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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

Now, a further development on IP and NFTs comes from Spain, as Katfriend Mercedes Morán Ruiz (CEDRO) reports: Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse? of the Museum District and uploaded on the OpenSea marketplace. MANGO is owner of the original paintings. 5/08, paragraph 56; C?435/12,

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Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 5

JD Supra Law

Copyright protection is, generally speaking, formality-free in the US and other member states of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. By: Kidon IP

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The Photography Show: your questions answered

Intellectual Property Office Blog

Photographs will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works. This means that a user will usually need your permission if they want to perform certain acts, such as copying your image or sharing it on the internet. You may still choose to mark your work with the copyright symbol (©), your name and the year of creation.

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. As per NTC’s statement, both SSPL and SK Oil Industries couldn’t claim copyright in the artistic work. The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries.

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Copyright Registration in India

IP and Legal Filings

In India, copyright protection automatically exists by the mere act of creating a work hence no need for registration of the work to enforce copyright or seek legal redress when infringed. Copyright protection under these agreements arises immediately when a work is created.

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Geographical Indications and the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919: Then and Now

The IPKat

IP Provisions in the Treaty of Versailles Intellectual property-related provisions in the Treaty of Versailles can be broadly divided into two groups: those restoring German-owned IP rights in the Allied and Associated Powers, and those related to GIs. Second, arts. Second, arts. Nevertheless, very few countries were signatories.

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Fashion Copyright and Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

However, even then, the degree of novelty required in work was not so low as to allow everyone to get copyright protection for their artistic work. In this paradigm-shifting judgment, the Court introduced the principle of “ minimum requirement of creativity ” in order to acquire copyright protection over an artistic work.