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[Guest Post] Who owns the copyright to Nigeria’s “new” national anthem?

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Is the national anthem in the public domain? Additionally, if the anthem is in the public domain, it can be freely used without legal constraints. At any rate, if “His Majesty”/the then new Nigerian government was deemed the owner of work in 1959, it would have entered the public domain in 2009—i.e.,

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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. Valid Transfer of Rights?

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

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The North American Free Trade Agreement defines a trade secret as “Information having commercial value, which is not in the public domain, and for which reasonable steps have been taken to maintain its secrecy.” Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.”

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Rochem v. Nirtech – Analysing the Claim of Breach of Confidential Information

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However, it is commonly accepted that for information to be construed as confidential, the said data must possess the requisite element of confidence, must have some commercial value and cannot be in the public domain. This follows from the Bombay High Court’s reference to Zee Telefilms Ltd. Sundial Communications Pvt.

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The unbearable lightness of trade secrets and public tenders

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Not for the first time in connection with a public procurement tender, an unsuccessful bidder then files with the contracting authority a request for examination of the documentation submitted by the successful bidder, this to evaluate the propriety of the award process, with an eye towards possibly challenging it through legal proceedings.

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Bombay HC Clarifies the Contours of Copyright Infringement and Confidentiality Law

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For breach of confidentiality, there must be both information that is not available in the public domain and the communication of this information in confidence, either expressly or in an implied manner. For copyright infringement, it is necessary to prove that there is similarity in the expression of an idea.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While creating AR experiences, so-called markers provide information on the real-world element of reference to be overlapped with digital images. This authorization may be grounded on property, contracts, cultural heritage rules or on copyright. i) Public domain works. Technical aspects of augmented reality.

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