Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Barbera filed the lawsuit, alleging that Cyrus posted a photo he took on her various social media presences. 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.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The owner of a North Carolina museum dedicated to the NASCAR Winston Cup has willfully violated a settlement agreement with ITG Brands LLC by allegedly continuing to disparage the tobacco giant on social media and in interviews, the state Business Court heard during a hearing Tuesday.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 19, 2022

First off today, Joe Tidy at the BBC reports that the City of London Police have arrested three people and shuttered the website of a group that was running an unauthorized clone of Club Penguin, the Disney social media site/game that shuttered in 2017. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.

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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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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) levied an $18 million fine against J.P.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 21, 2022

According to the claim, the defendants allegedly used copyright-infringing fairy wing designs in several photos that were shared on social media. “My own photos of my design were used in image edits and displayed on 11:11 Digital / Paris Hilton’s social media accounts without my permission.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A settlement proposal included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. While Area 51 was shut down before the proposed settlement was signed, the plaintiffs claim that Tusa then launched a clone service called SingularityMedia which took on Area 51’s customers. It later disappeared.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 17, 2023

Last week, a court sided with the social media giant, concluding that the Privacy Commissioner did not provide sufficient evidence that Facebook failed to obtain meaningful consent when sharing information with third-party applications and rejecting a claim that Facebook did not adequately safeguard user information.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The alleged operator was tracked down by ACE and agreed to a settlement deal. “The sites were shut down via a confidential settlement that includes the transfer to ACE of the domain names connected to the illegal streaming services,” an ACE spokesperson informs TorrentFreak.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 7, 2022

For more than 15 years, alleged file-sharers around the world have been pressured to pay significant settlement fees. This includes information shared on social media. This happens when both parties reach an out-of-court settlement or if the complaint is dropped by Strike 3 for another reason. 1,060 Lawsuits This Year.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) levied an $18 million fine against J.P.

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This case, on which we have reported several times in the past (mid-2019, September 2019, June 2020, and August 2020), finally ended in settlement several months ago. After Bass's Motion for partial summary judgment was mostly denied in August of 2020, the Court scheduled a jury trial for the case, planning to hold it in April of 2021.In

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

In short, this means that, if you post your work to a web page with social media buttons, an open license or even just tools to aid in printing or emailing, the work is likely considered to be published. Barring a settlement, this case has a long way to go and there may be appeals and other courts to weigh in. Bottom Line.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With the ever-increasing presence of social media, including websites like YouTube where content can generate income, copyright infringement is escalating at alarming rates. The social media platform would then notify the copyright violator, usually by forwarding the letter they have received.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

Anyway, Bell goes around suing unauthorized users of the passage, mostly public schools or nonprofits that publish the passage on social media. Anyway, the complaint alleged that widespread use of the passage on social media could reduce “the incentive to purchase Winning Isn’t Normal or related merchandise.”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On October 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Kim Kardashian for violation of the anti-touting provision of the Securities Act, Section 17(b), specifically for “touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion.”

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2022

Online music platforms, such as on-demand content services or social media platforms, created disparities in the remuneration of right-holders, creating the so-called “value gap”. Cooper Dreyfuss analyses, to which extent the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) contributes to “making” IP law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

The FAC also alleges that the Speed Filter allows users to record the speed at which they are traveling and display that speed over a photo or video of themselves that they can share on social media. Snapchat could take this hint and pursue a settlement. The Lemmon court disagrees with the lower court in Maynard v. .”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2022

” The Settlement Between Kardashian and the SEC. Under a settlement reached between Kardashian and the SEC, Kardashian is prohibited from receiving payment for promoting crypto products for three years, must return the $250,000 EMAX paid her, and must pay the SEC $1 million in civil penalties. Connect with Allison on LinkedIn.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2023

2] Wrigley ultimately sought monetary damages, asked for a permanent injunction on the sale of any products using the ZKITTLEZ Marks, destruction of ZKITTLES branded products, transfer of the Zkittlez.com domain name, and for all ZKITTLEZ social media accounts to be disabled. The settlement will now go to the court for approval. [1]

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43(B)log

JANUARY 19, 2022

Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets. Even after the 2011 FTC settlement, it deceptively tracked users and gave data to third party developers. That time has come for Facebook.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In particular, she notes that there is more likely to be litigation and settlement in the US than in the UK.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Of course recipients could choose to settle their cases by taking positive action, in that case paying a settlement. In this case it appears that Lewis Silkin received a demand to link back to I-New Media and under the threat of a copyright lawsuit, decided to comply with the scammers. – GetSocialGuide.com.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright Office’s guidelines, but a settlement was reached in 2018. The case highlighted the legal ambiguity surrounding copyright ownership in novel situations, the complexity of animal rights, and the influence of photography and social media on wildlife conservation. The case faced initial dismissal due to the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The companies previously obtained data from the YTS user database as part of a settlement with the torrent site. The filmmakers also want to check if the subscribers had accounts with the popular torrent site YTS. Since then, this information has been used as evidence in several lawsuits.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

“We continue to expand our impact through voluntary agreements with domain registries and registrars, fast-track procedures with social media companies, ad companies, payment processors, online marketplaces, etc., Unfortunately, the alliance wasn’t willing to share the total settlement amount or how gets distributed.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Rules Section 29 of the Trademark Act, 1999 Passing off Analysis The case arising from the trademark dispute between the plaintiff and defendant resulted in a settlement between them and they decided to settle on certain terms to end the dispute. In the event the trademark is not registered then the passing-off claim can be initiated.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 10, 2021

That said, there are reasons for the parties to discuss settlement. In light of H/E’s copyright termination notice (which the judge found to be valid), a settlement would be the only way to bring the original Phanatic back to Citizens Bank Park. View Fullscreen.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2023

A Central District of California judge has denied Mary Bono’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit over composition royalties Cher claims are owed under her 1978 marital settlement agreement with Sonny Bono. Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media. And at least for now, the beat—and the case—go on.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2021

Writing this post in the context of PV Sindhu’s success at the Tokyo Olympics and how that has spurred companies who do not sponsor her to put up congratulatory messages on social media with their brand logos and while using her images, Satchit analyses the discourse on the right to publicity surrounding the issue.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On one hand, they can lead to an amicable settlement between the parties and prevent lengthy litigations. Ltd vs Poi Social Media Pvt. Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? What’s the best way forward? Humans Of Bombay Stories Pvt.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

Bell waited almost a year to notify the school that two of its social media accounts had infringed the copyright. The school district removed both posts and told Bell it was a “teachable moment” After settlement negotiations broke down, Bell sued for copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2022

The complaint alleges that defendants marketed their products with a Made in the USA label and also featured images of their products with the label on the company’s website and on social media. This is becoming far more common in recent FTC settlements.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 5, 2024

2, 2024) Some interesting comments on when individual instances of “confusion” don’t count, as well as their relevance to evaluating out-of-court social media etc. 2024 WL 22039, No: 6:20-cv-2354-GAP-EJK (M.D. statements as evidence of confusion. And defendants did rebut it—all the marks were commercially weak.

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The IPKat

JULY 5, 2021

The social media posts that morning were of course riddled with congratulatory messages greeting the settlement, with some seizing the moment to declare that the settlement meant the end of component-level licensing arguments, while others pointed to the contrary, not least because no one knows the terms of the settlement.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

Part of that proposed settlement provided for “improvements” to the retailer’s price comparison advertising policies and practices, including “periodic monitoring and training programs” designed to ensure compliance with California’s advertising laws. JC Penny faced a similar “price anchoring” class action suit in 2015.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Collaborate with the MPA digital team on strategy and content for ACE, TPN and the MPA’s online presence and social media activity. ” Anti-Piracy Outreach. But the unfortunate reality is that the sensitive nature of anti-piracy work does not easily accomodate probing questions from the inquisitive.

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