IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is not the first time Andy Warhol was sued for IP infringement. On the other hand, Warhol’s great commercial success was the choice of the market. If Goldsmith wins, the Warhol Foundation will probably face floods of litigations after years of diligent copying and printing by Warhol.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Let’s suppose that you have not registered your copyright in a book with the U.S. Copyright Office and you find someone has infringed your copyright by copying substantial portions of your book. Can you prove that a license to produce the portions of your book has a fair market value for actual damages?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But if you have not taken that route for one reason or another and you encounter highly similar products on the market, there are other ways to protect your products through IP. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios. Last but not least, fashion items might be protected by copyright.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Over the past several years there has been a drive to hold US-based ISPs liable for copyright infringements carried out by their customers. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2023

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. According to Getty, this is clear copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

MAY 1, 2023

After making an argument for the need of regulating AI from an IP perspective in Part I , Part II of the post focuses on the different aspects which can be regulated to develop a responsible and ethical AI. Varsha is a lawyer based in Delhi and is a graduate of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 24, 2023

The lawsuits, filed in San Francisco federal court, highlight the legal challenges faced by developers of chat bots who rely on copyrighted material to create realistic responses. Google’s commercial nature and profit motivation do not justify denial of fair use.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

He sued a print-on-demand service (Sunfrog) over alleged IP violations of his illustrations. If that rings a bell, it’s because just yesterday I blogged on a DIFFERENT fish painter, DeYoung, who also brought an IP lawsuit against a print-on-demand service (Pixels). Sadly, that’s usually true. Implications.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

But this isn’t permissible under law, the plaintiffs claim, because when Verizon receives knowledge of repeat infringement yet fails to disconnect the associated accounts, it can be held liable for customers’ piracy. Hundreds of Thousands of Infringements. Several Types of Copyright Infringement.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. A special thanks to Mr. G. Nataraj, Ms.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

In this case, Google copied 37 Java API packages and wrote its own implementation code underlying those API packages for use by developers on its Android operating system. Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that by copying the 37 APIs, Google infringed Oracle’s copyrights in that code.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

But last year, one supranational interference with copyright law surprisingly did not come from Luxemburg, but from Strasbourg: the judgment in Safarov v Azerbaijan. He sues for copyright infringement and claims damages. Similarly, the CJEU has confirmed the fundamental protection of IP (Art. Balan ; Kamoy ; AsDAC ).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Simply responding to takedown notices isn’t sufficient for all rightsholders, some of which mentioned Meta’s companies as potential “notorious markets” in recent recommendations to the U.S. Meta Rebuts Notorious Markets Claims Meta is not happy with this and this week the company responded with a rebuttal.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 19, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” Many ISPs have been reluctant to take such drastic measures, which triggered a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits in recent years with WideOpenWest ( WOW! ) as one of the targets.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle over computer code’s copyrightability finally came to an end on April 5, 2021. Google wanted to attract as many programmers as possible to develop smartphone apps on Android, thereby furthering copyright’s creativity objectives. In addition, Breyer J. smartphones). .

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Formerly known as MindGeek, and Manwin before that , the company conquered the online adult market over the past decade by offering free porn to the masses. MG Premium sued the platform for widespread copyright infringement, hoping to shut it down, but after two years that is yet to happen.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The plaintiffs alleged that by failing to terminate subscribers that had been accused of copyright infringement multiple times, Cox failed to meet its obligations under the DMCA. Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Copyright Infringement. One particular IP address was reported 782 times for infringement, another 626 times.

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Kashishipr

JULY 13, 2022

Undoubtedly, both technologies bring a complete set of novel Intellectual Property (IP) issues for business companies, brands, individuals, courts, and IP practitioners. Sometimes, AR and VR are used in overlapping ways; however, the two terms present unique and different issues in the IP world. Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Last year, Texas-based model Deniece Waidhofer sued Thothub for copyright infringement after the site’s users posted many of her ‘exclusive’ photos. The trio accused Cloudflare of both direct and contributory copyright infringement. This prompted Waidhofer to change priorities.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

* For over a decade, I’ve implored people to stop using the term “Soft IP.” Another troubling ruling for an Internet access provider trying to shake a contributory copyright claim based on user-caused copyright infringement. Our strong presumption flows from copyright law’s asymmetric recoveries.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

In this part 1, we tackle the first of three questions regarding the legal copyright landscape from an NFT purchaser’s perspective, as the extent to which the IP framework applies to NFTs remains uncertain. We address these questions in a two-part post.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s December and time for what is now an annual ritual for this Africa Correspondent – The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

While many see China’s AI policies as a cover to curb freedoms and control society, the reality is that China is an active AI developer in a thriving market for AI applications in both the trade and industrial sectors. There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Tech Bros, Social Media, and the End of IP Financing? IP is considered very risky for loans—not good collateral. Lessons from China: patent office can work with bank and experts to value specific IP, issue a certificate, and the bank can then rely on that. Ideas are nothing without financing. Insurance policy.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Formerly known as MindGeek, and Manwin before that , the company conquered the online adult market over the past decade by offering free porn to the masses. MG Premium sued the platform for widespread copyright infringement, hoping to shut it down, but after two years that had proven elusive.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Earlier this month, several copyright holder groups sent their annual “Notorious Markets” recommendations to the U.S. However, rightsholders have seized the opportunity to point out that the CDN service helps pirate sites with their infringing activities. IP Addresses are Restricted. Trade Representative (USTR).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

To ensure you don’t miss out on interesting IP law developments reported on our other IP blogs, we will, on a regular basis, provide you with an overview of the most-read posts from each of our IP law blogs. The case focuses on whether Ed Sheeran consciously copied Sami Switch’s chorus.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 30, 2021

Over the past years, we have seen copyright holders take several ISPs to court, accusing them of failing to disconnect repeat copyright infringers. In their complaint, the filmmakers accuse Surfshark, VPN Unlimited, Zenmate and ExpressVPN of being involved in widespread copyright infringement.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 24, 2023

According to a report titled “$1Tn India Fintech Opportunity”, by Chiratae Ventures and Ernest and Young, Indian Fintech is expected to record a revenue of $200 Billion, it also emphasised that the market for digital lending, which is anticipated to expand to a book size of $515 billion by 2030.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 18, 2021

Another Repeat Infringer Lawsuit. A few days ago a group of movie companies filed a complaint at a federal court in New Jersey, accusing the company of failing to take action against repeat copyright infringers. As such, it should be held liable for the copyright infringements of subscribers. Thousands of Notices.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

Sales of crime fiction have risen by an estimated 120,000 copies year on year and ‘Tartan-noir’ has become a globally recognised genre. How crime fiction and IP crime connect. Scottish crime author Val McDermid says: Copyright is about integrity. Seized counterfeit goods (IP Crime Report 2020).

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TorrentFreak

JULY 29, 2021

The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in US courts after rightsholders filed lawsuits against several ISPs. These Internet providers are accused of not doing enough to stop copyright infringers on their networks, even after receiving multiple ‘copyright infringement’ notifications.

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SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a place to get voiced either due to long standing assumptions, or due to being seen as ‘too trivial’ to discuss in more formal settings.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

CJEU judgments and AG Opinions Ocilion, CJEU, C-426/21 In July, the CJEU delivered its judgment in the Ocilion case, which related to the right of communication to the public and the private copying exception. Seven.One, AG Opinion, C-260/22 This is yet another preliminary reference on the private copying exception and broadcastling.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2023

Swaraj announced the new initiative to discuss the history of IP law on the blog and kickstarted this with informative posts from Shivam Kaushik on Indian copyright history and its entanglement with Berne Convention. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. Image from here Apologize for Copyright Infringement?

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