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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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The case arose from Inoxs claim that Cryogas copied proprietary engineering drawings for cryogenic storage tanks (mounted on trailers for transporting liquid gases). Cryogas (and a co-defendant) countered with Section 15(2) of the Copyright Act, 1957 proviso that bridges (and barricades) the realms of copyright and design law.

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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The court (Justice Gautam Patel) reasoned that Section 15(2) only talks about designs, not artistic works and the Designs Act explicitly excludes artistic works from the definition of design. In that scenario, Section 15(2) wouldnt kick in because it only strips copyright from works that qualify as designs.

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The WaterRower: A Work of Art “Oar” Not?

IPilogue

A decision dated August 5, 2022 from the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice has the potential to expand the definition of “artistic works of craftmanship” under UK copyright law. Liking admitted to copying the eighth iteration of the WaterRower in creating its rival rowing machine, the TOPIOM Model 1.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

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. Is it copyright infringement to copy a work and use it as a tattoo? .

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Originality in copyright works is the sine qua non of all the copyright regimes of the world. The definition of “ original ” as most people understand it refers to something that has never been done before by any person. The Act, however, omits any definition or methodology for judging a work’s originality.

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Can Intellectual Property Rights Safeguard Your Blog?

Kashishipr

Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. The protection under copyright is instantaneous and immediate to the works being created, and therefore, it is not necessary to have such rights registered. Copyright and Blogs. is being utilized?

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Emerging Trends In Digital Copyright Law

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

People have become less dependent on print media and more likely to use a digital medium such as computerized documents of soft copies. Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works.