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. But as the sector grows, so does the problem of intellectual property rights infringement, cybercrimes, copyright infringement , and trademark infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Last week, an Illinois jury awarded tattoo artist Catherine Alexander $3,750 in damages at the conclusion of a copyright infringement trial. Among the tens of thousands of tattooers working in the United States, the tiny handful who have brought copyright infringement claims are rare outliers. Copyright in Tattoos.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Nearly a year after a screenwriter’s lawsuit over Disney’s “Muppet Babies” reboot was dismissed, the trustee of Jeffrey Scott’s bankruptcy estate has filed a new complaint alleging copyright infringement in a production bible and scripts from the original series. Does the Bankruptcy Trustee Have a Case?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2021

The defendant was offering an internet protocol television (“IPTV”) service to business clients (e.g., network operators, hotels and stadiums). The IPTV service included TV programs created and broadcasted by the Claimant. Is "communication to the public" in Art.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Lastly, in 2016, Jones had submitted a TV-ready version of his script to a representative at 20th Century sister company Fox 21 Television Studios, but the representative had not expressed an interest in producing the film and thus never shared the script with anyone else at the studio. 1] Phillip Madison Jones v. 36(a)(1). [3]

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The court ruled in favor of Grumpy Cat Limited, awarding $710,000 in damages for trademark and copyright infringement, as well as breach of contract. This case highlights the severe financial consequences of copyright infringement and the critical importance of respecting intellectual property rights. Warner Bros.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sinclair owns a bunch of television stations. Under the Copyright Act, display. means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show individual images nonsequentially.”. Breitbart News.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. All of these facts placed Defendant on actual notice that it was highly likely that, in fact, Plaintiff’s Sticker Sheet was not infringing the Subject Design.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC , No. In so holding, the Ninth Circuit created (or widened) a circuit split with the Second Circuit, which previously held that even under the discovery rule, damages for copyright infringement are limited to “a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed.” Scholastic, Inc. ,

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2022

The Court based its conclusion of prima facie infringement awarding an injunction, on the following: The Defendant had entered into a licensing agreement in respect of broadcasting the same content which was now being contended to be an exemption from infringement under Section 52 as well as the doctrine of de minimis. In Ashdown v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

However, that purchaser is entitled to carry out such a decompilation only to the extent necessary to effect that correction and in compliance, where appropriate, with the conditions laid down in the contract with the program’s rightsholder. European Union Intellectual Property Office, Report on Online Copyright Infringement in the EU.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Campbell sued for copyright infringement, contributory/vicarious copyright infringement, and CMI removal. Thus, there was a jury question on willfulness.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Damon Dash. Miramax LLC v.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking down Miramax’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino, a dispute about NFTs that isn’t really about NFTs. ” It’s really all a matter of what the parties intended, a question which is likely influenced by industry custom and practice at the time of contracting. (Of

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Thus, if an artist creates a derivative work based on a photograph unlawfully , and copies of that derivative work are reproduced and distributed to the public, the owner of copyright in the photograph is entitled to sue for copyright infringement and to recover remedies for the unlawful use of their photograph. of America v.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 12, 2022

(If you thought the Bret Kavanaugh hearings were riveting, picture a C-SPAN camera trained on a 19-inch tube TV as a room full of geriatric senators are forced to sit through “Hot For Teacher” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” on live television.). “Clean,” “Pretty” and Fair.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement. Does Trump have a claim, or is his copyright claim “trumped up”?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement. Does Trump have a claim, or is his copyright claim “trumped up”?

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