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ORIGINALITY IN DATABASE: UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT THRESHOLDS

Intepat

For instance, researchers often require access to databases for academic purposes, and public services may depend on freely available compilations. Indian copyright law addresses this through fair use exceptions under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, permitting use for teaching, research, and private study.

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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A person authorises the use of the space for the transmission, sale, distribution, or display of an unauthorised work unless they know or have good reason to suspect that doing so will result in a copyright violation. With today’s technology, it is very simple to copy and share the original works of other people.

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

LexBlog IP

And, it goes like this–the relevant concept in the United States is that a person shall “ no[t] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” ”), but see Bobbs-Merrill Co. Straus , 210 U.S. 1073 (2019).

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WIPIP 2022, Session 6 (TM)

43(B)log

While Rogers rejected any consideration of whether the speaker had adequate alternatives to using the plaintiff’s trademark because speakers are entitled to choose their own ways of speaking, the religious cases embrace the concept of adequate alternatives. Colleen Chien: describing community norms would be useful. Related: © threats.

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Federal Circuit Narrows Scope for Copyrighting Software Function

Patently-O

In that case, the Court found that Google’s use of Java API naming conventions in its Android operating system was fair use under copyright law. Because its fair use decision decided the case, the court did not rule separately on whether the API was even copyrightable in the first place. 1183 (2021).