Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. The flexibility of contracts makes them a prime candidate for restricting uses that copyright law leaves unprohibited. That still leaves a rather broad space for contract law to effectively limit the use of information.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

First off today, Suzanne Smalley at Inside Higher Ed reports that five major textbook publishers have teamed up to file a lawsuit against Shopify over allegations that the ecommerce platform is enabling rampant piracy. At issue is pirate sites that, according to publishers, use the Shopify platform to sell pirate ebook copies of textbooks.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 21, 2021

First off today, Diane Haithman at TheWrap reports that filmmakers Spike Lee and Nate Parker have been sued for copyright infringement over allegations that their 2019 Film American Skin is an infringement of an earlier screenplay. They allege that American Skin copies elements from their 2017 screenplay, A Routine Stop.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 20, 2023

The basic facts don’t appear to be in dispute; Nintendo informed 1fichier that it had found pirated copies of its games on the service, but 1fichier refused to take them down. Nintendo has been locked in a legal battle with French file-hosting service 1fichier for the past five years. Why Would 1fichier Deliberately Expose Itself?

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Singapore High Court ruled on 21 October 2022 that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can now be considered property, Coindesk reports. NFTs are blockchain-based assets with a distinct identification number and metadata which can represent real-world objects and cannot be copied or replaced. They are minted using smart contracts.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series. Valid Transfer of Rights?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As we reported earlier this month , Gleeson’s downfall began in late October when he published a piece entitled Power and Palaszczuk in the Courier-Mail The piece was an unflattering 12-page “special investigation” into the government of Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her government. This, to be clear, is grossly unfair.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. important;}}.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The decision is being appealed by Cox, but it set the stage for similar lawsuits, including a new complaint reported just yesterday targeting AT&T. The plaintiffs say that BitTorrent-style infringements must be reported via ‘Conduit Notice Forms’ but Verizon prohibits these from being filled out using automated processes.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

The newspaper’s print and digital formats reach over 6 million readers every week, with Report on Business magazine reaching over 2.5 Over the course of my time at The Globe, I gained vast and multidisciplinary experience, but three major themes emerged within my practical and research work: privacy, contracts, and data protection.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 28, 2023

and Saranya Ravindran This June 28 th marks the thirteenth anniversary of the tabling of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill, 2008 (PUPFIP) – a legislation introduced by the UPA government on the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, they are subject to New York law, and for this reason the claimants sought permission to rely on a report prepared by Marc C Rifkin, their New York attorney. Sony’s counsel, Robert Howe KC, conceded that if the claimants were permitted to rely on the Rifkin report, then the application for summary judgment must fail.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The movie companies allege a breach of contract but note that due to the defendants’ alleged accounting deficiencies, they are unable to put an exact figure on the amount Hierl and his law firm failed to pay. For their part, the defendants view the situation quite differently.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 11, 2022

According to Bungie, AimJunkies copied and distributed its copyrighted work, to develop and advertise its cheat software. The cheat software itself certainly isn’t a copy of Bungie’s work, they add. . Initially, the parties entered settlement discussions. The cheat seller, represented by attorney Philip P.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

These and other relevant figures were recently published by WIPO and Marques' CLASS 46 reported on them here. DESIGN On Saturday, February 5, 2022, WIPO announced China's accession to the Hague System, making it the 68th contracting party to the 1999 Act and the 77th member of the Hague Union. In 2021, there was a 14.4%

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

On 23 August 2021, Sotheby’s sold the “re-minted” on Ethereum Quantum NFT to a buyer, Alex Amsel, for a reported sum of $1,472,000 US. The legal nature of an NFT In each NFT there is a non-fungible token created by the smart contract and an image (e.g., e) the history of the token as reported on the relative blockchain explorer.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 18, 2021

On the contrary, last Friday Virginia Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan issued her report and recommendation on the default judgment, which brings good news for the rightsholders. The Report and Recommendation is not final yet and still has to be approved by the court. If that happens, the filmmakers will score a big win.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

CJEU judgments Seven.One, CJEU, C-260/22 Coming from Germany, this preliminary reference concerned broadcasting organisations and their entitlement to fair compensation as a result of private copying. One highlight from the report is that global collections for creators reached a new historical record of €12.1

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2023

Uniquely, the bill would allow schools to prohibit college athletes from entering NIL contracts that are contradictory to the school’s code of conduct or for moral reasons. Similar to the other federal bill drafts, the CAPC Act also contains a reporting requirement.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

1] The Court reasoned that the defendant companies could not have possibly copied the script in question, as they did not have access to the script until after Ad Astra was written. The court also found that Jones didn’t enter into any implied contract with the agency or studios, and thus could not allege breach of contract.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This combined data is then used for synthesis, modeling and reporting, with the goal of making some or all of it available to the public. In legal terms, those rights are intellectual property (IP) rights such as copyright, patents, and trademarks, confidentiality obligations, and contract rights.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

A copy of the agreement is offered as evidence and signed by Kumar. Antoon was the CEO of the adult company but left his position a few months ago, according to media reports. First, he claims ownership over all of Plaintiff’s works via a contract that is, on information and belief, fraudulent. Fraudulent Agreement?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees it as a contract breach and copyright infringement. ‘Copyright Infringing Marketing’ In addition to a contract breach, Tarantino is also accused of copyright and trademark infringement.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to a 1999 report by Washington City Paper , she first found herself dealing with accusations of plagiarism, something she blamed on copy and paste errors. Because of that, she’s suing for a variety of causes including defamation, breach of contract and tortious interference.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 28, 2022

The cheat software itself certainly isn’t a copy of Bungie’s work, they argued. Bungie also accused AimJunkies of a variety of other wrongdoings, including breach of contract, tortious interference, and unjust enrichment. Judge Zilly dismisses the copyright claims as Bungie failed to show that AimJunkies copied its work.

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Intepat

APRIL 6, 2022

As of 6th April 2022, the WIPO recorded 156 contracting states to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Also, the national examiners most often follow the Search Report conducted in the International Phase. Within three months, the examiner establishes the examination report.

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Intepat

APRIL 6, 2022

As of 6th April 2022, the WIPO recorded 156 contracting states to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Also, the national examiners most often follow the Search Report conducted in the International Phase. Within three months, the examiner establishes the examination report.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2021

In addition, Bungie alleges the defendants circumvented technological protection measures under the DMCA, violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and by breaching Bungie’s licensing terms, are liable for breach of contract. He is the reported operator of Lavicheats.com. Bungie vs. Kunsal Bansal (Lavicheats.com).

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

For example, The Washington Post has used an AI reporter for over half a decade. Can detect essay mill and other forms of contract cheating. Creating “Google Resistant” assignments has been a good practice for some time, as it reduces copy/paste plagiarism and makes it more difficult for students to use essay mills.

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Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

Coffey sued OK Foods, bringing a class action for negligence, breach of implied contract, breach of confidence, invasion of privacy, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Coffee also provided evidence of recent unknown requests for credit on her credit report.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

For instance, AI models involve several actors and are based on several components (see above, the OSI definition or the recent report relying on multiple components, each of which may or may not be under different license terms, such as OSL, and/or qualify as AI Derivatives). What is the liability of open source contributors?

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark. There have also been complaints where creators have tried to NFT their own creativity but by doing so have breached a contract.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Part I addresses decisions in the areas of scope of protection, exploitation rights, exceptions and limitations, and copyright contract law. One of the key issues in contention was whether the publication of a section of a map contained in the report was permitted under copyright law. Scope of protection (copyrighted works) 1.

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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

In her attempt to amend her complaint, Woodson argued that she was unaware of any communication notifying her about the schools intention to publish her report. Woodson responded to this email by attaching her report, which was subsequently published. ( Each party agreed to bear their own attorneys fees. Pearson Education, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

A copy of the agreement is offered as evidence and signed by Kumar. Antoon was the CEO of the adult company but left his position a few months ago, according to media reports. First, he claims ownership over all of Plaintiff’s works via a contract that is, on information and belief, fraudulent. Fraudulent Agreement?

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

Among the other solutions, the most easy and feasible way to come out of the problem of unavailability and unaffordability was to start copying the books, study materials, and video lectures with the help of different mechanisms. Lack of good libraries even within an institution is the most common problem seen across our country. Way Forward.

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IPilogue

MAY 3, 2022

In 1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v Canadian Vintners Association (CVA) , a small claims court in Ontario was tasked with deciding whether forwarding an email and receiving a forwarded email, including copy and pasted material constitutes Copyright infringement. TPMs, defined in s.

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