TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In a new article this week, Richard Byrne reports on an email sent to him by another fake law firm, this time calling itself ‘Nationwide Legal’ [nationwidelaw[D0T]org]. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur. – GetSocialGuide.com.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Copyright infringement and how to stop it is a question in the minds of most of us these days. Google’s Transparency report which is compliant with the DMCA is mentioning over 5 billion Urls being delisted due to copyright infringement. Copyright basics still apply in the digital world. Conclusion.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee Report on the Economics of Music Streaming has been published, calling for "a complete reset" of music streaming and the need for significant change within the music industry. The report nominates the remuneration to be paid by the rightsholders, (i.e. Explained here ].

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

copyright registration doesn’t claim rights in the game’s graphics or other visual elements. At a Loss for Wordles In recent days, numerous developers targeted by the Times’s DMCA notice have taken to social media to report that their own Reactle-built games have been shut down. Wordle’s U.S.

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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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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Following the Twitter account of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom every single day for the last ten years is a requirement for keeping up to date with the largest copyright infringement case of all time. Copyright law has always been controversial, but rarely this political or to these depths. “@Twitter has a #NAFO problem.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

And it couldn’t have come at a better time—according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs, AI is putting 44% of legal jobs at risk. 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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Corsearch

AUGUST 2, 2023

That’s because the platform’s actions will vary depending on the type of infringement. Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. Copyright infringement as the unauthorized use of a protected work.

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Identify the type of infringement on Alibaba If you’ve found a counterfeit, lookalike, or an otherwise infringing listing on Alibaba, it’s critical to cite the relevant intellectual property rights and type of infringement. That’s because the platform’s enforcement process varies depending on the type of infringement.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

And it couldn’t have come at a better time—according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs, AI is putting 44% of legal jobs at risk. 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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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you were told 15 years ago that a personal post on your social media could be worth millions of dollars, would you believe it? A non-fungible token, also known as NFT, is a one-of-a-kind digital item stored on a public digital ledger (a blockchain), which provides a certificate of ownership to a particular individual².

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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. The breathless media reports soon followed. NFTs Are Not Copyrightable. The confusion only seems to increase when you introduce copyright into the mix.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The third category lists notable developments on the legislative and policy side and includes important amendments, proposals for amendments, release of policy notes and reports etc. So, if you have strong opinions on orders/judgements that you think should’ve been included in the top 10 lists, please do share them in the comments below!

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This leads to obviously wrong statements like: In this case, the Court does not have claims for defamation, obscenity, copyright infringement, or some other related theory of liability before it, but instead claims sounding in negligence and public nuisance based on Defendants’ affirmative conduct. ” No. Not even close.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Branding has become more important than ever, particularly in developing an online presence through search engines, various online platforms, and social media. Nearly every mainstream marketplace and social media platform has Acceptable Use Policies, which provide procedures for reporting intellectual property infringements.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Alfred Yen, A Federal Rules of Evidence Perspective on Forensic Musicology and Music Copyright Infringement Juries hear a lot of forensic musicology evidence they shouldn’t which confuses them and leads to poorer decisionmaking in music © infringement cases. And even if you get a formula to work with, it gets hard/expensive.

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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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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Supreme Court looked into a wide variety of issues such as oxygen and Covid-19 drugs shortage, equitable pricing of vaccines, protection of health workers, possibility of invoking compulsory licenses and the clampdown on free speech on social media platforms. Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on the IP regime.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

” On April 26, UMG held an earnings call in which it reported that revenues rose 11.5% It’s a new issue and there’s been some fresh reporting on it with some recent developments. That is, in fact, the very nature of sound recording copyright and ownership.” year over year to $2.71

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