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

Kashishipr

SSPL was incorporated in 2004. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright. Since then, it has been continuously used and has even acquired reputation and goodwill in the market. NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label.

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Unroll the Scroll Painting: Inside the Chinese Art Market and Its Regulatory Landscape

LexBlog IP

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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California Supreme Court reaffirms strict liability for false advertising in Serova

43(B)log

Not all marketing of artistic works is noncommercial speech. 4th 135 (2004); cf. Penultimately, what about the album title, Michael , and artwork, featuring images of Jackson? And there was no evidence of a chilling effect from allowing false advertising claims. citing Rezec v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., 116 Cal.App.4th

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

IIPRD

Shield strategy: Registering all works and establishing a large IP portfolio function as a “shield” against competitors’ possible copying of their designs, allowing the brand to keep its market dominance. MULTIPLE IP REGISTRATION AND THEIR PROTECTION.