IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 8, 2023

When someone violates a creator’s exclusive rights to a piece of work, they are engaging in copyright infringement. modification, and other forms of copying of the work fall under this category. Music as well as the movie industry are two common industries that face copyright issues on a day to day basis.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Memes utilize pop culture content, such as movies, television shows, and other various forms of media, often in a parodic way. Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] By: Taylor Bussey. INTRODUCTION.

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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. This case is one of a spate of recent infringement claims brought against video-game makers over realistic depictions of tattooed athletes.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works must be illegally copied and stored in order to be streamed on a 24/7 channel,” the lawsuit reads. These can be arranged not only by genre but by officially licensed providers including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and Disney+.

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SpicyIP

JULY 31, 2023

While the Act doesn’t specifically address OTT platforms, it does offer a separate certification for television and “other media,” a category that can be contended to encompass OTT platforms. Furthermore, the 2023 bill enables aggrieved individuals to pursue action under Section 51 of the Copyright Act 1957 for copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Does 1-10 are described as the infringing IPTV service’s operators, who knowingly and unlawfully transmit, and publicly perform in the United States, TV channels for which DISH holds or held an exclusive license. A second infringement notice was sent on July 27, 2021, in broadly similar circumstances.

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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

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.”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? The court then moves on to consider Viacom’s copyright infringement claim.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2021

The defendant was offering an internet protocol television (“IPTV”) service to business clients (e.g., The defendant operated the platform based on license agreements with TV channel operators. The claimant is the owner of the copyright in several TV shows broadcast on the relevant TV channels.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. July 17, 2023).

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As one side pays millions to produce or license movies and TV shows, the other only has to worry about when they’re available to copy, so that subscriptions can be sold to the public. “It is illegal television. On Trial for Copyright Infringement, Accounting Issues. The prosecutor agreed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

You see, when I was growing up, computers took up entire rooms and content was published on paper – books, newspapers, magazines, and yes, sometimes even broadcast on television or radio. Copying was tedious. Copying took effort. It was always perfectly clear to me what someone else authored and owned.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And that data might be subject to varying levels of copyright protection. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws. — One logical starting point to tell the history of copyright preemption of contracts is to begin with ProCD v. . Zeidenberg.

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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. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. Copyright Law. In 2021, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal heard 57 copyright infringement proceedings, approximately 18% of all IP-related litigations at these levels.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. Was it a license on the world’s greatest terms?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

For example, photo licensing company Getty Images filed suit in the Northern District of California against AI company Stability AI Inc. In another lawsuit, several artists filed a class action against Stability AI (and Midjourney, another AI image generator) and the image-sharing platform DeviantArt, claiming copyright infringement.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

For example, photo licensing company Getty Images filed suit in the Northern District of California against AI company Stability AI Inc. In another lawsuit, several artists filed a class action against Stability AI (and Midjourney, another AI image generator) and the image-sharing platform DeviantArt, claiming copyright infringement.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The 1710 Statute of Anne, an act of the British Parliament, established copyright legislation to replace the Stationers’ Company’s system of private licensing. The Statute of Anne did not allow for the legal unsanctioned use of copyrighted material. Global Perspective. Guidelines and Applications.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Compulsory License on Mira Behn’s Autobiography, and Stricter Test of Similarity of Marks for Medicinal Products. Eenadu Television A Division … on 8 November, 2022 (Andhra Pradesh High Court). Licensing Ip International S.AR.L 20 Lakh to Louis Vuitton in a Trademark infringement suit against Club Factory.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work. 103(a) (“protection for a work employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists does not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used unlawfully.”). Figure 1, Slip op.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. What Happened. Skull arm design. Bible verse design. Upper back design.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2022

It was revealed in Court that the Plaintiff and Defendant had entered into an agreement wherein the Plaintiff had licensed, in a non-exclusive manner, its right to broadcast and exploit the audio-visual song clips, scenes and dialogues/clips to the Defendants’ channels. This agreement was for a period from 1 st July 2019 to 30 th June 2022.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

The Parliament highlights the need to guarantee fair, appropriate and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers and in the context of territorial licenses points out that, before taking any follow-up measures, there is a need to consider the voices of rightsholders. We reported on this here.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 28, 2022

The complaint states that AATV offered subscription access to infringing movies and TV shows via its IPTV and VOD services, delivering content such as The Godfather, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and The Office, without appropriate licensing. 106(1); and. They would be interesting to read, however.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

15, 2023) This is a copyright suit against Gannett for advertising-like use of a photo taken by Campbell of NFL coach Katie Sowers; the photo came from a screenshot of an ad run by Microsoft that played during the Super Bowl. The Microsoft ad was licensed by Campbell and showed the photo at about the 40-second mark.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

Predictably, these third parties made available watch faces copied from watches made by others including the Swatch group of companies (which owns brands like Tisso, Omega and Breguet). The fact that this was found to be an infringement is no surprise. A claim for copyright infringement and passing off was issued in December 2019.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Case: Kishan Tibrewalla & Ors vs The State Of West Bengal & Anr on 20 March, 2023 (Calcutta High Court) Admitting a revision petition, Calcutta High Court stayed the proceedings of a copyright infringement case lodged against the petitioner. MSM Discovery Pvt. Vs. Star India (P) Ltd. &

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Michael Geist

JULY 20, 2022

The Supreme Court rejected the request, concluding that an additional payment for downloads would violate the principle of technological neutrality, famously stating: In our view, there is no practical difference between buying a durable copy of the work in a store, receiving a copy in the mail, or downloading an identical copy using the Internet.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This will potentially impact the copyright licensing landscape insofar as filmmakers will have to enter into dedicated agreements to claim protection for works not listed within the scope of Section 17. Microsoft Technology Licensing v. the licensee. The judgement was authored by Justice C. Universal City Studios LLC and Ors v.

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