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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

Professor Vaver spoke on the origins of fair dealing in Canada and its differences and similarities in comparison to the American legal concept of “fair use”, its evolution throughout the history of Canadian common law jurisprudence, and its potentially far-reaching future beyond Canada and copyright law. .

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Analysis of OTT Predominance and IPR Violations

IP and Legal Filings

The protection of creators’ rights and their intellectual property is the main goal of intellectual property laws. They need to be accepted by the law. One of many Indian laws that defends creators’ intellectual property rights is the Copyright Act of 1957.

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Publicity Rights: An analysis of Amitabh Bachchan V. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

Intepat

Publicity Rights Under Indian IP Law In India, there is no direct statute that governs publicity rights in the intellectual property law regime. However, Indian law has indirect references for the protection of publicity rights. Additionally, Sec. Under this Act, Sec. For instance, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Person A makes a copy of the movie on his phone and shares it with his friends. Going back to the same example again, the first point of infringement would be where A illegally copied the film. Which law to choose then? Consider a set up where ‘Ship Sterling Star’ is a movie that is available on an OTT platform called ‘Surnet’.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it.