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AI and Fair Use: Navigating Legal Challenges in India and the United States

IIPRD

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 provides for the laws related to data privacy and some form of regulation.

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Copyright Law and Fanfiction: Navigating the Intersection of Creativity and Intellectual Property

Intepat

However, even though fanfiction is fun and fosters a sense of community, it can raise legal issues under copyright law. In India, this leads to questions about copyright infringement, fair use, and how fanfiction fits into intellectual property (IP) law. Without this, fanfiction could technically violate copyright laws.

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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

Network Solutions Private Limited and Ors Case (2011) , the Hon’ble Delhi High Court noted that an individual’s online reputation or popularity is a reflection of their real life. In the absence of a separate law safeguarding personality rights, the court granted relief by invoking passing off as governed under the Trade Marks law.

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. It does demand, however, that no part of the work be plagiarised. It must be the author’s original work. can have copyright. 1] [1916] 2 Ch 601. [2]

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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

After the jury verdict, H&M asserted for the first time that Unicolors’ copyright registration was invalid, because it had improperly registered 31 different fabric designs together as works “included in a single unit of publication.” b)(4)(i)(A) (2011). 574 (2011). b)(4) (2021).] 3d at 1196. 3d at 1196.

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The Battle Over Poker NFTs

Plagiarism Today

In that apology, Butz admitted he was “clearly ignorant about copyright laws and got defensive when it was brought to my attention.” ” 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.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The court found that while both works shared the same basic plot premise—a group of students venture off to a cabin in the wilderness and are subsequently murdered—this was a common and unprotectable horror staple. “The Cabin in the Woods” (2011). The 13 spookiest, Halloweeniest copyright cases that I could think of.

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