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Diamonds in Dispute: Shima’s Legal Battle Against SRT for Copyright Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SRT) for alleged copyright infringement. It goes onto explain that in 2004, Liu created a graphic work known as the “Diamond Tile,” a unique square or rectangular tile featuring a three-dimensional design composed of various diamond-like elements, which he had copyrighted with the United States Copyright Office in 2017.

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

Kashishipr

The plaintiff, SSPL, had filed a lawsuit against the defendant NTC in the Bombay High Court, alleging Copyright and Trademark Infringement. SSPL was incorporated in 2004. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. It also mentioned that their copyright assignment wasn’t valid.

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Does Copyright Extend to “facts”? The Federal Court Sets the Story Straight on the Extent of Copyright Protection in Nonfiction Work

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Hendley, 2021 FC 498 [ Winkler ], the Federal Court (the “Court”) addressed an unusual issue of copyright protection in a nonfictional work containing descriptions of events with questionable historical accuracy. In its decision, the Court reiterated that copyright protection does not extend to facts.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright is a more complicated problem. Per Article 5(2) of the Berne Convention [9] , copyright is established without the need for any further procedures. Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

3] The legal pitfall people ignore is the lack of clear communication over the copyrights of the character. 8] Line between Copying and Inspiration Recently, VTuber Pekora’s look-alike was seen in an animated series without any consent from the creator or the company. [9] 3] Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957. [4]

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.