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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Choice Of Law In Ipr Infringement The nature of the rights is the primary concern in any international dispute that involves intellectual property rights. SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet.

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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. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered. No such requirement is mentioned in the Copyright Act.

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IPR infringement in yellow-and-blue logo: Lidl wins High Court dispute against Tesco

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Background The dispute took off in 2022, when Lidl accused Tesco of trade mark and copyright infringement coupled together with an alleged claim of passing off. Copyright The Court also established that Lidl’s mark was protected by copyright as an original artistic work under Section 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

From some general Google searching, it seems common for people to download pictures of works they like and bring them to their tattooist to copy. According to Dr Marie Hadley from University of Newcastle: My unpublished research among tattooists in New Zealand suggests there can be a lot of pressure from clients to copy existing images. “I

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The Supreme Court’s Unsettling Attempt at Settling the Debate on Section 63 of the Copyright Act

SpicyIP

On the 20th of May, the Supreme Court, in M/s Knit Pro International vs The State of NCT of Delhi & Anr , held that offences under Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957 are cognizable and non-bailable offences. Abdul Sathar v Nodal Officer, Anti-Piracy Cell, Kerala Crime Branch Office & Anr, 2007. Andhra Pradesh. State Govt.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the Supreme Court upholds the discovery rule for copyright cases, or simply declines to address it, the decision will leave copyright defendants exposed to very large awards for years of infringing conduct (as they have been everywhere but the Second Circuit). By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Last week, the U.S. 3d 39 (2d Cir.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 4- September 10)

SpicyIP

AI and Copyright: More Developments – Human Prompts are Not ‘Direct Instructions’ After the Thaler case, the US Copyright Office passed another interesting order on AI-generated works, this time refusing the registration due to the work’s failure to meet the de-minimis threshold. Dr. Reddy’s Labs Ltd. Promoshirt SM SA v.