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

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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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Small Tech Company Takes On Major Law Firm Over Ownership of Bill-Drafting Software

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A 25-person legal technology company in California is fighting back against one of the world’s largest law firms in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Attorneys at Akin Gump declined to discuss the lawsuit. Series of Meetings. ” The case is No.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Google case from 2022. The Internet is awash in lawsuits related to this collection of data. If content or data is not kept beneath a log-in (and thus entitled to protection via the CFAA and most state computer-trespass laws), it should be protectible only insofar as it is subject to existing intellectual property laws. (To

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