IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Smart contracts are contracts that are used to regulate NFT transactions. The copyrights that subsist on an NFT are also governed with the help of a smart contract. In the NFT space, a buyer is granted ownership over a copy of a digital artifact. Interestingly enough, copyrights play a pivotal role in the NFT market.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. NFTs are governed by smart contracts, which divide ownership and limit transferability. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

Rahul Dhawan, her lawyer, argued that the disputed clip was part of Nayanthara’s ‘Personal Liberty’ as it was shot on her device and was already circulating in the public domain. It is seen that Dhanush, via the agreed contract, was the owner of all the BTS footage and had warned Nayanthara against its use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., To be clear, joint copyright ownership of photos like these could be a policy disaster, so I don’t share the judge’s lament on that front).

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BYU Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Public Policy, or Private Use? However, the Plaintiffs assert in their Complaint that the Defendant does not have copyright ownership of the materials, as they are public policies. As such, the policies are owned by the public and not under the copyright of either MASD, SSSD, or their hired consultant PSBA.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

NFTs revolutionised the concept of ownership and digital art. NFTs have sparked several discussions raising questions on how this would affect IP Rights and what ownership of artwork, especially digital copies of artwork entails. However, the buyer of the NFT now had ownership over one unique copy of the same GIF.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to the application for interim measures, the IPZS urgently needed to award the contract, but it had reason to fear that a company, Centro Grafico DG s.p.a. In the pictures above, "Bedtime" by Louis Wain ( 1860-1939 ), in public domain and Aaron Pa reck i, " Spy30 Scavenger Hunt " from Fl ic kr, CC 2.0 license.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2020

The Code Revision Commission ( Commission ) – the State’s entity composed mostly of legislators who assemble the OCGA – contracted with a division of the LexisNexis Group to draft the annotations under the OCGA. PRO counterclaimed seeking declaratory judgment that the entire OCGA was in the public domain. What was copyrighted?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. public domain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Public domain. Public domain and paying public domain regimes remain highly fragmented and not harmonized in the EU. Yet, national specifications are different, with the result that, despite the CJEU’s intervention in the field, the boundaries of public domain in EU copyright law remain unclear.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If the right to something depends on a contract, or a statute explicitly creating it (e.g., Would it automatically place works compulsorily acquired in the public domain or only transfer ownership to the government? copyright), can one call such a constitutional right? I do not think so. copyright law.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

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.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

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.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

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.

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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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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A: author of Esperanto consigned it to the public domain. Authors have options: they can surrender to the public; they can assert complete control; or something in between. Ownership should require a lower burden of proof: comes from the relationship between the spouses and not from the connection to the creation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

30, 2021): Plaintiff alleges that Defendants knew that Defendant Wagner did not own the copyright to the images that Plaintiff posted on its social media channels, because Wagner abandoned the copyrights when he executed the Stipulation of Settlement, which dedicated the intellectual property rights of the images to the public domain.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Particularly, it was argued that against the backdrop of the pandemic, the medicines produced were in high demand due to their characteristics of relieving some of the major symptoms exhibited by the patients who had contracted the Covid-19 virus. Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity]. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Dismantling the Defense: Why Common Justifications for Publicity Rights Fall Flat Prof. Society as a whole plays such a significant role in creating and maintaining celebrity status, how can we justify giving individual celebrities exclusive control over their public image? At least a finding thereof is crucial yet missing.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2025

Moreover, the identity of the author was not disclosed by the plaintiff, which the Court held is essential for claiming copyright ownership. It also ruled that customer lists in the logistics and freight forwarding business cannot be automatically deemed confidential as such information is available in the public domain.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ” H.R.

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Intepat

APRIL 4, 2025

Provenance Fraud This refers to the practice of fabricating or altering ownership documents or documents related to the artworks history to create a false authenticity in the work. Charges of civil nature result from claims related to breach of contract and negligence, usually against sellers, galleries or intermediaries.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. After negotiations between them fell apart, both parties sued, each claiming exclusive ownership of the movie footage. 105 , as a “work of the United States Government”?

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