Trademark infringement

Stop Bea! Do you know what you're doing? I bet you didn't know your deplorable online pirating habit affects everyone, including you! Although Australia has delayed releases of television shows and movies, this is no excuse for Australians being the world’s worst infringers of online copyright (Hayes, Alex, 2015). Bea: So what is copyright? It’s the legal right given to creators of original works to exclusively use or distribute their works for a limited time. It thereby provides creators of…

the social media world, is the trademark case between, multibillion dollar corporation, Walt Disney Studios and famous DJ/musician ‘Deadmau5’ aka Joel Zimmerman. The legal dispute raged many fans supporting Zimmerman’s defence as Disney claimed that the signature mouse ears used in Zimmerman’s logo was “nearly identical in appearance, connotation, and overall commercial impression” to their own “iconic” mouse ears which Disney uses in there ‘Mickey Mouse’ trademark. Although some may add that…

particularly equipment, fertilizer, fuel, and more recently, seed costs, in order to survive. As a result, many farms often struggle to make a profit or may not even break even at the end of the year. In addition to production costs, the patent infringement lawsuits placed upon farmers by Monsanto can be especially challenging for farmers to overcome financially. The out-of-court settlement costs paid to Monsanto, as discussed previously, could also considerably decrease a farmer’s profits for…

Copyright Laws: Are Web Photos Protected? If the computer and website allows one to download a photo, is this individual committing copyright infringement? Possibly, yes. Copyright laws are confusing to almost everyone, including the artists and composers, and/or the creator of this image or intellectual property, as well as the one who wants to download this composition, no matter the reason. There are exceptions, such as teaching purposes, ‘fair use’, 'public domain ', as well as for…

Should the Government regulate Pirarcy? Piracy has become a big deal all over the world . Over the years internet piracy has incessantly sparked debate and has even reached global attention. On the BSA(Business Software Alliance) ninth annual BSA global 2011 piracy Study Moldivia located in the eastern Europe has the hight piracy rate in the wold . Their piracy rate is at 90 percent and their commercial value is at $45 million. Most people do not consider stealing something that does not…

Lenz’s are becoming common and it is certain that there is a battle between our Internet culture and Media Corporations. Not just video sharing, remix songs from independent musicians or amateur creators are also accused for copyright infringement. These Creators share their works on platforms like YouTube and inspire other users to create in return, which could be a potential economic growth. Yet they’re criminalized as thieves and pirates. However, Lessig considered that this situation…

Internet piracy is a controversial issue when it comes to whether or not it affects the entertainment industries since the start of twenty-first century. The scholarly article, written by Koster, called “Fighting Internet Piracy: The French Experience With The Hadopi Law”, is about internet piracy cause a decrease the revenue in music industry and the French decided to create a law in order to help music industry’s revenue from decline any further. The law is called Hadopi and its objectives…

Introduction I have been asked to provide a legal opinion for Tony in regards to copyright infringement. The issues are whether there can be any actions taken against, Alice, James, Local Political Candidate, or the Television Station. To assess Tony 's likelihood of success against these individuals and organisations we need to consider the relevant authorities and their application to each case at hand. Once this has occurred any defenses will be raised and assessed in turn to each individual.…

In 1977, Fantastic Fakes realized that the copyright notice used by the defendant was incorrect and they filed a case with the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant was not liable for infringement of copyrights for failure to affix the proper notice of the products they distribute. The plaintiff made claims on six counts followed by a claim for relief and damages. On the appeal however only the first and third counts were issues on the…

What is your opinion on downloading material from the internet which could include copyrighted material? What are your ethical and moral stand points? Use the Kim Dot Com court case as your guide. The Ethical and Moral Stand Points for Downloading Copyright Material Gillian Ellison Southern Institute of Technology – Invercargill Campus | Table of Contents | FAQs | | Rationale | Sections | Section Headings | Title | Authors and Affiliation | Abstract| Introduction| Methods| Results|…