Corsearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If you were told 15 years ago that a personal post on your social media could be worth millions of dollars, would you believe it? In October 2021 this event came to pass; the very first Tweet posted by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was ‘minted’ (created) as an NFT and sold for a staggering $2.9 What is an NFT?

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E owns a trademark (for entertainment services) and registered copyrights for Live PD, “which for four years featured live feeds of law enforcement activity across America, along with live narration and commentary from host Dan Abrams and others.” Fan reactions on social media included “Ok. I’m confused. I missed it!”

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

We can predict from C-682/18 and C-683/18 that, from an EU perspective, it is likely that YouTube already transcends Article 17, by implementing technological measures that can be expected from a 'diligent operator in the specific circumstances', at least they would argue, to effectively copyright infringements on that platform.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Branding has become more important than ever, particularly in developing an online presence through search engines, various online platforms, and social media. Nearly every mainstream marketplace and social media platform has Acceptable Use Policies, which provide procedures for reporting intellectual property infringements.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The judgement, apart from clarifying the position on whether such payments are royalties, clearly recognises copyright exhaustion in computer programmes setting to rest the debate regarding the effect of section 14(b)(ii) of the Copyright Act on the doctrine of copyright exhaustion provided under section 14(a)(ii).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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Intepat

JUNE 6, 2024

The ongoing debate about inventorship and ownership is significant, as AI may follow the trend of computer-implemented inventions where the inventor is still human. Businesses could file a lawsuit for damages in the event that there is a breach or theft because of the perpetual nature of biometric data security.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The scale of infringements sounds pretty outrageous for an independent creator and we were blown away when Clement showed us his daily copyright infringement battle in action. There’s a never-ending stream of infringements across social media platforms that seems impossible to stop, much like the weather.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt. In 2021, Rachel Dolezal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against CBS Interactive.

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