Plagiarism Today
APRIL 27, 2022
Yossman at Variety reports that Kanye West’s 2010 song Power has drawn a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over a sample the song contains of the King Crimson’s song 21st Century Schizoid Man. However, the group argues that MODS copied at least two of their exhibitions, Boundaries from 2017 and Crystal from 2015.
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Seabrook’s 2010 obituary says that-- …as a marketing / promotion effort, he personally obtained the registered trade-mark for the word “Ogopogo” and an artistic rendering of the famed lake monster. Unfortunately, while CIPO’s database records registration, it has no copy of what was registered. And the database only goes back to 1991.
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IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
In 2009, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) mass-produced sweaters as part of their official merchandise for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Collective Ownership Over Cultural Artwork. Canadian courts have not yet grappled with the issue of collective ownership of Indigenous artwork. Their application was granted in 1997.
Copyright Lately
MAY 22, 2023
The court’s limited ruling also means that museums displaying the artwork don’t need to worry that they’ll be served with injunction papers any time soon. Alas, Campbell’s discontinued Pepper Pot in 2010. But make no mistake, Warhol v. Goldsmith will be parsed and picked apart for years to come.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 14, 2024
Copyright Act to provide living creators of “works of visual art” [2] with certain non-transferable “moral rights” with respect to their artwork. [3] The court also relied in part on a 2010 decision, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc.
SpicyIP
MARCH 11, 2024
The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. Third, the evidence of the plaintiff’s use of the mark from 1989 are fabricated.
LexBlog IP
JULY 5, 2022
Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] 2010) (citing Lee v. 2d 1214, 1217 (S.D.
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