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IP Forecast: Taylor Swift Seeks To Shake Off Copyright Case

IP Law 360

Taylor Swift's lawyers will argue next week in a California federal court that lyrics from her 2014 hit "Shake It Off" about "players" and "haters" are well within the public domain and don't rip off an R&B song from 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

Thus, the owner of a canvas, in general, cannot make reproductions of the work it contains and distribute these copies or make them available on the Internet, unless such work is in the public domain or is subject to any limitation or exception to the rights of its author [see IPKat here ].

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

The IPKat

The statue in the picture in the lower middle is the work of József Somogy and the picture is by Burrows, who has put it into the public domain. The picture in the upper middle is by Amin and is licensed under the Cretive Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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Time for the 12 O'Clock Boyz to go: court shuts down (c)/TM lawsuit against documentary & feature film about Baltimore bikers

43(B)log

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law.

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The Role Of Ipr In Protection Of Bio Diversity

IIPRD

However, these agreements only apply to resources gathered after the CBD and Nagoya Protocol came into force; they do not deal with resources or collections of traditional knowledge that were already in the public domain.

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‘Boston Strong’ Trademarks Filed

Greenspoon Marder LLP

trademark attorney, Josh Gerben, states the words “Boston Strong” have been so widely circulated they belong in the public domain and therefore cannot be trademarked. He compares these words to the phrase 9/11, for after the September 11, 2001, attacks, the federal government banned anyone the exclusive rights to this phrase.

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Conundrum behind registrability of GUIs as industrial designs in India

LexBlog IP

The subject design is original and has never been in the public domain. The 2008 amendment of the Design Rules, 2001 provides for an elaborate classification of goods and articles on which designs can be applied and registered. GUI can positively influence customers to buy such products.