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Authorship of photographs and ownership of image rights in Nigeria: Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd

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The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria. VMNL) or both that person and their licensee (i.e.

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Interaction Between Ai And Copyright : Who Has The Copyright In Ai?

IP and Legal Filings

Image Sources : Shutterstock] Copyrightability In Indian Context Copyright is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Hence, the trainer also has strong claims for ownership of AI. [10] 5] In USA, the court in the case of Fiest Publication Inc.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised. Since copyright in whatever form (even first ownership) is subject to the territoriality principle, many argue that lex loci protectionis is the appropriate course of action. [10]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 05- February 11)

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The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities. The Plaintiff has been using the infringed trademark ‘FLY HIGH’ since 2004. The said mark has been allegedly infringed by the Defendant’s mark, ‘FLY HI’.

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

2004), a U.S. In Canada, for a work to be protected by copyright, there must be a sufficient degree of skill and judgment in its creation. Law Society of Upper Canada , 2004 SCC 13. In the U.S., “a 3d 418 (9th.Cir.2018) 2018) because Naruto was not a human being. In Southco, Inc. Cambridge Corp., 3d 276 (3rd Cir.