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Supreme Court: There’s No ‘Time Limit’ on Copyright Infringement Claims

TorrentFreak

Nealy sues over ‘dated’ copyright infringements The underlying deal didn’t benefit Nealy, who found out about it after he was released from prison for the second time. In response, he filed a lawsuit against Warner Chappell in 2018, demanding compensation for the alleged copyright infringements, dating back to 2008.

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Apple Defeats Copyright Lawsuit Over Emoji Depictions–Cub Club v. Apple

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In my prior blog post, I wrote: this lawsuit could be an example of emoji trolling. Emojis are an excellent device for trolling campaigns because they inevitably look alike and copyright law provides many powerful tools to copyright owners. Are Individual Emoji Depictions Copyrightable? Copyright Office.

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Are Courts Finally Getting Fed Up With Copyright Shakedowns?

Copyright Lately

Recent decisions suggest courts are losing patience with those who bring dubious copyright infringement claims as part of their business models. Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

COPYRIGHT The Government of Hong Kong recently released a public consultation paper on updating the national Copyright regime (the "Copyright Ordinance"). Wilkof discussed patent trolling and the long debate about it and whenever this topic might still be relevant and deserving of attention. PATENTS Permakat Prof.

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Snopes Co-Founder and CEO Admits to Plagiarizing Dozens of Articles

Plagiarism Today

According to former Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski, he created the new identity as a means to shield himself when he covered politically heated topics. However, such bios are often irreverent on Snopes with many of them making wildly outrageous claims as a means of trolling.

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Court Overrules Subscribers’ Objections in ISP Piracy Liability Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The ISP addressed the substance of the allegations and described the film companies and their anti-piracy partner Maverickeye as “copyright trolls”. Nearly all of them denied having downloaded the pirated films and one subscriber said they had never received a copyright infringement complaint, contrary to the filmmakers’ claim.

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Never Too Late: if you missed The IPKat last week

The IPKat

Katfriend Konstantin Voropaev analysed a patent trolling case from Kazakhstan, where a local patent troll threatened the market of taxi aggregators (platforms, where passengers connect with drivers). In this judgment, the Court has (once again) interpreted the concept of ‘communication to the public’ under the InfoSoc Directive.