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5 Ways Copyright Has Shaped the Holidays

Plagiarism Today

Whether it’s a movie becoming a holiday classic due to it being (briefly) in the public domain, holiday songs still very much under copyright, multiple legal questions around a children’s classic or some long-running myths that have changed the way people view some of the season’s most important characters, copyright has been a factor.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Copyright Challenges in Creating Garbage Horror : Back in October 2011, my partner and I were running a small YouTube channel named Garbage Horror, where we reviewed various low-budget horror movies. Nearly all copies of the film were destroyed, but an American copy survived, as Dracula was already public domain in the United States.

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Swiss Supreme Court invalidates the Nespresso Capsule 3D Mark

The IPKat

In 2011, Nestlé secured a preliminary injunction in Switzerland, based on its registered 3D mark, against Ethical Coffee Company's capsules. Picture on bottom left is in the public domain. Nestlé appealed to the Federal Supreme Court. Generic license.

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Is "The Naked Kiss" Missing Copyright Notice?

Dear Rich IP Blog

Does the absence of the insignia mean that the film is public domain? Nowadays, the publication of a film without copyright notice won't effect ownership, but in 1964, the penalty was draconian. If the copyright owner failed to include a copyright notice on "The Naked Kiss," then it would likely be in the public domain.

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Copyright Laws and Fair Dealing: Analysing the Ongoing Dispute Between Dhanush And Nayanthara

IP and Legal Filings

Rahul Dhawan, her lawyer, argued that the disputed clip was part of Nayanthara’s ‘Personal Liberty’ as it was shot on her device and was already circulating in the public domain. Chintamani Rao, 2011 SCC OnLine Del 4712 [6] Ravinder Singh & Sons v. Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd.,

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DHC and 3(k): This time using the ‘Technical effect’ Test

SpicyIP

Facts & Arguments The appeal was against the rejection of divisional applications 6500/DELNP/2011 and 6501/DELNP/2011, which were titled “ A method for processing data and system thereof.” The Patent Office, among other grounds, rejected the applications on the grounds of unpatentability u/s. 3(k) of the Patent Act.

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

For instance, in accordance with this doctrine, the author would be entitled to copyright protection if someone collected different poems that were previously in the public domain and produced in a single document. With the information in the public domain, the Rural Telephone Service issued a phone book. 4] 499 U.S.