Barry Sookman
MARCH 24, 2020
To consummate transactions and to otherwise engage in contractual activities, organizations have increasingly relied on electronic means of contracting using everything from webwraps and clickwraps (and hybrid variations of these forms of agreements) and electronic documents executed using electronic signatures. 1 Beatty v. 2d) 377 (S.C.);
IPilogue
APRIL 20, 2022
In 2002, the first well-known Spider-Man movie was filmed by Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Entertainment. However, Marvel had no right to unilaterally retain Spider-Man’s copyright unless Sony decided to terminate the contract—which seemed unlikely to happen. A plot twist occurred in 2008 after Marvel released Iron Man.
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Patently-O
MAY 2, 2022
On appeal, the Federal Circuit looked to the contract and its own prior precedent to conclude that a purchase agreement is a classic offer to sell. 2002) (offer to make a “remote database object. Allen Eng’g Corp. Bartell Indus., 3d 1336 (Fed. The court cited a prior decision on point. Netscape Commc’ns Corp. Konrad , 295 F.3d
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 8, 2023
“Jose Teran and Webster Batista Fernandez fraudulently created contracts with companies which purportedly managed certain artists, and then emailed the contracts to Y.T. ” Music Career Fernandez was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States in 2002. rights management outfit AdRev [A.R.],
The IPKat
JANUARY 30, 2022
DESIGNS The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU (Case C-684/21) on the role of alternative designs in the examination of Article 8(1) of Regulation 6/2002. Background, analysis and comments are provided by GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko.
The IPKat
APRIL 4, 2024
The disproportionate remuneration stemmed from contracts entered into with dominant players, especially in the music industry, and this has over time been a major source of worry for the South African government. The MITT and CRC found the Copyright Act to be inadequate in addressing the issues.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 18, 2021
The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP, hereinafter the “Treaty”) came into force on 28 April 2020 in the first thirty contracting parties (the minimum number required). Switzerland was the first State to join the list and, at present, 42 states are contracting parties to this Treaty.
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