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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

Now, a further development on IP and NFTs comes from Spain, as Katfriend Mercedes Morán Ruiz (CEDRO) reports: Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse? We will have to wait until the final judgment is issued. 5/08, paragraph 56; C?435/12,

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 26 – August 1)

SpicyIP

India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules, 2001 & Other Impacts. In a guest post , Yashi Agrawal writes about India’s recent accession to the Locarno Agreement and its implications for India’s design laws. Fonts and Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? Other News from Around the World.

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Going (copyright) bananas: Maurizio Cattelan prevails in copyright infringement lawsuit over Comedian

The IPKat

“ Perhaps I’ll be remembered in history as the banana imbecile ”, summed up provocative and uber-creative artist Maurizio Cattelan in a recent interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Lord Millett set out the test in the context of the landmark decision in Designers Guild , concerning infringement of copyright in a fabric design.

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Protecting Fashion or Stifling Innovation

IIPRD

1] The fashion industry in India is extremely diverse in the type of fabric, labour, design, way of draping, and handwork that is used. Protection of Fashion: IPR Indian fashion houses have begun to toe the line of Western fashion houses by registering their designs and fashion works as IPR. [4] Tahiliani Design Pvt.

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EU copyright takes it all … including Article 2(7) of the Berne Convention: AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that EU Member States can no longer rely on reciprocity clause for works of applied art

The IPKat

Under Article 2(7) BC: … it shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to determine the extent of the application of their laws to works of applied art and industrial designs and models, as well as the conditions under which such works, designs and models shall be protected.

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. Broad classification of ‘works’ which are protected by copyright are-. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works.

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Swedish court requests CJEU to clarify notion of ‘author’s own intellectual creation’ when assessing EU originality standard

The IPKat

The design was largely attributable to functional and technical considerations and based on simple variations of previously known designs that are part of the general design repertoire. b) the work in question builds on and constitutes a variation of a previously known design or an ongoing design trend?

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