The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. CPL Industries Limited , dismissed an appeal from the High Court in a copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing-off suit between two pharmaceutical companies.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cognosphere asserts that leaked, copyright-infringing artwork and game visuals were posted to these accounts and to the best of its knowledge, no DMCA counter-notifications were filed by the operator(s) in response to its initial DMCA takedown notices. .”

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It was in October 2020 when SSPL came to know about NTC’s use of a similar label and trade dress for its set of soya bean edible oil products. NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

One aspect regarding the laws that govern copyright is that in the United States alone the copyright is only given by law to works that are created by human beings. This position was reiterated through several decisions, the most significant ruling for an export artwork was by the U.S. Copyright Office.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Regulations inter alia prohibit public performance, communication, reproduction or broadcasting of a work that is copyright-protected unless one is licensed to do so by the Copyright Office, or is authorised by the owner of the work or it is free to use in accordance with the Copyright Act. Katpost on that here.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

State of Tamil Nadu (2021) This case involved the unauthorized use of an artwork created by an unknown artist. The Madras High Court ruled in favour of the claimant, stating that the absence of a known author does not negate copyright protection. Recent Case Law on Pseudonymous and Anonymous Works S.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

Plagiarism and PMLA: Taking a look at the EDs involvement in the Shankar- Tamilnandan Enthiran Copyright Saga MHC stays ED’s move to attach Shankar’s assets under PMLA in connection with the 15-year-old Robot copyright dispute with writer Arur Tamilnandan. In 2020, the plaintiff issued legal notice to the defendants.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

A banana taped to a wall may qualify as art, but as a copyright infringement lawsuit it should have been left to rot. Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. A Tale of Two Bananas. The Complaint.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

NFTs may be represented in the form of memes, artworks, or videos. Most prominently, through its 2020 report, IBM stated that several patents granted to them in 2017 also comprised of blockchain patents. A smart contract may be used to transfer the copyrights that subsist on a digital artifact to the buyer.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

This has come about following their use in connection with the transaction of different types of digital content (including artworks), often for exorbitant amounts. Divergence instead of guidance: the Article 17 implementation discussion in 2020 – Part 1 by Paul Keller. 3 (1) InfoSoc Directive, has been eagerly awaited for a long time.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 3, 2022

On August 31, 2022, IP Osgoode held its first in-person event in over 2 years and the first instalment of the IP Osgoode Speaks series since 2020. Mr. Bereskin astutely noted that Plesner’s artwork would have been less popular if LV had abstained from legal action. Photo credits: [link] ).

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The first view is more closely aligned with traditional copyright law, and the court is likely to view that standard as applicable to NFTs and copyright law. If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2021

The statute also directs a court to request that the Register of Copyrights advise the court whether the inaccurate information, if known, would have caused the Register of Copyrights to refuse registration. Unicolors, Inc. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. , 16-cv-02322-AB(SKx). Unicolors, Inc. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. ,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. ” 3) How to Distinguish Transformative Fair Uses From Infringing Derivative Works? by Pamela Samuelson “In March 2022 the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

The initial pre-print version was drafted with the collaboration of academics from different universities and led to an international conference in 2020 in Geneva. archival fonds shall not be subject to the same remuneration as unique artworks, as advocated by scholars ). version with further considerations (e.g., Proposal 4.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

6, 2020, which sold for nearly $400,000. However, the underlying digital artwork itself is not the NFT. For example, copyright law as it stands today may not sufficiently protect athletes or associations like the NBA from the unauthorized creation of NFTs. Rockets game of Feb.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] 2] On January 4, 2021, pro se plaintiff Joe Morford filed a complaint in the Southern District of Florida claiming that Cattelan’s Comedian infringes Morford’s preexisting work, Banana & Orange. [3]

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The first view is more closely aligned with traditional copyright law, and the court is likely to view that standard as applicable to NFTs and copyright law. If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

NFTs have a variety of uses which extend far beyond digital artwork. million USD sale of his “Warrior” painting, which became the most expensive Western artwork sold in Asia. By contrast, in the United States, registration of copyright is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. X wins copyright infringement case against 17 music publishers.

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