The IPKat

JULY 15, 2021

Here's what Frederic writes: The General Court of the EU wanders into copyright law, and gets disoriented by Frederic Blockx No access for Kats Traditionally, the last few days of the Term yield an impressive harvest of cases out of Luxembourg. In doing so, the Court draws arguments from copyright law, which warrant closer attention.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

According to Duff and Phelps, and CII’s joint report in 2019 on IP-backed financing, the proportion of tangible assets in the market value of Standard and Poor’s 500 firms has declined from over 80 percent to under 20 percent in the past three decades, thus signifying the rising contribution of intangible assets.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Even though the number of registered mask works is not enormous, they are still an important component of chip companies’ IP portfolio. Copyright Office while register the software aspect of the designs (e.g., source code) under copyright law. Source : www.copyright.gov/history/annual_reports.html.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact).

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Introduction The principle of the first sale doctrine is a basic precept of copyright law allowing the lawful possessor of a copyrighted work to resell, lend, or distribute that work without the permission of the copyright holder. Conclusion The digital-first sale doctrine remains an open area of copyright law.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

While there are a number of aspects covered by “Artificial Intelligence”, ranging from definitions to scope, from life-saving to life-threatening, there has been surprisingly limited public policy discussion on the intersection of AI and IP in India. Yashna is a fifth-year law student at UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. A special thanks to Mr. G. Nataraj, Ms.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Tanzim Rashid is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 2L JD/MBA Student at Osgoode Hall Law School & the Schulich School of Business. Pina D’Agostino’s Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course. All music can be subdivided into three categories of copyright: lyrical, compositional, and sound.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Source : www.copyright.gov/history/annual_reports.html Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 # of MW 33 0 20 156 27 25 28 84 279 203 Even though the number of registered mask works is not enormous, they are still an important component of chip companies’ IP portfolio. source code) under copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Professor Vaver spoke on the origins of fair dealing in Canada and its differences and similarities in comparison to the American legal concept of “fair use”, its evolution throughout the history of Canadian common law jurisprudence, and its potentially far-reaching future beyond Canada and copyright law. .

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law. x] Person & Kelley S.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Started in 2018, the 2nd edition of Overlapping IP Rights (OUP) was brought to completion in 2023 by his co-editor, the inimitable Prof Neil Wilkof, along with Prof Irene Calboli who came on as a co-editor following Prof Basheer’s demise. Therefore, necessitating study of these overlaps in pairs of IP rights as furthered by the book.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Given the ongoing shift in the TV market away from terrestrial and satellite delivery in favor of IP-based services, cloud recording services are no longer the big deal they once were. Copyright holders weren’t being paid for the use of their content and TVkaista wasn’t offering to share any revenue.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A well-accepted principle is that copyright law protects the expression of ideas rather than ideas themselves. For example, the idea to make a video game that mimics basketball is not extended copyright protection. In Canada, these video game elements are given special copyright protection.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

David Vaver is a member of IP Osgoode’s Advisory Board, an I ntellectual P roperty Law Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and an Emeritus Professor of IP & IT Law at the University of Oxford. So is the Court’s view, that inducing copyright or IP infringement is indeed a Thing, sound?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Much has changed in the world of copyright since the last edition was published in 2012. In 2014, a total of nine regulations came into force, each of which presented a significant change to UK copyright law. The book also offered useful analysis on digital art and the treatment of art in the online world.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Without further ado, here’s what I found in the pages of “Mays” on SpicyIP: IP and CSIR: Prashant Reddy, renowned for his incisive RTI-based posts (e.g. see this latest post) , penned a potent piece in 2012— examining the controversial past and uncertain future of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Photocopying classroom materials in a K-12 public school system may have seemed harmless and benign before the 2012 Supreme Court of Canada case, Alberta v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). The decision reframes traditional teaching pedagogies by considering the artist and owner rights under copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But, as an exception, the doctrine of merger provides that if the expression of an idea is merged with the idea itself, then such an expression can also be denied copyright protectio n. The absence of this doctrine would defeat the very purpose of copyright law. Evolation Yoga, LLC (2012). of India, L.P. Author: G.B.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

Similar to the legislation in the United Kingdom, an attempt was made in 1994 through an amendment to the Indian Copyright Act to establish such a term and restrict the duration of such Moral Rights in India to exist only till the subsistence of the copyright itself. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Background As previously reported by the IPKat last year, VEGAP, a collective management organisation for intellectual property rights in Spain, brought a claim against Punto Na SA, the IP holding company for the well-known clothing brand Mango, seeking compensation in respect of the alleged infringement of copyright in certain artworks.

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IPilogue

MAY 27, 2022

Many in the field of education publishing saw these proposed changes as the holy grail they have desperately been searching for since the 2012 amendments to the Copyright Act which wreaked havoc on the publishing industry.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Discussing the order, Aparajita draws a parallel with the position of AI-generated works and prompts in the Indian Copyright law.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 3, 2021

.” The decision removes any doubt that the Supreme Court remains strongly supportive of user’s rights in copyright and vindicates years of educational policy in shifting away from Access Copyright toward alternative means of ensuring compliance with copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 21, 2022

Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right. If copyright protection is applied rigidly, it will hamper progress of the society. In 2012, when IRRO raid in the University of Delhi, It was commented by the secretary of IRRO that, IRRO has merely given a few licenses to corporate bodies.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Surabhi is a recent graduate from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. She is interested in IPR, media, and tech laws and wants to pursue a career in IP and allied areas. He, rightfully, opined that ‘ twin lights can co-exist” for “ composer alone has copyright on a musical work.”

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The legal frameworks surrounding IP, including the patents, trademarks, copyrights, and business enigmas bargain the startups the aptitude to protect their intellectual assets, ensuring their thoughts and the inventions are lawfully saved from unlawful use or imitation. Sourcebook on Intellectual Property Law, 1997.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 12, 2024

Almost half a decade ago, eight Las Vegas men were indicted by a grand jury for conspiring to violate criminal copyright law via two IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll. MPAA Infringement Notice, PayPal Correspondence Similar concerns are leveled at an infringement notice sent by the then-MPAA to Dallmann dated November 16, 2012.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

Accordingly, the Court held that the holder of the IP right to a computer program cannot object to the resale of a copy thereof where such a copy is accompanied by a licence for unlimited use, whether material or immaterial. The plaintiff, a leading multinational software manufacturer, owned the rights to exploit the programs.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

3] IP LAWS SAFEGUARDING PERSONALITY RIGHTS With regards to personality rights, ‘passing off’ action can be enforced against anyone who attempts to distort the persona or reputation of a celebrity by attempting to pass off their products or services as that of the celebrity. Ramkumar Jewellers, 2012 (50) PTC 486 (Del). [9]

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

According to Section 30, the holder of copyrights may license all or part of his rights to another party. The 2012 Amendment included a new Section 31(c), which grants statutory licenses to anybody creating a “cover version” of the original work. Copyright issue on music back sound usage by Indonesian YouTuber.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. ” How Stagnant Copyright Law is Stifling Creativity , 27 J. Miceli, Law and Economics: Private and Public 23 (West Academic Publishing 2018). 511, 523 (2012). Why Coasean Bargaining Doesn’t Occur. 277 (2020). [iv]

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. The Copyright Act of 1957 enters the picture at this point, offering security against a number of dangers that the manufacturers would otherwise have to bear. Introduction.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Catchphrases in Copyright and Trademark Law Copyright law guarantees artists the protection of their creative work while allowing others to expand upon it through its legislations. are generally not protected by copyright law. iv] 2012(51)PTC 251(Del). [v] vi] Commercial IP Suit (L) No.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings. However, it may be more appropriate to consider trademark law as a comparable framework for comprehending the extent of the personality right. In order to do this, the law is changing to stop the unrestricted use of the right. link] Luthra, S.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

According to Section 2(d)(v) of the Copyright Act, the producer of a cinematograph film is considered the work’s creator. [1] This preference for producers in copyright law has recently been questioned. Firstly, it stated that the 2012 changes did not mention that the composers would retain their ownership rights.

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