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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. Cattelan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Cattelan created artwork named “Comedian” in 2019. The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. ” Independently (?), VINDICATED!!! Case citation : Morford v.

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Rights in Titles: Delhi High Court Affirms Rights in the Title of Iconic Bollywood Film

IPilogue

The lawsuit was filed in 2001 when the defendants were found to have registered the domain name ‘www.sholay.com’ for its website. As stated above, Canadian copyright law also does not protect titles of works. based company, as well as its Indian affiliates and founders. What about Canada? in recent years.

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Copyright Goes Bananas: District Court Rejects Maurizio Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claim Against His Taped Banana

LexBlog IP

Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] copyright law does not protect “elements of expression that nature displays for all observers,” [8] which, according to Cattelan, excludes the main components of Morford’s artwork.

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Artist Royalties: An exegesis of Resale rights in India

IIPRD

The general position in intellectual property laws states that upon the assignment of the copyright by the artist over his artwork to another legal entity, the artist cannot enjoy any economic benefits attached to the artwork. Furthermore, the resold artwork should be sold for a sum exceeding at least Rs.10,000

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