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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

SSPL was incorporated in 2004. The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright. NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label. Plaintiff’s Arguments.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

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. A person who employed the artist will be considered the proprietor of the artwork and can register for exclusivity for the same character. [3]

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements.

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Unroll the Scroll Painting: Inside the Chinese Art Market and Its Regulatory Landscape

LexBlog IP

Concentrated in two major art hubs–Beijing (Galleria Continua in 2004 and Pace Gallery in 2008) and Shanghai (Perrotin in 2018, Almine Rech Gallery in 2019, and Lisson Gallery in 2019), these international galleries collectively formed a competitive force against the domestic galleries. Challenges: exchange control and tax.

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