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Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. The issues (1) are the copyright and confidential information in ProSPC owned by PQ? (2) 296-297).

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Alfred v. Walt Disney Company: Decoding the concept of Substantial Similarity with respect to the Pirates of the Caribbean lawsuit

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In order to determine copyright infringement , the ‘substantial similarity test’ has routinely been employed by the US Courts. If any other person makes an unauthorized copy of that work, the owner shall have a right of action against him. The defendants were provided with a copy of the screenplay.

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How to use a takedown notice

CopyrightsWorld

Copyright infringement and how to stop it is a question in the minds of most of us these days. The DMCA’s principal was adopted by the European Union in the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000. Along with Google, most social media have their own services for copyright infringement and takedown requests.

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Copyright, Upcycling, and the Human Right to Environmental Protection

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the EU, Article 4(2) of the InfoSoc Directive specifically addresses exhaustion, stating that the distribution right of the copyright holder is exhausted within the EU after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of a copy of a work with the rightholder’s consent.

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Checking the Constitutionality of the Notification Regarding the Appointment of Nodal Officers to Combat Film Piracy

SpicyIP

However, historically, the Act had no provisions to put in place any mechanism of sorts to deal with infringing copies of film being exhibited or distributed. Apart from the newly inserted sections, the whole scheme of the Act does not talk about copyright infringement or film piracy. 79(3)(b) of IT Act, 2000.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? 2000 SCC 66 at para. Copyright Law. Even Fake Facts are Not Copyrightable. David Vaver. By Claire Wortsman.

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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

Cooper case, a work does not have to be entirely unique in order to be protected by copyright; rather, there needs to be some effort put into it and it cannot be a carbon copy of another person’s work. The lack of organisation and ambiguity make the protection problematic even if the work is copyrighted. Corel Corp.

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