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Unclear student guide not enough to constitute authorisation to use short film still

The IPKat

In its 2010/2011 student guide, the school's internal regulations stated that “ students grant their school permission to use their work exclusively for educational and non-commercial purposes, to promote the school to the general public ”. But, for once, there was no question of originality. It also confirmed that Mr T was its author.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

Copies of emails between the parties provided to the Court proved that opinions had been exchanged before the composition of the products was finalised. Articles 4(1) and (3) concern the individual powers of the author on moral rights and article 12(2) concerns the transfer of intellectual rights (property and moral).

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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

From Big-B Baritone to Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas, the life of Personality rights : Since Shouvik’s 2010 post about Amitabh Bachhan’s concern over the use of his voice to sell Gutka (an addictive substance), we have come to a long way! Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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Second Circuit’s Decision in Kerson v. Vermont Law School May Embolden Property Owners to Conceal Contentious or Inconvenient Art

LexBlog IP

Copyright Act to provide living creators of “works of visual art” [2] with certain non-transferable “moral rights” with respect to their artwork. [3] The court also relied in part on a 2010 decision, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. Vermont Law School, Inc. , 4th 257 (2d Cir.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the matter on which the first decision was based, the collective remuneration rules for freelance, full-time journalists for daily newspapers from January 2010 were able to be cited for guidance purposes although the plaintiff was claiming remuneration for a period not covered by the remuneration rules.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

Fantasy Sports [Delhi High Court] In a suit alleging copyright infringement, HULM Entertainment argued that Fantasy Sports’ “MyFab11” sports fantasy app copies the trading and stock features and GUI of its “Exchange 22” app. HULM Entertainment v. Meticulous Market Research Pvt.

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[Guest post] Could your beliefs about copyright be protected under the Equality Act?

The IPKat

Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions? As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law.