IPilogue

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A look at streaming giant Spotify’s recent significant copyright battles provides some insight into the issue of compensation for artists’ work on online streaming platforms. Spotify has encountered its fair share of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by music artists, record labels, and publishers.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Whether you mark the work or not doesn’t affect the level of protection you have. Photographs will generally be protected by copyright as artistic works. This is because copyright in artistic works including digitised works must be original and reflect the author’s ‘own intellectual creation’.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.”

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 6, 2024

Abstract This blog provides complete information to go about the registration for copyright in a systematic manner with due incorporation of all steps required to help creators of the works of art. It server the purpose of establishing the entire information as to the importance of copyright protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It states that the following classes of works are copyrightable- Original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works; Cinematograph films, and Sound recording The term ‘artistic work’ is defined under Section 2(c) of the Act. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CO., 1942) | 47 F. 1013 | S.D.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.”.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

He finally argues that sports celebrations consisting of a combination of steps could be considered choreographic works and thus granted protection as ‘dramatic works’. Other Posts. Webinar on ‘Trade Secret and Access to Medicine’ by CUSAT and TWN [September 22]. NUALS Kochi’s Webinar Series on ‘Evolving Facets of IPR’ [September 23].

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS Under the Copyright Act, 1957, architectural works are protected by Section 2(b) which defines a work of architecture to be any building or structure having an artistic character or design, or a model of such building or structure.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

EBC licensed the nine bright and colourful artistic works and used them on various food products including biscuits, puffs and fiddlesticks. Puffs Works." Final Thoughts Benchmark designs can be valuable "cues" to convey information to consumers, especially the idea that a product is the "same but cheaper."

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

The cover provides the requisite information—title, author, and publisher. We are also informed that photograph itself is by RMN Photo—Arnaudet. Indeed, it is Benjamin's notion of the aura, where each work of art has its own unique setting, which underscores just how derivative its use is when applied to a book cover.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Copyright laws play a crucial role in protecting creative expressions such as literary works, artistic works and musical works. This exclusive rights comprises of the right to copy, distribute, perform, license or adapt the work. Technology and copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Mr Sheridan appealed the judge’s declaration that “ [t]he graphic user interface, the graphic displays produced by the Software when in use, and the ONE logo … are artistic works: a. Both sides appealed to the Court of Appeal. in which copyright subsists; b. of which Andrew Mitchell is the author; and c. of which THJ is the owner ”.

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The IPKat

JUNE 18, 2023

literary, dramatic, artistic works) as well as covering infringement and remedies, as well as looking at the challenges presented by international communication through satellite and the internet. For more information, click here. For more information, click here. It deals with a wide range of rights (e.g.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

It was also highlighted that even though the Directive justifies the limitation on economic grounds, its freedom of information undertone should not be overlooked. It will then explain why this implementation approach runs counter to the fundamental freedom of information and to basic principles of copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Social Media Sales Attract Attention According to information released by Spain’s National Police on Monday, a broadcaster’s representative filed a complaint after spotting a profile on social media platforms offering pirate IPTV subscriptions.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Howell affirmed, “[i]n the absence of any human involvement in the creation of the work, the clear and straightforward answer is the one given by the Register: No.” Where AI alone creates a work, this point seems clear. Hopefully, the Copyright Office inquiry will bring greater clarity and strike an appropriate balance of the issues.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

Copyright law, with its protection of materials ranging from literary, musical and artistic works to cinematograph films and computer programs, etc. Of these 3 groups, Appadurai argues that the 2nd group (i.e., willing and able but get no chance to) is “within the framework of global knowledge societies.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2024

The service, which isn’t named by the Ministry, reportedly had more than 14,000 subscribers who paid between 10 and 19 euros per month, resulting in “damage to the rights of the authors, producers and distributors of these artistic works.” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 30, 2024

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF PACKAGING Every product packaging consists of various elements such as drawings, logos, product information, and other visual components. With the exception of product information, the other elements typically fall under either copyright or trademark protection.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Roberto Pardolesi gave a talk that focused on the antithesis between the two possible visions of copyright, one more inclined to see the works of art as a tradeable good, the other that mainly sees the protection of authorship as the main purpose of copyright. In this context, Prof.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Discovery is stayed between the parties, and the party seeking discovery has to show that the specific information sought is necessary to satisfy the burden above, and the information is “not reasonably available unless discovery is allowed.”.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2022

Intellectual property rights (IPR) offer protection and grant exclusive rights to the creator’s work. Copyrights are a form of IPR that offers protection to a wide range of artistic and literary works of a creator. It includes musical works, photographic works, artistic works, motion pictures, and computer programs.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. Such work may include any literary or artistic work such as books, articles, films, databases, computer programs etc.

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The IPKat

JUNE 17, 2023

“ Perhaps I’ll be remembered in history as the banana imbecile ”, summed up provocative and uber-creative artist Maurizio Cattelan in a recent interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The UK test remains informed by CJEU case law even following the completion of Brexit.

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IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

It is here that the distinction between ‘design’ in the Designs Act and ‘artistic work’ in the Copyright Act becomes relevant. This is evidenced as an artistic work enjoys protection throughout the life of the author plus sixty years; whereas a design only enjoys protection for 10 years from registration.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Third, he points out that the Report misses an opportunity to study urgent IP issues such as the ones concerning the COVID-19 pandemic in detail to facilitate informed debates. In a guest post , Shivam Kaushik discusses the copyrightability of fonts and typefaces from an artistic work perspective under the Copyright Act, 1957.

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Does UK copyright law protection extend to computer-generated works which are not original? Ordinarily, for a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work to be protected under the CDPA it must be original. Traditionally, the English Courts applied a test of ‘sufficient skill, labour or effort’ to determine originality.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It is entirely possible and legally permissible for the Defendant to independently create a work, in respect of which the latter creator will own the Copyright, notwithstanding the similarity of such work to other existing works. References to these identical sources do not necessarily mean that one is copied from the other.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2023

Those Allied and Associated Powers, which were parties to the Paris Convention on Industrial Property or the Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, also suspended their obligations vis-à-vis Germany under these conventions. However, they never formally withdrew from either of the conventions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The court sees this as a Batzel issue, saying: “there is a question of fact as to whether a reasonable person in the position of PeopleConnect (the service provider) would conclude that the yearbook authors/publishers (the information content providers) intended the yearbooks to be published on the internet.” Publicity Rights.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The author decided to search the Canadian Trademark Database for information on what had been registered under the mark "Ogopogo". So, what was the work registered under Copyright #102327 on June 9, 1953.? An unpublished work can be copyrighted as long as it is “fixed”, but since it was unpublished, it may no longer exist.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Intellectual Property incorporates the makings of the thoughts such as the discoveries, literary and artistic works, design, symbols, names, and images used in the business. Any Confidential information of any startup that gives a competitive advantage to any business over other businesses to safeguard the trade-secrets.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The IPKat has received the following comment from Katfriend Jørgen Blomqvist (Centre for Information and Innovation Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen) on the recent announcement relating to the accession of Cambodia to the Berne Convention. This is, of course, very important for the creative communities of Cambodia.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

US Copyright Office issues another ruling on AI-authorship and copyright, reaffirming its decision to reject Ankit Sahni and RAGHAV’s artistic work. Ankit Sahni, an artist and lawyer, commissioned an AI-based tool that generates artistic works, by the name RAGHAV (‘Robust Artificially Intelligent Graphics and Art Visualizer’) in 2020.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 30, 2023

for Copyright Infringement, Removal of Copyright Management Information and Addition of False Copyright Management Information. in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and has since combined his love for photographic art and computer science by building an online system to help protect artists’ works on the internet.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Introduction The media believes that it is their fundamental right to capture and publish all information about celebrities about matters of “public interest” or “public concern” that arise from the “Freedom of the Press” guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. AI calculations gain from the information sources gave to them by developers. Thus, most would agree that AI-created work does not have the component of originality.

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