SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

In response to a series of unstarred questions regarding copyright infringement by generative AI, directed towards the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri. Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content.

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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.

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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. UK Government National Curriculum ). 1197 and C?683/17

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

It was a historic milestone in the area of rights related to copyright. In 1961, the protection of the rights related to copyright started playing an economic role, thanks to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (“Rome Convention”).

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Image via Pexels Katfriend Mindia Davitadze commented on the fact that Georgia recently became the 5th validating state to the European Patents Organisation by signing the Validation Agreement and promising to bolster the protection of intellectual property rights within the industrial sector.

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SpicyIP

MAY 1, 2023

Licensing of training datasets The licensing of datasets – for the concerned rights under Sec. 14 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (the Act), along with attribution seems like a possible solution that would address the concerns raised in the above cases. The second factor – nature of the copyrighted work (i.e.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

CIPS also aims at suggesting amendments and efficient implementation of IP to the Government of India and monitoring the design and dissemination of various courses and programmes pertaining to intellectual property rights training and research. Competition Guidelines: The participation fees for the competition are Rs.

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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

JULY 9, 2023

This is a review of “ Copyright in the street. As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. This book should not be perceived as a classic manual on the application of copyright to these art forms.

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The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

Remarkably, AG Szpunar also delivered the Opinion in Cofemel ( C-683/17 ), playing a crucial role in shaping the Courts approach to copyright protection for fashion designs.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Copyright has been referred to as the creation of a statute under the private property of law that has its subsistence in the various types of works. The law governing the regime of copyright in India is the Copyright Act of 1957. Procedure to be followed for copyright registration.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In a recent decision (original Spanish here: link ) Barcelona's Ninth Mercantile Court (the Court) ruled in favour of Mango in a lawsuit brought against it by the Spanish copyright society VEGAP over the creation of NFTs based on the works of three well-known Catalan artists, finding that Mango could rely on available defences.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Therefore, the legal regulations which govern the prerogatives that the creator has concerning the protected work are supported on the premise that the creator is a human being, who has expressed and portrayed, in a tangible fashion, his or her idea or mental creation.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

Entertainment, a company incorporated by the famous music composer, singer and lyrist Daler Mehndi, sought a permanent injunction prohibiting infringement of his publicity rights and deceptive endorsements that could result in passing off. Copyright laws also provide plausible remedies for enforcing one’s right to personality.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

This post is brought to you by Oprah Nwobike , who is a lawyer and doctoral researcher at Brunel University London focusing on copyright and artificial intelligence in the music industry, under the supervision of IPKat's Dr Hayleigh Bosher. This has become a lingering question in the minds of consumers of online content.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With the Indian Government recently putting a 30% tax on any profit earned through the cryptocurrency market, how far along is it that the fate of NFTs will be sealed the same way? Laws Governing NFTs. Introduction.

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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 Bowdler siblings were earnest in their convictions, and they were not part of any government-sanctioned campaign of censorship. They bowdlerize books.").

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It discusses the concept of overriding mandatory provisions and its potential application to relevant rules of (copyright) contract law, as well as t he specific private international law regimes foreseen by the Rome I Regulation for employment and consumer contracts. Overriding mandatory provisions.

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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.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. Copyright gives protection to expressions only and not to ideas. Broad classification of ‘works’ which are protected by copyright are-.

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The IPKat

JULY 21, 2023

Intellectual Property The EC’s comments on each of the IP rights in virtual worlds are primarily found in the Staff Working Document. The communication further states that “it is not clear whether minting or storing NFTs on the blockchain is an exploitation of a copyrighted work.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The online exploitation of content protected by copyright inherently entails cross-border aspects. Thus, the digital context of copyright exploitation contracts leads to questions of applicable law. 167(1) Belgian Code on Economic Law ) or validity (see e.g. Article 2(3) Dutch Copyright Act ). Introduction.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the Lenacapavir patent application and oppositions, ANRF and corporatisation of research, the copyright dispute between Jasleen Royal and T Series, and DHC’s recent order in Master Arnesh Shaw v. All Right” for Who? Lalit Kumar v.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 13, 2022

The Colombian government has notified the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) a declaration modifying the amounts of individual fee to be paid regarding Colombia according to Article 8.7 12/05/22 – Trademarks. of the Madrid Protocol. The territorial application will take effect on 1 December 2022.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

Although there are multiple initiatives by Indian Government agencies and even non-governmental organizations and social groups, India lacks a sui generis law to effectuate the protection of TCEs. Copyright Law. Section 38 deals with performers’ rights that would be valid for 25 years from the first date of performance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

Although there are multiple initiatives by Indian Government agencies and even non-governmental organizations and social groups, India lacks a sui generis law to effectuate the protection of TCEs. Copyright Law. Section 38 deals with performers’ rights that would be valid for 25 years from the first date of performance.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The TRIPS Agreement and Its Impact on National IP Legislation The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ( TRIPS ) is one of the most comprehensive international IP treaties. Works are protected as soon as they are created, meaning authors do not have to fulfill formalities to enjoy their rights.

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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.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For instance, see Thomas Vallianeth’s post pondering upon Copyright Aspects in Open World Gaming and arguing that “open world gaming contains elements that need to be granted distinct protection as opposed to the generic protection as computer programs.” ” which addresses YouTube’s ‘Content ID’ mechanism.

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SpicyIP

JULY 23, 2023

In this literature review cum blogpost, Yashna Walia looks through the various government policy documents on AI to see what they have to say about IP. US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit finds that Instagram is not liable for copyright infringement when images are embedded on third party websites.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2021

4] The Commissioner held that the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) (the Act ) and, by extension, subordinate regulations governing the formalities of patent applications, were inconsistent with an AI machine being named as the inventor, which was required to be a human person. [5] Where to from here? See Thaler at [13]-[14], [125]-[134]. [8]

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

3] The legal pitfall people ignore is the lack of clear communication over the copyrights of the character. However, the conversation being considered as a contract between them was unclear regarding the IP rights. 3] Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957. [4] 4] Andrew L. 6] Stuart D. Levi & Alex B. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Moderator: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Copyright Law and/or/vs. copyright: (1) Food/chemicals (physicality, unlike ©; easy to establish stringent rules b/c it’s allowed v. 3) competition and (4) digital economy—copyright is potentially an aspect of both of those; DSA also relevant. Copyright holders/fair users?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

Image by Martina Bulkov from Pixabay In March 2025 the New Zealand Supreme Court confirmed that copyright is relationship property, to be divided accordingly when a qualifying relationship ends. First , the Court confirmed copyright is personal property. It addressed these questions as follows. Doing so would not deter creativity.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Complete Guide to Copyright Registration in India Online : Protect Your Creative Work In todays digital era, copyright protection has become essential for creators across the world. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957 governs the registration and protection of creative works. What is Copyright?

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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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