular surface, and a cross-peen hammer,” issued in 2018. WRB had a presumption of ownership for both “Hammer-Schlagen” and trade dress because of its registrations.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Kochupillai explains that ‘moral rights’ confers ‘a special right to the author for protecting his/her work even if the creator transfers the ownership and relinquishes all economic rights over the created work’. 166 of Create, Copy, Disrupt). 52(1)(t) since the mural was situated in a ‘public place to which the public has access.’

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon stopped the program in 2018, before Amazon recruiters had used it to evaluate candidates, when AI specialists discovered that the engine was biased against hiring women. Other industries have been reckoning with bias in AI as well. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Amazon stopped the program in 2018, before Amazon recruiters had used it to evaluate candidates, when AI specialists discovered that the engine was biased against hiring women. Other industries have been reckoning with bias in AI as well. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

One Music Specialist work (“Jam the Box”) was interpolated into Flo Rida’s hit song “In the Ayer,” which sold millions of copies and reached No. In 2018, following his second prison stint, Nealy sued Warner Chappell for copyright infringement. at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

December 14, 2018. first submission May 2017; resubmitted June 2018). first submission May 2017; resubmitted June 2018). November 28, 2018. first submission April 2017; resubmitted May 2018). November 2, 2018. 2016; resubmitted May 2018). October 30, 2018. July 20, 2018. October 1, 2018.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Dfinity argued that its registration of its marks gives it “prima facie evidence of [their] validity,” so it need not plead use in commerce to demonstrate a protectable ownership interest in an enforcement action. Dfinity sponsors conferences and hackathons, and gives in-person and virtual presentations. The Ninth Circuit does not agree.”

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In doing so, the Court found that a degree of separation between BMW AG’s ownership over BMW NA does not change the result of the general manger inquiry. 2018 WL 6981828 (E.D.Tex. 10, 2018) (Gilstrap, J.). The Court found that Arigna Properly Served BMW AG via its General Manager Pursuant to California Law. Chapterhouse, LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? In 2018, section 53.1 Users can choose whether to accept licences or pursue alternative methods to lawfully copy works. Giuseppina D’Agostino. IP Innovation Clinic ChatBot Launch Event by Bonnie Hassanzadeh. By Meena Alnajar. David Vaver. 2000 SCC 66 at para.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2022

In March 2018, the MPA described 123movies as the world’s most popular pirate site. Highlighting the difficulties in identifying the operators of imposter sites and establishing direct connections to sites already blocked by injunctions, the Judge found that the issue of ownership was irrelevant. Two days later, 123movies.to

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. Complaint at 31. 22-cv-7074-JST, ECF No. Corelogic, Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2023

3] The work, named Comedian , sold for $120,000 and quickly went viral [4] —not only because a Georgian performance artist grabbed one of the copies of the work off the wall and ate the banana. [5] Cattelan copied constituted elements of Morford’s work that are original. 22] The banana is a real banana. [23]

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