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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives

SpicyIP

His predominant areas of practise are Arbitration, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws. The position of law that emanates from judgments of the Hon`ble Delhi, Madras, and Bombay High Courts is that sending a cease-and-desist notice should not prejudice the case of the plaintiff to secure an ex-parte ad-interim order.

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Amazon.com, Inc. sued for Copyright Infringement and Counterfeiting

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

According to the Complaint, Enigwe and the Defendants entered into a Settlement Agreement in or around January 2006 that “we [Authorhouse] will maintain the ‘live’ state of your book, Mixed Blessings, for one more year (from the date of acceptance) and then turn over the electronic version to you.”

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Design infringement “does not pay”:  English High Court sends message to copyists in Original Beauty v G4K Fashion

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As quantum trials are expensive, and the amount awarded by the courts can be reasonably small, parties often reach settlement rather than incur these costs. Oh Polly and House of CB were unable to reach a settlement, leaving us with an interesting judgment. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Additional damages.

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A Seismic Ruling Undone: California’s Sound Recording Copyright Statute Does Not Include Public Performance Rights—Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

It was certified as a class action on behalf of a large number of sound recording copyright owners (but excluding the major record labels, which had already entered into a separate settlement with Sirius XM). That settlement left Flo & Eddie’s lawyers representing a class of only about 20% of the pre-1972 sound recording copyright owners.

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IP and NFTs: Where are We?

LexBlog IP

On September 8, 2022, the parties filed a notice of settlement. ” Other courts, and perhaps even the USPTO and Copyright Office, will likely look to Judge Rakoff’s initial guidance as a foundation for this newly evolving area of intellectual property law moving forward. Miramax, LLC v. Tarantino , Case No.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

SpicyIP

Highlights of the Week Announcing the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law Prof (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer’s 48th birth anniversary today, we are excited to announce the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.