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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

SpicyIP

Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

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These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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Other Posts Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Sift through the pages of November(s) posts on SpicyIP in another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh. If the Expert Committee, so opines, any senior official may be contacted from CGPDTM, who may also be present before the Exert Committee for rendering assistance.

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“Main Ladega”-The Fight Between Protection of Intellectual Property and Expressive Content

SpicyIP

In the present case, neither is the mark used in relation to the goods of the appellant nor in any manner takes undue advantage of association with the NBC like in circumstances illustrated above. In the present instance, the claim for infringement arises as the design of the NBC logo contains copyrighted content.