IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

It is to be made sufficiently clear that the aforementioned creations ought to be original and independent, rather than a slightly altered version of the creation already in the public domain, to instill looking into the prospects of copyrightability. Re-Examining The Copyright Ownership Of Player Created Content, GNLU L. & Tech.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. It’s interesting to note that the Act restricts the use of GI marks to licensed users exclusively. The EU had placed a temporary restriction on the import of in 2014.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Specifically, when a derivative work is created pursuant to a statutory exception, then the derivative work is prepared “lawfully,” even though the artist who created the derivative did not get a license or other permission from the owner of the copyright in the underlying work. Goldsmith herself had been entirely unaware of the licensed use.)

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Facing difficulties in licensing the reuse of their publications to these service providers, leading publishers pushed heavily for the introduction of such rights, first in selected Member States, like Germany and Spain, and later in the EU. The carve-out for hyperlinks is consistent with the CJEU’s copyright case law.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

On most occasions, a blocking order is not issued in public domain stating its reasons which violates principles of natural justice (see here for appeal mechanism). It takes considerable time, effort and money to again get the website unblocked which makes small intermediaries easy targets (see for e.g. pg. 239 of this ).

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

Duration for copyright is 60 years counted from the year after the date of publication. The underlying work can only be assigned or licensed in writing by the right holder or agent authorized by him. These are protected under the Designs Act, 2000, corresponding to Design (Amendment) Rules, 2014. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

A German professor of music theory received Content ID Claims for recordings in the public domain uploaded by his YouTube channels.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I]t is a fact in the public domain that the 12 O’Clock Boyz are from Baltimore and ride in these specific locations,” as was “the presence of dirt-bike riders in the neighborhoods where they ride in real life” and “a scene of them riding in a group, as they do regularly.” The similarities in setting, theme, etc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. A successful defendant, by contrast, recovers nothing he didn’t already have. The best he can hope for is to break even—to recover his attorney’s fees.

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