Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The notion of stewardship (H R Howe, ‘Copyright limitations and the stewardship model of property’ (2011) 2 IPQ 183-214) is instrumental to expanding the scope of the analysis on vulnerable authors (e.g. A copyright lawyer will be familiar with legal issues on subject matter, originality, authorship and ownership. What is it?

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 7, 2024

The photograph in question is a master bathroom image that Howarth claims he created and registered with the United States Copyright Office in 2011. . §101 et seq. for allegedly using his copyrighted photographs without permission or authorization.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2022

While most torrent site users have historically preferred the convenience a PC, the explosive growth in smartphone ownership since blocking began has seen millions of users flood to illegal streaming platforms and MP3 download sites instead. Mobile Networks Lead to The High Seas. The results are mixed.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

ANALYSIS OF THE DISPUTE According to the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, copyright ownership is contingent upon the nature of any agreements or the footage in place. Chintamani Rao, 2011 SCC OnLine Del 4712 [6] Ravinder Singh & Sons v. Yashraj Films (P) Ltd., Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd., 2018 SCC OnLine Del 13480 [7] R.G

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

The Proviso added to Section 17 prescribes that the rights of an author of original literary, dramatic, and musical work will be unaffected by the Producer’s ownership of the copyright in a cinematographic film and ownership of the employer on the work made under a contract of employment. 2011) (see here for Prof.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2023

The performer owns the ownership of the performance under Section 38 of the Copyright Act and has sole control over the recording and reproduction of the performance. Section 57 of the Copyright Act protects the special rights of the author, including the personal rights of the artist. In Titan industries v.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

There are very clear records in the post-1978 Copyright Office database indicating copyright ownership but this person is insisting it is an invalid copyright because there is no “©” insignia anywhere on head or tail. Nowadays, the publication of a film without copyright notice won't effect ownership, but in 1964, the penalty was draconian.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In 2021, HIP sued Hormel, challenging Hormel’s ownership and the inventorship of U.S. In 2011, Hormel filed a patent application for the two-step process, omitting HIP’s involvement. Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2022

Without the registration requirement, there is no need of any documentation to even claim ownership, before pointing at someone else for alleged infringement and opening them up to arrest. The Delhi High Court, in the context of Section 64, in Event and Event Management Association v.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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43(B)log

APRIL 28, 2022

He also hosted a reunion and golf tournament in 2007 and engaged in other referential activities; he managed royalties from the licensed USFL apparel from 2011-2021. The 2011 registrations were acquired from an unrelated entity. Defendants’ priority dated from 2011; at this point, plaintiffs failed to show fraud.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

The Court examined the record and found that the respondent was the prior user of the mark CHAPPAN BHOG since 2011 and registrant of the trademark and copyright in respect of the same. The plaintiffs established their longstanding ownership of the mark, whcih they used since 1963 internationally, and demonstrated substantial business revenue.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Laws aiming to remedy these issues have thus been adopted in Spain in 2011 and 2022 , Italy and Germany in 2013, Austria in 2015, France in 2016, the Netherlands and Belgium in 2018. What’s next?

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SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2023

The move is seen as one of the series of significant changes that have been brought about in Twitter after Elon Musk taking ownership of the organization and tried to make it a diverse platform. But what seems like a probable ramification of the rebranding move is the trademark dispute that the organization is going to face due to this.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The 19th Asean meeting, which took place in November 2011, saw the introduction of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Introduction. In November 2012, in Cambodia, at the 21st Asean Summit, the RCEP discussions were launched. Now, by November 2019, all involved nations hope to have a pact finalised and signed.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 13, 2022

SAS Optimhome , 99 USPQ2d 1959, 1963 (TTAB 2011). Therefore, a claim based on lack of ownership is not available when the application is not based on use of the mark in commerce. Therefore, a claim based on lack of ownership is not available against Applicant Ovee's Section 66(a) application. Trademark Rule 2.104(c), 37 C.F.R.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

1057(b), Poulsen claims the ‘814 Registration is prima facie evidence of the validity of the Mark, Poulsen’s ownership of the Mark, and Poulsen’s exclusive right to use the Mark in commerce. Gardens Alive acquired the assets of Weeks on June 5, 2011 out of a bankruptcy through its wholly owned subsidiary IGP Acquisition LLC.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

Currently, Bhaker is managed by iOS Sports & Entertainment, who released a statement calling such unauthorized advertising as “moment marketing free of cost,” and issued a legal notice to the above brands to take such commercials down, contending that such advertisements violated their ownership of Bhaker’s personality rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Hence, it is no wonder that the battle for ownership of her trademark is also highly sought after. The viability of Tiffany blue was in doubt in 2011, when a court ruled that French shoe designer Christian Louboutin could not trademark his red bottomed shoes. 2011) [3] Christian Louboutin S.A. Yves Saint Laurent Am.,

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

1, 211-250, (2011). Chik, Lord of Your Domain, But Master of None: The Need to Harmonize and Recalibrate the Domain Name Regime of Ownership and Control, 16 I.J.L.T Bucci, 1997 WL 133313 (S.D.N.Y.1997). Shiveh Roxana Reed, “ Sensible Agnoticism : An Updated Approach to Domain Name Trademark Infrigement ” 61 Duke L.J

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In contrast, NFTs and brands in the metaverse bring unique ownership considerations. Brand owners who want to be successful in the Metaverse should consider the advantages and hazards of intellectual property ownership. 181 (2011) DLT 716. [2]

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When in 2011, the Defendant Vuillemin wanted to retire, the parties started negotiations for the Plaintiff to purchase the Defendant companies but the said negotiations faultered. The Court held that applying the Lanham Act would be “fraught with possibilities of discord and conflict with the authorities of another country.”

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Copyright infringement: Infringement requires unauthorized exercise of an §106 right, including the exclusive right to “distribute copies” of the copyrighted work “by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending.” 2011), the court cited with approval a “know or have reason to know” standard. 3d 1068 (9th Cir.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ownership of the registration was subsequently transferred to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd (the predecessor to Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd, ‘the applicant’). How it begins.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

Network Solutions Private Limited (2011), a rare decision of the time on personality rights and cybersquatting , to the recent slew of orders in Amitabh Bachchan v. Baby Gift House & Ors. 2010), in which the Court upheld singer Daler Mehndi’s right to protect his public image, voice and appearance against unauthorised commercial use.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Understanding Tricky Tattoo copyright is also essential for safeguarding the artistic integrity and ownership of these unique body art creations. Once we have established that tattoos are artistic work and thus deserving of copyright protection, we are compelled to answer the original question of a tattoo’s ownership. Warner Bros.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 26, 2024

Personality Rights: Every individual has the right and ownership over the use of the information related to their identity, and this right even increases when the use is commercial. 2011 SCC Online Del 2660 [11] Amitabh Bachchan v. An individual’s name, image, distinctive characteristics, etc. 9] Section 14, The Trademarks Act, 1999.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Once we have established that tattoos are artistic work and thus deserving of copyright protection, we are compelled to answer the original question of a tattoo’s ownership. In such a scenario, the concept of copyright ownership has begun to emerge over the past few years, especially when celebrities have also joined the fray.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2023

x] It is challenging to accurately identify and follow the knowledge holders [xi] , partly because complex group ownership. A “community rights regime,” in which Indigenous Peoples possess ownership rights to TK instead of a small number of capitalist proprietors [xvi] , is one concept. ix] Ibid. [x]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 10, 2023

The ownership would simply be transferred from the existing real world to the virtual world or the companies and individuals would need to register their trademarks again. Green Peace Limited, 2011 , the court ruled in favor of the defendant who had used the trademark of the petitioner in a video game. In another case of TATA Sons V.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The purpose of the public announcement is to inform the company’s shareholders of any change in the company’s substantial ownership and to offer an exit opportunity through an open offer in the event of such a significant change.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

2011) the “arbitrability of IPR disputes” was the subject of a notable ruling by the Hon. 2011 in relation to the personam problem arising out of rights in rem. Bhaskar Vidhyapeeth Shikshan Sanstha , the Bombay High Court noted that the ownership of the trademark and copyright by the petitioner (i.e., Supreme Court.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Azerbaijani Supreme Court upholds this decision in 2011. The arguments were that the NGO had removed the book from its website and that the exceptions for personal use and for reprographic reproduction for the preservation of cultural heritage applied.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2022

In spite of its ownership of the patents, however, a jury found that a predecessor of BioVeris (IGEN) had exclusively licensed the patents to Meso Scale Diagnostics, and that Roche was liable to Meso for directly infringing one of the patents, and for inducing infringement of two others. . Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co. , 2d 345 (Fed.

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Patently-O

MAY 1, 2024

But, mere ownership of the patent does not automatically confer standing – the plaintiff, whether the patentee or an exclusive licensee, must have retained the right under the patent to exclude the accused infringer from practicing the claimed invention. Although not directly relevant for this case, The patent at issue, U.S.

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