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[Guest Post] Who owns the copyright to Nigeria’s “new” national anthem?

The IPKat

Notably, in 2013, the estate of the composer sued the telecommunications giant MTN Nigeria for N1.5 Is the national anthem in the public domain? Additionally, if the anthem is in the public domain, it can be freely used without legal constraints. fifty years from the date of the first publication of the work.”

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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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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.

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Article 17 DSM Directive: the Swedish proposal (Part 2)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Accordingly, the proposed right is intended to incorporate the entire catalogue of copyright exceptions, the Swedish freie Benutzung provision in section 4, uses of unprotected content (for example which are in the public domain) and licensed uses (Ds 2021:30, pp. But there is more.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

Concerned about the effect the book would have on Twain’s reputation, publisher Harper & Brothers and his daughter Clara Clemens filed a lawsuit to stop further publication of “Jap Herron.” “The Conjuring” (2013). The lawsuit, Brittle v. Warner Bros. The Ghostly Trio.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

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. Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity]. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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