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Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers

TorrentFreak

Other claims in the complaint include the unlawful reproduction of copyrighted artwork and game files, plus inducing and contributing to the copyright-infringing acts of Ring-1 customers, who allegedly create unauthorized derivative works when they deploy Ring-1 cheats. Wesam and Ahmad Mohammad Agree $300K Settlement.

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Aicon Art LLC v. Aicon Contemporary LLC:  A Reminder About the Importance of Knowing Who the Client Is

LexBlog IP

8] However, the court balanced these rights against the long-standing prohibition on an attorney acting adversely to a current client or a former client in the same or a substantially related matter, part of an attorney’s obligations to preserve client confidentiality. [9]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. Since the defendant did not appear nor they filed any written statement, the suit proceeded ex-parte.

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Spring Cleaning: Decluttering From Recent Intellectual Property Detritus & Dusting Off Old Posts

LexBlog IP

“While we’re obviously happy with the result, I feel like claims like this are way too common now and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court. petitions, motions, and other filings as possible in the same time frame, for instance.