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Professor Sues Cheating Student for Copyright Infringement

Plagiarism Today

Chapman University, for their part, is not involved in the lawsuit, but a spokesperson for the school made it clear that instructors hold the copyright in their work and are free to take whatever action they see necessary to protect their creations. Course Hero states that it has a policy to not tolerate copyright infringement.

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Failure to comply with the terms of a copyright assignment agreement held to amount to copyright infringement in France

The IPKat

This Kat is always on the hunt for new copyright rulings. This time he has found a recent ruling issued by the Paris Court of Appeal , concerning a copyright assignment agreement, a subject that is the source of many disputes in France. On 8 July 2019, Ms Y unsuccessful addressed a cease-and-desist letter to L'Oréal.

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CJEU Upholds 2019 EU Copyright Directive

IP Watchdog

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rejected a legal challenge to Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Case C-401/19 Republic of Poland v. European Parliament and Council, ECLI:EU:C:2022:297.) The challenge was brought by the government of Poland.

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Copyright Infringement: Friend or Foe in the Music Industry?

IPilogue

You may remember the big music copyright infringement case of 2012 , where Robin Thicke was sued by Marvin Gaye over claims that Thicke’s hit song “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”. However, nowadays, it seems that many major artists are frequently being sued for copyright infringement.

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Going (copyright) bananas: Maurizio Cattelan prevails in copyright infringement lawsuit over Comedian

The IPKat

Would you say that Cattelan’s work (realized for an exhibition in Miami in 2019) is an unauthorized reproduction of the 2001 work below, titled Banana and Orange , and thus an infringement of the copyright vesting in it? Of course, that is not all: Comedian has in fact also sparked litigation in the USA.

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Adblocking Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement, Court Rules

TorrentFreak

Axel Springer Claims Adblocking is Copyright Infringement. After its defeat in the earlier action, in 2019 Axel Springer filed a new lawsuit on new grounds. ” In other words, AdBlock Plus breaches copyright law. ” In other words, AdBlock Plus breaches copyright law. Court Dismisses Lawsuit.

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“El TORO LOCO”: when a Monster truck show amounts to both trade mark and copyright infringement

The IPKat

Copyright and design rights are often invoked in parallel, particularly in relation to works of applied art [ e.g. IPKat here ]. This time, this Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris in a dispute concerning both copyright and trade mark infringement. Feld Motor Sports Inc.