SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game.

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The IPKat

MARCH 22, 2024

This article delves into the saga’s central copyright issues and the concept of moral rights, and compares the situation in the US to how it might have unfolded under EU law. After Swift had found herself dissatisfied with the way in which BMR had made use of its rights, she decided to re-record the albums.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Copyright law serves as a vital mechanism for protecting the rights of creators over their original works. In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 provides the legal framework that governs these rights. Recent Case Law on Pseudonymous and Anonymous Works S. Ajay Kumar Goswami v.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Hence, the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against them. The plaintiff presented the recordings of their copyrighted works being broadcasted in the defendant’s television channel as evidence in front of the Delhi High Court. In India, Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides for moral rights.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following legislative update on the new Ukrainian Copyright Law from Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk (both Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). It also once again confirms the strong protection of moral rights in Ukrainian copyright law.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Hence, the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against them. The plaintiff presented the recordings of their copyrighted works being broadcasted in the defendant’s television channel as evidence in front of the Delhi High Court. In India, Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 provides for moral rights.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

In the present digital era, where we are so connected than ever, and the amount of online content produced has never been higher – the responsibility of safeguarding content has never been more crucial. The concept of copyright is twofold since it covers both economic and moral rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

It was a historic milestone in the area of rights related to copyright. Switzerland was the first State to join the list and, at present, 42 states are contracting parties to this Treaty. Each State will decide on the basis of its own laws whether or not the payment of said economic rights is subject to collective management.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Accordingly, assuming the ownership is conceded to AI, making such a transfer would be troublesome Fourthly, under Section 57, author has Moral rights, incorporates right to paternity and right to integrity. Hence, ownership is not granted to the AI.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI. ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Midjourney are some examples of generative AI tools that are presently in use.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In today’s context, Culinary talents encompass more than just the preparation or cooking of a dish; they also include the presentation, arrangement, or appearance of their cuisine, which is frequently referred to as plating. Food plating is the technique of enhancing the presentation of food by arranging and decorating it to add value.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Organized into four parts and containing 16 chapters in total, the volume provides a detailed analysis of both the successes and challenges in aligning IP laws —particularly copyright— between the United States and the European Union.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This treaty has been instrumental in harmonizing copyright laws globally, ensuring that authors and creators are protected internationally without the need for formalities such as registration or publication considering as one of the key principles of the Berne Convention , as an “automatic” protection of works.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

The book that is going to change copyright law? After the referrals in Mio [IPKat here and here ] and USM Haller [IPKat here ] , another referral asking about the meaning of originality in EU copyright law has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): it is the referral from Romania in Institutul G.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In other words, while in some instances activities resulting in street art can fall within the scope of Articles 639 and 635 of the Italian Criminal Code (respectively, in relation to littering or damaging someone else’s property), the street art in itself can be protected under copyright law.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

In my view, the present judgement is an embodiment of inspiring judicial penmanship and gravitas. In this post, I have discussed the present judgment in the backdrop of previous developments and its potential impact on authors in the future. Cut to almost 4 decades later, in 2012, the copyright laws in India were amended.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 6, 2024

In the US, a voice isn’t explicitly protected under copyright law, but there are potential protections under the right of publicity, which is enforced through state laws related to the appropriation of likeness, name, and voice. Legal precedents like Midler v.

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SpicyIP

MAY 1, 2023

This would encourage the development of AI, in a manner that is respectful of copyright law and the human creators whose work is being used as part of training datasets. Moral rights What about the moral rights of the individuals whose works form a part of the training database and are used by AI in a different context?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rosaria Romano underlined how ‘copyright’ has become over the years a tool for providing a legal framework to works that are all but homogeneous but that still present common characteristics. 8 of WIPO Copyright Treaty , stating that providing 'physical facilities' did not amount to communication to the public.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

Challenges related to safeguarding the creation of artificial intelligence The key challenge that AI creation faces in India is the law in itself, Indian IPR law does not recognize AI as the inventor or the owner of the creation. A judicious and balanced regulatory approach to AI is essential to optimize its potential benefits.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

The Bombay High Court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim that the title was copyrighted from the outset, citing a number of precedents to support its ruling that “it is settled law, and has been for a very long time, that there is no copyright in a title.”

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Development of Copyright Law Protection of Intellectual property rights has always been in existence among various sections of the society. TRIPS Agreement accepted the Berne Convention except Article which states that copyright protected work shall enjoy the copyright protection in all countries of the union.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Van Overwalle and Kestemont present a useful classification of different research designs (eg descriptive research an evaluative research), which is followed with an explanation of doctrinal and empirical research methods. The psychology of IP law is presented in Chapter 35, by Gregory N.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Rothman: we have speakers using someone else’s TM, and speakers using their own, which seem like they’re more similar than you’re presenting. What does validation of TM rights mean in this situation? In most cases, the spouse doesn’t contribute copyrightable creativity. A: her concern is divorce law, though comparison is worthy.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

More frequently, the commentary addresses copyright or intellectual property protected commodities created for the child – rather than by the child – for the purpose of entertainment, learning or as practical everyday objects ( J Bellido & K Bowrey, 2022 ). The work by the child: acknowledgements and safeguards.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Claims under copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When it comes to dealing with Personality Rights it is very important to determine who will and who will not be covered under this regime, as previously stated the benefit of the particular rights can only be granted in the case of an Actual influential personality.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As in the present context, the initial concern of copyright holders was that their consent had not been acquired by Google prior to scanning their works. Judge Denny Chin initially found Google liable for failing to secure the consent of copyright owners before scanning their books. copyright law.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. xxvii] Presently, however, the placement of entitlements and interpretation of scope are backwards. Miceli, Law and Economics: Private and Public 23 (West Academic Publishing 2018). [v] 277 (2020). [iv] iv] Maxwell L.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

In this sense, the case represents yet another evidence of the weak impact of the CJEU’s harmonizing efforts on national copyright flexibilities, and highlights, once again, the pressing need for a legislative intervention to realize a greater convergence between Member States’ copyright laws in action.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Pastiche is one of the newer harmonized user rights in EU copyright law. The exception for caricature, parody and pastiche was made mandatory as part of Article 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) in 2019. To fill this gap, German fundamental rights NGO Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Professor Lior Zemer, Dean at the Harry Radzyner Law School at Reichman University, began his presentation with Artwork of the Compiègne Concentration Camp by Abraham Joseph Berline created in 1941. Copyright law protects and should continue to protect communicative and dialogical spaces.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court adopted the doctrine of merger and held that the alleged commonality between the rival applications in the present case cannot be regarded as an infringement.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And, if so, to what extent and what does this mean for the concept of authorship in copyright? Gaon (Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, Israel) considers these and other questions. The book is presented in three parts. the programmer, the user, or the AI itself).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Cesar Ramirez-Montes, Digital User Rights in the Mexican Supreme Court Potential for global South to think of exceptions/limitations as user rights, using Mexico as a point of reference. Group III: Others, like China’s 3d amendment to Chinese copyright law. Strong emphasis on moral rights in continental Europe.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The illegal distribution and sale of t-shirts, magnets, keychains, mugs, stickers, and masks featuring a celebrity’s picture, face, or other connected qualities should not, she emphasised, totally strip these rights of their protection. In order to do this, the law is changing to stop the unrestricted use of the right.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law. Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions?

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