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SpicyIP Tidbits: Compulsory License on Mira Behn’s Autobiography, and Stricter Test of Similarity of Marks for Medicinal Products

SpicyIP

Kirloskar Press, the Bombay High Court (BHC) began proceedings on what may become the first instance of a literary work being compulsory licensed in India. As such, the petitioner approached the court under Section 32 of the Copyright Act for a compulsory license. Recently, in the matter of Anil G Karkhanis v.

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UK Court Hands Down Key FRAND Ruling in InterDigital v. Lenovo

IP Watchdog

million for a global FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) license covering sales of cellular devices from 2007 to December 31, 2023, in the second full FRAND trial to be decided by the UK courts, following the landmark Unwired Planet case. Lenovo has been ordered to pay InterDigital a lump sum of $138.7

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Judge Picks ‘Overall Winner,’ But UK High Court’s Latest FRAND Ruling Delivers Mixed Results for InterDigital and Lenovo

IP Watchdog

million for a global FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) license covering sales of cellular devices from 2007 to December 31, 2023. Mr Justice Mellor issued a judgment ordering Lenovo to pay InterDigital a lump sum of $138.7

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Forging A Future-Looking Supply Chain For Publishing

Velocity of Content

“What’s happened particularly with the advent of digital content and digital business models, most notably with the launch of the Kindle in 2007 , is that the number of different business models has exploded. You can still buy a book, but you can also buy an ebook, which is really more of a license.

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Thinking of Framing or Embedding Content? New York Federal Courts Question the Copyright "Server Test"

JD Supra Law

In most circumstances, you cannot simply copy and repost that content without obtaining a license, because someone else owns the exclusive right to display it under the Copyright Act. 2007), the solution has been. But your story will not make sense if your readers cannot see the image or video. Amazon.com, Inc., 3d 1146 (9th Cir.

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Did University Abandon Mascot's TM? Judge Says It's Unclear

IP Law 360

An Illinois federal judge said Friday that he can't yet determine whether the University of Illinois abandoned its legal right to control images of its Native American former mascot, ruling that several material questions remain as to the school's licensing of the logo since it was retired in 2007.

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. At the 45th meeting of the SCCR, member states habitually repeated that they were committed to the 2006 and 2007 GA mandates, but the chair’s draft falls far from the original goals. Copyright: WIPO.