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[Guest post] German court: copyright infringement by ‘re-pin’ on Pinterest

The IPKat

In GS Media ( C-160/15 , Katpost here ) the CJEU ruled that placing a hyperlink to protected content may be an infringement, when the content linked to is freely accessible, but unlawfully so. This makes the scenario very similar to the Renckhoff case, where a re-post occurred after the file was copied to another server.

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Second Circuit signals some minimal flexibility on Polaroid analysis in another strip club false endorsement case

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Appellants, current and former professional models, appealed their summary judgment loss on a variety of claims arising from the use of their images in social media posts promoting a “gentlemen’s club” operated by EIE. Their social media footprints range from several thousand to a few million followers. 59 Murray Enters.,

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DNS Providers as Piracy Fighters? Enforcement Groups Weigh Options

TorrentFreak

Internet service providers, websites, search engines, hosting providers, domain companies, social media services, and advertising companies are all considered part of the problem. Image Credit: Jimmy Nilsson Masth ( Unsplash License ). Rightsholders like this arrangement.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

If you’re using an online logo generator, such as the one in Canva, a very popular online program for creating all kinds of visual projects, or Logo.com, you need to look at the license terms of the software. Canva and other logo generators are licensing the use of their product and the generated logos in it to you.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. So, if you buy a copy of “Dune,” you can read it. It would have taken a bit of due diligence, but not much.

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

4] SOLUTION IP audit and due diligence can help identify the IP rights and obligations of the parties involved, as well as the potential IP threats and opportunities. 7] Risk of unauthorised disclosure, copying, or use of confidential or proprietary information, trade secrets, or copyrighted material stored in the cloud increases.

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IPSC Breakout Session #5 Platforms & Interfaces/IP Enforcement

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Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Tech Bros, Social Media, and the End of IP Financing? Piggyback on VC due diligence, valuation. At the same time, the risk of copying essentially went away. Thus if a large company copies a small company’s innovation, it can accelerate faster than the small company and make it much better.

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