TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In August 2021, for example, Usenet indexer NZBXS agreed to shut down and as part of a confidential settlement, agreed to hand over the personal details of some of the platform’s users. BREIN rarely names the sites it takes offline but due to their profile, some are particularly visible.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Lizzo has reached a settlement with her former collaborators over her hit song Truth Hurts. However, now the sides have reached a confidential settlement that brings the case to an end. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that Sony Music and UK fitness apparel brand Gymshark have settled their lawsuit over Gymshark’s alleged use of Sony’s music in social media posts. However, now it is being reported that the two sides have reached a confidential settlement in the matter.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2023

The AmeriKat ignoring you after being told "no" A few weeks ago, the IPKat reported on the decision in Oxford University Innovation v Oxford Nanoimaging [2022] EWHC 3200 (IPKat report here ). Of the most interesting to this Kat was the treatment of costs (well, some of them), confidentiality and permission to appeal.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

But one area where we’ve seen legislative fretting is when that principle potentially impedes reporting wrongdoing to the government. As we have previously blogged, Congress and many state legislatures are exploring (or, in some cases, already enacted) legislative protections for reporting suspected misconduct to the government.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to a report published by Synamedia last year, football is the number one gateway sport that turns fans of other sports, including Camel racing aficionados , into streaming pirates. The alleged operator was tracked down by ACE and agreed to a settlement deal. were operated by the same person, a Moroccan resident.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Tusa had been on the radar of the studios for some time and had previously shut down Area 51 after reaching a settlement agreement with anti-piracy coalition Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment. Tusa then signed a settlement agreement but went on to launch Digital UniCorn Media but denied he had anything to do with it.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

The parties did participate in an ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) session but according to the mediator’s report early May, the case did not settle. What followed was a series of requests for time extensions and a note to the court on February 6, 2023, indicating that a settlement had been agreed in principle.

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BYU Copyright Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As we first reported in February of this year, Synopsys asserted that URI had engaged in piracy and had violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by using counterfeit licenses to access to Synopsys products. The court further retained jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the confidential agreement.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. Patent trolls normally prefer to keep their operations as confidential as possible, as I wrote about in connection with the District of Delaware. .” How can you tell? ” Presidio Components, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2022

botulinum and related highly confidential manufacturing documents,” to develop Hugel’s product. This ITC case follows Medytox’s prior ITC case against Evolus, which we have previously reported on. inventories. inventories. ” Stay tuned to Big Molecule Watch for further developments on this new ITC case.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2023

IPTV Targets Shutdown, Domains Stripped As reported last November , DMCA subpoena applications filed in the United States revealed that ACE had developed an interest in pirate IPTV service MagisTV. From there, a malicious actor could attempt to ‘seize’ domains, extract a settlement, or resort to basic blackmail.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2023

A settlement agreement was reached but the terms remain confidential. We understand that was MLB, the company that had reported Streit after he’d contacted them to discuss vulnerabilities in their systems. On the other, streams were as reliable as any official stream, because they were official streams.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 25, 2024

Though the terms of the agreement have not been made public, as reported by Sukanya Sarkar here (paywalled) the agreement brings an end to the patent disputes between the parties in Germany, France, the Netherlands, India, China, the UK and five other jurisdictions!

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A day before the FTC issued its proposed rulemaking, the FTC issued a press release that it had sued, and reached a settlement with, three employers in the security and manufacturing sector that the FTC alleged had “illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on workers.”

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

. “The Internet Investigator is primarily responsible for contributing to the global Internet strategy and protecting the motion picture and television industry’s business activities by investigating and reporting on individuals and organizations engaged in (the facilitation of) copyright infringement,” a new MPA job listing reads.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 27, 2023

Two years ago, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) reported the Portuguese streaming site MrPiracy to the U.S. “Due to the confidential nature of these legal actions, we cannot disclose further details at this stage,” he adds. Trade Representative.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. Interestingly, ACE has collected some large damages payments through its legal actions and many confidential settlements too. This has been a key driver of many recent successes. all over the globe.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A day before the FTC issued its proposed rulemaking, the FTC issued a press release that it had sued, and reached a settlement with, three employers in the security and manufacturing sector that the FTC alleged had “illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on workers.”

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chapter 5 of Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers talks about ‘Privacy and Confidentiality’. It states that “ We will treat all your personal information as private and confidential (even when you are no longer our customer). The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal found ICICI Bank Ltd. IMPORTANT PRECEDENTS.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] TRIAL CASES.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Through the settlementwhich was under confidential terms, the parties settle their patent dispute and lawsuits. With vigorous marketing of patent portfolios, it becomes necessary that those dispute settlements must be done on an amicable basis. Image Source: gettyimages].

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

million was transferred from accounts in violation of the court’s asset freeze but after showing a copy of a contempt motion to the defendants’ council, the defendants plus Beaman engaged in settlement discussions. DISH claims that $3.4 That hasn’t gone to plan.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

For more on this, see my expert report in the Larsen v. 1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue. * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit? Larson case.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Liebowitz is probably the best known example of a copyright troll, a moniker that one circuit court defined as a someone who brings “strategic infringement claims of dubious merit in the hope of arranging prompt settlements with defendants who would prefer to pay modest or nuisance settlements rather than be tied up in expensive litigation.”.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 1, 2022

Companies that file hundreds even thousands of copyright infringement lawsuits with the intention of seeking settlements to avoid trial, are often labeled ‘copyright trolls’ In the United States, the undisputed leader in this space is adult video company Strike 3 Holdings, the owner of brands including Blacked, Tushy, and Vixen.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

NY Times : SmileDirectClub to Release Customers From NDAs in Settlement Other Consumer Issues * Pop v. Proximity to content that included hate speech resulted in some respondents reporting that the content made them like the advertiser less. Lulifama.com LLC, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 125429 (M.D. July 20, 2023). Luli Fama makes swimwear.

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The IPKat

JULY 5, 2021

The social media posts that morning were of course riddled with congratulatory messages greeting the settlement, with some seizing the moment to declare that the settlement meant the end of component-level licensing arguments, while others pointed to the contrary, not least because no one knows the terms of the settlement.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In enacting the EEA, of which the DTSA is now a part, Congress recognized that victims of trade secret thefts could face a dilemma between reporting the matter to law enforcement and concerns that the trade secret will be disclosed during discovery or during a criminal trial. Trade Secret Identification. Criminal Trade Secret Case Management.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

At the end of the process, if the parties fail to reach agreement, the conciliator will issue a non-binding report with recommendations on the FRAND rate; SEP holders could jointly agree on an aggregate royalty for using a standard (potentially with the help of a conciliator). Confidential nature of the EUIPO’s findings.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

The biosimilar market also exhibited continued growth, with multiple biosimilar developers reporting strong sales of biosimilars through 2021. Several sources also report that Nyvepria ™ , Pfizer’s Neulasta ® biosimilar, hit the market in late 2020 or early 2021. Reported Discount at Launch. No earlier than 2023 per settlement.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

District Court of Nevada ruled on a host of different requests to exclude evidence, including requests under Daubert and other expert challenges, Rule 408 settlement discussions and evidence of the parties’ respective wealth. Cannata , where the U.S. Anyone remember Gladys Kravitz ? Litigation Funders Beware!

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Reported Discount at Launch. No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than November 20, 2023 per settlement. . No earlier than June 30, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than September 30, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than July 1, 2023 per settlement. Commercial Launch Date. rituximab-arrx.

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The IPKat

JUNE 22, 2023

This is Part I of the detailed reporting on that Judgment. Following IPKat’s breaking news on the Interdigital v Lenovo FRAND Judgment, this Kat finally managed to digest and analyse the detail of the Judgment. The Judgment is divided into three sections.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. Hawks. * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices. * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14] 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14]

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

In addition to the permanent injunction, the Court imposed damages worth INR 15 Lakhs in favor of the plaintiff, relying on an earlier settlement between the parties, a plethora of precedents, and Rule 20 of the IPD Rules. Since the defendant did not appear nor they filed any written statement, the suit proceeded ex-parte.

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