SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. hereinafter Priyanka) She had notified Facebook and Instagram regarding the presence of infringing sound recordings on their platform, but they failed to takedown it down and hence, the present suit.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So, before 2023 turns into yesteryear, let’s see what the past Novembers on SpicyIP (2005 to present) have offered. E.g. Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. see also Sourav Ganguly vs Tata Tea ).

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. vii] Deidrè A.

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IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

This leads to a number of questions: Is it copyright infringement to copy a work and use it as a tattoo? Does copyright exist in tattoos? What about moral rights? Is it copyright infringement to copy a work and use it as a tattoo? . What about moral rights?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g. music synchronised in an advertisement) and adaptations (e.g. Koons had made a sculpture from one of Rogers’ ‘Puppies’ photographs, as presented hereunder.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Starting from an Actor promoting tourism advertisements to a cricketer promoting daily life snacks, we live in a celebrity-driven economy. Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. INTRODUCTION.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Decoding Street Art, Fair Use and Moral Rights Is usage of Mural art, in commercial advertisements covered by Fair use? Read Yogesh’s detailed post examining the issues concerning copyrightability, permanent fixation, and the mural’s setting. Click to read! Other Posts Is the Writing on the Wall?

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