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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 29-August 4)

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Tejas Misra explains why and how these seemingly innocuous posts may infringe on the shooter’s personality rights. The plaintiff argued that it has obtained assignments and exclusive control over copyrights of several music labels. The petitioner proved prior use by placing documents on record since 2001.

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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

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Image Sources: Shutterstock] ‘Donjishi’ is another form of copyright infringement of a manga creator. Donjinshiisa self-published fan bookthatuses the existing manga characters violating the personality rights of the characters as was established in the famous caseof V.T. 3d 1004, 1021, 1022 (2001). [3]

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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The suit concerned agreements dating back to 2001 between IPRS and ENIL regarding broadcasting music in certain cities. When ENIL broadcast music in cities other than the ones in the agreement, IPRS filed an infringement suit. Meher Distilleries Pvt Ltd v. Recognition of non-human inventors, AI and its implications for India.

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