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3 Count: Rockstar vs. Rock Star

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit alleges that the 2005 Nickelback hit Rockstar is a copyright infringement of his 2001 song Rock Star. According to the lawsuit, Johnston made 15 copies of a master tape of his recording and sent it to various record labels, including Roadrunner.

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3 Count: Sunshine Place

Plagiarism Today

The lawsuit was filed by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who claim that Swift’s Shake it Off is a copyright infringement of their 2001 song, Playas Gon’ Play , which was written for the R&B group 3LW. As such, the judge is holding firm to the currently planned trial date, which is in January 2023.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001.

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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent. Copyright violations through internet use are governed by the Information Technology Act and Rule 2001.

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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

On the occasion of the opening of a new store in NY, the well-known clothing brand created a collection of NFTs based on digital copies of works of famous artists such as Miró, Tàpies and Barceló, incorporating various outfits of the collection available at the store, to be displayed in the Decentraland Metaverse, at the coordinates 16.78

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Choosing the Right Intellectual Property Protection

IIPRD

For example, if you write a novel, copyright protects it from being copied or sold by others without your permission. Key Features: Registration of PV is mandatory under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001. These include right to reproduce, display, modify, distribute, or sell their copyrighted works.