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Going (copyright) bananas: Maurizio Cattelan prevails in copyright infringement lawsuit over Comedian

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“ Perhaps I’ll be remembered in history as the banana imbecile ”, summed up provocative and uber-creative artist Maurizio Cattelan in a recent interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

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When is a derivative work original and thus protectable by copyright? Classicist’s critical edition makes its way to Luxembourg in fresh Romanian CJEU referral

The IPKat

In 2001, the professor published a critical edition of Demetrii principis Cantemirii. As a result, his estate launched proceedings for copyright infringement. In 2017, the Regional Court of Bucharest held that the defendants had infringed the professor’s moral right of attribution. The decision was upheld on appeal.

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Swedish court requests CJEU to clarify notion of ‘author’s own intellectual creation’ when assessing EU originality standard

The IPKat

The claim to copyright infringement prevailed and that court prohibited the Respondent from further manufacturing, marketing, and selling its dining table.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 26 – August 1)

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India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules, 2001 & Other Impacts. India formally acceded to the Locarno Agreement on June 7, 2019, and subsequently, the Design Rules, 2001 were amended in January 2021. Fonts and Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable?

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

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.

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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

IIPRD

one of the major publishers based in Japan sued Cloudflare in2022,for distributing data of copyrighted works for manga piracy sites by illegally uploading them and making them available for free, consequently, infringing the copyrights of the publisher. 3d 1004, 1021, 1022 (2001). [3] 1] SaikōSaibansho [Sup.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

The plaintiff has registered its “Social” trademark and states to have invested considerably in its advertisement from 2001-2023. The Court also took note of the defendant’s applications for identical trademark and artistic work, despite the plaintiff’s prior registrations for lack of bona fides.