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Fashion Copyright and Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

The recent controversy involving French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier and TaTa Top, known for their rather distinct bikini prints, has brought the issue of fashion copyright to the forefront again. Fashion Copyright. Till now, this article has focused on the ambit of copyright protection in a relatively generic manner.

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Protecting Fashion or Stifling Innovation

IIPRD

Protection of Fashion: IPR Indian fashion houses have begun to toe the line of Western fashion houses by registering their designs and fashion works as IPR. [4] These are the Copyright Act, 1957; Designs Act, 2000; The Geographical Indication Act of Goods Act, 1999; and the Trademark Act, 1999. Tahiliani Design Pvt.

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IP infringement in Metaverse

IIPRD

There are no precedents through which trademark issues could be discussed, but an online platform named Second life appeared in 2003 was a pioneer of metaverse technology and its fast development brought numerous intellectual property issues. Copyright Infringement. Copyright is a legal right of the owner of intellectual property.

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. Section 13(1) provides that the author of a work is its first copyright owner.