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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. vii] Deidrè A.

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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

The issue of safeguarding personality rights has grown in prominence because of the rising exploitation of various celebrities and renowned individuals. The personality rights in India are generally enforced in the context of Intellectual Property Laws. Further in the case of Civic Chandran and Ors.

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

Kashishipr

Intellectual Property & Intellectual Property Rights. Intellectual Property (IP) and copyright are related; however, they are not the same. In simple terms, IP is a category of property that includes the intangible (i.e., not physical) creations of the human intellect.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

If last week passed too quickly to follow all the IP updates , not to worry, this Kat has put together a whistle-stop tour of the news and events you missed: Patents A Kat thinking about law and technology. However, the CDN services did play an ‘indispensable role’ in making the copyright infringing content available to the public.

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Protection of Copyrights in Singapore

IP and Legal Filings

Any business owner based in Singapore therefore ought to understand key concepts regarding copyright registration in Singapore, copyright protection in Singapore, as well as which items can be protected by copyright. The statute of limitations for copyright infringement in Singapore is six years.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Claims under copyright law. In Germany, in the case of copyright infringements, Section 97(1) and (2) UrhG provides for claims to be asserted for injunctive relief and damages. In 2015, the BGH ruled that managing directors have limited liability in copyright matters.