The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field.

Copyright 92

Copyright IP Social Media Copyright Infringement 92

TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

Note: The responses below were received in 2023. TorGuard’s originality and commitment to its core values are preserved as it continues to operate under its initial ownership – VPNetworks LLC and Data Protection Services. Our system can understand how many active sessions a given license has at a given moment in time.

Privacy 140

Privacy IP Technology Reporting 140

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At a quick glance, one notable push by the guidelines is to allow “exclusive” licensing from public funded research, to private bodies. d also mentions ‘march-in’ rights and compulsory licensing but the language makes it unclear what is meant exactly: 5.d. DPIIT Observations 01st February, 2023 10.

Intellectual Property 111

Intellectual Property Licensing IP Reporting 111

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

Indian Copyright Act, 1957 – sections 30 to 32 provide for licensing. It allows for both voluntary and compulsory licensing. Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Image Sources: Shutterstock] The transfer is initiated by a license agreement.

Intellectual Property 105

Intellectual Property Technology Licensing Invention 105

Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

Copyright Office issued a policy statement on March 16, 2023, in response to cases like “Zarya of the Dawn,” to clarify its stance on registering works that include AI-generated material. The contract should detail the scope, duration, and limitations of the license. exclusive vs. non-exclusive rights).

Ownership 52

Ownership Contracts Confidentiality Copyright 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. The court also held that the coders did not have standing to seek damages, but they did have standing to pursue injunctive relief. Complaint at 2. Complaint at 31.

Blogging 132

Blogging Licensing Privacy Copyright Notice 132

Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

2023) , VLSI sued Intel for infringement of U.S. Prior to trial, Intel sought to amend its answer to assert a licensing defense. Intel argued that due to a recent change in ownership of Finjan, Inc., Whether the district court abused its discretion by denying Intel’s late-addition of a licensing defense? 22-1906 (Fed.

Licensing 147

Licensing Patent Law Ownership 147

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 27, 2023

The court says: “whether YouTube has a license for a particular work will be a matter of intense inquiry at trial.” The opinion explains how the named plaintiff Schneider didn’t understand her own chain of ownership. YouTube LLC , 2023 WL 3605981 (N.D. YouTube LLC , 2023 WL 3605981 (N.D.

Ownership 81

Ownership Licensing Copyright Fair Use 81

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., To be clear, joint copyright ownership of photos like these could be a policy disaster, so I don’t share the judge’s lament on that front).

Copyright 124

Copyright Fair Use Licensing Ownership 124

The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On December 4, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a $2.18 On December 4, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a $2.18 The motion was based on a recent change in ownership of Finjan, Inc., which had a license agreement with Intel. The verdict was for $1.5

Licensing 117

Licensing Government Patent Litigation 117

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Allegations of copyright infringement also featured in a complaint filed at an Arizona court in 2023, which hoped to quickly shut down a popular pirate site. The complaint alleged that Kokoa TV provided access to Korean-based TV shows and movies, including those exclusively licensed to wA for distribution in the United States.

Copyright 135

Copyright Trademark Copyright Infringement Registration 135

SpicyIP

JUNE 14, 2023

Harper Collins Publishers Rahul Bajaj In a significant judgment delivered on 23 rd May, 2023 [ RDB v. Harper Collins ], the Delhi High Court dealt with the vexed issue of copyright ownership in a component of a cinematographic film, namely a screenplay. Third, the ownership of the copyright would be governed by S.

Publishing 98

Publishing Ownership Licensing Contracts 98

SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

What Kindle sells, instead of books, is licenses. Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider. When purchasing e-books on the Kindle app for Desktop or for the E-reader, books are not sold in the EPUB format, instead these licenses are downloaded in their own proprietary formats: AZW3 and KFX.

Copying 59

Copying Editing Licensing Copyright 59

IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

These rights include exclusive ownership benefits and rights against any misuse, alteration, modification etc. Trade Secrets Trade secret is the information that is confidential, commercially valuable, known to limited persons and is actively kept secret from the public, and which may be sold or licensed.

Intellectual Property 83

Intellectual Property Registration Designs Design 83

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 6, 2023

This case involves Annie Leibovitz photos, represented by licensing and enforcement agency Trunk Archive. Best Little Sites , 2023 WL 3212619 (D. Utah May 3, 2023) The post DMCA 512(c) Safe Harbor Doesn’t Apply to Photo Embedding–Great Bowery v. Once CBM learned of the links (via the complaint), CBM disabled them.

Ownership 111

Ownership Blogging Licensing Marketing 111

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. A small entity is defined under 37 CFR § 1.27

Business 98

Business Inventor Patent Licensing 98

Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Goldsmith in the days following the Supreme Courts 2023 landmark fair use decision. But that doesn’t mean you should have exclusive ownership over the result. He also questioned whether Thomson Reuters would actually use or license its data for AI training. A case with potentially limited impact.

Fair Use 69

Fair Use Copying Public Domain Copyright 69

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

The Supreme Court’s opportunity came with the 2023 decision in Nealy v. to license works from the Music Specialist catalog. Use of that song was in turn licensed to several popular television shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance.” at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership.

Music 105

Music Blogging Copyright Ownership 105

IPilogue

MARCH 9, 2022

In Sony’s case, it is likely more cost-efficient to purchase Bungie and gain some ownership over its future games than to create games itself for its PlayStation consoles. The ownership raises questions regarding Bungie’s intellectual property rights. Once this deal closes in 2023, Microsoft will have internal game development studios.

Intellectual Property 103

Intellectual Property Ownership Publishing Designs 103

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In an opinion issued December 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [1] reversed a lower court’s denial of Intel Corporation’s (“Intel’s”) motion for leave to amend its answer to assert a new license defense in a patent infringement suit brought by VLSI Technology LLC (“VLSI”).

Licensing 52

Licensing Contracts Litigation Technology 52

The IPKat

JULY 12, 2023

On 5 July 2023 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO ) published the SEPs questionnaire for SME,small-cap and mid-cap businesses: Summary of Responses. The survey was launched on 21 March 2023 and ended only a month later. The results of the survey are intended to assist the UK Government in better understanding their viewpoints.

Licensing 52

Licensing Patent Government Intellectual Property 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

District Court of Columbia of 18 August 2023, No 22-1564, specifying that ‘human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright’. On 21 February 2023, the USCO reviewed the registration of the comic book “Zarya of the Dawn” (Registration No. Moreover, the Italian Supreme Court, in decision no. of the CDSM Directive.

Copyright 125

Copyright Art Copyright Law Licensing 125

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

On August 9, 2023, the Delhi High Court issued the first ever “Dynamic+” Injunction order in Universal City Studios LLC and Ors v. DotMovies.Baby and Ors , protecting the future works of the plaintiffs from copyright infringement by flagrantly infringing online locations (FIOLs).

Invention 115

Invention Ownership Copyright Copyright Infringement 115

IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

The article was rejected for copyright protection in 2023, and the argument was that the absence of human authorship disqualified the work from the right. For example, in many Bollywood films, visual effects and script writing contain AI which brings up the issues of ownership and copyright protection. Copyright Office, 2023.

Copyright 52

Copyright Intellectual Property Copyright Law Artwork 52

Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Although the notice focuses on copyrightability, ownership questions will also come into play. The copyright office seeks input on the legality of training generative models on copyrighted works obtained via the open internet, but without an express license.

Copyright 94

Copyright Copying Derivative Work Licensing 94

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In December 2023, she discovered that T-Series had released “ All Right ,” featuring vocals by Guru Randhawa, which incorporated her original works without her permission or proper credits, leading Royal to file a copyright infringement suit against the three of them. Century Communications Ltd.

Copyright 85

Copyright Copyright Infringement Music Ownership 85

SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2023

Image from here On June 5, 2023, the Bombay High Court, in a joint order passed in Super Cassettes v. T-Series was also to hold an exclusive irrevocable license perpetually to make the most of the rights in the music of the films covered under the LFA. RBEP and Hungama Digital Media v.

Copyright 101

Copyright Music Ownership Licensing 101

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

licenses for specific uses). Rightholders can, for example, choose whether to license an e-book or an e-journal to a library, or whether to provide licenses to educational establishment to play music and audio-visual works for educational purposes. 6(4) InfoSoc Directive and those shielded from contractual override under art.

Copyright 126

Copyright Art Licensing Contracts 126

SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

2023, the Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench) delivered a salient judgement , with significant implications for both the SC/ST Act and Intellectual Property. The DHC, in a case ,had observed that IPcan be dealtwith and ownedlike rights associated and analogous with ownership of tangible propertyfor it can be assigned/transferred, mortgaged or licensed.

IP 59

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Database Right 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Mitrakos, 22-CCB-0035 , February 15, 2023, and Oppenheimer v. Prutton, 22-CCB-0045 , February 28, 2023. The respondent did not respond then, and the CCB sent a notice on January 11, 2023. Six days later, on June 17, 2023, the Respondent filed a response: In other words, the respondent acquiesced to the complainant’s requests.

Blogging 105

Blogging Fair Use Copyright Copyright Notice 105

LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. AWF licensed the “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast for an article about Prince.

Licensing 52

Licensing Fair Use Copyright Derivative Work 52

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023). On the other side, the university argued that Rameshwari Photocopy Services was granted a license to operate a photocopy shop on its campus in order to allow students to photocopy for educational and research purposes. Understanding “The Rules” of Content and Information Sharing in a Global Organization.

Ownership 52

Ownership Copyright Fair Use Intellectual Property 52

43(B)log

DECEMBER 6, 2023

3d -, 2023 WL 3602813, No. 15, 2023) Williams, a professional artist, was commissioned to paint an abstract mural on the wall of a building located in Des Moines, Iowa. Williams’s argument that 6th Avenue Corridor was merely granted a “limited, non-exclusive license” to publicly display the mural is unconvincing. Williams v.

Ownership 69

Ownership Contracts Copyright Registration 69

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2024

Therefore, rights in persona which include contractual rights, tort claims, family law rights, IP licensing , employment rights, etc., Therefore, rights in rem generally include property ownerships, mortgages, easements, intellectual property rights providing exclusive control over the use of inventions or distinctive symbols, etc.,

Intellectual Property 98

Intellectual Property IP Licensing Ownership 98

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a general rule, the publishers of these journals require the author to relinquish their copyright over the work by granting them an assignment of rights or an exclusive license. Pre-existing Bulgarian provision The SPR is not an entirely novel concept to Bulgarian copyright law. of the Directive. What’s next?

Publishing 132

Publishing Contracts Art Copyright 132

Intepat

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Key takeaways encompassed the illumination of India’s thriving innovation ecosystem, the accentuation of dialogues within the WIPO Tech Access Platform on voluntary licensing arrangements, and the recognition of India’s ambitions to revamp its IP framework for more efficiency. Stay tuned for updates on Day 2 of the Conference.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property IP Higher Education Technology 52

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For instance, the International Trade Commission already requires some disclosure of complainants that seek its exclusive jurisdiction over nationwide injunctions, both as to NPE status and to licensing and industry activity to establish the statutory domestic industry requirement. 8, 2023). [12] 2, 2023). [13] 8, 2023). [12]

Litigation 126

Litigation Reporting Settlement Government 126