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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In a previous blog post , I criticized the Second Circuit’s ruling as inherently self-contradictory. My previous blog post contains detailed information about the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations [ 17 U.S.C. § If it’s still unclear, go back and read my previous blog post on Sohm for a more detailed explanation.).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

While creative industries claim their work has been not only stolen but specifically used to replace them, AI providers continue, remarkably, to insist that the millions of images ‘fed’ to the AI can be used without permission as part of the ”social contract” of the Internet. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. We blogged this case twice before. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

Contracts should clearly state who owns the rights to the prompts. This includes specifying whether the creator of the prompts, i.e. the prompt engineers, retains ownership or if the rights are transferred to another party, such as the employer or clients, as the case may be. exclusive vs. non-exclusive rights).

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark. There have also been complaints where creators have tried to NFT their own creativity but by doing so have breached a contract. The terms of ownership and remuneration vary between platforms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Contract Formation. Reminder: a second click is best practice because it reduces risk of contract formation failure, like what happens here). The court doesn’t specify what contract terms gap-fill in the TOS’s absence, but those default rules won’t be as favorable to Roblox as their TOS. Section 230.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM. The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party. Not a word on this from the appellate court.

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IPilogue

JUNE 23, 2022

This interesting case will likely become a battle over the terms of the contract with strong arguments on both sides. This term mirrors the contracts of most universities (like University of Toronto’s patent policy ) where professors are not the exclusive IP owners for independent work completed during employment.

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 22, 2024

In residential transactions, Halal financing typically involves structures such as Murabaha (cost-plus sale), Ijarah (leasing), Musharakah (partnership), and Istisna’a (manufacturing contracts). This includes agreements outlining the terms of financing, ownership arrangements, and dispute resolution mechanisms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Construing these allegations as true and in Service’s favor, Service subjectively believed that he possessed an ownership interest and that he never approved the Comedy Dynamics deal. I’m pretty sure the drafters of 512(f) never contemplated that it would be invoked in disputes over ownership.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Part I of this blog introduced the first of three ambiguities NFT purchasers may face. Such resales of works of art taking place in tandem with NFT undertakings may generate the resale right, presupposing that on-chain NFT ownership and off-chain artwork ownership are aligned.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Swift, in deciding to re-record her albums, ensured that her new (Taylor’s) versions gave her all three types of intellectual property right over her catalogue, guaranteeing full ownership. All music can be subdivided into three categories of copyright: lyrical, compositional, and sound.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

While the copyright conditions in the user agreements of the applications in question are always important, it will be assumed for the purposes of this post that the apps do not claim ownership through these user agreements. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. written in advance).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

My angst-filled blog post on that ruling. Worse, it’s not clear the users have a “possessory interest” in those bits due to the possibility that copyright and contract law that may limit what users can do with those bits. Instead of asserting copyright and trademark claims, they tried trespass to chattels.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. The Office has answered that question with a resounding “maybe.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Thus, the digital context of copyright exploitation contracts leads to questions of applicable law. Business-to-business contracting parties enjoy significant freedom in determining the law applicable to their contractual relationship. The online exploitation of content protected by copyright inherently entails cross-border aspects.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Through IP licensing, IP rights holders grant third parties the exclusive right to use their IP while retaining their ownership. In contrast to IP assignments, which transfer the entire ownership of the IP asset, IP licensing provides only limited use. appeared first on Blog | Kashish IPR | Intellectual Property Rights Law Firm.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. Defendants are free to flesh out their arguments regarding ownership of the Facebook page later in the case. __. See generally, Christopher A. In contrast, in JLM Couture v.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

This blog major goals are to identify the different elements that make up a cinematographic film and then to analyse the present legal position regarding who is legally responsible for each of the specified elements. The aforementioned elements are those that are most frequently disputed when discussing copyright ownership.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

The second one is to get ownership of their copyright, know their rights under the copyright laws and how to protect them. Recent studies reveal that there are over 5 billion blogs and 7 million blog posts are published every day! blog post, article, social post, etc.). What is original work? Obviously no. Work for Hire.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 26, 2022

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a reflective blog on their internship experience. I also updated a “Document Log” for the legal team, which is a record of contracts that have IP-related provisions. David Park is an IP Intensive student and a 3L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In times past, IP Protection was primarily based on retaining the knowledge possessed by people within a team by using mechanisms like contracts and agreements to prevent employees from leaving the company and joining the competitors in the market. Licensing In & Licensing Out IP Assets As Per Needs & Opportunities.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 23, 2024

This post focuses on the second requirement: “any individual who, directly or indirectly, owns or controls at least 25% of the ownership interests in the company.” Just look at the company’s shares/ownership units. Look at who owns the company, and how much of an ownership interest each owner has. Dig Deeper.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This blog post will show how data snarfers vex the courts and expose unfortunate gaps in existing legal doctrines. * * *. Penal Code § 502); (5) intentional interference with Meta’s contracts with its users; and (6) violation of the “unlawful,” “unfair,” and “fraudulent” prongs of the UCL. ” Oof.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

Our blog post on the original Ninth Circuit ruling: “ Ninth Circuit Says LinkedIn Wrongly Blocked HiQ’s Scraping Efforts ”.). The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles.

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IPilogue

APRIL 20, 2022

However, Marvel had no right to unilaterally retain Spider-Man’s copyright unless Sony decided to terminate the contract—which seemed unlikely to happen. In 2015, Marvel and Sony made an unprecedented deal that the two companies would share joint-ownership in Spider-Man’s copyright. The film received praise from critics.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Thus, it can be concluded that authors of the original musical work, i.e. the composer, are the first owner of the copyright that is incorporated in a cinematographic film.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., To be clear, joint copyright ownership of photos like these could be a policy disaster, so I don’t share the judge’s lament on that front).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 27, 2023

” I sense the court was overwhelmed by the complexity of music licensing, where there are layers upon layers of agreements over the initial ownership of the work, subsequent ownership transfers, distribution licenses, designations of enforcement agents, and voluntary uploads of the works by one or more people in the chain.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

This blog explores some considerations surrounding influencer marketing and highlights key aspects that should be addressed in contracts to ensure a mutually beneficial and legally compliant partnership. Any contract should therefore include language that ensures the influencer will comply with the applicable disclosure requirements.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 28, 2022

Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here, here , here and here. Given their weak bargaining power, these authors had contracted away all their rights including rights to exploit their works in future technological mediums (like ringtones) and therefore could no longer stake a claim to the newly minted fortune.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2024

Through immutable record-keeping and smart contracts, blockchain provides a secure and transparent platform for managing IP rights, facilitating collaboration, reducing disputes, and unlocking new opportunities for innovation and monetization.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Through Twitter, she expressed that she had outlived all her recording contracts and that her master recordings should legally belong to her. Ownership of masters within the music industry has become a contentious and popular matter, particularly after Taylor Swift’s legal battle resulted in her re-recording her greatest hits.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 16, 2023

Proper strategy, governance, processes, policies and contracts are needed to ensure any IP creation resulting from the collaboration and any real upside potential can be shared with Alectra. University IP policies vary, but they all grapple with similar legal issues such as disclosure, use, ownership, commercialization, and revenue sharing.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Readers of this blog might wonder what this quaint vignette has to do with copyright. Contract law is largely a matter of state law, and the validity of clauses in contracts constraining the access to software and code may (in this context) be construed as copyright-adjacent rules. Well . . . . But that’s me.

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