November 2018

  1. Copyright

    Video game elements did not infringe copyright

    November 30, 2018 - Cat images in defendant's video game were not similar enough to cat images in plaintiff's video game for there to be copyright infringement

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  2. CybersquattingTrademarks

    UDRP Panel found no bad faith, but gave the Complainant additional opportunity to prove its case

    November 28, 2018 - UDRP Panel found no bad faith, but gave the Complainant additional opportunity to prove its case

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  3. AnonymityLitigation

    Anonymous online trademark infringer can be identified through subpoena to domain registrar

    November 26, 2018 - Court allowed early discovery to discover identity of unknown trademark infringer.

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  4. Contracts

    Facebook and iOS game developer’s browsewrap terms of service were not enforceable

    November 21, 2018 -

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  5. AnonymityCopyright

    Court labels copyright plaintiff as a troll and shuts down efforts to ID anonymous infringer

    November 20, 2018 - A federal judge held that a copyright holder plaintiff could not get early discovery to seek the identity of the account holder associated with a . . .

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  6. CopyrightUnfair Competition

    Web scraping case fails under Dastar

    November 19, 2018 - Claim against owner of website for scraping content failed, where plaintiff failed to allege improper removal of copyright management information, and where claim for passing . . .

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