JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. i] Memes are also a form of communication that distinguishes generations.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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. There are also interesting questions about whether the deeming of copyright as "moveable property" is constitutional at all.

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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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In the meantime, check out the upcoming IP events. More information about this event here. Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A Kat contemplating the complex beauty of the universe Copyright Adele has stolen the spotlight with her new album and also with a special request to Spotify to disable its shuffle button so that listeners could listen to the album the way the artist intended.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Harper & Row is cited by Feist to reiterate that selection coordination and arrangements of facts can be copyrightable. Natural or moral right to own fruit of labors.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

In other words, there is no specific aspect of patent law, unlike copyright law involving the requirement for a human author or the existence of moral rights, that would drive a construction of the Act as excluding non-human inventors.

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Invention Inventor Patent Moral Rights 98

Garrigues Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Architectural works are protected by copyright. The possibility of registering and granting additional protection to architectural works at Indecopi is not a new right or exclusive to Peruvian law. However, it is a little known right in the industry and it is advisable to make use of it because it offers authors several advantages.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. For instance, copyright protection has been denied to photographs taken by paparazzi and photographs of sport events.

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The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

To celebrate the start of this event, this Kat has found a recent judgment issued by the Tribunal judiciaire (TJ) of Lyon [ the birthplace of cinema ] concerning a case of copyright infringement relating to the still of a short film. Every year in May, the Cannes Film Festival takes place. 131-3 regarding authorisations for use.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

During the first night of the Sanremo Music Festival, Ferragni wore four Dior dresses custom-made by Maria Grazia Chiuri for the event, while at the same time she wanted to share the message of freeing oneself from the roles imposed on them by society. What happened on and off the stage of Sanremo?

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

The plaintiffs’ claim which demanded recognition of post mortem rights thereby did not find favour with the court. Another point of engagement was the copyrightability of a celebrity’s life. Thereby the court is acknowledging the enigmatic nature of this right- as both property and moral right.

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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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Topics will include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers' rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling as it appears in court and out-of-court litigation. For more information and to register, click here.

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Intellectual Property Moral Rights Privacy Copyright Infringement 60

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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Unauthorized changes to a text reside in the murkier confines of the copyright system, where, at most, moral rights may hold court. The result are texts that resemble the original, at least plot-wise, but without material phrases in places, or even entire plot events missing. How well do they do?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 15, 2023

Dua Lipa and Warner Music are being sued by talk box inventor and singer, Bosko Kante, for breach of contract and copyright infringement in hit song 'Levitating'. Kante alleges both 1) copyright infringement and 2) breach of an oral agreement. billion plays on Spotify).

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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. While delineating the rights of the parties, the Court held that R.D Thus clarifying that copyright in the screenplay exists independently of the copyright in the film.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

Additionally, “[l]anguage in a policy purporting to exclude certain events from coverage will be construed most strongly against the insurer.” Infringing upon another’s copyright, trade dress or slogan in your “advertisement”. The court concluded that the ROP is an intellectual property right.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 5, 2021

In other words, there is no specific aspect of patent law, unlike copyright law involving the requirement for a human author or the existence of moral rights, that would drive a construction of the Act as excluding non-human inventors.

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Invention Inventor Patent Moral Rights 52

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

After introducing readers to the three main stages of content analysis, Bar-Ziv applies this methodology to a case study: content analysis of online copyright law cases. Survival analysis is a branch of statistics, which models the duration of time until a given event occurs. Chapter 34, this Kat’s favourite, is authored by William T.

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Intellectual Property IP Moral Rights Law 73

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law.

Personality Rights 59

Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It does seem a bit one-sided in making it sound (to me, anyway) like people, governments or courts who oppose copyright protection of AI-generated works are fighting a rear guard battle and that at some point copyright protection of such works will almost “naturally” happen. Copyright Act, R.S.C.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. In between these problems came Delhi High Court’s judgement in favour of Anil Kapoor wanting to get personality rights. This has increased in celebrities moving to court to get rights over their persona.

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Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Copyright 83

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law. 4, (2) UrhG. [1].

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Also, is there a connection between this story and a possible infringement of the author's moral rights? Is the album per se, conceived as a particular sequence of songs, a work that is the result of the author's "free and creative choices" and thus deserving of the protection of the moral right of integrity?

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