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Africa IP highlights 2022 #1: Copyright matters

The IPKat

The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2021, here. We begin with developments in the copyright field.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

Publicity, such as character, reputation and personal brand, will be protected under various statutes, such as the Copyright Act 1957 and the Trade Marks Act 1999. Conclusion As per my analysis, the Indian judiciary has identified these rights as part of the right to Privacy and IPR, but no defined legislation exists that can regulate things.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

IP Whiteboard

The Duchess of Sussex) was recently granted summary judgment in a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, over the publication of extracts from a hand-written letter to her father (see HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) ). an infringement of her copyright in the Letter; and.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

1] However, this growth also brought an onslaught of new Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The venerable IP notice-and-takedown scheme is being replaced by the SAD Scheme , where rightsowners quietly obtain ex parte TROs that target online marketplace accounts. Despite these obvious issues, the privacy community has been conspicuously quiet about age authentication. IP & Innovation L.

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IP as Collateral

IIPRD

Intellectual Property such as patents, trademarks, brand value, copyright, etc have become foundational assets for several businesses, seeking greater importance and attention. Businesses are turning towards their intangible assets, specifically their IP to finance their growth and further innovation. IP Financing Policies in Asia.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

SpicyIP

Adyasha notes that while the Copyright Act deems the producer of a film as its author, that doesn’t imply that author and copyright owner would necessarily remain the same perpetually. She criticises the judgment because the Court based its reasoning solely on privacy without any justifications rooted in property rights.