Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

A copyright lawyer will be familiar with legal issues on subject matter, originality, authorship and ownership. Rather, it focuses on the just safeguards that should exist around the exploitation of those works, both in relation to economic and moral rights. What is it?

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

GET IN TOUCH Speak With An Open Source Attorney Contact us Choosing the Right Open Source License For Your Project Choosing the suitable licensing model at the inception of an open-source project is not just a legal formality; it’s a strategic imperative. But here’s where dual licensing comes in handy.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Without further ado, here’s what I found in the Januarys: Virtual World, Gaming, and IPs: Sifting through January pages, a decade-old post by Deepshikha Malhotra caught my attention, discussing Property Rights in the Virtual World. The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking. Prototypical 19 th case: Publishing agreement is silent on ownership; publisher complies w/formalities and author doesn’t.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Copyright Act is the primary section that grants rights to visual artists. This includes various provisions that protect the moral rights of authors of certain works of visual art, including the rights to: Attribution: The right to have their name associated with the work. VARA is part of U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2022

However, in the modern world the Maasai tradition has been reduced to a mere glamorous fashion trend and money-minting business by leading corporates. The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions Act (PTKCEA), 2016 passed by the Kenyan government elaborated categorically upon the IP rights of traditional communities.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

GET IN TOUCH Speak With An Open Source Attorney Contact us Choosing the Right Open Source License For Your Project Choosing the suitable licensing model at the inception of an open-source project is not just a legal formality; it’s a strategic imperative. But here’s where dual licensing comes in handy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Business-to-business contracting parties enjoy significant freedom in determining the law applicable to their contractual relationship. Business-to-business contracting parties outside an employment context enjoy significant freedom as to choice of law clauses. Exceptions to choice of law.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Pirates, rogue, flagrantly infringing online locations (Singapore), infringement-based business models. A: interesting but not important b/c pirates move on so quickly that an 18 month period is 5 business models. Authors’ rights are designed to protect that intellectual and emotional bond. How do you ID the bad guys?

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The embedding of “smart contracts” in NFT sales allows for the automatic distribution of royalties – roughly 10% – anytime a change of ownership is requested on the blockchain. Exercising control of downstream purchaser actions for traditional or non-digital artistic mediums is more complicated.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

In her role she had access to some Mulberry designs before their launch, and consequently the company required her to sign confidentiality and copyright agreements which required the assignment of copyright in any works or designs made arising from her employment and which related to Mulberry’s business.

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