The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

[Does a refusal equate to non-existence, non-conferral and/or non-subsistence of copyright in the work and/or the applicant? Would a refusal be used as a defence to copyright infringement? Does this discretionary power make ARIPO and national authorities exercise quasi-judicial powers?]

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Yet, with this newfound mainstream acclaim and popularity comes a slew of legal and ethical quandaries, as the demarcation between inspiration and infringement grows increasingly hazy. In the realm of tattoo artistry, the tango between creativity and copyright law is a delicate affair, riddled with complexities and nuances.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

Thus the higher evidentiary standard of intention to infringe upon copyright must also be proved (p 588). Only when it is proved that there has been circumvention and intention to commit copyright infringement, such as through piracy, is Section 65A applicable.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The parties were then referred to the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre to try to resolve their disputes, but they were unable to come to an amicable settlement.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The email doesn’t mention Byrne by name (a red flag in itself) but attempts to achieve the same goals: link to a site, credit the ‘source’, and Byrne won’t get sued for copyright infringement. The image referenced in the email as being the original, copyrighted image, is suspiciously hosted on Imgur.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Read this Tidbit by Kaustubh Chakrabarti on the Delhi HC ruling that the Regional Director under the Companies Act has no jurisdiction to decide ownership of a trademark. billion US District Court awards 10x Genomics permanent injunction in patent infringement lawsuit against Bruker Corporation’s GeoMx products

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BYU Copyright Blog

MAY 20, 2024

Post University claimed that Course Hero committed, among other things, multiple instances of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, violation of the DMCA, and unfair competition by posting and creating derivative works of educational materials owned by Post University without Post University's permission.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

And over 100 claims were copyright infringement claims where the claimant hadn’t filed for copyright registration of the work allegedly infringed (a prerequisite to filing). In some cases, however, there was no way to fix the complaint. So, it’s too early to tell how common defaults will be.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. It took eight months, but the ownership question of the photographs has been settled. And the Copyright Claims Officer did not make a substantive determination; the case was merely settled. It seems like it did.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Telemax, however, noted that because the Copyright Act grants rights in rem, it is not subject to arbitration. The question of whether a licence agreement for copyright infringement would be arbitrable was thus addressed by the Bombay High Court. In EuroKids International Private Limited v. EuroKids International Pvt.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These disputes often arise from patent, trademark, or copyright infringement claims, which can lead to costly litigation and significant damages. It covers the legal expenses associated with defence, including attorney fees, court costs, and settlements or damages awarded by the court.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Bentley Systems Inc & Anr vs Pnc Infratech Limited & Ors on 13 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff instituted the present copyright infringement suit against the defendant for continuing to use the plaintiff’s software after the expiry of its license. Jaikishan Kakubha Saraf alias Jackie Shroff v.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 28, 2022

Interestingly, the defense also seeks access to monetary judgments, settlement agreements, and other documents relating to payments received by the plaintiffs as a result of other copyright infringement lawsuits.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office granted ownership of the word “Jesus” to Jesus Jeans, owned by a publicly traded Italian company, BasicNet, giving the company exclusive rights in America to sell clothing bearing the name “Jesus.” ” But beauty is not a basis for copyright protection. World Intellect.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

That includes copyright infringement. Primarily, we stress that our service is not intended to be used for illegal activities and copyright infringements and we request our users to comply with this when accepting our Terms of Use. If we receive any type of DMCA requests or Copyright Infringement Notices – we ignore them.

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SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

This unfactual equation, you highlighted, also makes us under stress ‘property’ rights are not just about ownership but also about the management/regulation of economic and social resources. Pocrati: Piquing points, Sugastine and Nya! Or “means of production”, one might say.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Alfred Yen, A Federal Rules of Evidence Perspective on Forensic Musicology and Music Copyright Infringement Juries hear a lot of forensic musicology evidence they shouldn’t which confuses them and leads to poorer decisionmaking in music © infringement cases. Kristelia Garcia: the bullets you give apply to the plaintiff’s side.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Lodha TM battle Following disagreements over how a family settlement agreement is to be interpreted, the Lodha brothers are tangling over the Lodha trademark. Key questions as to who owns the copyright arose as Saregama India argued that a films producer is the first owner of the copyright of all its musical works.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Highlights of the Week Bayh Dole-esque Guidelines Notified by Dept of Biotechnology Image from here Earlier this month, Dept of Biotech notified the DBT IP Guidelines for ownership and commercialization of IP arising from DBT funded research outcomes. This comes nearly 10 years after the PUPFIP bill’s withdrawal.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Multitude of AI and IP developments In addition to the news of the first Indian copyright dispute on infringement via a Large Language Model, Artificial Intelligences interplay with IP was also under the spotlight in the Parliament. Or will it amount to copyright infringement of the States publishers?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Vels on copyright ownership over the song En Iniya Pon Nilave, Tanishka Goswami writes on the implication of the decision on the composers. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Explaining the recent Delhi High Court order in Saregama v.

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