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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

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SSPL was incorporated in 2004. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

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Legal Pitfalls in Virtual World The character design used by a content creator can be designed by an artist, and rights can be transferred from the artist to the creator. A person who employed the artist will be considered the proprietor of the artwork and can register for exclusivity for the same character. [3]

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California Supreme Court reaffirms strict liability for false advertising in Serova

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Not all marketing of artistic works is noncommercial speech. So, were Sony’s statements, “a brand new album from the greatest artist of all time” with “9 previously unreleased vocal tracks performed by Michael Jackson,” commercial speech? 4th 135 (2004); cf. citing Hustler v. Falwell and Mattel v. citing Rezec v.