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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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. A precise elucidation about the ownership of cinematographic films has been provided by Section 17 of The Copyright Act, 1957 Act. 8] Indian Copyright Act 1957, s 19(10). [10] Introduction. Who Owns What and Why.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Laws aiming to remedy these issues have thus been adopted in Spain in 2011 and 2022 , Italy and Germany in 2013, Austria in 2015, France in 2016, the Netherlands and Belgium in 2018. Pre-existing Bulgarian provision The SPR is not an entirely novel concept to Bulgarian copyright law. On the other hand, art. What’s next?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

These records provide banks with a clear history of ownership of that land and thus assure them of the valid title of the borrower. Note that even the patent and trademark law requires mandatory registration on the transfer/assignment of intellectual property (Section 45 Trademark Act 1999; Section 68 Patents Act 1970).

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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 ). However, it is only a first step towards making user’s rights a reality.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Well, when comic book stories, dialogue and artwork are merged together, they become a part of a single joint work as a matter of copyright law. The Kirby case , which was decided by the Second Circuit back in 2013, provides a clear roadmap for the courts who will eventually decide the new lawsuits. Why does this matter?

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 30, 2023

Defendant, Lynn Boolman Auto Sales is a used car dealership located in Portland, Indiana created in 2013, per the Indiana Secretary of State. Cases of copyright infringement are not uncommon in Federal Courts, and can involve various types of copyrighted material, including photographs, music, and literary works.

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LexBlog IP

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. Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years. Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 # of MW 33 0 20 156 27 25 28 84 279 203. source code) under copyright law.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated. On the trademark side, relevant is this post by Bhavya Solanki and Medha Bhatt discussing the applicability of the fair use provisions of trademark law to the unauthorized use of trademarks in the virtual world.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

An example of such a team-move, hardly reducible to an idea, is Jack Wilshere’s “goal of the season” of 2013-14, scored in a match between Arsenal and Norwich City. Total football is certainly an idea; but moves developed while playing within that style are more obviously characterised as expression.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office granted ownership of the word “Jesus” to Jesus Jeans, owned by a publicly traded Italian company, BasicNet, giving the company exclusive rights in America to sell clothing bearing the name “Jesus.” copyright law. ” (at page 9 and 13). .” World Intellect.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised. Since copyright in whatever form (even first ownership) is subject to the territoriality principle, many argue that lex loci protectionis is the appropriate course of action. [10]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

Delving into the parallel creation model, proposed for machinima, it is proposed that it should be based on collaborative creation and no exclusionary ownership. This also rules out the threat of the creation of a new game and is more convenient since developers do not have to take the pain of extracting copyright fees from a lot of users.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 23, 2024

Resnik also emphasized that the authors of two leading copyright treatises, David Nimmer and William Patry, both agree that termination under U.S. copyright law does not impact foreign rights. Instead, protection is conferred by each country’s internal copyright laws. While Vetter acknowledged that U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

In this case, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a government entity may reproduce, display, and utilize a copyrighted work for its own benefit without paying any compensation to the copyright owner. 2d 588 (1985) (“Section 106 of the Copyright Act confers a bundle of exclusive rights to the owner of the copyright.”);

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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 ©? Motivation for © owners to change how they view ownership? Is fair use/fair dealing the answer?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Several petitions in the Madras High Court challenged the validity of rule 29(4) of the Copyright Rules, 2013. Saregama India Limited v. Next Radio Limited [Supreme Court]. The significance of the report and its issues have been extensively covered on the blog here. Revocation of Pepsico’s PVP certificate by the PPV & FR Authority.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The judgment said that Copyright law is not intended to curtail access to information. On April 15, the Delhi High Court in Hershey’s v.

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