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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Nevertheless , tokens may be used in a digital rights management scheme, as the aforementioned default position is subject to contract modification, as explained below. Copyright that is transferred upon selling an NFT may explicitly be outlined in the self-executing smart contract governing the sale.

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The unbearable lightness of trade secrets and public tenders

The IPKat

In this case, the nuance is expressed in the context of the balance between the ‘right of information’ of the participants to a public tender and the possible presence of ‘trade secrets’ in the bidding documentation. Based on this, the request for access to the documentation was denied by the contracting authority.

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

In simple terms, trade secrets are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) granted on confidential or sensitive info, which may be licensed or sold. A person in every company should be in charge of controlling the accessibility of critical documents. ? There should be robust infrastructure in place for IT security.

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If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright?–Shah v. NYP

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This raises an obvious corollary: at most, Shah has a non-exclusive license to those photos, so what are the terms of those licenses and could Shah potentially infringe the owners’ copyrights by posting them? Mendez case, which involved a group photographer documenting the group’s activities at the group’s request.

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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use. Look for those that have Creative Commons licensing so they can be used commercially. Document right to use. Document your own work. Do not copy anything.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Responses from the earlier call for views have raised the need to improve licensing mechanisms for TDM purposes. Option 3: adopt an exception for any use, with a possibility for rightholders to contract out. Option 4: adopt an exception for any use, with no possibility for rightholders to contract out.

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance. to various entities dealing with the same.