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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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Inox sued for copyright infringement of these technical drawings, essentially arguing that its design of the tanker and internal parts was protected as an artistic work under copyright. In the first part, I trace how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case. Girdhar & Co.

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from Gaslighting Design By Aditya Bhargava In the first part of the post, I looked at how jurisprudence has evolved from the Microfibres case in 2006 up to the present case in Cryogas. If yes, the artistic part can get long-term protection (copyright in the U.S.;

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Novex Communications Pvt. Ltd. v. DXC Technology Private Limited – Analysis I

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Mukesh, 2006 13 SCC 197). “the business of issuing or granting licence in respect of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works incorporated in a cinematograph films or sound recordings shall be carried out only through a copyright society” ) has to be read as an exception to the first proviso. In Sodan Singh v.

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Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs: The Path Forward

Velocity of Content

It is clear that AI is built on a foundation of immense works of authorship, many of which are protected by copyright. 7 When copyrighted works are used, AI systems typically make copies of the works to train and power AI outputs. ↩︎ See Jessica Litman, The Story of Sony v. Ginsburg & R. Dreyfuss eds., ↩︎ See Daniel J.

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On repatriation: Questions of copyright ownership and management of repatriated cultural heritage materials

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Artistic works?) Oriakhogba also weighs in on the perennial issue of the classification of cultural heritage materials (are they expressions of folklore? Traditional cultural expressions? and the implications of any preferred classification.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. In looking at this question, you first need to consider what work is being used as a tattoo.

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From Static Symbols to Fluid Brand Identities

IP and Legal Filings

In India, it can be protected as a series mark as has been mentioned under Section 15 of the Trade marks Act 1999 as well as an ‘artistic work’ under the Copyrights Act 1957. Joy Creators, 2011 (45) PTC 541. [2] 2] Rintisch v. Eder (C-553/11). [3] 3] Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc., 3d 108 (2d Cir.