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First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Facebook v. Typosquatters: Damages and Domains Awarded Under Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

, Magistrate Judge Westmore recommended that the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California award Facebook $2.8 million in damages from typosquatters under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). Facebook v. Cyber2Media, Inc. ... [Published JD Supra - May 15 2013]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Consumer Protection, Contributory Infringement, Infringement

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Lady Gaga Clears Suit Over 'Paparazzi' Rights

(CN) - Producer Rob Fusari cannot sue Lady Gaga for infringing the copyrights of "Paparazzi" and other songs she co-owns, a federal judge ruled. Gaga and Fusari co-own the copyright to "Paparazzi," "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich," "Disco Heaven," and "Retro ... [Published Courthouse News Service - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lady Gaga, Paparazzi, Rob Fusari, Copyright Infringement, Contributory Infringement

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Potential leak of data: List of Twitter Accounts

Detected 21 occurrence(s) of ‘http[s]*://[w\.]*twitter\.com/\S+’: Twitter: Tweet(s) == Description of original work: Copyrighted Japanese translated or raw manga: viz.com == Description of infringement: Contributory infringement to unlicensed copyrighted ... [Published LeakedIn - May 04 2013]

Entities: Twitter, Contributory Infringement, Infringement

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 3 reports

Justin Bieber & Usher: Sued With $10 Million For Copyright Infringement!

Teen Heartthrob Justin Bieber and his mentor Usher are being sued for $10 million by performer Devin Copeland, who is also known as De Rico, and songwriter Mareio Overton.David and Mareio claimed that Justin and Usher violated copyright on the Justin’ ... [Published Teen Stars World - May 03 2013]

Entities: Copyright Infringement, Justin Bieber, Contributory Infringement

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Bob Goodlatte

Bob Goodlatte Calls For Copyright Reform, Leaves Specifics To The Imagination

In a press release issued today, Rep. Bob Goodlatte made a call for comprehensive copyright reform and announced series of hearings on copyright before the House Judiciary Committee. Of course, this isn't the first indication that Congress is interested ... [Published Techdirt - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Bob Goodlatte, Piracy, Contributory Infringement, Copyright Office, FAIR USE

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Can a German patent cover acts committed outside Germany?

IntroductionThe possible extraterritorial effects of patents, which are thought of as national in character, are a topic of discussion in many countries. The general principle is that a German patent has no effect abroad; similarly, foreign patents have ... [Published Intellectual Asset Management - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Germany, Patent, Infringement, Invention, Contributory Infringement

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 1 reports

Grokster

IsoHunt Still Guilty Of Contributory Infringement

The 9th Circuit has finally ruled in the appeal of the IsoHunt case, and has found, once again, that Gary Fund is guilty of contributory copyright infringement , as per the Supreme Court's ruling in the Grokster case. They basically agree with the ... [Published Techdirt - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Infringement, Grokster, Injunction, Contributory Infringement, District Court

First reported Feb 22 2013 - Updated Feb 22 2013 - 1 reports

Yet Another Court Says IP Addresses Are Not Enough To Positively Identify Infringers

The neverending misadventures of Prenda Law and its various attachments have led me to consider retiring this phrase when writing about them: "just when you thought it couldn't get any worse..." Prenda's situation obviously can (and will) likely get much ... [Published Techdirt - Feb 22 2013]

Entities: IP Address, Copyright Infringement, Infringement, Plaintiff

First reported Jan 22 2013 - Updated Jan 22 2013 - 1 reports

Three Briefs Filed in Support of Affirmance in Bowman

Here are links to three Amicus briefs that have been filed in support of affirmance in Monsanto v. Bowman (other briefs filed in the case are provided in earlier posts to this blog)The Intellectual Property Owners Association argues that "while patent ... [Published Holman's Biotech IP Blog - Jan 22 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Quanta, Patent, Contributory Infringement

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...the complaint under Rule 15(a)(2), arguing that his contribution claim is actually a claim for contributory copyright infringement because Gaga "contracted to receive money for the songs that she collaborated with [Gaines], which action implies either a tortious act against, or neglectful act towards, the [Gaines] rights in the compositions." (Brackets in original.)

Lady Gaga Clears Suit Over 'Paparazzi' Rights [Published Courthouse News Service - May 14 2013]

...-11-173] for allegedly infringing US patent number 7,897,372, directed to "I-CreI Meganuclease Variants with Modified Specificity.”"

Jury finds Cellectis meganuclease claims invalid, but infringed by Precision Biosciences under Do ... [Published Holman's Biotech IP Blog - May 10 2013]

"He immediately contacted Copeland and informed him of the song and stated that it was clearly copied from the Copeland/Overton version of "Somebody to Love.""

Bieber, Usher Sued for Copying Hit Song [Published ABC News - May 07 2013]

...Unfortunately, the court seems to lump this all together as "well there are ads and infringement and more infringement means more ads, so there's a direct financial relationship." But, under that theory, then pretty much any website that has any infringement could run afoul of that, and that's clearly not what the DMCA's safe...

IsoHunt Still Guilty Of Contributory Infringement [Published Techdirt - Mar 21 2013]

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Facebook v. Typosquatters: Damages and Domains ... [Published JD Supra - May 15 2013]
Lady Gaga Clears Suit Over 'Paparazzi' Rights [Published Courthouse News Service - May 14 2013]
Jury finds Cellectis meganuclease claims invali... [Published Holman's Biotech IP Blog - May 10 2013]
Bieber, Usher Sued for Copying Hit Song [Published ABC News - May 07 2013]
Potential leak of data: List of Twitter Accounts [Published LeakedIn - May 04 2013]
Life Sciences Update -- May 2013: Baker & McKenzie [Published JD Supra - May 03 2013]
Justin Bieber & Usher: Sued With $10 Million Fo... [Published Teen Stars World - May 03 2013]
Justin Bieber And Usher Sued $10 Million For Al... [Published Inquisitr - May 03 2013]
Justin Bieber & Usher Sued Over Alleged Copyrig... [Published Gossip Center - May 03 2013]
Bob Goodlatte Calls For Copyright Reform, Leave... [Published Techdirt - Apr 24 2013]
Can a German patent cover acts committed outsid... [Published Intellectual Asset Management - Apr 21 2013]
Court Tosses Lawsuit That Said MMS Was An Illeg... [Published Techdirt - Mar 25 2013]
IsoHunt Still Guilty Of Contributory Infringement [Published Techdirt - Mar 21 2013]
Yet Another Court Says IP Addresses Are Not Eno... [Published Techdirt - Feb 22 2013]
Three Briefs Filed in Support of Affirmance in ... [Published Holman's Biotech IP Blog - Jan 22 2013]

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Jury finds Cellectis meganuclease claims invali... [Published Holman's Biotech IP Blog - May 10 2013] As reported in an earlier post , on March 1, 2011, Cellectis sued Precision Biosciences in the District Court of Delaware [CIV-No.-11-173] for allegedly infringing US patent number 7,897,372, directed to "I-CreI Meganuclease Variants with Modified Specificity.” ...
Potential leak of data: List of Twitter Accounts [Published LeakedIn - May 04 2013] Detected 21 occurrence(s) of ‘http[s]://[w\.]twitter\.com/\S+’: Twitter: Tweet(s) == Description of original work: Copyrighted Japanese translated or raw manga: viz.com == Description of infringement: Contributory infringement to unlicensed copyrighted ...
Bob Goodlatte Calls For Copyright Reform, Leave... [Published Techdirt - Apr 24 2013] In a press release issued today, Rep. Bob Goodlatte made a call for comprehensive copyright reform and announced series of hearings on copyright before the House Judiciary Committee. Of course, this isn't the first indication that Congress is interested ...
Court Tosses Lawsuit That Said MMS Was An Illeg... [Published Techdirt - Mar 25 2013] A few years ago, we wrote about a really ridiculous lawsuit filed by (then) regular Techdirt commenter Max Davis against all of the mobile operators: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile. Davis runs a company, called Luvdarts, that creates silly ...
IsoHunt Still Guilty Of Contributory Infringement [Published Techdirt - Mar 21 2013] The 9th Circuit has finally ruled in the appeal of the IsoHunt case, and has found, once again, that Gary Fund is guilty of contributory copyright infringement , as per the Supreme Court's ruling in the Grokster case. They basically agree with the ...