Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

Disney acquired the rights to the book and its characters in 1961 and, since then, has released a steady stream of movies, TV shows and products featuring the book’s cast of characters. What this means is that the Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh book is now free of copyright. What Actually Happened.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2023! Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular order, were: • Der patentrechtliche Schutz von Daten und seine Grenzen; Landscheidt, by Fabian Landscheidt. Copyright and Cartography, by Isabella Alexander. . •

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson Education, the largest publisher of textbooks in the world, has filed a lawsuit against the website Chegg alleging widespread copyright infringement of its content on the site. As a result, Pearson is suing Chegg alleging copyright infringement. Questions, Answers and Copyright.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis , edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). The book is divided into two main parts. There are a total of 28 chapters. An ambitious aim that Barrett achieves in an engaging and candid chapter.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. [This post has been co-authored with Lokesh Vyas].

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US. In the introduction, Gervais explains that the approach to discussing IP law reform taken in this edited collection is considering both primary and secondary level reform.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? He self-published a book about the experience (“ Why I Sued Taylor Swift and How I Became Falsely Known as Frivolous, Litigious and Crazy “). ” Greer emailed Moon asking to remove the book.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 29, 2024

At the same time, this shift also raises various questions relating to copyrights and the safety of educational content and the authors’ rights. Another lesser-known problem of the authors of the schools providing educational services through the Internet is the question of the control of the distribution of copies of copyrighted works.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

This book review of Art and Copyright by Simon Stokes (Partner at Blake Morgan) is kindly provided to you by Alexander Herman, Assistant Director, at the Institute of Art and Law and co-directs the Art, Business and Law LLM developed with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London.

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Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In celebration of National Book Month 2024, Copyright Alliance member, the Independent Book Publishers Association, offers its perspectives of why strong copyright protections are important to their ability to create […] The post National Book Month 2024: IBPA’s View of Copyright Law appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. Berkovitz administered a midterm exam and a final exam, which comprised copyrighted material. He further alleged that Defendants knew or should have known that their acts constituted copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dr VRR Ayyar’s book, “Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties (1996)”, published in 2021. The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […].

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A few years ago, book piracy was considered a fringe activity that rarely made the news, but times have changed. Department of Justice targeted popular shadow library Z-Library, accusing it of mass copyright infringement. Superior Goal The average user is probably not especially interested in downloading metadata; they want books.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book. You can't judge a book from its cover". True, except when a book and its cover are involved. But of course.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A Federal appeals court has ruled that the nonprofit Internet Archive’s “controlled digital lending program” – which creates and lends fully digitized copies of books – does not meet the copyright law’s definition of a fair use. The September 4, 2024, decision in Hachette Books v.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 21, 2023

World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated each year on April 23. This year, UNESCO is leading observations of World Copyright Day with the theme, ‘Indigenous Languages.’ Such works also need to be protected against misappropriation, and copyright is a key legal means of meeting that need. If Not, What is the Answer?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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The IPKat

JULY 3, 2021

This TechieKat was thrilled to put her paws on (Re)structuring Copyright, A Comprehensive Path to International Copyright Reform , written by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law and Director of Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program at Vanderbilt University. The book is divided into two parts. Gervais , Milton R.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. Legal scholars, professors, and former government officials, also chimed in. .

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

The author or creator of any theatrical, literary, creative, or musical work has an exclusive right to copyright. It was recently uncovered that numerous internet platforms are posting infringing content on their websites without the approval of the copyright owners. Image Source: gettyimages]. What are takedown services?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. This is a feature of copyright law, not a bug,” the brief reads.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

1: Manhattan Judge Rejects ‘Server Test’ for Internet Copyright Infringement. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has issued a controversial ruling denying the “server test” of copyright law and ruling that embedding images can be an infringement of copyright law. ” As such, Warner Bros.,

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 31, 2022

1: Pinterest Prevails in Photography Copyright Dispute. However, the court has ruled that Pinterest is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which protects services that host content uploaded by users. 2: Amendment Passes to Grant Teachers Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Remotely.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 26, 2022

I am delighted to take this opportunity to share with the SpicyIP community the release of my book, The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law (Thomson Reuters, 2022, ISBN-13: 978-9393702173). The Finished Article intends to offer readers a guided tour through the 100+ year modern history of designs case law in India.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 23, 2024

For example, it operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books, which patrons can borrow upon request. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

That book documented the efforts and plodding steps taken by China, a country that used to lacking experience in modern IP laws, during the 25 years since it entered the international community (China joined the WIPO in 1980; see also WIPO article China’s IP journey ).

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2022

But for IP types, perhaps their most notable accomplishment was the revenge that they took upon the copyright system. And, while the copyright laws were used to try to keep the film from public view, ultimately it failed, to the continuing benefit of cinematic creation. Vampire folklore had been passed down for centuries.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 21, 2022

1: Judge in Maryland Strikes Down Library e-Book Law. First off today, Hillel Italie at the Associated Press reports that a judge in Maryland has shot down a law that would have required publishers to make e-books available on “reasonable terms” to libraries in the state. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is a book review of Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v. Google, Inc.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

This is a review of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage , edited by Irini Stamatoudi , Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Heritage Law at the University of Nicosia. The book is presented in three main parts.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

Recently in Alexander v Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc , a jury of the US District Court of the Southern District of Illinois concluded that tattoo artist Catherine Alexander has a valid copyright claim in the designs she tattooed on World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Copyright protection over tattoos has been a hot topic for some time.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2023

From a copyright perspective, AI brings up some interesting questions. For example, can content created by an AI be copyrighted? And can an AI be trained on copyrighted works without limitation? “The books aggregated by these websites have also been available in bulk via torrent systems. ” the authors wrote.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2021

As part of that rise to stardom, Haigh published a book in the summer of 2021 entitled Makan. Part cookbook and part memoir, the book explored her Singaporean heritage, both culinary and personal. However, it turns out that much of the book was anything but. copyright law, one typically cannot copyright a recipe itself.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2022! Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2023!

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2024

Discussing the Mahatma’s take on copyright and the interplay between the 1955 Copyright Bill and the Berne Convention, we are pleased to bring to you this post by Shivam Kaushik. Shivam is a 2020 law graduate from Benaras Hindu University and is a former law researcher at the Delhi High Court.

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