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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Moral Rights Copyright Contracts Law 78

The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

China signed this treaty as one of the initial signatory countries on 28 June 2013, at Marrakesh, Morocco. The Marrakesh Treaty is one of the WIPO’s administered international copyright treaties. This has been done by creating ‘a set of limitations and exceptions to traditional copyright law’.

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Publishing Government Copyright Law Copyright 76

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined.

Copyright 118

Copyright Art Licensing Contracts 118

IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. The contract makes a significant difference when it comes to the right in respect to works utilised in films, even though the music composers in the example above may still assert a royalty claim for non-film works. Introduction.

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Intellectual Property Cinema Ownership Music 98

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law. On the other hand, the debate around TDM has not developed in a context devoid of licensing practices, at least in Europe.

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Government Related Rights Copyright Law 141

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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Registration IP Copyright Due Diligence 112

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. law and, at the very least, affect U.S. law and, at the very least, affect U.S. businesses in conjunction with Zing MP3.”

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Contracts Music 98

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Photo by Christian Wiediger from Unsplash The implementation transposition of the Copyright Directive 2019/790 (DSMD) in the summer of 2021 represented probably the greatest reform in German copyright law since the German Copyright Act (UrhG) came into force. Germany’s implementation of Art.

Copyright 52

Copyright Law Copyright Law Contracts 52

Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Copyright Act provides an exclusive right “to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work” and defines “derivative work” in part as any work “ based upon one or more preexisting works.” This has been a long-standing question in copyright law. Nimmer & David Nimmer, 1 Nimmer on Copyrights §§ 3.01-3.03.

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Derivative Work Copyright Moral Rights Copyright Law 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

“Since the underlying asset in NFTs is primarily art, disputes in relation to NFTs bring up interesting questions pertaining to copyright law, the answers to which have the potential to shape the evolution and growth of NFTs as a medium to create, distribute and collect art. ” Top 3 Kluwer Trademark Blog posts.

Blogging 52

Blogging Law IP Copyright 52

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

” They argued that had Twain really written the book, Clemens’ estate would own the copyright and Harper would have the exclusive right under contract to publish it. “The Conjuring” (2013). Bottom line is that the masks were equally freaky, but not substantially similar as a matter of copyright law.

Copyright 144

Copyright Cinema Copying Copyright Infringement 144

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Under the 2013 version of the Public sector information directive, public sector bodies (excluding public broadcasters and a few other institutions) were already obliged to allow maximum (commercial) re-use of information that is publicly accessible under national laws. and not charging fees for re-use. 1(6) Open data directive).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

More than being an empty statement, the newly proposed right entrenches the user safeguards embedded in the liability regime and is actually intended to prevent a service from disabling access to lawful content with reference to the safe harbour; i.e. by citing provisions which are inherently intended to protect copyright (Ds 2021:30, p.

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Copyright Intellectual Property Law Public Domain Copyright Law 55

IIPRD

DECEMBER 28, 2021

These rights are established by national copyright laws, which are moulded in major part by international treaties, many of which are administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). record companies and broadcasters). Music exploitation models and consumption trends in the digital music marketplace.

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Music Intellectual Property Copyright Copyright Law 40

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Particularly, it was argued that against the backdrop of the pandemic, the medicines produced were in high demand due to their characteristics of relieving some of the major symptoms exhibited by the patients who had contracted the Covid-19 virus. Saregama India Limited v. Next Radio Limited [Supreme Court].

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

The University and University of London Press Limited agreed into a contract under which the former would receive payment in exchange for receiving the copyright and all other rights to publish the matriculation examination papers. Because they were created by the authors, the exam questions are unique in the sense of copyright laws.

Copyright 98

Copyright Public Domain Copying Publishing 98

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A relatively new willingness to litigate, but lack of awareness/understanding of copyright law in Carribean is a barrier. Developing a jurisprudence: you need to implement an overall copyright policy—what is the purpose of ©? Contract instead of ©? In Canada, the UGC exception is limited to things that don’t substitute.

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Copyright Fair Use Privacy Derivative Work 59

JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

1] It’s not uncommon to hear artists complain about record label contracts once they see the impact their deals have on the control of their own music. [2]. To understand the source of the problem, it’s first necessary to understand the copyrighted work at issue in many record label agreements. BACKGROUND. ANALYSIS AND UPSHOT.

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Music Ownership Contracts Copyright Law 98