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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

Trademarks- as the patents protect the inventions, trademarks refer to the unique symbols and phrases used by an organization helping them to distinguish from the others in a competitive market. Copyright- copyright protection is given to the works of authorship. It must only include music, literary works like art, and much more.

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

COPYRIGHTS: Term copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights provided to the creator/owner of original works of authorship, which includes literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, cinematographic films, and sound recordings. Broad classification of ‘works’ which are protected by copyright are-. Cinematograph films.

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Removing songs from Spotify could breach label’s duty to exploit: Four Tet v Domino

The IPKat

Here’s what happened (spoiler alert: Four Tet prevailed on some, but failed in others)… Background Mr Keiran Hebden, who goes by the artistic name of Four Tet, as a music artist, is suing his record label Domino Recording Company for breach of contract. The songs have since returned to streaming platforms.

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Addressing Factor 4, it asserted there was little or no market harm, because “time-shifting merely enables a viewer to see … a work which he had been invited to witness in its entirety free of charge.” ( Id. As a result, Time magazine canceled its contract to publish a 7,500-word excerpt shortly before the book’s publication.