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5 Ways Copyright Has Shaped the Holidays

Plagiarism Today

Whether it’s a movie becoming a holiday classic due to it being (briefly) in the public domain, holiday songs still very much under copyright, multiple legal questions around a children’s classic or some long-running myths that have changed the way people view some of the season’s most important characters, copyright has been a factor.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie : The second in the Creepy Copyright Mondays series was an explainer on how Night of the Living Dead , one of the most iconic zombie films, fell into the public domain. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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The Much-Adapted “Peter Pan” (1904 – Forever )

Velocity of Content

At first, I was thinking of going with King Kong (1933 film and novel, 1976 film, and 2005 film and different novel) but those complexities were overwhelming. And the 1911 content reused in these works may actually be in the public domain already. So I went with something at once more fun and less tragic.

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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. DIFFERENT COMPONENTS IN FORTIFYING E-COMMERCE.

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Web3-- a revolution in decentralization or a commercial head feint ?

The IPKat

As Chris Dixon, who oversees web3 investments at a16z, explains it, the original, decentralised web lasted from 1990 to about 2005. Picture on the left is by User: Mysidand has been released into the public domain. The web3 movement is a reaction to perhaps the greatest centralisation of all: that of the internet.

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The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings

SpicyIP

Access to these court proceedings can also be construed as a part of Section 4 of the RTI Act, 2005 since the judiciary can be deemed as a ‘public authority’. On the other hand, a hurried and unplanned introduction is likely to put the Court smack dab in the heart of the fake news and misinformation quagmire.

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Patentability of Food Recipes and the Section 3(e) Challenge

IIPRD

After the Patent Amendment Act 2005, patent protection for food, pharma and chemical inventions is possible but this concept not very popular in India. The claim of the applicant should not be the one existing in the public domain at the date of filing of an application. The answer is yes. Conclusion.

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