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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.

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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century. The digital revolution has moved legal questions about copyright, information, and competition law to the regulatory centre of the creative industries.

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HULM Entertainment v.  Fantasy Sports: Reanalysing Originality, Idea-Expression Dichotomy and Copyrightability of GUIs

SpicyIP

In doing so, unfortunately, the DB has seemingly missed out on considering some of the crucial aspects of the SB order, especially with regard to its findings on the originality of Hulm Entertainment’s concept note and the copyrightability of GUIs. However, the current case discusses the protection of GUIs under the Copyright Act.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

Cinema Secrets (2000). It found that because Harvey had not renewed the copyrights on the comics featuring the character that later developed into Fatso, the depictions of the character relied on by Harvey had fallen into the public domain. The 13 spookiest, Halloweeniest copyright cases that I could think of.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Case law, however, has imposed two additional requirements. [ See Childress v. Lee , 202 F.3d

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