IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The transition from simply turning on the television to logging into accounts such as social media and OTT platforms, has resulted the entertainment industry to witness an astonishing evolution. The surveillance on viewing the habit of individuals is often used to advertise similar targeted content.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

When they make money from these activities, social media companies must be obliged to reinvest in our creators and into local content creation. The specific use case: The amendment could also fail to achieve its own stated purpose to capture commercial sound recordings broadcast by social media platforms. Section 4.1(2)

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2023

Two other positions useful to copyright holders include a position on the board of the Advertising Ethics Committee at the Advertising Council, and a vice-presidency of the Supervisory Board at the Association of Internet Industry Employers. We are not responsible for the content of television programs.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 18, 2022

“Defendants provide an illicit streaming service known as PrimeStreams that allows users to access, without authorization, Plaintiffs’ internet communications of television programming that were acquired by circumventing security measures implemented by Plaintiffs,” the complaint reads.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” The court was guided by Electra v. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc.,

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This is primarily due to the fact that a large number of new millionaire buyers have joined the market, thus leading to a surge in the trade of contemporary art. As of 2018, the global art market was valued at over 67 billion US dollars. Moreover, the contemporary art domain now accounts for 15% of the global art market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Earlier this year, the Texas legislature enacted HB 20 , a blatant attempt to censor social media service. The opinion emphatically slices through the FUD that’s been generated by pro-censorial forces questioning whether social media services exercise editorial discretion. The Opinion. ” [cite to USTA v.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E Television Networks, LLC v. REELZ allegedly told advertisers that the “working title” of the show was “PD Live,” and went so far as to announce that “REELZ ADDS #1 TV SHOW TO OUR PROGRAMS LINEUP” with “ALL NEW LIVE EPISODES.” Fan reactions on social media included “Ok. 7411 (KPF) (S.D.N.Y. I’m confused.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Collaborate with the MPA digital team on strategy and content for ACE, TPN and the MPA’s online presence and social media activity. News vs. Marketing and Advertising. The alternative is strapping on a supplied sandwich board and walking around town advertising a pre-printed message. ” Anti-Piracy Outreach.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JULY 29, 2021

As ITV2’s most successful show of all time, it’s no surprise that it attracts such huge sponsors and advertisers to invest. This year, “the most commercialised show on British television” allegedly netted more than £12 million in revenues before the first episode aired on 28 June. million viewers back in 2020.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] By: Taylor Bussey. INTRODUCTION.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Applicant’s POTIFY platform is designed to permit legal marijuana dispensaries to market and sell their products, including via mobile applications and websites. . (“Applicant”) develops sales systems, telemedicine systems and enterprise resource planning systems. Spotify AB , 2022 USPQ2D 37 at *13–14.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Chesney also performed on the Lounge’s beachfront stage at a 2014 concert broadcast as “Kenny Chesney: Live at the Flora-Bama” on Country Music Television (CMT), a Viacom channel. An online article used photos of the Lounge in its coverage of the series, and MGFB also submitted social media posts. New Life Art, Inc.,

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

American Girl applied for trademarks on a space-themed doll named Luciana Vega, which it began marketing in 2018 as its “Girl of the Year” doll. Walkowicz allegedly received multiple emails and social-media messages commenting on the similarities between Walkowicz and Luciana and inquiries about whether they had endorsed the doll.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In making this finding I draw an adverse inference from Defendant’s failure to initiate litigation against Plaintiff…by November 19, 2018, Defendant was using the DMCA Takedown Notices to suppress a market competitor rather than to enforce a legitimate good faith claim of copyright infringement. Signal 23 Television v.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

a great trademark: Marketing department. Television advertising. There are decisions about expenses that tug at small business owners every single day—rent, new equipment, software programs, advertising budgets, personnel, and many more. Missed opportunities to reclaim social media usernames registered by others.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

vs Acko General Insurance on 10 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The dispute pertains to the use of the plaintiff’s artistic work “Humanity” by the defendant in one of its advertisement hoardings. The last date for submissions is January 7, 2024. Case Summaries Bennett Coleman and Company Limited v. St Art India Foundation & Anr.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Relying extensively on the rationale of the Single Judge’s order, the Division Bench held that Section 31D specifically deals only with Radio and Television Broadcasting. On March 13, the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte interim injunction in Markets and Markets Research Pvt. Meticulous Market Research Pvt.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta , signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse , a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow people to interact virtually with one another.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

It could still apply to a dilution claim if the defending party claimed trademark rights in (1) a title for a television series (such as “Empire”), (2) the name of a political or religious organization, or (3) a political phrase for T-shirts. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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