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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

” The case raises questions of fair use and whether the new paintings were transformative enough to be non-infringing or if they were simply derivative works. In 2009, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against artist Shepherd Fairey over the famous Obama “Hope” poster that he designed.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. The purpose of copyrights is to protect creative works, including writings, from infringement. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Unicolors’s business model is to create artwork, copyright it, print the artwork on fabric, and market the designed fabrics to garment manufacturers.” A Google search turns up three different pairs of designs with differing degrees of similarity. A jury agreed, finding that H&M had willfully infringed Unicolors’s fabric design.

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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

The IPKat

By way of example, the potential utility of moral rights got underscored by Taylor distancing herself from the release of “Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008”, a live album recorded when she was 18 which she had never wanted to have released.

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The Risks of Dual Licensing in The Pioneering Landscape of Contemporary Open Source

Traverse Legal Blog

Our attorneys have been at the forefront of open source project representation since 2008. Third, a change in licensing can have downstream effects on derivative works and integrations, potentially leading to legal disputes or claims of copyright or patent infringement.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

LexBlog IP

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. The purpose of copyrights is to protect creative works, including writings, from infringement. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents.

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The Risks of Dual Licensing in The Pioneering Landscape of Contemporary Open Source

LexBlog IP

Our attorneys have been at the forefront of open source project representation since 2008. Third, a change in licensing can have downstream effects on derivative works and integrations, potentially leading to legal disputes or claims of copyright or patent infringement.