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Let’s put the cards on the table: Are games copyrightable?

Garrigues Blog

Firstly, it seems clear that any element that is included in a board game and meets the originality criterion, constitutes a literary or artistic work, depending on its nature. Drawings, designs, figures or characters can be classified as artistic works.

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Authorship of photographs and ownership of image rights in Nigeria: Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd

The IPKat

is it the actual user of the photograph under a licence arrangement or the licensor or both); the author of a photograph as an artistic work; whether passing off applies to images/photographs; and what to establish to succeed in a claim for passing off relating to image rights. VMNL) or both that person and their licensee (i.e.

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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

The concept is important that when any artistic work (like newspaper or magazine) is created and is done during the employment or under the obligation of the contract of apprenticeship, and is for the reason for publication, the proprietor of the publication will be the first owner of the work unless there is a former contract to sabotage this.

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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

The lack of organisation and ambiguity make the protection problematic even if the work is copyrighted. According to section 13 (1)(a) of Copyright Act of 1957 copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. However, the Courts claimed that since Koons had seen the image in Allure Magazine.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 3 – March 9)

SpicyIP

M S Infoconnect Web Technologies India Pvt Ltd vs M/S Siliconreview Technologies India Pvt Ltd on 5 March, 2025 (Bangalore District Court) The plaintiff, a magazine for IT professionals, sued for passing off its trademarks Silicon India, www.siliconindia.com, and CIO Review. Chotiwala Food And Hotels Private vs Chotiwala & Ors.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

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The Supreme Court Case of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: What, if Anything, Does it Mean to Artificial Intelligence?

Velocity of Content

AWF’s mission statement includes the following: [t]he Foundation upholds Warhol’s unprecedented generosity toward his fellow and future artists as an inspiration and example to artists working today.”