Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored. Goodman counternoticed. Indeed, I think this is a good example of a satire).

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Licensing requires ownership of the designs, which calls into question who owns a costume—the costume designer or the production company who them? Janie Bryant , the designer for the television show Mad Men , entered a multi-year collaboration for a Mad Men -inspired fashion line at Banana Republic. There are, however, some exceptions.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

First, the government’s economic modelling for television production reaches the following conclusion: Regardless of the status of Bill C-11, FLS [foreign local service production] in Canada is expected to surge to new highs by 2025, led in part by global content boom fuelled by a growing field of streaming platforms.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Interestingly, T-Series enjoys joint ownership of the franchise “Aashiqui” with Vishesh Films. Film titles are customarily registered with trade associations like the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, the Indian Film and Television Producers Council, etc. Lyca Productions v.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

AI tools that create art (one has even sold for over $400K ), write fiction and non-fiction works (including news articles), and scripts for film and television already exist. For now, at least in Canada, ownership will be assigned to the person who arranged to create the work and not the AI that created the work itself.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“NFTs represent an exciting business opportunity for MPA’s members to promote their core products —motion pictures and television programs — in new ways, expand their merchandise offerings, and connect with their audiences on a deeper level,” the MPA writes. ” The MPA seems positive about the potential of NFTs.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

Crabtree claims that Kirkman talked him into giving up co-ownership rights in “Invincible” by asking him to sign a document in 2005 that Kirkman represented would make it easier to market the work to licensees but which wouldn’t affect any of Crabtree’s rights. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC , 39 F.4th Use of that song was in turn licensed to several popular television shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance.” at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. 4th 1236 (9th Cir. 17 U.S.C. §

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 29, 2024

” Plaintiffs Don’t Allege Ownership Of Registered Copyrights George Carlin’s most famous comedy routine is “ Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” Section 411(a) is essentially an administrative exhaustion requirement that a copyright owner needs to satisfy before attempting to enforce its ownership rights in court.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 7, 2021

He’s the canine film and television star made famous in the 1920’s, which makes him nearly 700 if you’re counting in dog years. In other words, while Rin Tin Tin’s chain of title and ownership history may be a mess, it’s a mess that needs to be resolved under state law. In 2019, Warner Bros.

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Michael Geist

MAY 25, 2022

There are also the outdated Cancon rules and the actual data on investment in film and television production. However, most would accept the general principle that large curated streaming services that appear to function like broadcasters should face some form of domestic regulation. But I’ll stop there. I look forward to your questions.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. Copyright law defines “ publication ” as the distribution of copies of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership or by rental, lease, or lending. NFTs Are Not Copyrightable. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Without any ownership interest in the production bible, Scott had no right to assert a copyright infringement claim. As a result, it’s questionable whether Scott had any ability to claim infringement, even if he were able to show an ownership interest in the series bible in the first place.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC , No. MGM was the original copyright owner of 585 movies and 176 television series episodes. It’s copyright infringement because an exclusive license is a transfer of copyright ownership. Starz Entertainment, LLC v. 21-55379 (9th Cir. July 14, 2022). 17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2024

Even if an AI development team wanted to report that a certain copyright work had been used, how can ownership of that content ever be established? A centralized database, of all copyrighted works and their respective owners, doesn’t exist.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 2, 2023

34: "IFG" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Live Plants Because It's a Varietal Name Precedential No. Nonuse: Precedential No. 35: In a Real Snoozer, TTAB Rules on Several Discovery-Related Issues USPTO Refuses to Institute Reexamination of Registration, But Allows Petitioner to Re-file Precedential No.

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Nelligan Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They have faced disputes related to trademark ownership and copyright protection for unique elements. One of these such legal complexities is the “Chucky” TV Series and the ownership of the original Chucky Brand. In the world of entertainment, characters and intellectual properties often involve complex legal agreements.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Historically, the exceptions for teaching, education and research have never been qualified by the nature of ownership of the institution where the use of the work is carried out. According to the AISHE Report 2019-20, 66.3% of all college students in India attend private institutions. Most worrying is the stand to weaken Section 52(1).

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 20, 2022

Fred Simian –the deal included licensing rights, and Green created a television show to feature Fred. But there is great excitement in the billion-dollar market for these digital images, which were launched in April 2021 and count singers Justin Bieber and Madonna among their celebrity owners. Then just weeks ago, Fred went missing.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If the company were required to licence more than 1,500 Canadian films or television shows, it would almost surely cut back on its titles with the Canadian requirement effectively creating a cap on consumer choice. For example, the Canadian Netflix library currently features about 5,500 titles.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

RTL Television, AG Pitruzzella, C-716/20. On 10 March 2022, AG Pitruzzella issued his opinion in RTL Television. The AG opinion was commented previously on this blog.A post on the judgment is coming soon in the blog, so watch this space. The definition of the concept of ‘cable transmission’ was at the centre of the analysis.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

Analysing the complexities of licensing deals for film and television adaptations. The ownership of copyright in the posts shall remain with the participants. The role of IP law in combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation. The challenges of protecting literary works in the digital age.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

It is essentially a transaction ledger that is open and decentralized, so anyone, with proper access credentials, can view the ledger to the authenticity of whatever is being transferred and the chain of ownership. Because the Blockchain tokens authenticate an NFT and ownership, it allows for monetization of those works by sale and auction.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2023

. “DISH claims it entered into signed, written licensing agreements with the Networks granting DISH the exclusive right to distribute and publicly perform the Channels by means including satellite, over-the-top (OTT), internet protocol television (IPTV), and internet,” DataCamp’s filing informs the court. Copyright Office.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ownership Rights : Roku argued Universal lacked ownership rights to assert the ‘196 patent because when Universal filed its ITC complaint, it had recently filed a petition to correct inventorship to add a Universal employee. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed, rejecting each of Roku’s three primary arguments.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. ” Ok, But What If I Wrapped This Up Already?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

ii) relates to the person’s “communication, gathering, receiving, posting, or processing” of “consumer opinions”. or “reviews or ratings of businesses”.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

“The copyright in such [derivative] work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the preexisting material.” By not disclosing, you run the risk of having your entire copyright registration invalidated.

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The IPKat

JUNE 18, 2024

Meanwhile, Flo Rida’s song already gained significant popularity and was licensed for use in several popular television programs, including "So You Think You Can Dance.” Nealy was not involved in the music industry as he was serving a prison sentence.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

Such collection of massive structured, unstructured, and multi-structured data is due to our constant interaction with smart gadgets and technologies like mobile phones, credit cards, televisions, computers, smart watches, etc.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 9, 2022

Let’s break down that mouthful: NFTs are a blockchain technology that creates indisputable ownership records that the art world has embraced as a way to buy and sell digital artwork. The stolen NFTs featured original characters that Green had developed into a television show.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The applicant disclaimed any element of human authorship, but asserted ownership by reason of ownership of the “Creativity Machine.”) Scholastic Inc. [3] 3] the Second Circuit Court of Appeals read the Supreme Court’s decision in Petrella v. MGM [4] to require the first result.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Meanwhile, television rights management company IDDH (International Rights and Divers Holding) , the supposed source of Squemme’s IP interests, liquidated all of the assets it had over twenty years ago and looks to have been defunct since 1999. The warning signs were all there. You Own the NFT. ” Sounds pretty good, right?

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

Neela Film”), issued an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the defendants, including websites, e-commerce platforms, YouTube channels and ‘John Doe’ parties, restraining them from infringing the copyright and trademark of the makers of the popular Hindi television sitcom “Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma” (“TMKOC”).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2022

Shosh and Yuval claim that in May of 1983, Paramount obtained from Ehud, exclusive motion picture and allied rights – creation of merchandise or a television series – to the Story.

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