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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

Though an argument can be made that the company is already causing confusion by selling such a similar costume (Disney made this argument in 2008 when it sued and later settled with a costume company selling costumes similar to Disney characters), it would be considerably worse if they used the name Beetlejuice. Bottom Line.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

“Oiseau volant vers le soleil” by Joan Miró displayed in Mango stores, together with the NFT “The rainbow wears Mango” based on such painting. VEGAP has announced that it has appealed this judgment.

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Italian Supreme Court says that the quotation exception in copyright law only applies to partial reproductions of works, never to works in their entirety

The IPKat

In 2014, the Milan Court of First Instance dismissed the action in its entirety. Further to an appeal, in 2017 the Court of Appeal of Milan partly sided with the artist’s estate, but found that the unauthorized reproduction of the artist’s works in the context of the project and the book would not be unlawful.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

11 of 2008, dated April 21, 2008, regarding Electronic Information and Transactions, as amended by Law No 19 of 2016, dated November 25, 2016.• Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. Government Regulation No. MOCI Regulation No.

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. 16] In my opinion, our law is not yet at a stage where we are equipped to provide such protection to AI generated artwork as, the element of human authorship is still a very important element of this law.

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Court Slips Up in Duct-Taped Banana Copyright Case

Copyright Lately

Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. He sold three versions of the artwork for a total of nearly four hundred thousand dollars before enormous selfie-seeking monkeys crowds forced him to split early. Why the Court Got It Wrong. Copyrightability.

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

Any specific design or original artwork that is incorporated into a garment is capable of being protected under the copyright laws. Author: Mudit Sood, in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing [i] [link] [ii] [link] [iii] [link] [iv] 2008 PTC (38) 251 (Del.) [v]

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