The IPKat

MARCH 14, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Nkem Itanyi (University of Nigeria) on a recent dispute over copyright ownership of the movie, Shanty Town which premiered on Netflix in January 2023 and discussions over a sequel to the movie.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Netflix will have to face a patent dispute brought by business-to-business software company CA Inc. in Texas instead of the streaming giant's preferred venue of California, Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap has ruled.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The location of a datacenter matters—the location of third-party datacenters affects companies’ (datacenter customers’) decisions whether to use the datacenters for colocation or other services. Deiter ), or the location of the unauthorized use of the server that resulted in damages ( Intercon, Inc. Netflix, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 3, 2023

On May 31, 2023, major entertainment companies Bell Media, Netflix, Disney, Columbia, Universal, Warner, and Paramount, plus Get Er Done Productions and Spinner Productions, launched legal action at the Federal Court in Canada. Court documents reveal that on June 12, 2023, Exclusive Technologies Inc. OVH Hosting Inc.

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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.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It’s been around for at least eight years but in December 2021 it became clear that major movie and TV show companies had seen enough. They said that this not only infringes their distribution rights but amounts to unfair competition to the detriment of VOD services such as Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+, and Peacock.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 22, 2024

The MPA still believed the site was operating from OVH in France but also listed other companies as hosts, including Online S.A.S., Entertainment Inc., Amazon Content Services LLC, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Hetzner Online GmbH, and Interkvm Host10 SRL.

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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. Biogen, Inc.—

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 12, 2022

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is a global anti-piracy coalition that counts the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, Amazon, and dozens more media giants among its members. Entertainment Inc., Amazon Content Services LLC and Netflix Studios,” the legal requests filed in the US targeting Cloudflare begin.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Netflix Inc., 23, 2020) MFSA brought trademark dilution and false advertising claims against Netflix for its portrayal in the film “The Laundromat.” Drape Creative, Inc., 2018), is not to the contrary, because Netflix used the mark in a different context, as opposed to using it exactly the same way the plaintiffs do.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

See Ericsson Inc. See, e.g., In re Adobe Inc. , 2020); In re Apple Inc., Netflix Inc. Netflix Inc., Netflix Inc., Netflix, Inc., Samsung Electronics, Co., et al , Case No. 2-20-cv-00380 (E.D. 2021), Dkt. 108 , Transcend Shipping Systems, LLC v. 2-21-cv-00020 (E.D.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Things like IP addresses, domain details, hosting companies and payment processor accounts all play important roles but of them all, real-life names and physical addresses are considered investigation gold. With some luck, they may be available from companies providing services to pirate sites. Another target, apollogroup.tv

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2022

Then, in early December, companies including Paramount, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Disney and Netflix filed a full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit against the alleged operators of the site including moderators Dev_Team, Silverrain, Fugitive, and drodman250. Nic AG, SWITCH, and Afilias, Inc., or primewire.vc

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 20, 2023

The Court noted that in Adaptive Streaming Inc. Netflix, Inc., 2 ranking from IAM Media for providing counsel to 44 companies with the largest portfolios of issued U.S. 6 for filing the most patent applications on behalf of those companies. App’x 900, 903 (Fed. Founded in 1921, the firm currently holds a No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2022

. * Bloomberg : Russia Steps Up Pressure on Google, Meta With Record Fines: Russia has stepped up its confrontation with foreign social media and internet companies this year in what the government calls a campaign to uphold its digital sovereignty. This year, Google and Apple Inc. Speech First, Inc. Other Foreign Countries. *

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

A botched attempt to target young gamers lands the insurance company in court, as Atari sues over a classic console’s unauthorized ad appearance. The Gap, Inc. The Gap, Inc. : It’s a mistake that could have been avoided. Atari isn’t blameless either.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2008, India received its first-ever sound trademark registration from the American web services provider, Yahoo Inc. ICICI Bank, the leading private sector bank and financial services provider in India, was the first-ever Indian company to register a sound mark as a trademark. Netflix (Ta-dum sound).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Krzysztof Sywula’s story has some thematic elements of the Netflix Glass Onion show. Teleport Mobility, Inc. , As he tells it, Sywula was at the Santorini Island Grill with Alexis DaCosta & Vincent Coletti talking about creating an improved app for ride sharing. arising from his work on the endeavor.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

the handles of INC and Bharat Jodo Yatra. The above DNRs are NameCheap Inc., Dynadot, LLC, Tucows Inc, Gransy s.r.o., Lt Foods Limited vs Saraswati Trading Company on 11 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court). Comedian Vir Das, Netflix booked for copyright infringement. Image from here. and Sarek Oy. Image from here.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 3, 2022

It refers to the features of your mark identifying your offerings as originating from a specific company. Consider the example of the famous Apple Inc. Trademark distinctiveness refers to how unique your mark is relative to your offerings, i.e., the products (like books, cups, etc.)

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Some examples of sound marks include the 21 st Century Fox tune, the Looney Tunes Theme and the Netflix (Ta-Dum) Sound. For example, Danjaq LLC , a company incorporated in USA had applied for protecting the theme song for the James Bond films. Like any other trade mark, a sound mark also needs to have a distinctive character.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2023

REFRENCES [i] Bajaj Auto Ltd vs. TVS Motor Company Limited 2009 [ii] Yahoo!, vs. Netflix Entertainment Services Pvt. Author: Mayank Pandey, A Student at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

The High Court application ( Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and others v British Telecommunications PLC and others [2021] EWHC 3438 (Ch) ) (“ Columbia ”) was brought jointly by members of six major entertainment studio groups, namely Columbia Pictures, Disney, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 29, 2022

The High Court application ( Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and others v British Telecommunications PLC and others [2021] EWHC 3438 (Ch) ) (“ Columbia ”) was brought jointly by members of six major entertainment studio groups, namely Columbia Pictures, Disney, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Entertainment Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Netflix Studios, LLC, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Disney Enterprises, Inc. Controller of Patents and Designs and Raytheon Company v. In another judgement, Raytheon Company v. The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Sequenom, Inc. Warner Bros.

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