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The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored. MORE
First off today, David McAfee at Bloomberg Law reports that Locast, a now-shuttered service for streaming over-the-air television online, has been hit with a permanent injunction that bars it from operating. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. MORE
DivX on Thursday said it has reached settlements with LG and Samsung, resolving international litigation claiming they infringe the video software company's streaming patents with their smart televisions MORE
According to Plaintiffs, it is false or misleading for TTE to market the televisions as having a “120Hz CMI effective refresh rate” when in fact the televisions have a 60Hz refresh rate. Plaintiff would not have bought the television but for [TTE’s] refresh rate (Hz) misrepresentations.” • Plaintiff has experienced poor picture quality when using the TTE television for, e.g., action movies, sports, or video games. Julian v. TTE Technol., 2021 WL 810228, No. MORE
Singer Johnny Rotten has lost a court battle over the use of the Sex Pistols' music in a new television series about the group, as a judge ruled on Monday that his former band members can license the material by a majority vote MORE
movies released as part of the Friday the 13th series of horror films, as well as a television series. As of today, there have been twelve (yes, twelve!) For those of you who have not seen any of these films, they are not for the faint of heart. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP MORE
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Locast offered a service that allowed users to access free, over-the-air broadcast television via the internet. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. MORE
Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. However, the difference between the two has been elucidated in the case of Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. In this case, it was contended by television producers Sid and Marty Krofft that the H.R MORE
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the major television networks and ruled that a free streaming service called Locast was not covered by an obscure copyright provision that allows nonprofit services to boost broadcast signals MORE
Online piracy remains the single largest threat for Hollywood’s movie studios. Most companies have entire departments dedicated to spotting infringing content, understanding the changing landscape, and figuring out how to respond. MORE
The lawsuit alleged that Nitro TV offered subscription packages consisting of thousands of “live and title-curated television channels” available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the United States and abroad. MORE
Welcome back to another edition of Merely Informational and Incapable Marks. The above neighborhood Applebee’s is on my usual route to going anywhere from our home, so I’m predicting I’ve passed by well more than 10,000 times. MORE
The Ordonnance promotes the availability of television and radio programmes within the European Union by facilitating rights clearance and giving collective management organisations the responsibility to organise rights holders’ appropriate remuneration. On 23 June 2021, the French Government issued a Statutory Instrument implementing Directive (EU) 2019/789 that complements the rules set out in the 1993 Satellite and Cable (“SatCab”) Directive. MORE
telecommunications companies, saying the targeted websites authorize the infringement of copyrighted film and television content A judge granted website blocking orders sought by a group of major American entertainment studios, including Disney and Columbia Pictures, on Friday against six U.K. MORE
Chesler’s decision to deny defendant LG Electronics’s (“LG”) motion to stay a retrial on damages in a patent infringement case involving plug-and-play technology for televisions, pending the resolution of an interlocutory appeal on liability issues. In a prior alert, we discussed Senior U.S. MORE
The 86th edition of the Iron Bowl will take place November 27 at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama home of the Auburn Tigers and will be televised nationally on CBS. MORE
For purposes of this paragraph (b)(10), “smart televisions” includes both internet-enabled televisions, as well as devices that are physically separate from a television and whose primary purpose is to run software applications that stream authorized video from the internet for display on a screen. MORE
After losing a copyright infringement case in September against the four major television networks, the streaming service Locast agreed to pay $32 million for improperly retransmitting the networks’ broadcast content. MORE
A company selling broadcast television equipment has asked the U.S. MORE
As alleged, George Bridi was a member of an international video piracy ring that circumvented copyright protections on nearly every movie released by major production studios, as well as television shows, and distributed them worldwide on the Internet,” says U.S. MORE
Blogs Copyright IP Movies copyright entertainment film Halloween horror Natalie Bravo nightofthelivingdead Television zombiesSource: Screenshot of Night of the Living Dead (1968) opening credit / Public Domain. MORE
International Trade Commission said Thursday it will review parts of a judge's July ruling holding that Roku's older television remote controls infringe a Universal Electronics patent and is seeking public comment on whether it should exclude Roku's products from being imported if infringement is found The U.S. MORE
“The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads. MORE
It submitted 14 social media posts “which it contends shows consumers and retailers attributed a particular source to Defendants’ liquor and Plaintiff’s television show.” Caryn Mandabach Prods. Sadlers Brewhouse Ltd., 2021 WL 2497928, No. CV 20-10220-CBM-(JEMx) (C.D. MORE
During his trial it was determined that Renren Yingshi and related services offered 32,824 unauthorized film and television works to an estimated 6.83 MORE
s bid for a full-court review of a panel's split decision in favor of a Philadelphia-based television anchor who sued the social media giant over the unauthorized use of her photo on its site The Third Circuit on Wednesday declined to grant Facebook Inc.'s MORE
A media investor claims in an Illinois state court lawsuit that the now-defunct Chicago law firm Crowley & Lamb PC and one its former named partners negligently advised him during the development of a television show based on the experiences of three ex-Chicago cops and failed to secure the life rights of the officers in question MORE
as well as another over NBC's television movie version of the psychological horror film "Rosemary's Baby The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down appeals of a number of copyright, trademark and trade secrets cases, including one involving biotech firm Illumina Inc. MORE
Fair Use Fictional Characters Parody Television“Saturday Night Live’s” literal beat down of “The Muppet Show” so closely resembled the classic Jim Henson characters that some viewers thought the Muppets had really made an appearance on the show. MORE
Finally today, Colin Mann at Advanced Television reports that a Texas judge has entered a judgment against the South Asian pirate IPTV service Chitram TV. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. MORE
Yet the sector is thriving, with Canadian stars earning millions of dollars and attracting global audiences that often exceed Canada’s conventional film and television sector. MORE
A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday asked judges in France for assistance in gathering documents that could be relevant to lawsuits TQ Delta has filed against multiple telecommunications companies over patents related to television and broadband data services technology MORE
This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2020. MORE
Three men, including a YouTuber with nearly 800,000 subscribers, were charged in Pennsylvania federal court for allegedly masterminding a $30 million scheme to pirate cable television and other copyrighted material and resell it, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday MORE
The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television. MORE
Entertainment, Netflix and other entertainment powerhouses accused two streaming websites of selling pirated access to their biggest movies and television shows, such as "Harry Potter" movies and "The Office," according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court Disney Enterprises, Warner Bros. MORE
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20, 2021) iTunes allows consumers to “Rent” or “Buy” movies, television shows, music and other content. Andino v. Apple, Inc., 2021 WL 1549667, No. 2:20-cv-01628-JAM-AC (E.D. Renting is less expensive; buying leads the content to appear in a consumer’s “Purchased” folder. MORE
This is a welcome move because such activities result in multiple copyright infringement issues and this move will curb the sale of television boxes and devices. MORE
The operator of local broadcast streaming app Locast wants his copyright trial against the major networks to move forward as scheduled in November, saying it's unfair to force him to wait any longer to "exonerate" himself of allegations he operated a pirate television service MORE
should be required to share source code underlying its televisions so consumers can adjust, improve, share and reinstall modified versions of the software, a nonprofit says, accusing the company of "repeated failures to fulfill even the basic requirements of the general public license Vizio Inc. MORE
Author Denise Shull lost her challenge to the Showtime television show Billions, which she claims copied the character bearing her name in Shull’s book Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk. MORE
According to the anti-piracy group, Millington created and built a software package that enabled illegal access to BT Sport, Sky, Netflix and other subscription television content. MORE
Supreme Court on Monday cleared out another low-profile appeal over patent eligibility standards, rejecting a bid to review by a Michigan television equipment company that saw its patent on generating automated text captions wiped out as too abstract The U.S. MORE
Viacom International on Wednesday hit a restaurant owner with a trademark infringement lawsuit in Texas federal court, arguing that the owner's Rusty Krab pop-up restaurant and bar is misusing Viacom's SpongeBob SquarePants intellectual property and tarnishing the popular television series MORE
Television Related Topics The IP Law Blog
JUNE 25, 2021
The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television.
Copyright Lately
MAY 17, 2021
Fair Use Fictional Characters Parody Television“Saturday Night Live’s” literal beat down of “The Muppet Show” so closely resembled the classic Jim Henson characters that some viewers thought the Muppets had really made an appearance on the show.
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IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Blogs Copyright IP Movies copyright entertainment film Halloween horror Natalie Bravo nightofthelivingdead Television zombiesSource: Screenshot of Night of the Living Dead (1968) opening credit / Public Domain.
DuetsBlog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Welcome back to another edition of Merely Informational and Incapable Marks. The above neighborhood Applebee’s is on my usual route to going anywhere from our home, so I’m predicting I’ve passed by well more than 10,000 times.
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 22, 2021
telecommunications companies, saying the targeted websites authorize the infringement of copyrighted film and television content A judge granted website blocking orders sought by a group of major American entertainment studios, including Disney and Columbia Pictures, on Friday against six U.K.
Intellectual Property Brief
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
After losing a copyright infringement case in September against the four major television networks, the streaming service Locast agreed to pay $32 million for improperly retransmitting the networks’ broadcast content.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
s bid for a full-court review of a panel's split decision in favor of a Philadelphia-based television anchor who sued the social media giant over the unauthorized use of her photo on its site The Third Circuit on Wednesday declined to grant Facebook Inc.'s
IP Law 360
JULY 29, 2021
DivX on Thursday said it has reached settlements with LG and Samsung, resolving international litigation claiming they infringe the video software company's streaming patents with their smart televisions
43(B)log
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
According to Plaintiffs, it is false or misleading for TTE to market the televisions as having a “120Hz CMI effective refresh rate” when in fact the televisions have a 60Hz refresh rate. Plaintiff would not have bought the television but for [TTE’s] refresh rate (Hz) misrepresentations.” • Plaintiff has experienced poor picture quality when using the TTE television for, e.g., action movies, sports, or video games. Julian v. TTE Technol., 2021 WL 810228, No.
IP Law 360
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Supreme Court on Monday cleared out another low-profile appeal over patent eligibility standards, rejecting a bid to review by a Michigan television equipment company that saw its patent on generating automated text captions wiped out as too abstract The U.S.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Locast offered a service that allowed users to access free, over-the-air broadcast television via the internet. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
IP Law 360
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Entertainment, Netflix and other entertainment powerhouses accused two streaming websites of selling pirated access to their biggest movies and television shows, such as "Harry Potter" movies and "The Office," according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court Disney Enterprises, Warner Bros.
IP Law 360
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Three men, including a YouTuber with nearly 800,000 subscribers, were charged in Pennsylvania federal court for allegedly masterminding a $30 million scheme to pirate cable television and other copyrighted material and resell it, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday
IP Law 360
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday asked judges in France for assistance in gathering documents that could be relevant to lawsuits TQ Delta has filed against multiple telecommunications companies over patents related to television and broadband data services technology
IP Law 360
AUGUST 31, 2021
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the major television networks and ruled that a free streaming service called Locast was not covered by an obscure copyright provision that allows nonprofit services to boost broadcast signals
IP Law 360
AUGUST 12, 2021
Viacom International on Wednesday hit a restaurant owner with a trademark infringement lawsuit in Texas federal court, arguing that the owner's Rusty Krab pop-up restaurant and bar is misusing Viacom's SpongeBob SquarePants intellectual property and tarnishing the popular television series
JD Supra Law
JULY 16, 2021
This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2020.
Plagiarism Today
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
First off today, David McAfee at Bloomberg Law reports that Locast, a now-shuttered service for streaming over-the-air television online, has been hit with a permanent injunction that bars it from operating. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A company selling broadcast television equipment has asked the U.S.
TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 28, 2021
For purposes of this paragraph (b)(10), “smart televisions” includes both internet-enabled televisions, as well as devices that are physically separate from a television and whose primary purpose is to run software applications that stream authorized video from the internet for display on a screen.
JD Supra Law
JULY 7, 2021
The Ordonnance promotes the availability of television and radio programmes within the European Union by facilitating rights clearance and giving collective management organisations the responsibility to organise rights holders’ appropriate remuneration. On 23 June 2021, the French Government issued a Statutory Instrument implementing Directive (EU) 2019/789 that complements the rules set out in the 1993 Satellite and Cable (“SatCab”) Directive.
IP Law 360
AUGUST 23, 2021
Singer Johnny Rotten has lost a court battle over the use of the Sex Pistols' music in a new television series about the group, as a judge ruled on Monday that his former band members can license the material by a majority vote
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The 86th edition of the Iron Bowl will take place November 27 at Jordan–Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama home of the Auburn Tigers and will be televised nationally on CBS.
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 21, 2021
should be required to share source code underlying its televisions so consumers can adjust, improve, share and reinstall modified versions of the software, a nonprofit says, accusing the company of "repeated failures to fulfill even the basic requirements of the general public license Vizio Inc.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 1, 2021
According to the anti-piracy group, Millington created and built a software package that enabled illegal access to BT Sport, Sky, Netflix and other subscription television content.
IP Law 360
OCTOBER 4, 2021
as well as another over NBC's television movie version of the psychological horror film "Rosemary's Baby The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down appeals of a number of copyright, trademark and trade secrets cases, including one involving biotech firm Illumina Inc.
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 5, 2021
Author Denise Shull lost her challenge to the Showtime television show Billions, which she claims copied the character bearing her name in Shull’s book Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk.
IP Law 360
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
A media investor claims in an Illinois state court lawsuit that the now-defunct Chicago law firm Crowley & Lamb PC and one its former named partners negligently advised him during the development of a television show based on the experiences of three ex-Chicago cops and failed to secure the life rights of the officers in question
IP Law 360
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
International Trade Commission said Thursday it will review parts of a judge's July ruling holding that Roku's older television remote controls infringe a Universal Electronics patent and is seeking public comment on whether it should exclude Roku's products from being imported if infringement is found The U.S.
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 10, 2021
Chesler’s decision to deny defendant LG Electronics’s (“LG”) motion to stay a retrial on damages in a patent infringement case involving plug-and-play technology for televisions, pending the resolution of an interlocutory appeal on liability issues. In a prior alert, we discussed Senior U.S.
IP Law 360
AUGUST 18, 2021
The operator of local broadcast streaming app Locast wants his copyright trial against the major networks to move forward as scheduled in November, saying it's unfair to force him to wait any longer to "exonerate" himself of allegations he operated a pirate television service
TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
During his trial it was determined that Renren Yingshi and related services offered 32,824 unauthorized film and television works to an estimated 6.83
Michael Geist
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Yet the sector is thriving, with Canadian stars earning millions of dollars and attracting global audiences that often exceed Canada’s conventional film and television sector.
IP and Legal Filings
AUGUST 13, 2021
This is a welcome move because such activities result in multiple copyright infringement issues and this move will curb the sale of television boxes and devices.
Plagiarism Today
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Finally today, Colin Mann at Advanced Television reports that a Texas judge has entered a judgment against the South Asian pirate IPTV service Chitram TV. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Online piracy remains the single largest threat for Hollywood’s movie studios. Most companies have entire departments dedicated to spotting infringing content, understanding the changing landscape, and figuring out how to respond.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
As alleged, George Bridi was a member of an international video piracy ring that circumvented copyright protections on nearly every movie released by major production studios, as well as television shows, and distributed them worldwide on the Internet,” says U.S.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 24, 2021
The lawsuit alleged that Nitro TV offered subscription packages consisting of thousands of “live and title-curated television channels” available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the United States and abroad.
43(B)log
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
20, 2021) iTunes allows consumers to “Rent” or “Buy” movies, television shows, music and other content. Andino v. Apple, Inc., 2021 WL 1549667, No. 2:20-cv-01628-JAM-AC (E.D. Renting is less expensive; buying leads the content to appear in a consumer’s “Purchased” folder.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 8, 2021
The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored.
TorrentFreak
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
“The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads.
IP and Legal Filings
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. However, the difference between the two has been elucidated in the case of Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. In this case, it was contended by television producers Sid and Marty Krofft that the H.R
43(B)log
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
It submitted 14 social media posts “which it contends shows consumers and retailers attributed a particular source to Defendants’ liquor and Plaintiff’s television show.” Caryn Mandabach Prods. Sadlers Brewhouse Ltd., 2021 WL 2497928, No. CV 20-10220-CBM-(JEMx) (C.D.
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