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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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. This is highlighted in the case of Hermès International v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

” However, Wallshoppe does not allege Defendant knew of the specific acts of infringement at issue here—Sienna Lewis selling products featuring the Palm Design on Defendant’s website. Jury awards nearly $50M in damages against Internet access provider for user-caused copyright infringement. Verizon Media, Inc.,

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. There is no reference to assets or material protected by copyright. What’s missing here?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Her inability to control social media accounts referencing her reminded me of the Hayley Paige Gutman litigation , and I will say more about this issue when I blog the JW Dant bourbon case. Why Are Pizzerias Arguing Whether Web Browsing Is Copyright Infringement?–Imapizza Case citation : Coscarelli v. Esquared Hosp. ,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks. This is highlighted in the case of Hermès International v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Stability AI —the case in which a group of visual artists sued the makers of several different generative AI platforms for copyright infringement—tossed most of the plaintiffs’ claims last year. However, the court allowed the plaintiffs an opportunity to replead. The plaintiffs took the judge’s ruling to heart.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Identify the type of infringement Facebook will remove listings and posts that infringe your intellectual property, covering five categories: counterfeits, copyright infringement, brand abuse (which includes other forms of trademark infringement), design infringement, and patent infringement.

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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?

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 31, 2021

and Greenpeace Australia Pacific regarding the dispute between alleged trademark and copyright infringement by Greenpeace. Aggrieved by this, AGL took Greenpeace to the Federal Court alleging Trademark and Copyright violation. In a recent ruling by Australian Court in the case between AGL Energy Ltd.

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Corsearch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

3] Freenom is accused of facilitating Meta’s trademark rights infringement and being in part responsible for not having reacted to complaints filed with them. Cybercriminals made use of social media websites and instant messaging apps to quickly spread impersonation websites.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

SpicyIP Tidbit: Acquiesce, Copyright Infringement, and Pending Suits in Trial Courts: Highlighting SC’s Recent Remarks The Supreme Court while dealing with passing off and acquiescence in a copyright matter, urged the members of the Bar to cooperate with trial courts which are struggling with a huge pile of pending cases.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The email doesn’t mention Byrne by name (a red flag in itself) but attempts to achieve the same goals: link to a site, credit the ‘source’, and Byrne won’t get sued for copyright infringement. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 7, 2023

Praharsh discussed an interesting development in Karnataka where a Court granted an interim injunction to a law student against 2 law assistant professors, on copyright infringement claims. SpicyIP Tidbit: Law Student Claiming Copyright Infringement Gets an Interim Injunction Against 2 Law Asst. Drop us a comment below!

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. “A complete accounting of the scope of Tusa’s infringement would undoubtedly run to thousands of Copyrighted Works,” they write.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 14, 2023

Trademark infringement A trademark is a distinctive word, logo, phrase, design, or symbol used to identify the source of goods and services. Trademark infringement occurs when a mark resembling yours is used without authorization. Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized use of a protected work.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fans expressed their love for the show various ways on social media. With the increased prevalence of content creation on social media , it is important for creators to be aware of these IP laws. Based on the romance novel series by Julia Quinn, the show centers around the Bridgerton family members’ search for true love.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In other words, one cannot avoid copyright infringement by merely reproducing a copyrighted work on a shirt or other “useful article.” While this may not apply to most costumes, this can prevent retailers from replicating images of Disney princesses and other copyrighted characters onto their clothing.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The team spent about $750,000 defending the copyright infringement lawsuit and ultimately settled with the plaintiff for $330,000.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In some cases sites were deindexed from search engines and their accounts removed from social media by court order. Police believe the pair are guilty of copyright infringement offenses but at the time of the raid, only a 26-year-old woman, her daughters, and their nanny, were at home.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

There are web hosting companies, affiliate marketers, e-commerce agreements, clickwrap agreements, and social media defamation. Domain Names & Trademarks. Let’s say that you are a small business or start-up company that is trying to secure a domain name that matches your trademark. ” Not necessarily.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Power Ventures involved a social media aggregator’s consensual use of its users’ Facebook passwords to access their Facebook accounts. The service that Power Ventures sold was a platform to manage multiple social media platforms together. Trademark infringement 6. Copyright Infringement 10.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff is a California-based company that has millions of subscribers on YouTube and other Social Media handles, which is significant to understand the popularity of its various trademarks and copyrights with licenses for various sorts of merchandise. 2) Contributory Trademark Infringement.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Other issues arise when the player is asked to provide a photo for the company to use or when the company takes one of the athlete’s photos off social media. That is clear-cut copyright infringement, except when used in limited circumstances such as a transformative work.

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

You should prepare links and screenshots as evidence for your claims of copyright, or trademark, patent, or design right infringement on Alibaba. Trademarks A trademark signifies a unique term, logo, expression, design, or emblem utilized to indicate the origin of goods and services.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 15, 2023

Social media propaganda has gained roots and therefore it has become important for business corporations to preserve their innovations in order to secure the distinctiveness of the products. Plaintiff alleges that the same amounts to infringement of the trademark rights and the copyright involved in the cinematograph works.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the new Patent (Amendment) Rules, and some thoughts on safeguards which can be used by intermediaries to prevent trademark infringement. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2023

As a result, interim orders in trademark infringement cases have become somewhat standardized. However, the requirement to prove disrepute has limited scope under trademark law and is more associated with defamation, hinting at a conflation of different legal grounds. Interestingly, the court in Gautam Gambhir v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

People of India might not just be another simple copyright infringement case, argue Nivrati, Swaraj and Praharsh in their post. Florida based X Social Media sues Elon Musk for Trademark infringement. International IP Developments Sri Lanka to establish a new “Commercial High Court ”.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Trademarks A trademark is a distinctive word, logo, phrase, design, or symbol used to identify the source of goods and services. Trademark infringement is defined as a mark that looks and/or sounds like yours is used without your authorization. Copyright infringement as the unauthorized use of a protected work.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Copyright infringement cases on the internet have increased because the internet has become more widely available. Legal Framework governing take down notice.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Copycats: unregistered designs, unfair competition and copyright Better register first than be sorry later. In general it is a good idea to register fashion products which have a reasonable expectation of commercial success as designs or, where possible, as shape-trademarks before they appear on the catwalk.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

16, 2023) The court refused to dismiss copyright and trademark claims based on copying of a TV show format, including the hosts. Media critics allegedly readily observed that the new show was “a clone of A&E’s Live PD,” and that “On Patrol: Live is Live PD.” Fan reactions on social media included “Ok.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Another troubling ruling for an Internet access provider trying to shake a contributory copyright claim based on user-caused copyright infringement. 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.”

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This may become tricky in the context of social media, as memes only become popular by copying and reposting. However, while memes reference and communicate with one another, any changes beyond the trivial and mechanical may meet the originality threshold, even if the later work infringes the earlier. 29 of the Copyright Act ).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

collectively, “ Kaira ”) commenced an action alleging passing off, trademark infringement, depreciation of goodwill and copyright infringement by, Amul Canada, Mohit Rana, Akash Ghosh, Chandu Das, And Patel Patel (collectively, the “ Defendants ”). Kaira also established trademark infringement.

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