TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

In 2019, the police unit delivered cease-and-desist notices to suspected IPTV resellers in the hope they would shut down voluntarily, thus avoiding arrest. Millington was ultimately sentenced to two and a half years in prison. In cooperation with anti-piracy group FACT, NWROCU has also tested a more gentle approach.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. According to the complaint filed in a California court, Tusa is well known to the plaintiffs. A settlement proposal included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2023

. “Cuevana is the most popular piracy site in the Spanish-speaking part of Latin America, offering more than 7,000 unlicensed television and movie titles,” the USTR wrote in its most recent overview.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

is the organizer of televised motor sport events called "Monster Jam". In July 2019, a cease-and-desist letter was sent to the company H Z without much effect. This time, this Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris in a dispute concerning both copyright and trade mark infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored. Goodman counternoticed. Indeed, I think this is a good example of a satire).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2022

in Certain Smart Televisions , Dkt. This month’s ITC Wrap-Up focuses on a recent trend among several Commissioners that could increase the number of cease and desist orders (“CDOs”) against defaulted respondents. 3642; Maxell, Ltd., filed a complaint against VIZIO, Inc., Huarifu Technology Co., and Hsun Weath Technology Co.,

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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. PrimeStreams Ignored Warning.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. In this sector, intellectual property (IP) regulations are essential for defending the rights of inventors, artists, and producers.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

“Illegal streaming services are able to offer consumers thousands of television channels at a fraction of the cost of legal providers such as DISH, because they do not pay fees to license the content they deliver,” the complaint notes. A second infringement notice was sent on July 27, 2021, in broadly similar circumstances.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“NFTs represent an exciting business opportunity for MPA’s members to promote their core products —motion pictures and television programs — in new ways, expand their merchandise offerings, and connect with their audiences on a deeper level,” the MPA writes. Piracy remains a concern, however.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

Gaming has had a profound influence on the entertainment industry – recording artists routinely jockey for inclusion in top games, movie and television producers mine games to bring stories to the screen. Statista notes that in 2022, global revenues topped $200 billion for the first time ever.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc. , And to characterize zero-click online terms of use that are imposed by cease-and-desist letter as enforceable contracts is horrible policy and bad law. Zeidenberg approach. There is certainly an argument that the Ninth Circuit has adopted the logic of ProCD v. Zeidenberg. See Montz v.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

Netflix could have sent Barlow & Bear a cease and desist letter hand-delivered by Regé-Jean Page. Just as remarkable as Barlow & Bear’s success was Netflix’s response. Remember: the “Bridgerton Musical” wasn’t just “unofficial”; it was entirely unauthorized.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Signal 23 Television v. Summit Entertainment. * Cease & Desist Letter to iTunes Isn’t Covered by 17 USC 512(f)–Red Rock v. While the truth of these allegations must be ascertained at a later stage of litigation, they are sufficient as stated to survive a motion to dismiss. Anthony, 2020 WL 11206863 (N.D.

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Believe it or not, I even had to face changing my brand name early on as a result of receiving a cease and desist letter! Television advertising. Here are some of many things a business does not need in order to have. a great trademark: Marketing department. Corporate attorney. Physical offices. Initial public offering (IPO).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 12, 2022

Others are hit with cease-and-desist notices and/or direct legal action. “ACE includes some of the world’s largest and most respected motion picture and television rights owners including, among many others, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

wherein the court had held that hotels providing service of television and TV signals are “consumers” and not “Multiple System Operators”. They further relied on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hotel and Restaurant Association & Anr. Vs. Star India (P) Ltd. &

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Following the announcement, Roc-A-Fella’s attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to SuperFarm and Dash. On November 16, 2021, film and television studio Miramax, LLC (“Miramax”) sued Tarantino and his company Visiona Romantica, Inc. However, Damon lacked any individual interest in the copyright. [2] at 4 ¶ 22. [21].

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The Plaintiff issued a cease and desist letter against the use of such marks and the Defendant agreed to settle the claim, but not to discontinue use of its erstwhile company name. The Plaintiffs have issued notices and reached out for mediation which failed, thus this suit for interim injunction.

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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. The Justices did not add a non-trademark use of the mark requirement to the text of 15 U.S.C.

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