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OWNING A SLICE OF THE PIE: TOKENIZED LAND & FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP RIGHTS

IP and Legal Filings

However, the introduction of fractional ownership and tokenisation has made real estate investing more accessible to smaller investors. [1] 1] Fractional ownership allows multiple individuals to co-own a property, whereas tokenisation allows for the digital representation of each of these ownership interests on a blockchain.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. the “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.

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Community Property and Patent Ownership

Patently-O

The basis for the argument was that the application that led to the patent-in-suit had been filed while Afana had been married (to Kassam) and, by operation of Texas’ community property law, Kassam had an ownership interest in the issued patent that had not been assigned to Mobile Equity and had not been joined as a co-plaintiff.

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Overview of Beneficial ownership in India

IP and Legal Filings

Beneficial Ownership. A beneficiary owner is defined as a natural person who owns or has control over a legal entity, such as a company, trust, or foundation, according to the OECD’s Beneficial Ownership Implementation Toolkit. [1]. Indian Framework. Committee CLC. CONCLUSION.

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Man Pleads Guilty to $23m YouTube Content ID Scam

TorrentFreak

I falsely claimed legal ownership over them and began receiving royalty payments. When they found content that had not yet been monetized, they downloaded the songs in mp3 format and then reuploaded them to YouTube’s CMS to claim ownership and collect the royalties. The fraudulent scheme netted more than $23.4

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. It is recommended for the applicant to keep an unredacted version of the design along with the redacted version used for registration. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

LexBlog IP

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. The Office has answered that question with a resounding “maybe.” ” U.S.