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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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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 Rezec v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.,

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 05- February 11)

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Read Tejaswini’s post on the recent DHC order concerning these two liquor brands. Case Summaries Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing v. The plaintiff submitted that though their “Sufiyana” mark has not been registered, they have been using the same since 2014/ 2018 and thus have gathered a substantive goodwill in the market.

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