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When is an artist entitled to refuse attribution of an artwork? Italian Supreme Court provides (final) guidance in long-running dispute over Jeff Koons’s The Serpents

The IPKat

Garrone subsequently contacted Koons several times (in 1997, 2007 and 2009) in order to obtain a declaration of authenticity from him and thus sell the artwork. Moral rights under Italian law and the issue before the Supreme Court Moral rights are not harmonized at the EU level.

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DMCA, Twitch, and “Death Note”

IPilogue

Twitch has been featured on the IPilogue in the past (relating to video game copyrights , moral rights in video games , and the European Copyright Directive ) but this case is unique as it involves a different form of copyrighted media: TV shows. In 2007 , the IPilogue questioned how the DMCA will impact video hosting platforms.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

What about moral rights? What about moral rights? Another topic which has leads a rabbit hole is the question of moral rights. Moral rights include the right of attribution of authorship, a right not to have authorship falsely attributed and a right of integrity of authorship.

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

V RGV Film Factory, 138 (2007) DLT 312 [5] Dishti Titus, Movie Titles – Protected under Indian Law? As a result, court prohibited the defendants from utilising the word “Sholay” itself in the title of their movie because the movie has become a “cult classic.” Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt. Mondaq (Dec.

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The Future of Copyright. In memory of Luigi Carlo Ubertazzi (Report 2/2)

The IPKat

Ricolfi recalled how digital platforms and information giants have objectively created situations of dominance, particularly since 2007 with the advent of the IoT. They produce huge amounts of data, so much so that communications between individuals are only the tip of the iceberg.

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

The IPKat

While earlier employment law protection for belief was limited to those philosophical beliefs which were similar to religious beliefs, the similarity requirement was removed from the legislation in 2007.