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Parody under the Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

This issue was cleared in Civic Chandran case wherein the Court held that ‘the purpose of reproduction of artistic work i.e., counter drama was not misappropriation, to produce a play similar to the original. Vipul Amrutlal Shah (2009) and MRF Limited v. References Civic Chandran v/s C. Ammini Amma (1996) 16 PTC 329 (Ker.)

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

IIPRD

This makes it difficult for the creator to control the dissemination of their works. According to the well-settled laws of copyright, it is a blatant mutilation of the rights of an author over their works and the characters they have developed. 19, 2011, 2009 (A) No. 1] SaikōSaibansho [Sup. Napster, Inc.,

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. The word “originality” is frequently used in conjunction with the creativity of writers, thinkers, and artists. It must be the author’s original work.