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[Guest Post] Copyright as movable property: Constitutional issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022

The IPKat

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.

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OM Weekly Digest 12/05/22

Olartemoure Blog

On 5 May 2022, The People’s Republic of China (PCR) deposited a declaration of extension of the territorial application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG) to Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region. . The territorial application will take effect on 1 December 2022.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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Here they are in case you missed them: TRADE MARKS Katfriend Marijus Dingilevskis posted on a recent decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, which states that even if a trade mark has been registered in the international register for 40 years, this is no guarantee that a subsequent national designation will be also registered.

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Adding a glass canopy to a mosque infringes architect’s copyright and the canopy must be removed, says Cologne Regional Court

The IPKat

The plaintiff’s suggested design was approved by the defendant as well as by the local authorities of the city where the mosque was to be constructed. 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

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 5] The content creator reached out to the artist for a commissioned artwork which is a unique character design. 4] Andrew L.

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The Legal Conundrum of AI as a Patent Holder: Affecting the Policy Decisions

IP and Legal Filings

The owner gets an exclusive right to use or sell for a specific time period as a legal right under the document which we refer throughout this paper as ‘patent’ The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of inventors to their inventions. Mondaq, Jan. 6] Shri Justice N.

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Navigating Challenges and Seizing Opportunities

IIPRD

When artificial technologies are utilized for creating innovations, such as employing evolutionary algorithms for antenna design or engaging IBM Watson to produce music, IPR laws become relevant. AI is doing lots of creative work in the fields of animation, web apps, images, music, designing, and various other things. 21-2347 (Fed.