LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

When Goldsmith issued a cease and desist letter claiming copyright infringement, AWF brought a declaratory judgment action asserting that its use of Goldsmith’s photograph in Orange Prince was protected under the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine. Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

When Goldsmith issued a cease and desist letter claiming copyright infringement, AWF brought a declaratory judgment action asserting that its use of Goldsmith’s photograph in Orange Prince was protected under the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine. Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides all rights, including further development, translation, reproduction, publication, communication to the public among others, exclusively to the owner of the work. Here’s the To-Dos for the Creators before working on a remix!

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Under copyright protection, startups have the exclusive right to reproduce their works and distribute them to the public. Copyrights also provide startups with the authority to create derivative works based on their original creations. This means that no one else can copy or distribute their creations without permission.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Following the announcement, Roc-A-Fella’s attorneys sent cease-and-desist letters to SuperFarm and Dash. According to Miramax, the creation of the NFTs constituted copyright infringement because they were unauthorized derivative works of Pulp Fiction. [23] However, Damon lacked any individual interest in the copyright.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

You don’t want to spend money on marketing and development only to find later that you did not receive trademark approval or received a cease and desist from another company because you were infringing on their trademark and didn’t know it.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

You don’t want to spend money on marketing and development only to find later that you did not receive trademark approval or received a cease and desist from another company because you were infringing on their trademark and didn’t know it.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 18, 2024

UOI The Supreme Court’s split verdict on the GM Mustard case (India’s first transgenic food crop), though still leaving the way forward uncertain, did agree that a national policy is needed, as well as that GEAC decisions are open to judicial review. Tejaswini Kaushal takes us through the 400+ page judgment in this crisply worded post.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Despite a cease-and-desist letter from Grant, the video remained online, amassing millions of views before Grant filed his lawsuit. The court also found that “the video’s overarching political purpose does not automatically render its use of any non-political work transformative.”

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