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Infographic | Intellectual Property behind tattoos

Olartemoure Blog

Tattoos are not just body art; they are unique expressions of personal identity. But have you ever considered the intellectual property aspects surrounding tattoos? THE ART OF TATTOOING AND COPYRIGHT Tattoos are protected by copyright laws as original works of art.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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[Guest Post] Book review: Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice

The IPKat

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 16 – 22)

SpicyIP

PV Sindhu’s Olympics Victory: How Non-Sponsors Skirt the Law by ‘Congratulating’ Athletes. In a guest post , Satchit Bhogle covered the issue of infringement of personality rights. The post covers the prevailing precedents on the matter. News from India. You can read our posts on the report here , here , here , here and here.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The analysis is offered from the US, the UK, and the EU perspectives.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

The petitioner contented that Jayalalithaa’s personality rights and her family’s privacy rights should be protected and that the productions may be incorrect and misleading. Intellectual Property Appellate Board abolished through the Tribunals Reform Act, 2021. Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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