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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised. Since copyright in whatever form (even first ownership) is subject to the territoriality principle, many argue that lex loci protectionis is the appropriate course of action. [10]

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Authorship of photographs and ownership of image rights in Nigeria: Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd

The IPKat

The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”. March: Nigeria’s Copyright Bill, 2022 was signed into law.

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Africa IP highlights 2022 #1: Copyright matters

The IPKat

[For this Kat, it is a question of whether DJs should pay for all uses of music or whether the context should determine who pays for the DJs’ use of music] Source: Pinterest In April , the then President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Copyright Amendment Bill 2021 which has now become the Copyright (Amendment) Act No 14 of 2022.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In theory, 512(f) makes copyright owners do their homework and think carefully before they weaponize a copyright takedown notice. In 2004, the Ninth Circuit eviscerated it (in the Rossi case) by requiring plaintiffs to show that senders subjectively believed their takedown notices were abusive. A New 512(f) Plaintiff Win!