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Digital Millennium Copyright Act Infringement

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DMCA subpoena new tool for Copyright Plaintiffs in Boy Kills World cases?

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This blog involves a unique approach being used by a Hawaii law firm to seek to uncover the name, address, email address, MAC address and other information about alleged copyright infringers. The firm is using a DMCA 512(h)...more

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Overview of U.S. Copyright Office Report Regarding Artificial Intelligence and Digital Replicas

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The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more

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Cloudflare 17 U.S.C. 512(h) DMCA subpoena explained

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"We provide security and performance for millions of Internet properties and offer great functionality such as SSL and content distribution to every website on our network. Our services run silently in the background, keeping...more

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Red Points sued for Defamation over DMCA takedown notice

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In an interesting case from New York Federal court, a judge denied a motion to dismiss by Defendant Red Points (an anti-piracy protection company) for submitting a take down alleging the sale of counterfeit products by the...more

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Owner of Bored Ape NFTs Fends Off Challenges from Conceptual Artists

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Yuga Labs Inc. (Yuga) – the creator and marketer of the well-known "Bored Ape Yacht Club" collection of nonfungible tokens (NFTs), referred to as Yuga Bored Ape images – filed a complaint in July 2022 against conceptual...more

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Buzz-sawed: Give Copyright Credit or Face Statutory Damages, Fees, Costs

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s award of statutory damages where the defendant knowingly distributed a photograph without first getting permission to use the photograph. Gregory...more

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NGE IP Focus: Advertising & Social Media

Neal Gerber Eisenberg and Wolters Kluwer have teamed up to bring you NGE IP Focus, a quarterly newsletter dedicated to intellectual property-related legal decisions. In this issue, we focus on advertising and social media,...more

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A Multi-Layered Approach to Packaging Protection

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The way in which a product looks or how it is packaged and sold can often be a driving force in the consumer’s purchasing decision. Yet, the intellectual property rights available for product designs and packaging are...more

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Second Circuit Clarifies “Repeat Infringer” Policy Requirement for DMCA Copyright Safe Harbors

Congress enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) nearly two decades ago seeking to balance the needs of two factions: Content creators, who were struggling to protect their intellectual property in the digital...more

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Not All Repeat Infringer Policies Are Sufficient for Safe Harbor Protection

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a grant of summary judgment that a defendant had a reasonably implemented repeat infringer policy and therefore qualified for safe harbor protection under the Digital...more

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The Impact of 3D Printing on Intellectual Property Rights

The term 3D printing encompasses a number of different additive manufacturing methods that enable the production of physical objects without the need for any specific tooling. 3D printing has, for many years, been forecast as...more

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Insurance Coverage for IP Claims: 2013’s Coverage Hits

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As policyholders look back at the insurance coverage landscape of 2013, a major take away point is that the courts continue to debunk the myth that there is no coverage for intellectual property claims under the advertising...more

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Copyright Protection for User Generated Content in Virtual World Confirmed

While a legal battle will continue between a Second Life content "consultant" and a school teacher using the online virtual-world creating program as an educational tool, the Southern District of New York made one thing clear...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2013: A Victory for the DMCA Storage Safe Harbor; a Pyrrhic Victory for Veoh

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The Ninth Circuit ruled recently that the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) shielded a video-sharing website from copyright infringement liability. In UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks,...more

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“Be fruitful and multiply . . . but not in those words”: How much good faith is required when giving birth to a DMCA takedown...

Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides copyright owners with the ability to demand that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) remove unauthorized copies from the internet. This can be a powerful...more

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Copyright Law Reform Engages Both Courts and Congress

Big changes may be afoot in copyright law these days, via both litigation and legislation. Courts are considering sweeping infringement claims with potentially far-reaching implications, and Congress is beginning the process...more

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YouTube (Part III) Notice-and-Take-Down Safe Harbour Under the DMCA

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A driving force for the development of the Internet was to provide certainty for Internet service organizations on the liability exposure they may have for acts of third parties on their Internet sites....more

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IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 4, April 2013

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Obviousness-Type Double Patenting May Exist When There Is Neither Common Ownership nor Common Inventorship - Addressing an obviousness-type double patenting rejection, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more

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Viacom’s Copyright Suit against YouTube Again Faces DMCA Roadblocks in the District Court

Following the Second Circuit’s remand order last year on appeal of an initial grant of summary judgment for YouTube, the Southern District of New York has revisited the issues in Viacom’s copyright infringement suit and again...more

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Viacom v. YouTube Update: What Does It Mean For Me?

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The district court in New York dismissed Viacom’s lawsuit against YouTube yesterday. Yes, this case has been on appeal and remanded several times. Viacom may appeal the Second Circuit Court of Appeals once again, so it may...more

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Intellectual Property Newsletter - March 2013

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*News from the Bench: - First Sale Doctrine Applies To Copyrighted Works Lawfully Made Abroad. - Dissenting Federal Circuit Judges Abide By The Akamai Standard. - More On Joint Infringement and The Akamai...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Policing the Internet for Copyright Infringement: An Owner's Burden

Courts considering the perplexing copyright questions created by the Internet have been remarkably consistent in one area. A large body of case law provides significant protections to online service providers and places...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Ninth Circuit Clarifies Safe Harbor Rules in Veoh Victory

Last week, the Ninth Circuit further clarified the scope of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (“DMCA”) safe harbor provision for online content providers. See UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LLC, No....more

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Copyright Safe Harbors: Establishing Protection Against Infringement Claims

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Fenwick & West Litigation partner Andrew Bridges provides a brief overview of the Safe Harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Safe Harbor provisions are designed to protect service providers...more

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