43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Linguistic Relativity and Its Implications for Section 230 and Copyright Christopher S. Constructed languages: attempts to use copyright to protect them. Copyright claims attempted to preserve/protect/avoid splits. Especially when done for dramatic purposes: should it be copyrightable? Tolkien: C&D, but no lawsuits.

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Ownership Moral Rights Copyright Branding 78

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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Copyright Moral Rights Government Public Domain 60

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Children provide a unique contribution to the discourse on creativity, copyright and intellectual property. A systematic study on the copyright of children is yet to be attempted. A systematic study on the copyright of children is yet to be attempted. Copyright paradigms and creative practices. 1197 and C?683/17

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Copyright Intellectual Property Moral Rights Ownership 94

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. INTRODUCTION.

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Music Copyright Copyright Infringement Moral Rights 80

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In May 2021, a phenomenal IPilogue submission by Keir Strickland-Murphy (Osgoode Law ‘22) touched on the recent boom of Non- fungible Tokens. In this piece, I will recapitulate Strickland- Murphy’s exploration of IP ownership of Non-fungible Tokens and expand on recent developments since May. What about copyright infringement?

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Non-Fungible Tokens Art Moral Rights Copyright Infringement 111

LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .” ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law.

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Designs Design Copyright Artistic Work 52

IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

AI and intellectual property rights (IPR) aren’t just something for the patent and copyright geeks to nerd out on although it is that, it is something that going to have a lot of commercial and social impacts as AI challenges a lot of the ways we function in IPR. This marks a significant shift in the prevailing paradigm.

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Intellectual Property Inventor Invention Trademark 59

SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

He took no offense when I teased him about the lack of an Indian contribution to copyright. That’s right, because he focused more on patents — their ever-greening, their negative social impact — where facts are your primary weapons. Copyright and Author’s Rights The publishers wrote the history of Anglo-American copyright.

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Moral Rights Publishing Copyright Music 93

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Copyright Law grants the author the exclusive rights to exploit the work, subject to certain fair use defenses. Whether taking and publishing photos of graffiti violates the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) can depend on various factors, including the specific circumstances and location of the graffiti.

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Social Media Art Fair Use Moral Rights 52

Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen.

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Litigation Fair Use Copying Derivative Work 98

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

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.

Ownership 52

Ownership Copyright Fair Use Intellectual Property 52

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated. On the trademark side, relevant is this post by Bhavya Solanki and Medha Bhatt discussing the applicability of the fair use provisions of trademark law to the unauthorized use of trademarks in the virtual world.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Business Moral Rights 59

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. Image Sources : Gettyimages] One of the important issues in online is copyrights. One such area where copyright violations are common is the internet. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

Non-Fungible Tokens 81

Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Intellectual Property Ownership 81

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

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 interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

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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Copyright Moral Rights Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law 93