2022 Contracts Copyright Law Moral Rights 
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.
The IPKat
MAY 9, 2023
In 2008, the parties concluded a contract, which included the following clauses [translation by this Kat]: § 4 Protection of the work and of the author […] 4.3 Statutory copyright protection remains unaffected. […] § 13. The client owns the copyright to the image of the building, which is the object of this contract. (2)
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IIPRD
JUNE 13, 2024
Challenges related to safeguarding the creation of artificial intelligence The key challenge that AI creation faces in India is the law in itself, Indian IPR law does not recognize AI as the inventor or the owner of the creation. References [1] Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization art.2. 21-2347 (Fed.
IP and Legal Filings
JANUARY 23, 2023
The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.
SpicyIP
MAY 23, 2024
However, J Krishna Iyer’s otiose , as he referred to it, footnote to the judgement highlighted the need for legislative exploration to protect the rights of musicians. He, rightfully, opined that ‘ twin lights can co-exist” for “ composer alone has copyright on a musical work.”
IP and Legal Filings
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The illegal distribution and sale of t-shirts, magnets, keychains, mugs, stickers, and masks featuring a celebrity’s picture, face, or other connected qualities should not, she emphasised, totally strip these rights of their protection. In order to do this, the law is changing to stop the unrestricted use of the right.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 30, 2023
We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals.
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