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

Kashishipr

The plaintiff, SSPL, had filed a lawsuit against the defendant NTC in the Bombay High Court, alleging Copyright and Trademark Infringement. SSPL was incorporated in 2004. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. Plaintiff’s Arguments.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The Regulations inter alia prohibit public performance, communication, reproduction or broadcasting of a work that is copyright-protected unless one is licensed to do so by the Copyright Office, or is authorised by the owner of the work or it is free to use in accordance with the Copyright Act. Katpost on that here.

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Loui Vuitton: In Charge Of 18,000 Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

According to statistics, Louis Vuitton counterfeits accounted for 18% of all counterfeit items seized in the European Union in 2004! ” The Louis Vuitton executives were not pleased, and they filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and trademark dilution.