TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In India, this resulted in a legal battle against Telegram that began in 2020. One of Telegram’s main defenses was that the user data is stored in Singapore, which prohibits the decryption of personal information under local privacy law. Rightsholders Request User Data. The case in question was filed by Ms. Neetu Singh and KD Campus.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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. Also, the privacy and security matters on the social media make it much difficult to prevent the duplication of copyrighted works. Kim cartoon and Ors.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Singapore (computational data analysis; user must not “use the copy for any other purpose”) f. Protection of fame monetization vs privacy b. 2053-2106 (2020) Artificial Inventors.in EU (CDSM arts 3-4; obligation concerning sufficiently detailed summary in June 2023 draft of AI Act) d. Japan (Art. 47 septies ) e. 3d 487 (N.Y.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The C4 dataset, created by Google in 2020, is taken from the Common Crawl dataset, which is an open-source dataset and “ a massive collection of web pages and websites consisting of petabytes of data collected over twelve (12) years, including raw web page data, metadata extracts, and text extracts ” (§ I.78 76) (see here and here ).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

So, there is no literal and non-literal copying of a work. The only thing that matters is what you have created, and we will protect you if others copy your creation. If someone invades your privacy, you can enforce your personality rights. A sketch can be protected because "the idea finds concrete form in lines and colours." "The

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2023

After the relationship broke down, Bartlett’s website became disabled, but MG and McCandless kept copies of Bartlett’s photos on their servers until after defendants filed their counterclaims. The invasion of plaintiff’s right to privacy constitutes the harm, entitling plaintiff to recover for all damage caused by the invasion.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

This represents an increase of 104% from 2020. These figures represent a substantial increase over those published for 2020. Primarily they must deal with copyright, not other issues such as privacy or harassment. On the other hand, when submitters send notices that are incomplete or invalid in some other way, Reddit does not.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.

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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. Whois Privacy Corp., and NameCheap, Inc.,

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2022

Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. And, once a patent expires (or is refused or forfeited by public use), the balance allows “free access to copy whatever the federal patent and copyright laws leave in the public domain.” Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

’s original Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020. The employer must also provide the following specific notice when a non-compete is proposed to an employee: “The District of Columbia Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 limits the use of non-compete agreements.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

In exchange for payment, Zou provided Pegasystems with copies of Appian’s confidential software and documentation in violation of confidentiality restrictions that barred him from sharing Appian’s trade secrets. In 2020, Appian filed suit against both Pegasystems and Zou.

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IPilogue

MARCH 17, 2022

During the incident, threat actors may also extract data from the company’s network, which can have serious privacy consequences for the organization and its customers. Backup systems provide organizations with a copy of their data, which can then be used for restoration activities in the wake of a ransomware attack.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service. Certain procedural requirements: must be able to see & save a copy of the disclosures/contract w/in 15 days, via email receipt for example. Even Purell received a warning letter.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Mandarins arrive in Luxembourg… the IP ‘case of the year 2020’. Debate over television series based on real events: ‘biopics’ and honor, privacy and publicity rights. My product was copied and I haven’t registered it. To what extent can reality be made fictional in a film or series? is there anything I can do?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. IA has plenty of other archive projects too.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 21, 2022

When the world stood still in March 2020 [1] , courthouses all over the nation had to keep their dockets moving. [2] While the option of moving in-person proceedings to a virtual format can be even more convenient to the conventional model, this “new normal” poses a new threat to privacy. [4] By: Gabrielle Gravel.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In the wake of the 2020 Lukis v. In particular, they are having some success bending Section 230, and this genre offers some interesting considerations for folks paying attention to the privacy/230 borders. Callahan v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Finally, in October 2020, Facebook nuked the Shared account (and the personal accounts of some of its employees) and blocked Shared’s ads. Note that the data access issue crosses over to the consumer privacy laws, which may mandate consumer access to “their data” under specified circumstances. Bonne chance.”).

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. For a review of Privacy legislation in Canada, check out Emily Prieur’s article published this week. 2021 was an exciting year for the IPilogue. Parody in Trademarks is No Joke.

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IPilogue

MAY 25, 2022

In September 2020, Proctorio filed a lawsuit against former UBC employee and Open Education Librarian Ian Linkletter for tweeting links to Proctorio’s Help Centre YouTube videos for instructors and taking a screenshot of the website. Emily Chow is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. .

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2022

And with no significant updates since 2020, restrictive covenants remain disfavored and under increased scrutiny in the First Circuit. Provide the employee a copy of the noncompete agreement not less than 3 business days before the agreement is to be signed. The employer’s goodwill. Employees that are 18 years of age or younger.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Likewise, the comment about plagiarism follows a post that linked to a Rolling Stone article and suggested that Respondent “mostly copied it word for word.” 2H 2019 and Q1 2020 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright, E-Commerce, Advertising). Krinsky held that this would be inappropriate. Leading to an anti-SLAPP fee shift of $30k.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

7] Risk of unauthorised disclosure, copying, or use of confidential or proprietary information, trade secrets, or copyrighted material stored in the cloud increases. This Act bears resemblance to the GDPR [9] , acknowledged as the most stringent security and privacy law globally. CS (COMM) 282/2020. 2020(82)PTC40(Bom).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

It included [a sworn declaration] and copies of DMCA notifications asserting under penalty of perjury that each was being submitted on the good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of was not authorized by the copyright owner, their agent, or the law. 512(c)(3)(A)(v).” ” Basis for Dispute: X Corp. .

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2021

In the interim order, it was found that there is a prima facie case to uphold the petitioner’s RTBF, based on (1) the protection of his right to privacy and reputation both online and offline, and (2) providing an acquitted person the right to have their name redacted and stop being identified as an accused person. and Gupta J.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

In early 2020, “cybercriminals orchestrated a two-part ransomware attack on Blackbaud’s systems,” copying plaintiffs’ data and holding it for ransom. In its July 2020 disclosures, Blackbaud asserted that the cybercriminals did not access credit card information, bank account information, or SSNs.

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

vs Prerna Rajpal Trading As The Amaris Flagship Store on 29 April, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The dispute is over copying substantial elements like placement, pattern, color combination of plaintiff’s Serpenti Ocean Treasure Necklace by the defendant’s Shield-It Necklace. Bulgari S.P.A

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Ticketmaster, a 9th Circuit memo opinion from 2020 that I did not blog. The next paragraph “encourage[d]” Mr. Sadlock to “review the updated Subscriber Agreement in full and save a copy for your files. Given users’ experience navigating TOSes, I think this page easily passes the test. The court distinguishes Lee v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Aparajita discusses the key arguments made by Pfizer/ BioNTech in her piece and raises question on enforceability of Moderna’s patents in light of its 2020 patent pledge. The Plaintiff’s case was that the ‘Ismail Building’, which is 116 years old, has right to publicity and has been registered as a mark since 2020.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed in early 2020 based on Liebowitz’s previous allegations that photo agency Polaris had been granted an exclusive license in the photograph, thereby depriving Dolezal of standing to sue. Here’s a copy of Dolezal’s complaint. And in the process, history can be erased.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Bill McGeveran: interesting b/c privacy/data protection regimes are very different in the two regimes. Thus, intermediate copying for reverse engineering of software is now a rule. Jessica Silbey’s book The Eureka Myth is great and what’s so effective about it is its focus on mismatches b/t norms and the law. Accolade, Sony v.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 30, 2024

In his non-binding opinion , CJEU Advocate General Szpunar described Hadopi’s access to personal data corresponding to an IP address as a “serious interference with fundamental rights,” the clearest sign yet that the right to privacy had already taken a blow. ” Pirate Privacy?

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Right To Publicity- A Constitutional Right The right of publicity stems from the right of privacy. But right to privacy only came to be recognised as a fundamental right in the year 2017 in the case of Justice K.S. Publicity Rights and the Right to Privacy in India, 31.1 Puttaswamy (retd.) Union of India and Ors. Rajagopal v.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

In the context of plagiarism, UGC has publicly problematized both ‘regular’ plagiarism ( through its 2018 Regulations for the ‘ Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions’ ) as well as ‘self-plagiarism’ (through a public Notice in 2020). Context is Important!

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sears/Compco said there was a right to copy things in the public domain; how did that go away? Do you still point out that Congress endorsed Rogers in 2020? Standing makes him nervous b/c of privacy. But somehow there’s a big change between Sears/Compco and Taco Cabana. The danger is distortions of the parody/satire line in ©.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

Coakley’s Certificate of Engagement (from court files) Allegations of On-Set Misconduct Emerge Runt premiered at the Mammoth Film Festival in February 2020 , where the film took home the festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Virtuoso later transferred its rights in Runt to Wagging Tails. In one notable case, Balsley v.

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