SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Other Posts SpicyIP Tidbit: Delhi Police Authorized to Issue Takedown Orders for Unlawful Content On 26th December 2024, the Delhi Government issued a gazette notification, designating Delhi Police as the nodal agency for regulating digital content hosted or published on intermediary platforms in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

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Michael Geist

MAY 25, 2022

Bill C-11, much like Bill C-10, has been touted by the government as a measure to ensure that large foreign streaming services contribute to the Canadian cultural sector. When Minister Rodriguez introduced this bill, he stated “we listened to concerns around social media and we fixed it.” First, regulation of user content.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

Inventorship and Ownership: The process of invention has changed significantly as a result of the AI technologies’ quick development and increased computing capacity. Content producers should keep a close eye on social media and digital platforms for the emergence of works that could be derivative of theirs.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From the mass layoffs to journalist suspensions to this weekend’s seemingly short-lived policy blocking some links to rival services, it has been a head-spinning stretch since Elon Musk assumed ownership of the service in late October. In response, the government is using Bill C-18 to mandate that links should either be blocked (ie.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

If the Government takes on board this recommendation it would mean, as Tom Gray put it “that for the first time ever, our entire music community get something” - since it provides for non-featured artists, who typically transfer their rights in exchange for a one-off session fee rather than a royalty.

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IPilogue

JUNE 1, 2022

With more businesses developing and using AI-based automated decision-making (ADM) systems, algorithmic discrimination (at work , social media , or public services ) has been in the spotlight (in both the public and governments’ eyes). The Canadian legal regime concerning AI currently remains untested.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

Evaluating the doctrine of fair use for Indian social media platforms in light of global cases. Exploring the intersection of defamation and copyright in Indian social media journalism. Bridging the gap between creators and enforcement in Indian copyright governance. International Public License.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

EPAG Domainservices Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands / Cloudflare libgen.li All in all, the default judgment isn’t just a monetary win, on paper, it’s also one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions we’ve seen from a U.S. Cloudflare libgen.ee Identity Digital Inc. Cloudflare libgen.space Namecheap Inc.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The picture of a boy, Yusuf Alabi with his arms wide open and standing in front of the campaign convoy of one of the popular presidential candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party , went viral across social media. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. The media industry as a whole encourages creativity and innovation, and copyright is crucial for digital media platforms.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Given that the Chinese government prohibits the transaction of virtual currencies, the Chinese market and users had to change this translation to avoid referring to crypto currencies as that could make NFTs illegal. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership. Two ideas of ownership have emerged under copyrights.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on unreasoned patent grants and rejections, the One Nation One Subscription initiative by the government, and the DHC order on missing reasons for ex-parte injunctions. The plaintiff successfully proved his copyright ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics) Rules place responsibility on the Social Media Intermediaries to ensure that no prohibited content is allowed to be published or circulated on their platforms. The aspect of ownership in this regard narrows the scope of the application of Copyright Act.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

But that doesn’t mean you should have exclusive ownership over the result. Headnotes are only useful if they accurately reflect and quote the key holdings of the cases they summarizecases that, as government works, arent copyrightable. Drop them in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. The Supreme Court also touched upon issues relating to Covid drug procurement through importation.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 22, 2022

The primary source of law with respect to the media sector in the UAE is Federal No. The legal framework covers a large number of regulations on the media including ownership, prohibitions on certain kinds of defamation. In the initial stages, the Ministry of Culture and Information was the national media regulator.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility. I argue that rewarding knowledge production and creative effort itself through maximising commercial advantage via exclusive rights are incentives that do not apply to government works whose primary motivation for creation is public dissemination.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Early in 2019, the Nepali government proposed a comprehensive IT Bill to replace the current Electronic Transaction Act. It encompasses all intersecting IT industries and might affect anything from social media use to surveillance, e-commerce, and technological innovation. Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 15, 2021

They discuss the best potential route for a compulsory license under the Indian Patents Act, and the ways in which the government can make the best use of it. Another factor that inhibits the government from using these levers is the fear of facing backlash from the Global North, especially the USTR’s 301 process. John Doe & Anr.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Two options were presented by the court : issuing a Letters Rogatory through the government of India or directing Google Ireland to seek orders from Irish Courts. The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 23, 2024

copyright law can’t remedy extraterritorial infringement, he countered that this case concerns ownership, not infringement. Russian Kurier , Vetter argued that ownership issues are distinct from infringement issues and should be determined by the law of the country where the work was created—in this case, the United States.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

The current broadcasting sector in India is regulated by a patchwork of laws and guidelines which the government is still seeking to modernize and consolidate apparent from the latest bills getting retracted to address all sorts of evolutions and improvements. Current Broadcasting regulation in India.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

.” Ok, ok, it’s actually not that simple, which means now I get to wake you up from your NyQuil-fueled fever dream and be the killjoy who reminds you that the metaverse isn’t some kind of self-governing Florida special district in which real world laws don’t apply. You Own the NFT. ” Sounds pretty good, right?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

BrandTotal “provides advertising consulting services to corporate clients regarding how those clients’ and their competitors’ digital advertisements are presented to social media users.” and the Court hesitates to infer that the voters intended that effect when they did not enact any law governing the conduct at issue.”

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Read on to know their thoughts on the controversy, questions around ownership of the work and copyrightability of business model and more! Florida based X Social Media sues Elon Musk for Trademark infringement. Tamil Nadu’s Udangudi ‘Panangkarupatti’ gets a GI Tag.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The parties’ products sell for millions of dollars to large corporations or government agencies, and there are many other vendors besides them. Appian disseminated the report through its sales team, social media, and other marketing. Defendant BPM.com reported on the BPM industry. There was also a triable issue on falsity.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Given that the Chinese government prohibits the transaction of virtual currencies, the Chinese market and users had to change this translation to avoid referring to crypto currencies as that could make NFTs illegal. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership. Two ideas of ownership have emerged under copyrights.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Given that IP rights are territorial and a particular cloud computing service can operate across multiple jurisdictions, it can be quite uncertain which IP regulations should govern activities in the cloud computing environment. Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2022

In addition, the contractual agreements governing the sale, licensing and use of this data and technology can be quite complicated as well. The agreements governing transactions in this space must address the collection, ownership and use of this data. age, gender, travel enthusiast, sports enthusiast).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

AML/CFT regime related to beneficial ownership, real estate, and investment advisers and nonfinancial gatekeepers before turning its attention to the high-value art market.” ” [25] This is especially true on third-party sales websites (social media marketplaces, eBay, etc.), Online Marketplaces. ” [26]. .”

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

That is, in fact, the very nature of sound recording copyright and ownership.” But I think it’s very important governments around the world interpret and enforce the existing laws correctively [sic]—correctly and actively. Hit me up in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

You can’t claim ownership over this kind of trope in a survival story any more than you can copyright love triangles in a romance movie. That case was dismissed last week (read order here) after the court found that the plaintiff was attempting to assert ownership over generic and unprotectable ideas.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Dotcom was hit hard by the US Government and he’s been trying to return the favor for more than a decade. Then the Ukrainian government did something extraordinary. Anyone is free to join the self-professed shitposting movement and many do so by simply adding a Shiba Inu dog image to their social media profiles.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 2, 2022

EPA (curtailing the discretion of federal regulators in the absence of a specific grant from Congress) would dampen the ardor of the FTC as it seeks to exercise jurisdiction over agreements which have been traditionally governed by state law.

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