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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 10 – March 16)

SpicyIP

Plagiarism and PMLA: Taking a look at the EDs involvement in the Shankar- Tamilnandan Enthiran Copyright Saga MHC stays ED’s move to attach Shankar’s assets under PMLA in connection with the 15-year-old Robot copyright dispute with writer Arur Tamilnandan. Living Media India Limited & Anr. vs Telegram Fz Llc & Ors.

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Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Kashishipr

Here are a few reasons why content creators and social media influencers should consider registering their IP: IP registration helps establish ownership of the IP assets, which, in turn, helps enforce rights in the scenario of a legal dispute. They must register their unique hashtags, slogans, taglines, series names, and logos as trademarks.

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Copyright Goes Bananas: District Court Rejects Maurizio Cattelan’s Motion to Dismiss Copyright Claim Against His Taped Banana

LexBlog IP

Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] Cattelan moved to dismiss Morford’s infringement and plagiarism claims on three grounds: [7]. Morford cannot claim ownership over a natural element (a fruit) and a functional component (duct tape).

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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

2] At one end of the spectrum, we find plagiarism: a completely derivative work that fails to contribute any creative elements to the original piece. In this case, the author of the original work retains ownership of the original, while the author of the derivative work holds rights to the creative additions they have made.

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AI: The Copyright and Plagiarism Story of 2022 and 2023

Plagiarism Today

Typically, when I do these year-end reviews, I cover a wide variety of stories that happened and separate out the copyright and plagiarism. Simply put, copyright and plagiarism are two different things. Ownership of AI Works: Can work created by an artificial intelligence be protected by copyright? Plagiarism and AI.

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Copyright Registration in India Online

IP and Legal Filings

Evidence of Ownership : A registered copyright serves as proof of ownership in case of disputes or infringements. manuscript, artwork, software code). This certificate serves as evidence of your copyright ownership and is valid for life plus 60 years. Copy of the Work : A sample or copy of the work being registered (e.g.,

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. According to the court, no prima facie case was established as no clear evidence of infringement or plagiarism was produced.