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Analysing the relationship between contemporary art and IPR

IP and Legal Filings

In the last 20 years, the contemporary art industry has doubled the number of auction houses participating in the sale of artworks. Therefore, there needs to be strong IP enforcement across technological platforms to ensure that artworks are not stolen, or duplicated without the original artist’s permission. Image Source: gettyimages].

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Atari’s Copyright Claim Against State Farm Survives Challenge

Copyright Lately

I first wrote about this case back in March , when Atari filed a complaint accusing State Farm and its advertising partners of improperly appropriating artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for a 6-second online video advertisement. Conversely, in Ringgold v.

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DISH & Sling Sue Pirate Sites For Circumventing Sports Stream DRM

TorrentFreak

The SportsBay domains currently link to the same web platform, which features artwork culled from the infamous Pirate Bay, although there appears to be no link to that site, branding aside. It targets four Doe defendants doing business as SportsBay.org, SportsBay.tv, Live-NBA.stream, and Freefeds.com.

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“Well frens, it happened to me;” Actor’s Stolen NFTs Highlight Uncertainties for NFT Artwork

LexBlog IP

Let’s break down that mouthful: NFTs are a blockchain technology that creates indisputable ownership records that the art world has embraced as a way to buy and sell digital artwork. Traditional artwork is valuable because it’s unique and exclusive, and NFTs attempt to impose this uniqueness onto digital works.

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TTABlog Test: Which of These Three Section 2(d) Refusals Was/Were Reversed?

The TTABlog

In re 77 Enterprises LLC , Serial No. In re Panini America, Inc. 90004362 (March 22, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter W. In re Florentina Iulia Vaida , Serial No. 990029026 (March 24, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cindy B.

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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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The right of remuneration for public communication in hotel rooms

Olartemoure Blog

The economic right of remuneration recognized in favor of the interpreters of audiovisual works and artworks is found in paragraph 1 of article 168 of Law 23 of 1982, added by Law 1403 of 2010, also known as the Fanny Mikey Law. are taken into account when setting the rates. are taken into account when setting the rates.