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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

After a failed attempt to create a negotiating draft on these terms, the 2007 GA authorized progress to a Diplomatic Conference on the treaty “only after agreement on objectives, specific scope and object of protection has been achieved.” If a 3 -step test is included, it could be designed to expand the flexibility, not shrink it.

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CAFC Upholds TTAB: TEEN TINKER BELL Confusable With Disney's TINKER BELL for Dolls

The TTABlog

In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision [ TTABlogged here ] sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL and TEEN TINK & Design for dolls. Text Copyright John L. Welch 2022.

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Is Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain?

The IPKat

Henrik Bull’s architecture design of Oslo’s National Theatre. This is because, although the UK copyright expired in 1987, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 provides a special exception for the play. So, the film’s copyright term would have originally expired in 1965. . • Songs by Hank Williams.

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[Guest post] Could your beliefs about copyright be protected under the Equality Act?

The IPKat

As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law. Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions?

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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. Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

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The Narrative of One’s Life: A Sneak Peek Into the “Who is the Bad Art Friend?” Controversy

IPilogue

A literary controversy surrounding a copyright claim has taken over the North American online writing community, and it involves a kidney donation, a private Facebook group, and a short story.? . On June 24, 2015, Ms. Dorland’s life, is variable enough to contribute to an altogether different meaning of the letter in the short story. .

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What is right with EU trade agreements?

The IPKat

These agreements were negotiated in parallel between 2007 and 2013, and entered into force in 2016-2017. I also reached similar conclusions with regards to design law in a parallel study. The three countries approach CJEU IP case-law differently. At the same time, other criticism was indeed fair.

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