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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . In 2009, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) mass-produced sweaters as part of their official merchandise for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Current State of the Law on Tattoo Designs. Photo By Andrej Lišakov ( Unsplash ).

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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

IIPRD

No strict actions are taken against these infringements; in fact, in a Supreme Court case in Japan in 2009 [1] the creator of file sharing program known as ‘Winny’ was not found guilty of infringing content through providing file-sharing software and his actual intent of legitimate legal use was considered over the alleged infringement.

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IPSC Breakout 5 Comparative Approaches

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Canada: determined as matter of common law. Australia adopted a similar law (includes weighing of harm to others and whether other injunctions have been issued). We’re in a very different place: now Google can do no right on Capitol Hill. Previously, Mexican law already had remedies for © owners. EU: statute.

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[Guest post] Artificial Intelligence and (hopefully) the death of copyright

The IPKat

Here's what Jakub writes: Artificial Intelligence and (hopefully) the death of copyright by Jakub Wyczik* Last year, I wrote an article about how copyright law relates to creations generated by AI. 340 (1991) , Case C-5/08, Infopaq (2009) , Eastern Book v. But the world does not end with "creator's rights." Rural, 499 U.S.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

SpicyIP

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ jurisdiction of the pre-grant oppositions, and the Viagra-Vigoura trademark dispute. Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

Therein, the Court categorically held that the right of publicity has evolved from the right of privacy and can inhere only in an individual or in any indicia of an individual’s personality like his name, personality trait, signature, voice, etc. Publicity Rights and the Right to Privacy in India, 31.1

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