TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

If the company fails to act expeditiously once in receipt of a DMCA notice that complies with the statutory requirements, the company risks losing its safe harbor protection, Google notes. That damages the company’s search engine advertising business, and the business Google’s customers hoped to attract.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

This week, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and the Chief Privacy Officer of IBM testified before the U.S. ” According to the Los Angeles Times, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman agreed that the use of AI could solve big problems, but simultaneously, stated that “If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong.”

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Location Seyfarth Shaw LLP – Century City 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3021. The pandemic, the normalization of remote work, a multi-generational workforce and “the Great Resignation” has made this one of the most transformative times in the history of work. About the Program.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 13, 2023

As revealed by TorrentFreak last December, Cognosphere is targeting gamers who leak Genshin Impact content to the public in advance of the company’s schedule. All were filed by Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, the same Los Angeles law firm that previously targeted Ubatcha.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 3, 2022

The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. The defense wanted to see the company’s piracy evidence, but this never came in despite a court order. This would be $360,000 (less than Epoch has remitted in the same period of time in most years).

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

A first-of-its-kind copyright infringement trial is scheduled to begin today in Los Angeles. She didn’t charge him for the tattoo, but Sedlik contends that Kat Von D still profited because her social media posts helped to increase the profile of her company (the since-shuttered High Voltage Tattoo ).

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Social Media Fair Use Copyright Infringement Copying 140

TorrentFreak

MAY 10, 2022

The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. The defense wanted to see the company’s piracy evidence but this was never presented, despite a court order. courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

Although August was able to satisfy the first two criteria, they were unable to prove that Pugliese was a US citizen at the time that the photographs were taken. The Court spent more time analysing the admissibility of the Copyright Certificate of Registration as evidence of Pugliese’s citizenship. Another Escape by AirG. v AirG Inc.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 19, 2023

However, when there were large geographical differences of opinion, ping timing mostly settled the dispute. Multiple listings for the same ISP/IP range are excluded from the table below, while we excluded another allegedly-infringing IP address for wasting the time of the ISPs ordered to block it. Los Angeles LogicWeb * The entry 185.xxx.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Born in Venezuela, Blanco earned her PhD in the United States, where she founded her startup company Sunthetics. The company uses artificial intelligence to help others develop greener chemicals. Read more in the USPTO’s Journeys of Innovation story on Daniela Blanco.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

So it filed yet another lawsuit ( pdf ) , this time against FilmDaily.co After hiring an outside party to track Levi down, Triller attempted to serve Levi at three addresses in Los Angeles on six separate occasions, ultimately failing to serve by a November 2021 deadline. and its alleged operator, Frances Levi.

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IPilogue

JULY 13, 2021

Writing for the Los Angeles Times , law professor Edward Klaris warns that as more businesses enter the rights clearance game, people may look for shortcuts. Like Erickson, however, Klaris also views the pandemic as an opportunity.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MAY 5, 2021

Non-compete agreements prohibit an employee from joining or starting competing businesses in a certain geographic area for a period of time after their employment ends. Louis or Chicago or Los Angeles, because nobody knows who I am there. So why do many states still allow non-competes in the broadcasting industry?

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Suing an overseas defendant often forces plaintiffs to go through the expensive and time-consuming process of serving the defendant through the Hague Convention. The decision will thus allow companies to short-circuit the Hague Convention requirements and better assert their right against overseas trademark trolls. Background.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

A Los Angeles federal judge is set to decide the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Photographer Jeff Sedlik and tattoo artist Kat Von D each claim that the Supreme Court’s Warhol decision entitles them to summary judgment in their long-running copyright dispute.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Suing an overseas defendant often forces plaintiffs to go through the expensive and time-consuming process of serving the defendant through the Hague Convention. The decision will thus allow companies to short-circuit the Hague Convention requirements and better assert their right against overseas trademark trolls. Background.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

In that case, David Wexler, a toy inventor, sued Hasbro, claiming that the toy company used two of his ideas without paying him royalties. Additionally, during the same time Hasbro sold a game called “Connect 4 Blast” which involved shooting Nerf darts at a Connect 4 grid.

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Contracts Law Artwork Copyright 96

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As part of Triller’s legal campaign targeting people and entities that allegedly pirated the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight earlier this year, the company sued the popular H3 Podcast. Later that same month, Triller filed its first amended complaint naming Ted Entertainment Inc.

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Copyright Fair Use Copyright Infringement Copying 111

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

The plaintiff, Chanel, Inc. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The brand was not involved with selling secondly handed or vintage goods. RealReal, Inc. 3d 422 (S.D.N.Y.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

The plaintiff, Chanel, Inc. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The brand was not involved with selling second handed or vintage goods. RealReal, Inc. 3d 422 (S.D.N.Y.

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Art Law Journal

AUGUST 18, 2022

Since the model has control, the artist, photographer, or company hiring the model needs permission from the model to use the images both for the initial intended purpose as well as any potential future uses. . In essence, the model release form lays out the terms of use that both the artist and model agree with. PURPOSE OF USE.

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Copyright Lately

JUNE 2, 2022

Now, five years later, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that it’s up to a jury to determine whether a tattoo that permanently resides on Blake Farmer’s skin is an act of infringement or a fair use. Summary judgment was granted in favor of Kat Von D’s company, KVD, Inc., What could possibly go wrong?

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Fair Use Social Media Copyright Copyright Infringement 105

43(B)log

MARCH 16, 2023

The parties compete to offer whale-watching and other boat cruises off the coast of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Companies obviously hope that advertising will be a boon to business. To be sure, the conduct of all parties in this action has been at times vexing to everyone involved.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

So, were Sony’s statements, “a brand new album from the greatest artist of all time” with “9 previously unreleased vocal tracks performed by Michael Jackson,” commercial speech? City of Los Angeles, 697 F.3d City of Los Angeles, 697 F.3d for the purpose of promoting. the speaker’s products or services.”

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 31, 2022

In that case, David Wexler, a toy inventor, sued Hasbro, claiming that the toy company used two of his ideas without paying him royalties. Additionally, during the same time Hasbro sold a game called “Connect 4 Blast” which involved shooting Nerf darts at a Connect 4 grid.

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Contracts Artwork Law Ownership 52

Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In what may seem to be a surprising series of events, given the state’s infamous hostility to restrictive covenants, a California appellate panel recently affirmed a Los Angeles Superior Court judgment effectively enjoining Netflix from soliciting certain employees subject to specific fixed-term employment agreements with Fox.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 31, 2023

Already a fixture on the pop charts and in the world of bait-and-switch hyperlinks, Astley is now looking to make history yet again, this time with a new lawsuit that may put a damper on the music industry’s latest nostalgia kick.

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Music Copyright Licensing Copyright Infringement 99

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2022

In what may seem to be a surprising series of events, given the state’s infamous hostility to restrictive covenants, a California appellate panel recently affirmed a Los Angeles Superior Court judgment effectively enjoining Netflix from soliciting certain employees subject to specific fixed-term employment agreements with Fox.

Contracts 52

Contracts Business Marketing Marketing 52

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

His work has been commissioned in magazines and newspapers such as the New York Post , Daily Mail Online , Reader’s Digest , USA Today , New York Times , Fox News , CBS News , NBC News , Boston Globe , Boston Herald , Los Angeles Times , Newsweek Magazine , and People Magazine.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Founded in 2016, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand formerly known as Chinatown Market offers everything you’d need to fit in on Fairfax Avenue. While members of the community helped one another during this time, Chinatown Market posted an Instagram story and offered a single shirt, with proceeds apparently going to AAPI organizations.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And the debate continues, with Seattle, Los Angeles, NYC, Fairfax County (Virginia), and Montgomery County (Alabama) for example, having banned its use on or blocked its access on their public school systems and devices, while other educators are advocating its incorporation into the curriculum, according to both Forbes and the New York Times.

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Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 52

43(B)log

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Right now lower courts would readily find false endorsement because even if the statements are true, the people at issue didn’t agree to have the company promote those things. Abdul-Khalik: these may be badly written questions, but we also accept that courts accept them all the time. Maybe this disclaimer is just too much?

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

At the time of his death, the 20-year-old Boyce was working on what would prove to be his final film, the independent coming-of-age drama Runt. Central District of California Judge John Kronstadt is scheduled to hear Wagging Tails’ injunction motion on March 20 in Los Angeles.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

The Global Internet and Its Workable, Bespoke, Patchwork Regulation Justin Hughes, Loyola University Los Angeles John Perry Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace: a full repudiation of the lack of gov’t authority or moral right to rule cyberspace. Will the DSA Achieve a “Brussels Effect”? Urban: parallels to DSA/512.

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Corsearch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

From Twitter: “ The Official profile label is applied to government accounts, certain political organizations, commercial companies including business partners, major brands, media outlets and publishers, and some other public figures.” Twitter Blue subscribers were then free to change their display name at will.

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