BYU Copyright Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Libera’s work “was and is widely published worldwide” and “used on TV and in advertising.” However, on May 17, 2023, Libera filed a Notice of Settlement, stating that the two parties had reached an agreement and that they would file a Stipulation of Dismissal towards the end of June 2023.Because

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’m pleased to share the final published version of my article, “ A SAD Scheme of Abusive Intellectual Property Litigation.” GmbH as a Possible Trademark Troll The post Now Available: the Published Version of My SAD Scheme Article appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Emoji GmbH v.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2023

Post Malone reaches last-minute settlement in Circles case, Rwandan author sues publisher and Adobe & Nvidia release new AIs. The post 3 Count: Closing Circles appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 26, 2023

coverage for more than $13 million remaining in a settlement with Vanderbilt University after the college sued the book publisher and distributor over trademark and copyright infringement, Scholastic told a New York federal court Wednesday. A Travelers unit has wrongfully refused to provide Scholastic Inc.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A group of writers who alleged that the defunct publisher Authors' Place Press failed to pay them thousands of dollars in royalties told a Florida federal judge on Friday that the parties have agreed to reach a settlement in principle.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A shareholder who sued the media company formed by iconic comic book writer and publisher Stan Lee following an alleged "fire sale" merger with a Hong Kong company in 2017 has agreed to settle his Delaware Chancery Court class action for $950,000.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2024

According to published reports, George Carlin’s estate settled right of publicity and copyright claims relating to an AI-scripted comedy special using a “sound-alike” of George Carlin which performed the generated script. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This post discusses a recent patent case in which the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) awarded punitive damages upon post-settlement-agreement repeated infringement. One month later, a settlement was reached. The judgment is not published at the official source. Shelly: 'Oops!…You You did it again ?'

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

[I published this post initially on the Association of Research Libraries blog in celebration of Fair Use Week 2022. Publishing these materials can create substantial legal risk for research-focused bloggers, including the risk of copyright infringement. Prayers for Ukraine.].

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

2: Earthlink Reaches ‘Tentative’ Settlement with Filmmakers to End Piracy Liability Lawsuit. The group has already ended cases with several other companies, likely due to settlement. Now Earthlink gets to join that list as a filing indicates that they are ending their case after reaching a tentative settlement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Despite being filed just last month, the two sides have now reached a settlement, averting any significant analysis of the case by the court. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. 2: Manga Piracy Sites Targeted in US Court Have Reappeared in Russia.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

However, Voltage has now moved to dismiss those lawsuits, citing a settlement that has been reached. The terms of that settlement are not known, but, in a similar lawsuit, ISP Cox Communications as ordered to pay major studios $1 billion in jury verdict over similar allegations.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

On September 27, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and online game platform provider Roblox announced that the two parties had settled ongoing copyright litigation in the Central District of California over Roblox’s unauthorized use of copyrighted music on its online gaming platform.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

The video was uploaded by Twitter user @Dragon_GameDev2 who published it to both Twitter and Twitch as a way to announce the new project. However, the two sides have notified the court that they are ending the lawsuit pending a settlement between them. 3: Jack in the Box Ends Suit Against FTX for Allegedly Stealing its Mascot.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 24, 2022

Department of Justice announces a settlement with Facebook owner Meta Platforms over allegations of biased advertising algorithms; U.S. This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit vacates Eastern Virginia’s denial of a motion for recusal, nixing a $2.75

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 25, 2022

The two sides had entered into settlement negotiations following the first filing, but those broke off after the judge ruled in favor of AimJunkies. 3: Marvel Confirms Conan the Barbarian is Leaving the Publisher. AimJunkies, for their part, no longer sells the cheats.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Back in June 2021, The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) sued Roblox for allowing users to upload copyrighted music without paying a licensing fee. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of various music publishers, including major players like Kobalt Music Publishing America and Universal Music Corporation.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly reports that textbook publisher Pearson Education has filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against the study aid website Chegg alleging that Chegg illegally appropriates Pearson’s textbook questions. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In the Spring of 2022, CCC and the OA Switchboard announced a collaboration to automate the standardized exchange of Open Access payment details between publishers, institutions and funders. Today, we are thrilled to report that five publishers are already using the connection to simplify reporting for their institutions and funders. .

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that one of the Triller lawsuits has taken a turn as the defendant accuses Triller of refusing to honor a settlement agreement and operating in bad faith during the early parts of the disagreement. 3: Music Publishers Propose Higher Streaming Payments.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Since all three were out of work, BREIN adjusted its settlement offer accordingly. Pirate Couple Caught Uploading Again BREIN references a married couple in an announcement published today. As a result, BREIN determined that the terms of their settlement agreement had been breached.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 29, 2021

On September 27, 2021, the National Music Publishers’ Association (“NMPA”) issued a press release stating that it had settled its claims against video game company Roblox, bringing an end to the copyright infringement case its members filed against Roblox in the Central District of California on June 9, 2021. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recently, Graham Anderson, Head of Publishing Operations at the Royal Society, shared his thoughts on the benefits of integrated infrastructure in helping to advance open science. Over the past 11 years, since the start of 2012, the proportion of our authors choosing to publish open access in our hybrid journals has continued to rise.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

As the case progresses, both parties continue to make amendments and participate in hearings, with the possibility of settlement discussions following an initial settlement conference held in October. Publishers v Radius International In April 2022, we released a follow-up post concerning the case of Publishers v.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 31, 2022

Finally today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that the ex-wife of Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson has filed a lawsuit against Wilson and his publisher over a $50 million deal that saw Universal Music Publishing take over the full rights to his catalog.

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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

In her attempt to amend her complaint, Woodson argued that she was unaware of any communication notifying her about the schools intention to publish her report. Woodson responded to this email by attaching her report, which was subsequently published. ( Pearson Education, Inc.; They sought attorneys fees in the amount of $38,650.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Triller “Refused to Honor” Settlement Agreement. The company said that up to two million people could pay a settlement fee to avoid legal action. The YouTuber’s attorney says that Triller comes to the court with ‘unclean hands’ after acting in bad faith in respect of a pre-lawsuit settlement agreement.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

After settlement negotiations (including Wonderland’s separate counsel), Wonderland agreed to a judgment for $1.895 million, with a covenant not to execute and an assignment of rights against Princeton to the models in lieu of payment. That a party may have opposed a settlement does not render a settlement fraudulent or collusive.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The backstory and context provide some interesting insight into the copyright infringement settlement mill. Late December 2017, a few months after the blog post was published, Mr. Bell wrote in demanding the immediate takedown of the photo as well as a settlement payment of $5,000. Lucrative Settlements.

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IP Law 360

MAY 24, 2023

Travelers Insurance and its subsidiary told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that they shouldn't owe consequential damages or attorney fees to Scholastic as part of a $13 million coverage suit stemming from the publisher's copyright settlement with Vanderbilt University.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

Boardside Chat Tuesday This Tuesday (noon to 1PM EST), the PTAB will conduct a webinar Information Session with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Kathi Vidal to address the recently published Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM).

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 22, 2022

A recent law passed in the European Union requires search engines, like Google, to work out arrangements with news publishers to display their content in search results. However, Google had been struggling to reach such an agreement in France, with many of the nation’s biggest publishers taking the matter to court.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Not Even Canadians Can Escape Despite efforts to render internet subscribers less accessible and in theory, less lucrative targets, Canadians haven’t escaped the global industrial-scale settlement machine. That means there are now two possible routes to obtain a settlement and new leverage to obtain even more money.

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2022

15, 2021) (R&R) This long and citation-heavy opinion would be a good cheat sheet for looking at class action settlement approvals generally, especially in the 11th Circuit. But when it comes to surveys or, here, approving settlements, matters can differ. The court would have continuing jurisdiction to rule on any challenge.

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BYU Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Over the last several years, we have reported on a number of cases that have reached quiet settlements or otherwise fizzled out without us acknowledging their end. The case ground onward for two years without significant developments, but it seems that the parties eventually reached a settlement. Pearson Education, Inc.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to a report published by Synamedia last year, football is the number one gateway sport that turns fans of other sports, including Camel racing aficionados , into streaming pirates. The alleged operator was tracked down by ACE and agreed to a settlement deal. were operated by the same person, a Moroccan resident.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Berlingske newspaper published a cartoon in 2019 that featured the bronze statue as zombie as well as a photo of it with a facemask on. The terms of the settlement are unknown, though the parties are moving to dismiss the case. This included evidence that many of the file names were unchanged from the CD-ROM version of the images.

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