The IPKat
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. 2(c)(i), and, thus, copyrightable under sec. 57 of the Act.
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IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 14, 2022
Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 covers authors’ special rights particularly, highlighting the importance of expanding such rights beyond solely economic grounds. As a result, the lifetime of these rights varies greatly between countries. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?
Kashishipr
AUGUST 31, 2022
However, in this aspect, what needs to be duly noted is that staying on top of Copyright Laws , rules, and regulations on a content-rich internet can be challenging. It is because not only the internet but the laws, rules, and regulations are also saturated with exceptions, clauses, and legal jargon.
IP and Legal Filings
MAY 13, 2024
In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI. AI additionally possesses no copyright on the material that it generates. Copyright law protects just the expression, not the idea itself.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Background As previously reported by the IPKat last year, VEGAP, a collective management organisation for intellectual property rights in Spain, brought a claim against Punto Na SA, the IP holding company for the well-known clothing brand Mango, seeking compensation in respect of the alleged infringement of copyright in certain artworks.
The IPKat
JANUARY 25, 2022
As such, mechanical reproduction can never be authentic, nor can a copy ever be perfect, because it is detached from its aura. The copyright lawyer might well respond with a glazed look. Copyright law developed to protect the commercial potential of (literary) works in an age of multiple reproduction. But of course.
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