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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

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Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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Intellectual Property Rights And Darwinism In E-Commerce

IP and Legal Filings

There are different legislations and acts such as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, Copyright (Amendment) Act 1999, The Trademark Act 1999, The Designs Act 2005, and many more to regulate and protect India’s intellectual property rights. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY KIN OF E-COMMERCE.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge. ResearchGate , 2.

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Protecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Using An Approach Based On Holistic Principle

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vii] The Battle for the Public Domain and Traditional Knowledge 2006, 5 Doris Estelle Long Intellectual Property Law: Volume 321 of the John Marshall Review. viii] Hans Morten Haugen’s article Traditional Knowledge and Human Rights, page 8 2005, p. 665, The Journal of World Intellectual Property. [ix]