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Nike vs. Lululemon: The Battle Over Flyknit Technology

Brett Trout

Brett Trout Nikes reputation as an industry leader in athletic footwear is built on a foundation of innovation and aggressive protection of its intellectual property. Although the case was just settled, this lawsuit was not Nikes first foray into patent infringement litigationnor is it likely to be its last.

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Nintendo’s Aggressive Intellectual Property Strategy: A Case Study in Patent Enforcement

Brett Trout

Recently, the companys aggressive enforcement of its intellectual property (IP) has taken center stage, with high-profile lawsuits targeting game modders, emulator developers, and companies like Pocketpair, the creators of Palworld. The lawsuit seeks damages and an injunction against the games continued distribution?

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The “Winning Isn’t Normal” Copyright Enforcement Campaign Is More “Abusive” Than “Winning”–Bell v. Kiffin

Eric Goldman

Bell has filed at least 25 copyright lawsuits. Chicago Cubs * * * This case involves Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, who tweeted a photo of the passage on March 20, 2022. A few years ago , I summarized Keith Bell’s copyright enforcement efforts: Bell published a short book in 1982.

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Preliminary Copyright Office Guidance on Fair Use and AI Provides Some Answers, But Questions Remain

Debevoise Data Blog

AI Developer Views on Liability Unsurprisingly, AI developers such as OpenAI, Google, and Meta reiterated their arguments from pending lawsuits that training should not be subject to copyright liability. [31] Many uses, however, will fall somewhere in between. [2] 11, 2025). [23] at *8 (emphasis in original). [25]

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Fast Fashion Creating Even Faster Copies?: Examining Shein’s Intellectual Property and Racketeering Suit

The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

The online retailer jumped in sales from $10 billion in 2020 to $100 billion in 2022, surpassing the sales of both Zara and H&M combined. However, independent designers are accusing Shein of something much more sinister: systematic and rampant intellectual property theft amounting to racketeering. What’s Next?

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Print-on-Demand Services Face More Legal Woes–Canvasfish v. Pixels

Eric Goldman

In the Sid Avery lawsuit, Pixels ultimately won at trial that it was not sufficiently vertically integrated for copyright purposes, so we’ll see if the judge’s tone changes on summary judgment. March 1, 2024) Related posts * Atari’s Lawsuit Against a Print-on-Demand Service Fizzles Out–Atari v. Implications.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. If so, as I predicted in 2019 , the UK Online Safety Act will accelerate the end of Web 2.0

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