Michael Geist

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When the government first created new tax supports for Canadian journalism, it created the concept of the Qualifying Canadian Journalism Organization (QCJO). I’ve written about QCJO status in the past , which requires that organizations be Canadian, produce general interest news, and meet certain journalism standards.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

This solution will allow authors to publish in the journal of their choice without having to pay an APC, even though this journal’s copyright policy conflicts with their research funder’s OA requirements. The second requirement is to apply a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY), to the author accepted manuscript (AAM).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

licenses for specific uses). Rightholders can, for example, choose whether to license an e-book or an e-journal to a library, or whether to provide licenses to educational establishment to play music and audio-visual works for educational purposes. 7(1) and art. 17(7) CDSM Directive.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A core ethical concern behind patenting Metaverse technology is that it would likely result in monopolies of patents, thereby potentially curtailing growth in open, inclusive platforms and even a type of digital divide by excluding the individual who cannot license or purchase patented ideas.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Other Posts Call for Submissions: Indian Journal of Law and Technology [Volume 21] and IJLT Blog (Submissions on Rolling Basis) NLSIUs Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is inviting submissions for Volume 21 of the Journal and the IJLT Blog, on a rolling basis.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In order to advance in their careers, academic authors must publish the results of their research in reputable scientific journals with high ‘impact factor’. As a general rule, the publishers of these journals require the author to relinquish their copyright over the work by granting them an assignment of rights or an exclusive license.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

On the other side, the university argued that Rameshwari Photocopy Services was granted a license to operate a photocopy shop on its campus in order to allow students to photocopy for educational and research purposes. Jstor is an online digital library that caches a number of journals on subjects of philosophical and sociological interest.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You might have hundreds of subscription agreements covering thousands of journals or content sources, and you have to sort through all of that first. We try to make sure that when we enter into agreements with publishers, we have licensing that fits our need as a pharmaceutical company. When can they use it? How can they use it?

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Sophisticated knowledge management teams recognize the importance of research data across the enterprise and increasingly augment traditional journal subscription packages with data feeds and the appropriate rights to exploit them in a data pipeline using AI and machine learning techniques. Keep Learning: .

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

While the former enable readers to purchase e-books on the payment of a certain cost, digital libraries provide access to an online database of books, journals, images and recordings free of cost. In this backdrop, controlled digital lending (‘CDL’) mechanisms become relevant.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. See generally, Christopher A. In United Federation of Churches v.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 6, 2022

The Internet platforms already license news content where it is reproduced in full with many deals between Canadian publishers and companies such as Google and Facebook. But Bill C-18 seeks to extend the requirements to license by requiring payments for links, despite the absence of any valid legal claim for the need to do so.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

3] SPRs reflect the age-old practice of circulating scientific writings in parallel to formal publication in academic journals. However, to allow publishers to recoup investments in journal publication, a short (e.g., 2] A legislative proposal to introduce SPRs in Italy is pending. [3]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

” Canada’s C-18 “link tax” has devastated independent journalism in Canada. 512(f) case in the context of an ownership dispute is sent to a jury. This logic seemingly extends equally to trademark cases… * Politico : “Tech giant battle means doom for small news outlets, Trudeau was warned.”

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

Given the potential value of the arising IP, the Guidance thus raises the possibility for ownership disputes over commercially valuable outputs from AI systems. The pharmaceutical field has been dealing with the complexity of IP ownership and licensing of platform technologies for developing new clinical candidates for decades.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Advertisement: This stage involves the publication of the application in a Trademark Journal. After the Journal is released by the trademark registry, interested parties have a period of 2 months within which to signify interest to oppose the registration of the mark by filing a notice of opposition.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2022

Advertisement: This stage involves the publication of the application in a Trademark Journal. After the Journal is released by the trademark registry, interested parties have a period of 2 months within which to signify interest to oppose the registration of the mark by filing a notice of opposition.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For instance, the International Trade Commission already requires some disclosure of complainants that seek its exclusive jurisdiction over nationwide injunctions, both as to NPE status and to licensing and industry activity to establish the statutory domestic industry requirement. 10] See Suneal Bedi & William C. 8, 2022). [30]

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

This will give recognition to those persons and provide them with ownership rights for that intellectual activity. The Judicial POV There have been various representative cases that are widely known for utilizing third-party content about copyright without genuine permission or license.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

Eastern India Motion Pictures Association case, the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) established its tariff system in 1977 for licensing musical works and lyrics for public performances (known as the IPRS case). Firstly, it stated that the 2012 changes did not mention that the composers would retain their ownership rights.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

Companies have to obtain permission and execute a license to use copyrighted content for AI training or other purposes, and we’re committed to maintaining these legal principles.” That is, in fact, the very nature of sound recording copyright and ownership.” We own all sounds captured on a sound recording.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 25, 2023

English language text from journal articles; social media posts in X language; etc.) A good number of funders in Africa require data scientists to license datasets using Creative Commons (CC) licences. journal articles, databases). or as brief as you'd like.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. And then further questions like if given protection under IPR, will that be fair to the initial creators, whose works were used without consent or licensing to create these so-called novel art pieces?

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2022

It has the freest economy in the Middle East and as per reports in Index of Economic Freedom published by The Wall Street Journal ranked Bahrain as the 12 th freest economy in the world. Request of mark ownership transfer and publishing the transfer. Request to register a license to use a mark and publishing the license.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Moreover, the owner can license the mark to another party for a fee. Ownership Registered trademarks are easier to enforce since they typically carry a presumption of ownership. Enables Selling or licensing of trademark The rights owner may be able to earn money by selling or licensing their registered trademark.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The agreement lays down conditions for patent ownership in the event of default. The telecom industry is one such sector that relies heavily on debt-funding with most businesses pledging their towers and spectrum licenses as their collateral assets. If the patent is found valuable enough, the creditor proceeds with the loan.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Producers may claim exclusive ownership of an album or song in court owing to copyright protections. Rights to distribute and reproduce the work exclusively, as well as the right to grant a license that will allow the copyright holder to collect royalties, are included in this property. Journal of Social Studies (JSS).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Read this Tidbit by Kaustubh Chakrabarti on the Delhi HC ruling that the Regional Director under the Companies Act has no jurisdiction to decide ownership of a trademark. The journal encourages paper submissions focusing on the amalgamation of any area of technology and law.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol. 5, Issue 1 [Submit by September 19]. Resonance Digital LLP & Anr.

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IIPRD

APRIL 2, 2024

vi] This is where governments use ‘compulsory licensing’ to ensure access to affordable drugs in public health emergencies and foster innovation, where patents and monopolies gained through it has prevailed. Studies have established a correlation between TRIPS-plus provisions and increased drug prices in importing nations. 7, 2024). [ix]

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

6 The potential impact of solid-state batteries on the EV industry in particular is huge, as they hold significantly more energy and charge in less time than traditional lithium-ion batteries, thereby eliminating one of the perceived drawbacks of EV ownership. The Wall Street Journal , Feb. Conclusion. link] les-2030-goal/5489643001/.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

For background, check out my post on the district court’s ruling here: “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ”. It did not specifically address ownership of social media accounts. Gutman signed an employment agreement with JLM. This was erroneous.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 11, 2025

As courts scrutinize how generative models are trained, a new legal frontier is shaping around copyright, fair use, and content ownership. Copying entire books, articles, or image libraries without a license raises a serious question: is this a transformative, fair use of content, or simply unlicensed reproduction for commercial gain?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Reform, Dont Reject: Heres Why the UGC-CARE List Should Not Be Scrapped Several unconfirmed reports have come up about the discontinuation of the UGC Care Journal List. The Court considered several issues including the ownership of the trademark as well as the similarity in the trademark used by the defendant.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Trade Wings Hotels Limited on 24 January [Bombay High Court] In an important order concerning enforcement of copyright in sound recordings, the Bombay High Court held that copyright owners like Phonographic Performance Ltd and Novex can issue music licenses even if they are not registered as copyright societies under the Copyright Act.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves? The Falwell court was on solid ground in denying relief on the grounds of an implied license.

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