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Italian Supreme Court says that the quotation exception in copyright law only applies to partial reproductions of works, never to works in their entirety

The IPKat

A final appeal to the Italian Supreme Court followed. It is important to recall that such appeals only concern the correct interpretation of legislative provisions.

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Loui Vuitton: In Charge Of 18,000 Intellectual Property Rights

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The goal of this initiative, which began in 2003, was to target all “counterfeiting middlemen” who provided services to underground counterfeiting networks. ” The Louis Vuitton executives were not pleased, and they filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and trademark dilution.

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Copyright Goes Bananas: District Court Rejects Maurizio Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claim Against His Taped Banana

LexBlog IP

Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] 2] On January 4, 2021, pro se plaintiff Joe Morford filed a complaint in the Southern District of Florida claiming that Cattelan’s Comedian infringes Morford’s preexisting work, Banana & Orange. [3]

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Design or art? French court rules that Birkin Bag is a copyright work

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Pursuant to Articles L 111-1, 112-1, and 713-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code [ here , or here for the English translation], the court found that both Paisley Jane and its corresponding NFT infringed Herms copyright in the Kelly and Birkin bags, and its trade mark in the signature lock closure designed for its bags.

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