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

Kashishipr

Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered. As per NTC’s statement, both SSPL and SK Oil Industries couldn’t claim copyright in the artistic work.

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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

IIPRD

She trademarked the term in February 2007, and since then, it has become her “signature catchphrase.” Therefore, the same cannot be protected under Indian Copyright law as a literary or artistic work but could be protected under passing off law if a case is made for it. v] 2007 (34) PTC 164 (Karnataka). [vi]

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Author: Nandini Biswas, in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing [1] Duijnstee v Goderbauer; ECJ 15 Nov 1983 [2] Mariano Municoy, ‘Allocation of Jurisdiction on Patent Disputes in the Models Developed bythe Hague Conference in Private International Law: Asymmetric Countries and (..)

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Supreme Court Rules “That Dog Don’t Hunt”: Bad Spaniels Toy’s Use of JACK DANIELS Marks is a Poor Parody and Dilution Act Applies

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The Supreme Court recounted the facts and reasoning underlying Rogers that “the titles of ‘artistic works,’ like the works themselves, have an ‘expressive element’ implicating ‘First Amendment values.’ [11] Lemley, “Grounding Trademark Law Through Trademark Use,” 92 Iowa L. 58 (2007)). [14] 1125(c)(3)(A).

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