IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

The encouragement towards innovation is legalized under Intellectual copyrights patents and trademarks Rights are provided by the states around the globe. Copyright- copyright protection is given to the works of authorship. Is Copyright registration mandated in India?

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

Intellectual property rights may be established, protected, or granted to another party by contracts or agreements. Considering that the subject matter is so complex, the law regarding contracts is usually handled by lawyers who specialize in it.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 8, 2025

The SWA is a trade union of screenwriters and lyricists, which is not to be confused with the recently registered Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI), which is a copyright society. Under Section 2(d) of the Copyright Act , each of these contributors is recognized as an “author” of their respective work.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

1: Major Publishers Sue Shopify, Alleging Copyright Violations. 2: Movie Studios Sue Free Streaming Website Primewire For ‘Mass Online Copyright Piracy’. In total, the lawsuit is seeking both injunctive relief and damages for alleged copyright infringement and contributory copyright infringement.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Copyright Concerns When Using Others to Create Content. But there are some serious copyright issues that you ought to be aware of when you are working with others to create content for you. First, contracts. And that is a specific, important phrase in copyright law.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Although the Copyright Office’s official guidance on whether you can be the author of AI output is a solid “maybe? Consistent with the Copyright Office’s guidance in the Compendium, Third Edition, there is often “creative input or intervention from a human author” at multiple steps in the process. This creates a major problem.

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The IPKat

JULY 17, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding copyright ownership of Nigeria’s re-adopted national anthem. Is the national anthem in the public domain?

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

Copyright Licensing of Digital Assets Attached to NFT Sales. Bonus: Free Open Source Copyright License for NFT sales below]. NFT Copyright Licensing. There are open auctions, limited auctions, various flavors of ownership for the NFT, and sales of both digital and non-digital assets. Let’s talk about it.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 1, 2021

Here is what you should know getting started: A logo can be protected by both copyright and trademark, depending on how it is used. A logo copyright protects a creative design or an expression of an idea, while a logo trademark protects things that identify a business on the marketplace. Copyright © vs. Trademark ®. Copyright ©.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Poster of the film “ Naanum Rowdy Dhaan “ Image from here Nayanthara and Dhanush Copyright Controversy – De Minimis Rule to the Rescue? The first question is which work’s copyright has been infringed and who is the owner of that work. Later, we will look at the controversy from the lens of Prof.

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CopyrightsWorld

AUGUST 31, 2021

Tokenization, along with other technologies like Blockchain, Smart contracts, NFTs and Crypto will transform creators to own nation states. Crypto, NFTs, Blockchain and Smart contracts will kill the middlemen forever, enabling creators talking, selling and providing to their fans directly. Their state, their rules.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

White created “beats” and got copyright registrations for them. White now claims that DistroKid infringed his copyrights to the beats, both directly and indirectly (the court dismissed the indirect claims last year). First, oral copyright licenses are a recipe for trouble. Ugh, so much going wrong here.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 2, 2023

The Controversy around the Ownership Upon being commissioned by the film’s producer, R. D Bansal, alleged that the novelization of the screenplay and the publication of the novel is in violation of the plaintiff’s copyright as per Section 51 of the Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We begin with developments in the copyright field. In February , Kenya’s parliament passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2021. Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Director Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 Pulp Fiction, considered among the most influential films in modern history, has emerged as a test case of sorts for issuing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that relate to a copyright-protected work. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Late last month (August), the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights within the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) was adopted at a Diplomatic Conference held in Kampala, Uganda. Would a refusal be used as a defence to copyright infringement? See Article 6.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. Image Sources : Gettyimages] One of the important issues in online is copyrights. One such area where copyright violations are common is the internet. These advantages can be made profitable for the owner.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2021

Although few laws concern the use of an image without consent, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Criminal Code , the Copyright Act , and the Security of Information Act address these legal issues. In this post, I will focus on the Copyright Act. In other words, every photographer owns the photos that they take.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? The short answer, as usual in law, is that it depends.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

As a practice, artists enter into contracts with publishers which grant them ownership of the work to commercially exploit it and collect the royalties it earns. Then these earnings are split between the publishers and artists based on the terms of the contract between them.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the context of certain questions that arose in the proceedings, Tanvi then brings up an interesting hypothetical i.e. what if the defendants had challenged the ownership of the copyright early on, instead of the attempt to amendment later on. She is intrigued by the field of Intellectual Property Law and wishes to explore the same.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. CPL Industries Limited , dismissed an appeal from the High Court in a copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing-off suit between two pharmaceutical companies. In court, the issue in dispute was the ownership of the IP in the Cubes Solution software.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

Copyrightability of Prompts Prompt engineering is recognized as essential for harnessing the full potential of generative AI technologies, as it optimizes the interaction between humans and AI systems. For a prompt to be protected under copyright law, it must meet the criteria of originality and fixation.

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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. That computer, with its operating system and various applications, is using “access controls” which are protected by copyright (in the US) under specific provisions (found in Section 1201) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Although the Copyright Office’s official guidance on whether you can be the author of AI output is a solid “maybe? .” Consistent with the Copyright Office’s guidance in the Compendium, Third Edition, there is often “creative input or intervention from a human author” at multiple steps in the process.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright Bharat Harne Image from here The 161 st Report of Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Committee on Intellectual Property observed (paragraph 11.1) patents, trademark and copyright. It will mainly focus on three types of intellectual properties, viz.,

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. The general consensus is that copyright law favors the publishers, but in a recent motion to dismiss, Elbakyan had other things on her mind too. The Plaintiffs are thus the owners of the copyright.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. The rights of speakers, organisers, and participants under Indian copyright law will be discussed in this Article, which will explore copyright concerns connected to webinars.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). Proposals to use NFTs to replace or supplement copyright recordkeeping did not demonstrate added value.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more. We know that he doesn’t have any copyright in the photos just because he appears in them (that would be an Innocence of Muslims redux ).

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 25, 2021

The ownership of data can be a murky question. What role might copyright, patent, trade secret, tort law, and contract play in data protection? What issues are important for in-house counsel to know of when entering contracts, creating policies, and advising their clients? Please see full article below for more.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In short, Defendants seek to capitalize, unilaterally, on Miramax’s rights to Pulp Fiction,” Miramax wrote , demanding damages for breach of contract, copyright infringement and trademark infringement. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Taratino Fires Back. ” Addressing the Allegations.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Part 1 of this post outlines the technology, its applications in the cultural heritage sector and the potential copyright implications. Part 2 discusses the relevant copyright exceptions and limitations that interfere with the development of AR experiences. Copyright implications of AR in the cultural heritage sector.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

Further, in the context of copyrightable works, such as images, information databases, etc., While protection of copyright is possible by subjecting the creation to the IP jurisdiction of the country to which the author belongs, it is not so simple in the case of inventions or trademarks created in outer space.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. Your trademark identifies your company as the source of goods and services related to your NFTs and digital assets (the pictures linked to your NFT smart contracts). Copyright is different than a trademark.

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