TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2023

Initially, the site was promoted as a commercial advertising platform but soon transformed into a full-blown piracy portal pulling in millions of visitors each month and generating large sums in advertising revenue. By early 2020, the site’s main domain at 8maple.ru late March 2020. late March 2020.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software. The cheat software itself certainly isn’t a copy of Bungie’s work, they add. Copyright Questions. The cheat maker also highlights another problem with Bungie’s copyright claims.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 12, 2022

Microsoft’s problem is that product activation keys can be ‘decoupled’ from the software they were meant to authorize and then reused to activate more copies of the software, in some cases more copies than the attached Microsoft license permits.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 28, 2023

Sharing Pirated eBooks & Paywalled Articles Asgaard announced its closure in mid-December 2020 but that didn’t stop at least one of the site’s staff spending Christmas in prison. Anti-piracy group Rights Alliance is now reporting the details of yet another Asgaard-related conviction.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2022

In 2020, Japan’s parliament followed up by criminalizing those who download pirated manga. Following amendments that came into effect on October 1, 2020, anyone operating such a site faces up to a five million yen fine, a five-year prison sentence, or potentially both. It seems that some people didn’t get the memo.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In 2020, complaints from the Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FIEG) over the illegal distribution of newspapers, periodicals, and books, led to an emergency order requiring Telegram to shut down 19 channels or face blocking itself. In early 2020, ODG filed a complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Milan.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2020, digital advertising spending worldwide amounted to US$378 billion — with online platforms Google and Facebook together owning half the market or about $190 billion. For scale, the New York State budget in 2020 was $177 billion. Last year, newspaper advertising spending worldwide was just $US31.4 Sandra Chastenet.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The group offered hardware and software solutions that allowed people to install and play unofficial games and pirated copies on various consoles, including the popular Nintendo Switch. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic in September 2020 and was deported to the U.S. One of the defendants is Canadian Gary Bowser. soon after.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Background Christmas in the UK has become almost synonymous with the arrival of the John Lewis advertisement that for many marks the beginning of the festive season. Since 2009, these advertisements have been created by leading agency, adam&eve. It said this showed it had not copied the book. Did the defendants copy FFD?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 24, 2021

In April 2020, a coalition of entertainment companies headed up by Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the operators of ‘pirate’ IPTV service Nitro TV. channels, which are only possible to offer after content is copied and stored, contrary to copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2021

In a summer 2020 lawsuit , Amazon Content Services, publisher Penguin Random House and several authors including John Grisham and Lee Child, accused several pirate eBook sites of infringing their copyrights. ” Court Awards $7.8m in Damages. .” ” Court Awards $7.8m in Damages. They asked for $7.8

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

According to one lawyer, 2020 saw Etsy served with some 54,000 requests, a rise of more than 60 percent year over year, and that includes a major spike during the holiday months. The system itself has not been very broadly advertised. For example, in Bowman’s case, are his hats genuine second-hand merchandise or unauthorized copies?

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43(B)log

MARCH 13, 2023

In March 2020 (I was going to say mid-March, but I recognize there’s a question about how long March 2020 actually was), he began marketing facemasks, including masks he described as “N95” and “Class N95.” Beginning in April 2020, customers began complaining about not receiving orders. Romero operated a drop-shipping business.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2024

Those IPTV services include ‘Streaming TV Now’, ‘Instant IPTV’, ‘Cash App IPTV’, and ‘TV Nitro’ Some of these were subsequently advertised through the YouTube channel @williamfreemon3378, which the plaintiffs believe belongs to the defendant.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. Any user can easily copy, duplicate or access the data without the permission of the author and it is difficult to trace them back due to the issues of privacy and other matters. Kim cartoon and Ors. , Kim cartoon and Ors.,

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2, 2022) Before the jury verdict in favor of Monster’s false advertising claim was this opinion resolving evidentiary issues. They weren’t directly asked about the phrase “Super Creatine,” whether participants had prior experiences with or opinions of Bang, or whether they had seen Vital’s advertising in the market. Monster Energy Co.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

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. Alexis Hunley et al v. In September, U.S.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Autocontrol and Asociación Española de Anunciantes (Spanish Advertisers’ Association or AEA) agree on the ethical standards that should be applied to advertising by influencers from January 1, 2021. Mandarins arrive in Luxembourg… the IP ‘case of the year 2020’. My product was copied and I haven’t registered it.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2022

In late 2020, the open-source software youtube-dl was added to the list of targets. The RIAA had already sent cease-and-desist orders to the hosting company in 2020, before it approached GitHub. For example, to create “ reaction videos ” in response to other YouTubers, which are then monetized through advertisements.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

‘Fast movies’ are essentially heavily edited copies of feature-length films that tell the entire story in just a few minutes. cutting the films down to 10 minutes without permission, adding narration and then uploading to YouTube from June to July 2020,” CODA informs TorrentFreak.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The group offered hardware and software solutions that allowed people to install and play unofficial games and pirated copies on various consoles, including the popular Nintendo Switch. Department of Justice to step in and following a thorough investigation, three members of the group were indicted in 2020. Team-Xecuter Prosecution.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

for deceptive advertising of dietary supplements in violation of the FTCA and the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act. Since early 2020, Defendant Nepute and Quickwork have used several platforms, including social media, emails, and radio, to tout the purported benefits of Vitamin D and zinc and to promote Wellness Warrior supplements. ”

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

Xerox ran an advertising campaign “You can’t Xerox a Xerox on a Xerox. But we don’t mind at all if you copy a copy on a Xerox® copier.”. Consistent use of the ® or symbol and also using the brand name along with the general name such as Kleenex brand tissue is a way brand owners can attempt to avoid genericide.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

The Hon’ble Supreme Court, on March 23, 2020 rendered a laudable order by taking suo motu cognizance of the COVID situation in India and ordered for suspension of deadlines. A copy of the present order shall also be uploaded in the form of a public notice on the website of the CGPDTM, ipindia.gov.in A quick recap.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 14, 2023

With the filing of a second amended complaint in February 2020, a clearer picture emerged. As a result, Plaintiff has suffered substantial economic damage in the form of lost box office income, lost royalty income, lost advertising income, and other monetary damages stemming from Defendants’ illegal distribution of its Works.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In the wake of the 2020 Lukis v. As another example, when the search results provide the records associated with Mr. Abraham, “adjacent to the list of records containing [his] name, photograph, and likeness” is an advertisement promoting the subscription membership. I’ve blogged three yearbook cases so far this year ( Callahan v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In 2020, Amazon teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including John Grisham, Scott Turow and Lee Child to sue several pirate ‘Kiss Library’ eBook sites operating out of Ukraine. When sales are replaced by pirated copies, authors earn a lot less.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest YouTube rippers took the unprecedented step of taking the music industry to court. Judge Leval responded by saying that preventing downloads is of great commercial significance to YouTube, as it generates its revenue from advertising. Is it designed to prevent copying?

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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. In 2020, as America reckoned with police brutality after the death of George Floyd, the show was taken off the air.” A&E Television Networks, LLC v. Big Fish Entertainment, LLC, 2023 WL 4053871, No.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works must be illegally copied and stored in order to be streamed on a 24/7 channel,” the lawsuit reads. “For example, in 2020, if a recruit sold a $25 per month subscription, the reseller that recruited him or her earned a $10 commission on that sale.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2022

Between 2013 and 2020, a man from Finland operated three websites – lyrics.fi, lyricsfi.com and nettiradio.fi. As highlighted earlier, the audio streams made available by the defendant on his radio portal were not copied or duplicated in any way. Man Operated Unlicensed Sites For Seven Years.

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Above the Fold

JANUARY 31, 2023

As anyone even tangentially familiar with advertising and marketing knows, the importance of labels on products cannot be overstated. Wolf’s organic farming certification was revoked in 2020. The label on a product grabs the attention of the consumer. This certification means the product has 95% or more organic content.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2022

Moreover, in 2020, TikTok was forced to enter into a global agreement with the National Music Publishers Association (“NMPA”) in response to NMPA’s allegation that at least half of the music on the application was unlicensed and in direct violation of copyright laws. were copyright related.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

The popular video platform has become an important promotional channel that brings in billions of dollars of advertising revenue every year. Yout vs. RIAA At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest stream-rippers took matters into his own hands. The success story has a downside, however.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

for the fees incurred by them through August 19, 2020. The cause of action in the original suit was the alleged breach of a settlement with the plaintiff, caused by the defendant’s continued use of the plaintiff’s trademark in advertisements on the big search engine. Defendant sought attorney fees of $257,881.19 Passport Health, LLC v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. As part of this scheme, in September 2020, Tesco introduced the Clubcard Prices promotion: Tesco Clubcard holders were given discounts at the point of sale on certain products.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 10, 2021

In July 2020, the CAFC remanded to the TTAB the Board's decision that found the proposed mark COOKINPELLETS.COM to be generic for "Processed wood fuel in the nature of pellets for use in barbecue grills," and alternatively merely descriptive of those goods. 2020 USPQ2d 10729 (2020). TTABlogged here ]. Booking.com B.V.

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