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Going (copyright) bananas: Maurizio Cattelan prevails in copyright infringement lawsuit over Comedian

The IPKat

“ Perhaps I’ll be remembered in history as the banana imbecile ”, summed up provocative and uber-creative artist Maurizio Cattelan in a recent interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Of course, that is not all: Comedian has in fact also sparked litigation in the USA.

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

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The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

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It may be expressed in any artistic medium, and may not necessarily critique the work in itself – sometimes, it may also be used to criticize or highlight the theme, author, doctrine, philosophy, ideals, or even a particular subject. Parody is often taken as a defence in trademark infringement suits. In the case of Pepsi Co v.

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AI and copyright: Prompts and intellectual inputs this time from China

SpicyIP

The Beijing Internet Court recently decided an interesting copyright infringement lawsuit concerning AI generated images ( GW law translated version here ). Original work by a human The court held that the image qualifies as an original work of human intellectual achievement under applicable Chinese copyright law.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

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Copyright is a more complicated problem. Per Article 5(2) of the Berne Convention [9] , copyright is established without the need for any further procedures. Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised.

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Critical Analysis on Intellectual Property Rights and its components.

IIPRD

Copyright : – So, it is a right which is given to original creator of the work for the fixed period of time. It is basically giving a right to the original creator, so that no one uses that work. This is basically for literary and artistic work. Case Law on Copyright in India. 2] Novartis v.

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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 21 Episode 14

Dragons' Den

You can’t brush off copyright Charlotte's artwork is automatically protected by copyright and she therefore does not have to apply or pay a fee. Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission. Copyright protection starts as soon as the work is created.