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Nintendo vs. Garry’s Mod: Dissecting the ‘Fake’ Domain Behind All the Chaos

TorrentFreak

Launched in 2006, the sandbox game has no goals; just hand over $9.99 Nintendo has a reputation for taking action against content featuring its characters and artwork so removing it now is the right thing to do. No games piracy in sight, only alleged infringement in characters, artwork, and audiovisual works.

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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

SpicyIP

In the first part, I trace how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case. Delhi High Court 2006) (Read here ) where an American company claimed copyright over upholstery fabric patterns that it had registered as artistic works. I also dissect the two-prong test laid down by the apex court.

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

SpicyIP

[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from Gaslighting Design By Aditya Bhargava In the first part of the post, I looked at how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case in Cryogas. I also dissected the two-prong test laid down by the Supreme Court.

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Canadian Perspectives on Artist Resale Rights

IPilogue

Interestingly, a study done in the UK by WIPO entitled “ The Economic Implications of the Artist’s Resale Right ” demonstrated that the resale right had no negative impact of the price of artworks or the competitiveness of markets. The study also found that the market continued to grow after the implementation of the resale right in 2006.

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Impact of AI on Global IP Systems

IIPRD

This entails actively searching for their work, including visual components like logos and artwork and textual parts like image tags, in assembled datasets or massive data lakes. 6] IDA v University of Southampton [2006] EWCA Civ 145, [39] [7] Noam Shemtov, A Study on Inventorship in Inventions Involving AI Activity (EPO, 2019) 19. [8]

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Infographic | Klimt’s art in legal IP battle

Olartemoure Blog

IT WASN’T UNTIL 1998 THAT MARIA ALTMANN, ADELE BLOCH-BAUER’S NIECE, INITIATED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO RECLAIM HER FAMILY’S STOLEN ARTWORK. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Maria Altmann , affirming her right to reclaim the artwork under Austrian law.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Tim, 2006, by Wim Delvoye, at Mona). Right: Photo courtesy of Katie Hagebols retrieved from [link].