The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The challenges presented by this state of affairs, including whether ‘artificial agents’ can be considered inventors, patent their inventions, and enjoy the benefit of patent ownership – and how their inventions would be evaluated against established human rules in the first place, are considered in this book.

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SpicyIP

JULY 1, 2021

In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. If local publishers are not charged hefty royalties or licensing fees, they can make these books available at cheaper prices and reduce their distribution costs. Section 2.2(iv)

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IP Close Up

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The author of a new book who was previously accused of employing junk economic science says that software ownership is damaging innovation and impeding U.S. competition. Continue reading.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . After winning the book, the group announced their plans.

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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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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

In the introduction, Stamatoudi explains that the aim of the book is to explore the intersection between intellectual property rights and cultural heritage from a variety of angles and perspectives. The book is presented in three main parts.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 1, 2024

the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. 7] wherein a book was the subject matter of the main dispute as the same was created by Plaintiff during her employment as one of the directors of the Defendant’s Coaching Centre, who published it without her consent presuming protection under the section 17 (c) of the Copyright Act.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Discussing the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hachette Book Group v. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Several users could borrow a scanned book at once. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

iv] Booking.com provides customers online hotel booking and reservation services (but I’m sure you already knew that) and “Booking.com, Booking.yeah” [v] is lingering in your head like a catchy tune you can’t help but hum. xxii] Basically, because “booking” is itself generic, the addition of “.com”

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This doctrine is mainly pertinent to the physical copies of copyrighted works, such as books, CDs, and DVDs. On the other hand, there are digital products such as e-books, music files, and software, which appear to be licensed rather than sold, with terminologies that prohibit resale or sharing. The CJEU held, in Tom Kabinet v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Reading this book brought to mind the UK Competition and Markets Authority review of the music streaming economy, which essentially found that, since consumers can access so much content for such a low price, the market must be doing a good job for consumers. The book consists of two parts. Not this time.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

She also highlights areas in need of further investigation, such as ownership and moral rights. This book will therefore appeal to researchers and policymakers interested in the intersection between artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

claimed that they held 50% ownership in the work, given to them by a producer named Greg Mathieson who worked on the album. Atkinson sued Netflix and Dark Horse Comics, alleging that Umbrella Academy copies characters and elements from a 1996 comic book he created for Rogue Satellite Comics. However, a UK company named Stillwater Ltd.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a perspective on how one can address the overlap between intellectual property (IP) rights, either to reconcile them in whole or in part, or to pre-empt one over the other. The book closes with Chapter 21 by Susy Frankel, focusing on the interactions between IP and traditional knowledge (TK).

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While there was no dispute regarding the terms of copyright ownership, reproduction, and making available to the public, the German Supreme Court discussed the plaintiff’s implied consent. The newest edition of the book has 10 chapters with a procedural focus and the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations, including several cases.

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The IPKat

MARCH 5, 2024

This is a book review provided by former PermaKat, Neil Wilkof. To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a book about authors, drama, or publishing before the modern era will likely have been written by a scholar of literature and culture rather than by a legal researcher. Read, learn, and enjoy.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As such, Pearson has identified some 150 textbooks that they believe were infringed, noting that it is “just a fraction” of the 9,000 books Chegg claims to offer, many of which are by Pearson. Now, he’s claiming ownership of the image and saying that it’s been used widely without a proper license.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here is what Rosie has to say about the book: It is a pleasure to review Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century, edited by Anthony Arundel, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and University of Tasmania, Suma Athreye, Essex Business School, London and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, World Intellectual Property Organization.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When lawyers talk about “intellectual property law” they usually mean the world of trademarks (names or symbols that identify the source of a product), copyrights (creative works, like paintings, songs, books), or patents (inventions). Sometimes, cultural beliefs and notions of communal ownership can. By: McAfee & Taft

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Relying on Twin Books Corporation v Walt Disney Company ( Twin Books ), Bundy argued, “a foreign publication of a foreign work, before January 1, 1978, without notice of United States copyright, did not put the foreign work into the public domain in the U.S.”. she will need to strengthen her claims to ownership of the illustration.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

The article titled “Cryptobros spent $3 million on Dune book, believing it gave them copyright. The token goes onto the blockchain, indicating ownership rights and potentially royalty rights for future transfers of the NFT, but not the underlying digital asset. nThe book and the copyright ownership are two distinct things.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

Background As recounted by Lyall (2024) , Finnish artist Sirpa Alalkkl and her husband Paul Palmer, who married in 1997 and separated some 20 years later, disputed the ownership of copyright in artworks she created during the course of their relationship.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Evidence of Ownership : A registered copyright serves as proof of ownership in case of disputes or infringements. This certificate serves as evidence of your copyright ownership and is valid for life plus 60 years. Musical Works : Compositions, songs, and music scores.

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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. All benefit from making their work available to a broad public.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The next phase of blockchain technology is focussed on bringing such scarcity and uniqueness to the internet, allowing for the ownership and collection of unique digital assets. The concepts of ownership and licensing are relevant in this context. Licensing and ownership: What’s the catch? Image Sources : Gettyimages].

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 14, 2022

By hitting the “Expand All” button when you pull up a record in TSDR, you can find the ownership information, the filing basis, the goods and services, what register it’s on, what data was filed, what data was registered if it’s registered, as well as the full prosecution history for the application.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Over the past 10 years or so, book retail chain Thalia , which was almost bankrupt 10 years ago, changed ownership, changed their model and everything. Thalia] went very, very strongly into the online channel and into buying up local, regional book chains.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 10, 2023

EMP&A recently and proudly became the owners of copyright registration for the Building A Bold Brand book. But, there’s a lot of nuance as to how the work is described, what gets deposited, the ownership and authorship questions, and things are never quite as simple as they seem when it comes to intellectual property.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

He orally licensed the beats to Rivers for a 50% royalty and a promise to keep booking live performances for White. White alleges that Rivers stopped booking live performances and thereby abrogated the beats license. Second, how is DistroKid supposed to sort through the ownership and license rights here?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 26, 2025

They touch upon key emerging issues in AI, including development/training, output generation, transparency obligation, and the authorship and ownership of AI outputs. She began by reminding the IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024 , as voting ends on 31 January 2025.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Based on the assertion that the assignment agreements relied upon by the publishers do not confer ownership of copyrights relating to the allegedly infringed works, Elbakyan declared them void. The agreements pertain to the publication of books; Elbakyan is accused of distributing articles. After suspending Sci-Hub’s.SE

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Patently-O

APRIL 13, 2022

Ryan Abbott has gathered an amazing group of scholars for his new book on AI and IP that is forthcoming later this year. In that sense, there is no “corporate invention” because corporate ownership of patent rights are derived rather than original—they stem from a transfer of property rights from human inventors who begins the chain of title.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 13, 2023

From comic books to photorealistic "magic avatars" made from users' selfies, artificial intelligence-generated art is growing more prolific and raising legal concerns about ownership of the works as well as potential infringement.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a primer on copyright-related challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) presents. As advanced in the book’s title, this monograph is composed of 25 short chapters, distributed in six parts. To address this question, Fernández explains the fundamentals of AI works of art in Part II.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Two iconic book covers that later became the posters for the film adaptations Dear Rich: My company is wanting to hire an illustrator to do the cover of our travel book. A work-made-for-hire agreement is used so that the hiring party acquires ownership of the work. Is there a contract template for this scenario?

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Mexican Publishers Association (CANIEM) hosts the bi-annual congress in collaboration with the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and in coordination with the Guadalajara International Book Fair. More volumes will continue to be added in due course.

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