Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. This can a lesson for the companies interested in the metaverse.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Indeed, just over a year ago, the district court in this case said: “Although currently hiQ is allowed access to the LinkedIn website and to copy or use public profiles posted thereon under the preliminary injunction, this does not mean that hiQ is entitled to a permanent injunction. It’s sooooooo 2003. ” hiQ Labs Inc.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. This instance brings out certain questions when will the work be considered as commissioned, contract for service or implied license? 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under which the Patent Office functions, has published for consultation a set of proposed amendments to the Patent Rules, 2003. Two of the provisions slated to be amended have a direct impact on the quality of patents granted by the Patent Office.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A: He’s interested in whether it meets the standard, and also whether it would create a problem with future costumes/a licensing culture. Would also be interested in what the cultural norms are: are there anti-copying/divergence expectations? Breitbart, involving an embedded tweet containing a photo copied w/o permission from Snapchat.

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The IPKat

JUNE 23, 2022

Predictably, these third parties made available watch faces copied from watches made by others including the Swatch group of companies (which owns brands like Tisso, Omega and Breguet). Despite its last episode having aired in 2003, it remains very well loved. Those watch faces bore Swatch’s trade marks.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A few years later, in 1984, Goldsmith’s agency, which had retained the rights to those images, licensed one of them to Vanity Fair for use in an article called “Purple Fame.” In 1981, Goldsmith, who was then a portrait photographer for Newsweek , took a series of photographs of the then-up-and-coming musician Prince. He did just that.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Plaintiffs want and expect Google to copy and display their websites in Chrome browser and Search App, and acknowledge that Google has license to do so.” We need to know more about this license. It seems like this license could be dispositive to the case, but the court doesn’t explore it more. It didn’t.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In a time when the internet existed but the main income of artists and performers was still from selling " copies " of their albums, records, episodes and concerts, he probably would not have even been able to contemplate the existence of a " streaming service " that might change the rules just a few years later.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

Crabtree claims that Kirkman later licensed “Invincible” television rights to Amazon Studios and denied the existence of a oral agreement to give Crabtree a share of the revenue. The 2003 copyright notice at the bottom of the title page is in the name of Kirkman and Walker. A copy of the Crabtree’s new lawsuit follows.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The 2001 Documentary “sold 50,000 copies in two weeks and revolutionized the Baltimore dirt-bike culture,” inspiring a sequel and plans to make a third film. Monbo appeared as an actor in the 2001 and 2003 Documentaries, was interviewed in “[a]t least two” of the segments defendants used, and was not compensated for the use of his likeness.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2021

Palmer – seemingly inspired by the use of the Song in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2003 gubernatorial campaign – sought to use a cover version of the Song for the United Australia Party’s ( UAP’s ) campaign. UMP held the exclusive license to the Song in Australia on behalf of Songs of Universal, Inc.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. Was more heavily used 1999-2003. Consider compulsory licensing as a midway point here as well. The paradox of getting your way and finding it unsatisfying.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 17, 2023

The bronze medal goes to Joe Hand Promotions , which targets bars that show pay-per-view boxing and UFC fights without a license. Minden is a licensing agency that specializes in wildlife and nature photography. Ellis took the photo in 2003 and registered it with the Copyright Office in 2008. Complex Media.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on the precise question, although in 2003, Justice Scalia, writing for the Supreme Court in Dastar Corp. Officially licensed Steamboat Willie merchandise As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

It can be tricky to distinguish what really happened from the embellishments introduced under creative license. They see ‘copies’ of themselves playing roles they don’t necessarily identify with. “I still like copying. Documenting a historical movement on screen blurs the lines between fact and fiction.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 23, 2025

Lawful Owners or Private Licensing Cartels? The Delhi High Court found the defendants’ mark merely substituted the letter “E” with “I” and also copied the plaintiffs’ distinctive packaging, color scheme, and device mark. The Latest Development in the S.33 December 8, 2021.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As state legislatures continue to copy “protect kids online” laws that were struck down decades ago, unsurprisingly they are getting the same (negative) results. 2003; ACLU v. In Arkansas, a law requiring parental consent before minors sign up for social media accounts didn’t survive intermediate scrutiny.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Delhi High Court, while taking note of the documents and evidence on record, concluded that the Plaintiff had, in fact, not consented and given license to the defendants to make the film in any manner that they wished. Arvee Enterprises in 2003.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves? The bottom line: even if he gets past the implied license problem, Trump still has to survive several other substantive and procedural hurdles to recovery. .

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