SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

Further, mere ownership and control is not a sufficient ground to pierce the corporate veil, it should be shown that control and impropriety by the defendant resulted in deprivation of legal rights, as noted by the Supreme Court in Balwant Rai Saluja v. C Union of India (2012). Why Does it Matter?

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

Image from here [Long post ahead] In a momentous development, the Bombay High Court made a bunch of important interpretations concerning the rights of the authors of underlying literary and musical works in light of the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012. The court passed a joint order in Indian Performing Right Society Ltd.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. It is recommended for the applicant to keep an unredacted version of the design along with the redacted version used for registration. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work.

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Patently-O

JUNE 23, 2022

Morgan based upon his spouse’s ownership of about $5,000 of Cisco stock. The order also vacates all orders and opinions in the case entered after Judge Morgan learned of her ownership. When Judge Morgan learned of the ownership, he immediately notified the parties. 291, 298 (2012).” Judge Henry C.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.”

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

Such a person can use it to serve their purpose in a limited manner for a particular period without having sole ownership of the property. It lets the Licensor grant a limited License for a fixed period or purpose without losing out on the ownership of it. The IP Owner and the third party are the licensor and the licensee respectively.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is also supported by the argument that an owner is such a person who has spent valuable consideration and effort towards the production of the film and taken the risk of commercial failure. Hence, if the movie becomes a hit, it should be the producer that should reap its benefits.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The motion was based on a recent change in ownership of Finjan, Inc., Intel was required by the 2012 license agreement to follow certain procedures, and the Federal Circuit found Intel acted with diligence in doing so. which had a license agreement with Intel.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Over the next year, Swift released re-recorded versions of both her Fearless (2008) and Red (2012) albums, receiving widespread commercial and critical success. Look What You Made Me Do. At the heart of Taylor’s decision was an often overlooked but significant legal distinction in the copyright law governing the music industry.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

He served one prison term from 1989 to 2008, and another from 2012 to 2015. at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership. The plaintiffs responded by moving for partial summary judgment on the issue of ownership, based on the presumption of validity that attaches to timely copyright registrations.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 30, 2023

Shemaroo entered into assignment deeds with the producers and owners of the suit films between 2004-2016, acquiring sole, exclusive and absolute ownership of all the vested copyrights. The Plaintiff’s excuse of documents being voluminous was rejected and assertion of copyright ownership for 9 of the suit films was rejected.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 22, 2022

This exception allows a buyer to enforce non-compete agreements against a seller if the seller is an “owner of a business entity selling or otherwise disposing of all of his or her ownership interests in the business entity.”. 1) The sale of business exception applies even when the transferor holds ownership in the transferee.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Till now, the Copyright Act, 1957 has been amended five times in the year 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994 and the latest in 2012 which included the provisions for dealing with the digital content and Digital Rights Management Techniques. Digital Rights Management emerged as a result of ubiquitous copyright infringement related to digital content.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

For some context: After the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, it was understood that the right to collect royalties can only be assigned to a Copyright Society, under Section 34 (1)(a) (for instance see here ). and they act as exclusive licensees for these titles, specifically for on-ground performance rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Jurisprudence has also established the doctrine of prior use as a basis for trademark ownership. 1, Series of 2008, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000. A certificate of registration may be defeated by evidence of prior use of the mark by another person.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2012, the FBI arrested Shah for extortion, which sparked news coverage. Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., He posted the photos to Facebook and his IMDB page ( this one? ).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

For instance, in 2012 Kodak used its facial recognition patent, among its other IPs, as collateral when it was facing bankruptcy. The whole patent portfolio of the company, at the time of their auction, was reported at a whopping 2 billion USD in 2012!

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Patently-O

AUGUST 2, 2021

Back in 2012 though he took an unpaid leave-of-absence to start a LASER company. UM did not file any paperwork with the PTO attempting to claim ownership and UM is not a party to the present litigation. by Dennis Crouch. The Federal Circuit has decided an important employment agreement case. Omni MedSci v. Apple (Fed.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. It is recommended for the applicant to keep an unredacted version of the design along with the redacted version used for registration. Here is the number of mask works registered with the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

Through the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012, DRM and TPMs received a legal sanction as the newly introduced Section 65A (1) criminalised the act of circumventing the DRM with the intention to infringe on copyright laws. This was possible through the unique licensing arrangement of Kindle and would not be possible in the case of ownership.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

The same was true regarding the address listed on the 2012 syndication agreement between Pugliese and August. Federal Court Dismisses Copyright Claim Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Establish Ownership: [link]. The Court indicated that the standard affidavit formula requires a person to insert their name followed by an address.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

A precise elucidation about the ownership of cinematographic films has been provided by Section 17 of The Copyright Act, 1957 Act. According to the law, a scriptwriter who is engaged by a producer to write a good script has no ownership rights to the work he produces. [2] Who Owns What and Why.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.

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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. BPI Welcomes EE Development.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This would make it socially responsible to introduce technological break-throughs into services for the benefit of society, protecting intellectual property on one hand but allowing different voices that will shape the metaverse on the other, stipulating guidelines on data ownership and requiring consent by users.

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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. 2012 SCC OnLine Del 4298 [4] Romesh Chowdhry Vs. Ali Mohamad Mowsheri, AIR 1965 J&K 101 [5] Super Cassettes Industries Limited v. Lifestyle International (P) Ltd.,

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

In this context, Swaraj and Anupriya also discussed the issue of IP Ownership in Publicly Funded Research in 2021 highlighting various departmental policies and guidelines governing public-funded R&D and the issues therein. At the same time, South Africa also rolled a similar “Bayh Dole” ball.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 15, 2023

Collective ownership: In case TK is protected under trade secrets there is no requirement of specific right holder and the community is deemed to have collective personality. Perpetual ownership: Patent and copyright both have a limited period of protection, after which the traditional knowledge falls into the public domain.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ownership Rights : Roku argued Universal lacked ownership rights to assert the ‘196 patent because when Universal filed its ITC complaint, it had recently filed a petition to correct inventorship to add a Universal employee. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed, rejecting each of Roku’s three primary arguments.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Since Millennium engaged Defendants in 2012, Defendants have filed hundreds of cases on behalf of Millennium and parties that have since merged with Plaintiff Millennium Media, Inc., in the Northern District of Illinois against third-parties infringing Millennium’s Intellectual Property,” the complaint adds.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Reddit: Anyone can start a subreddit, and back in 2012 Jaime Rogozinski started r/WallStreetBets. Reddit claims control and ownership because the subreddit is on its site and under its control; Rogozinsky argues that he did all the work building the brand for himself – not for Reddit.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

Crabtree claims that Kirkman talked him into giving up co-ownership rights in “Invincible” by asking him to sign a document in 2005 that Kirkman represented would make it easier to market the work to licensees but which wouldn’t affect any of Crabtree’s rights. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Producers may claim exclusive ownership of an album or song in court owing to copyright protections. The 2012 Amendment included a new Section 31(c), which grants statutory licenses to anybody creating a “cover version” of the original work.

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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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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

4] The Copyright (Amendment) Act of 2012 was enacted to establish a fair and rational system for copyright administration, and revenue sharing, and to protect the rights of those involved in audio and video recordings. [5] Firstly, it stated that the 2012 changes did not mention that the composers would retain their ownership rights.

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