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Copyright Protection in Food Plating

IP and Legal Filings

Plating is in itself an art and in this article, we will discuss whether the Indian copyright law protects how a dish is presented by a chef. It was also held in this case that in the case of a work inspired by already existing works, the new or ‘derivative work’ should be considerably different from the existing works.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

In 2007, Peter Gallagher (an author, not the dad on “The O.C.”) ” “The Little White Trip” (2007). Bottom line is that the masks were equally freaky, but not substantially similar as a matter of copyright law. The 13 spookiest, Halloweeniest copyright cases that I could think of.

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Why Astley’s New Soundalike Lawsuit Should Be Rickrolled Out Of Court

Copyright Lately

Is Rick Astley’s right of publicity claim against Yung Gravy for vocal impersonation on a collision course with the federal Copyright Act? British singer Rick Astley is best known for “ Never Gonna Give You Up ,” a song people voluntarily listened to in 1987 and were tricked into listening to in 2007. This is because, under U.S.

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‘Flowers’ Copyright Case Gets Tangled In Ninth Circuit’s Weeds

Copyright Lately

How Copyright Law Handles Co-Ownership While it’s true that one co-owner can’t transfer the exclusive rights of another co-owner, the Copyright Act of 1976 made copyrights divisible, transforming copyright ownership into a bundle of discrete exclusive rights that can be independently owned, licensed, or transferred.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Copyright Act grants authors five exclusive rights: “to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords”, “to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work,” “to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public,” “to perform the copy­righted work publicly,” and “to display the copyrighted work publicly.”

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

Further, that same commentator has noted that: In 2007, the U.S. copyright law. Secrecy Reasons : “Some religions use copyright law to keep their religions secret; some religions do not want to disclose their works to the general public.” World Intellect. 75, 79 (2020). ” Id. at 135-36. .”)