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Limitation period for copyright infringement actions in France

The IPKat

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). 5 years after the date of the judgment confirming the infringing nature of the disputed statue). "The

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Ed Sheeran US music copyright infringement case, it's not over yet

The IPKat

As such, the case proceeded to trial in April 2023 in a US Federal Court in Manhattan. Additional cases were filed over the same songs by Structured Asset Sales, a company owned by investment banker David Pullman that is a beneficial owner of one-third of the copyright in the Townsend catalogue. Are the songs substantially similar?

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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York late Thursday, Libgen’s collection of infringing works now consists of over six million files. . Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.)

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Ed Sheeran’s Copyright Infringement Battles

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

This case has been continuing for around five years now and was taken to trial in April 2023 in New York. However, in 2022, the Sheeran found himself engaged in another copyright infringement litigation over the said song. This time around, the singer was accused of infringing a 2015 song named “Oh Why” sung by Sami Chokri.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here.

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Jharkhand High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Alleging Copyright Infringement Against a Professor

SpicyIP

Image from here A couple of weeks ago, I discussed a law student in Bengaluru filed a case, alleging copyright infringement, against two assistant professors. This was later quashed by the Jharkhand High Court on August 10, 2023. However, recently on May 31 the Karnataka High Court in M/s. New Sultan Beedi Works v.

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Dillon Construction Group Files Copyright Infringement Suit Against Andretti Global Construction Team

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. Instruments of Service ) created by DCG, while also maintaining that DCG was the author and owner of said Instruments of Service, and would, therefore, retain all common law , statutory and other reserved rights, including copyrights.