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.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

Owning a copy of the book, regardless of how expensive, does not grant them the copyrights in it. The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Fritsch, both talented and enthusiastic former students of mine, which - while reviewing Anderson.Paak 's latest tattoo - discusses post-mortem moral rights protection and the value of a tattoo as an. Despoina and Simon also recommend some music background by Anderson.Paak to accompany the reading of the article. & Simon J.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that? an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e, The defendant no 1 i.e,

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The web is riddled with copyright infringing content, ranging from full-length blockbuster films, through small music samples, to reposted celebrity photos on social media. While these clips may not directly hurt revenues, copyrights also have moral rights which include the right to integrity, which could come into play here.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A Kat thinking about synchronisation The past few years have been marked by major copyright disputes involving musical works [ IPKat here , here or here ]. This time the dispute focused on the impact on moral rights of synchronising a musical work with a TV show about drug cartels. Facts Mr M. Facts Mr M.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. Music lovers can now effortlessly stream music from anywhere in the world. Even in restaurants, bars, and lounges, the music is played to entertain their customers, whether by employing DJs or playing music through sound systems.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This Kat always eagerly awaits decisions from the French Cour de Cassation, so he was delighted to find out about an important recent decision on copyright (Cour de cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 15 November 2023, n° 22-23.266). The judgment focuses on a procedural aspect, namely the limitation period for an action for copyright infringement.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Introduction Copyright, much like other IPs, have aimed at not only protecting someone’s right, but also enabling them to garner maximum commercial exploitation from such an exclusive right over their unique creations. Royalties are shared equally with the author(s) and assignee of copyright, eg.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Is copyright, patent, or trademark infringement applicable to AI creations or not, and who owns the material that AI platforms generate for you or your clients is still an unanswered question. This way of doing things with the help of generative AI technology carries numerous legal challenges of intellectual property violation.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the most important forms of intellectual property is copyright. A copyright is a set of rights available to any person or entity responsible for the creation of an original authored work. Under Singapore’s Copyright Act , it is a criminal offense for a person or company to conduct wilful copyright infringement.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which falls into the purview of copyright protection. Nowadays, music lovers can easily stream music. Even restaurants, bars and lounges play music to entertain guests, either through hiring DJs or by playing music through sound systems. The defendant no 1 i.e, The defendant no 1 i.e,

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Popular Twitch streamer Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang has exposed a massive flaw in the live-streaming platform Twitch’s copyright compliance measures. streamers) broadcast themselves to an audience doing almost anything including playing video games, cooking, making music, performing ASMR, walking around in public, debating politics, etc.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Making AI as a separate legal entity may prompt to copyright infringement to those who provide the said data or information in public domain.

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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. A massive commercial success, it was Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 single of 2021.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

AI, a simulation of human intelligence by a computer system designed to perform tasks typically done by human beings, has in just a few short years evolved beyond what was previously believed possible, and has manifested itself in even creating new works of Intellectual Property, such as art, literature, music, etc.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

However, in this aspect, what needs to be duly noted is that staying on top of Copyright Laws , rules, and regulations on a content-rich internet can be challenging. However, it is undoubtedly imperative for online content creators to know the ABCs of copyright terminology for safeguarding their unique content.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

Introduction The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 protects and recognizes cinematograph films as a form of creative work. According to Section 2(d)(v) of the Copyright Act, the producer of a cinematograph film is considered the work’s creator. [1] This preference for producers in copyright law has recently been questioned.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

A longtime friend of the blog, Achille is currently serving as an Advisor to the Board of the Indian Performing Right Society. With over 35 years of experience in the creative industries, Achille pioneered music publishing in India with Deep Emotions Publishing in 1996 and has also served as a public servant in France. Let’s dive in.

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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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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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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 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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The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

As someone who has also authored a practical guide ( Copyright in the Music Industry ) that is aimed at a novice audience, this Kat must stress the intended audience of the book and, as such, the lack of references and appendices of legal texts.

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The IPKat

MAY 31, 2023

Copyright This Kat reflected on a judgment issued by the Tribunal Judiciaire of Paris on 31 March 2023 which concerned a claim of copyright infringement in a typeface. The Court held that a musical box infringed of an author’s moral rights. A Kat waiting for the next IP case.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. regarding the copyright for the film “De Dhakka.”

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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. More information about this event here.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

Baby Gift House was amongst one of the first cases to delve into the commercial aspect of personality rights. [5] In the absence of a separate law safeguarding personality rights, the court granted relief by invoking passing off as governed under the Trade Marks law. Parody basically means a humorously exaggerated imitation of someone.

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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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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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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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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. For comparison, U.S.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. One such avenue to safeguard such rights is through the way of Copyright and Trademark. PERSONALITY RIGHT. Indian Copyright Act, 1957 holds sway over India’s Copyright functioning.

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