IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 29, 2024

These organizations sign contracts with sportspersons, which govern the terms and conditions of their employment, including their salaries, bonuses, and other benefits. These contracts are typically signed for a specific period, and the terms may vary depending on the sport and the athlete’s performance.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

[Note: The majority opinion doesn’t expressly reference Uber’s post-Kauders vulnerability, but the dissent says: “It is undisputed that as a consequence of Kauders, no enforceable contract existed between Good and Uber before the evening of April 25, 2021.” The plaintiff, Good, registered an Uber account in 2013.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Marrakesh Treaty Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013, to facilitate access to published works for people who are Blind Persons, Visually Impaired Persons, or Print Disabled (hereinafter beneficiary) who refrains from indulging in any printed form of copyrighted work.

Copyright 98

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

In 2013, the Department of Personnel and Training issued guidelines which instructed public authorities to disclose “all information” relating to PPPs voluntarily including documents generated in the course of implementation of the PPPs, all payments made under PPPs along with the purpose of the payments.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The One Person Company formation in India was introduced by the Companies Act of 2013. A One Person company is the definition of a One Person Company under Section 2 (62) of the Companies Act, 2013. The Companies Act, 2013 allows a sole proprietor to form a company for any permissible purpose, as stipulated in Section 3 of Chapter II.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Prince appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which largely reversed that decision in April 2013. In March 2011, the district court in the case found in favor of Cariou, finding that Prince’s works were infringing. 3: The Andy Warhol Ruling.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

patent application for the spinal implant in March 2013. Bottom line here for this case: the deadline to complete the international patent process was 30-31 months from March 2013 provisional, i.e. September or October 2015 depending on the specific country. FisherBroyles filed a provisional U.S. US11051951.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Copyright in a work made for hire resides in the author of the work, unless the commission contract provides otherwise.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

They both enter into a contract to sell the ornaments and share the profit equally. These 5 essentials are explained here under; Contract for Partnership – Partnership arises because of a contract made between the partners with their consent. Contract for PartnershipContract for Partnership (Section 41).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

Article 6bis of the Convention fails to establish a period or tenure for an author’s moral rights, leaving it to the discretion of the Convention’s contracting parties. Facts: The plaintiff set out to complete the difficult undertaking after entering into a contract with the Central Public Works Department (defendant No.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

First proposed in 2013 , the UPC is an agreement among 24 countries to create a single expert patent court to assess patent filings from all contracting European states. Europe may be on the cusp of streamlining the patent process with its proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC).

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In 2013 the company went public but its accounts revealed that since at least 2011 it had being losing millions every year. After BMG came out on top , Rightscorp successfully persuaded the RIAA to sue several other ISPs based on the data in its infringement databases. Rightscorp Allegedly Entered into Acquisition Talks.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This time, the dispute notably concerns both the originality of photographs and their use for a period exceeding that stipulated in the copyright assignment contract. A Kat while using à L'Oréal shampoo Facts Between 2013 and 2015, L'Oréal asked Ms Y to take photographs of products in its KERASTASTE brand ranges.

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The IPKat

JULY 17, 2024

Notably, in 2013, the estate of the composer sued the telecommunications giant MTN Nigeria for N1.5 To be duly assigned, the composer must execute a contract solely for the purpose of the assignment, or have an assignment clause embedded in the contract between the government and the winning composer.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 20, 2021

Possible breach of contract claims are at the heart of Japan’s persistence to hold the Games. Notably, NBC had the ability to terminate its contract for broadcast rights when the Games were moved to 2021. Section 66 of the contract allows only the IOC to cancel the Games if certain conditions are met. billion).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Concomitantly, the imposition of APCs has created new, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers to publication for researchers that are not affiliated to a contracting institution. [6] 8b Ordinary publishing contracts between authors and publishers on which the “Big Deals” largely rely, however, rarely, if ever, provide for such remuneration.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Much digital ink has been spilled on online contract formation; much less on online contract termination. Plaintiffs alleged that Facebook and LinkedIn agreed to divvy up the social media market “between 2013 and 2016.” The court dismissed the market division argument on the grounds that it was time barred.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

These contract law provisions, totally alien to the Irish legal tradition, are designed to apply in negotiations and contractual relationships between artists and commercial exploiters of their works, including social media platforms and streaming services.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 27, 2021

In 2013, Constellation acquired perpetual, irrevocable, and exclusive license rights in the Corona marks, which gave Constellation the right to sell products under the Corona trademark. However, Modelo Grupo (“Modelo”) and Constellation Brands (“Constellation”) would say there is a lot riding on the answer.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The study found that patenting was the most important for the mRNA platform, but most of the patents for the mRNA vaccines were filed a significant number of years before Covid in around 2013. A procurement contract does not. The production that was contracted out rose, but at a lesser rate.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The law does not apply to contracts covering confidential and proprietary information, protection of trade secrets, or inventions assignment agreements. Contract lawyers know that to be enforceable a promise must be supported by consideration. One-size-fits-all contracts always need fine-tuning. Application. Consideration.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

Merkin [10] It was decided that even while the director may have a significant say in how the movie should be filmed, the producer owns the copyright because they are more heavily involved in gathering the script, creating third parties or employment contracts with performers, etc. 1] [link]. [2] 7] CISAC v. 3d 247 (2d Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. 201 (Spring 2013). Gutman , JLM, the bridal wear company was successful at the PI stage precisely because it asserted trademark and contract claims. (NB: TELECOMM. &

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 25, 2023

v] The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: The Act’s goal is to control the working conditions of contract labourers in factories and industries. v] The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. [vi] The gratuity payment must be made within 30 days of the employee’s last day of work. [v]

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

China signed this treaty as one of the initial signatory countries on 28 June 2013, at Marrakesh, Morocco. As of today, 83 contracting parties (109 countries) around the world have ratified or acceded to the Marrakesh Treaty. The Marrakesh Treaty is one of the WIPO’s administered international copyright treaties.

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2022

In 2013, Germany introduced a related right over press publications, while in 2014 Spain adopted a mandatory fair compensation requirement for press publishers as part of its reform of the quotation exception. Initiatives encompassed both the conclusion of agreements between news aggregators and local press publishers (e.g.,

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

On 28 July 2022, the Council of State declared the nullity of articles 80 and 81 of Decree 1829 of 2013, which established general provisions of arbitration agreement in standard form contracts. This decision resolved a long-standing discussion regarding the effectiveness of arbitration clauses in contracts of adhesion.

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Trading Secrets

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As a conclusion to this webinar , we compiled a summary of takeaways: A restrictive covenant is a legal term for a clause in an employment contract (or a standalone agreement) that prevents an employee from doing something. Vast majority of cases involve misappropriation by electronic means.

Contracts 75

Contracts Confidentiality Business Litigation 75

SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

Creation and Perfection of Security As a quick background to how security interests are created and collateral is used- an obligation is secured by the means of a contract- this contract leads to creation of a security right. However, mere creation is not sufficient for protecting the interests of a creditor.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Especially in the aftermath of a 2013 stakeholder-led dialogue, Licences for Europe, scientific, technical, and medical publishers included TDM for non-commercial purposes in their subscription licences for academic institutions and developed common infrastructures to facilitate access to the content to be mined.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2024

Although the Companies Act of 2013 requires registering, the Partnership Act has no such need for partnerships companies. Its result is that a partner will not be able to sustain a lawsuit about a right that was granted to him or obtained below a contract whenever he joined as a partner. Section 69 has a required nature.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 29, 2022

In 2013, in the so-called “ Apple e-books case ,” Amazon was the alleged victim of a conspiracy by the major publishers. Now, Amazon and the Big Five are named as co-conspirators in a suit brought by Hagens Berman , the same firm that first sued Apple. “The

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2021

30, 2021) From 1985 to 2003, Plaintiff Daniel Abrahams contracted with the Thompson Publishing Group (“TPG”) to author a series of publications related to the Fair Labor Standards Act. law tort and contract claims and one federal claim under the Lanham Act. Simplify Compliance, LLC, 2021 WL 1197732, No. 19-3009 (RDM) (D.D.C.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Recent industrial designs registration trends The rate of growth in industrial design registrations across the past few decades has been sporadic, with an interesting pattern of growth and contraction compared to other forms of intellectual property. There were contractions in 2013 and 2014 of -6.5% respectively.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Court also found it significant that VNG had “contracted with U.S. There was evidence before the Court that VNG had the ability to geo-block users as early as 2013 (if not earlier) but chose not to. and noted that it had signed license contracts with various U.S. businesses in conjunction with Zing MP3.” interests.”

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