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Court Orders WhatsApp To Block Groups Sharing Pirated Newspapers

TorrentFreak

Where once peer-to-peer services were the obvious choice, these days people also utilize platforms such as WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook, which add social elements to the sharing experience by bringing like-minded people together, often around a central topic. Court Satisfied That Evidence Warrants an Injunction.

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Can Tattoos Infringe Copyrights, and If So, What Happens Then?–Sedlik v. Kat Von D

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a venerable question–I remember evaluating it as a possible law review note topic 30+ years ago. Even so, the court’s almost-banal treatment of this super-interesting topic suggests that there may not be much tattoo exceptionalism in copyright law. Warner Bros. Tattoo Advertising/Human Billboards.

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[Guest post]: The proportionality test in European patent law

The IPKat

Injunctions are all the rage in contemporary patent law. Over to Léon: The proportionality test in European patent law by Léon Dijkman “When I started work as an IP lawyer in 1973”, writes Willem Hoyng in the foreword to my new book , “proportionality did not come to mind when discussing injunctions”. Oh, how times have changed.

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Pirate Site Blocking Demands Intensify as U.S. Lawmakers Get Fmovies Walkthrough

TorrentFreak

For a long time, pirate site blocking was considered a topic most U.S. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. lawmakers may be more receptive to revisiting this topic. “It’s beyond time for Congress to revisit no-fault injunctive relief to combat blatant forms of piracy.”

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Understanding the International Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges by WIPO

SpicyIP

Forthwith permanent injunction, damages, costs and other civil remedies available to the parties have been spelled out. The concept of compulsory licensing and its applicability is explained in Indian context, as a selected topic, before the chapter concludes.

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Amendment of German patent law: small step or giant leap for proportionality?

The IPKat

When this Kat started his tenure as a GuestKat two years ago, his first post was on the first anti-anti-suit injunction issued in Europe, by the Munich Regional Court. For his parting post, he returns to Germany and patent injunctions. In this case, the aggrieved party shall be granted a reasonable monetary compensation.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2019, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s injunction ruling in favor of hiQ. On remand, the Ninth Circuit again says that hiQ is entitled to injunctive relief, because LinkedIn’s claims under the CFAA don’t neutralize hiQ’s colorable tortious interference claims against LinkedIn. Comments from Kieran McCarthy.