SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Case Summaries Global Music v. On 05 September, 2023 (Delhi High Court) In an appeal against the single judge order, the division bench of the Delhi High Court restrained Bhojpuri artist Khesari Lal Yadav from engaging with other music companies except the appellant for monetizing any new songs till September 30, 2023. Manju Singhal v.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

They are sold and/or traded in connection with “smart contracts” that govern the terms of transfer. In this case, beyond pure IP issues, the parties disagree over interpretation of Tarantino’s original contract with Miramax, in which he reserved all rights for print publication of the screenplay (including in digital form).

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

Not asking someone if you can share their comic about depression before reposting it to your tens or hundreds of thousands of followers is irresponsible and can read as disrespectful of the time the illustrator put into the original artwork.” ” E: What has your experience been like collaborating with other makers? followers.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

The reason for this is that copyright encompasses all types of original literary, artistic, musical, theatrical, cinematographic, and other works. So, whether it’s your original reel, a musical composition, a YouTube video, a painting you shared, or a write-up you wrote as a social media influencer, everything is copyright protected.

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

Any literary work, text, music, videos, 3D paintings, images, software programs, avatar designs, art, or literature will get protection under copyright in the metaverse. Hermès claimed that Rothschild’s digital artworks infringed upon its legally protected intellectual property rights. Mason Rothschild.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The development of these tokens has marked a new age of transparency and digital security as it is now possible to create and store a plethora of creations consisting of art, music, contracts, records, pictures, and even tweets as digital assets. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

NFTs are data units stored on a blockchain used to transfer ownership of physical items or digital media with smart contracts. NFTs are only the latest eyebrow-raising trend that involve goods and services that are intangible or intrinsically difficult to value. The NFTs act to authenticate these items.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Visual art for examples, but can be extended to music and text. But deeply troubled by algorithmic fair use cases that allowed lots of exploitation—iParadigms (plagiarism detection) and Perfect 10 (exposing women to public view when they contracted for more restricted nudity). Unfortunately, this matters because of AI.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2022

Hermes has sued a Californian artist, Mason Rothschild, for his “MetaBirkins” digital artworks alleging trademark infringement. In the US too, several companies are protecting their trademarks for similar goods and services. Dec 21, 2021.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The crucial question is “whether the ‘work’ is basically one of human authorship, with the computer [or other device] merely being an assisting instrument, or whether the traditional elements of authorship in the work (literary, artistic, or musical expression or elements of selection, arrangement, etc.)

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The IPKat

JULY 14, 2022

In all these instances, what has been considered as “legal property” is the token generated through the smart contract and not the digital file linked (or “authenticated”, to refer to the EUIPO’s own wording) to it. All this is at odds with the understanding of NFTs as property.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In the last year, the cryptocurrency revolution has impacted several industries, including gaming, music, casino, and surprisingly, the banking sector. NFTs may be represented in the form of memes, artworks, or videos. NFTs are digital assets that are represented by art, memes, collectible videos, and music pieces.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Since then, large models generating not just text and image but also video, games, music and code, have become a global obsession, touted as set to revolutionise innovation and democratise creativity, against a background of media frenzy.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Many aspiring artists have now started converting their physical and digital artworks into NFTs and putting it up for sale, with many making considerable profits. NFTs have sparked several discussions raising questions on how this would affect IP Rights and what ownership of artwork, especially digital copies of artwork entails.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The embedding of “smart contracts” in NFT sales allows for the automatic distribution of royalties – roughly 10% – anytime a change of ownership is requested on the blockchain. Exercising control of downstream purchaser actions for traditional or non-digital artistic mediums is more complicated. Not all Canadian galleries oppose ARRs.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

NFTs are created using “smart contracts,” which are software codes that govern actions such as validating ownership and regulating their transferability. This endows NFTs with the unique qualities that make them so desirable. The Copyright Act of 1957 is India’s most important piece of legislation on the issues of Copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2022

Recently a music-band name “Kings of Leon” sold 4-lifetime golden tickets as NFTs, and they were sold for almost $441,368. Also, if smart contracts are applied to the purchase of an NFT then a small amount of royalty can also be given to the original creator of that work however at present there is no such system.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As previously discussed on this blog , Phillips contracted with seller JN Contemporary Art (“JN”) in June 2019 to offer a Rudolf Stingel painting for sale in New York at Phillips’ biannual evening auction of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, scheduled to occur in New York in May 2020 (the “New York Auction”).

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Smart contracts, a technology popularized by blockchain, offer a new approach to managing these transactions. Unlike traditional contracts , smart contracts are self-executing programs on a blockchain that automatically enforce terms when predetermined conditions are met. In the U.S.,

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