Remove 2009 Remove Copying Remove Copyright Law Remove Designs
article thumbnail

Copyright, Upcycling, and the Human Right to Environmental Protection

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, copyright protection may unexpectedly clash with this sustainable practice, as certain upcycled items could include copyrighted prints, ornaments, or design patterns from the original materials, such as new clothing items made out of old bed sheets, curtains, or tablecloths , or jewellery made from broken porcelain.

Copyright 116
article thumbnail

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.

Ownership 103
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Interference with the computer program at runtime: C-159/23 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Heliberto Arias on Unsplash A loophole in copyright protection? The 2009 directive on the legal protection of computer programs (the Software Directive ) grants copyright protection to all forms of expression of computer programs. Its Article 4(1) mentions three exclusive rights.

article thumbnail

WIPIP Session 8 (copyright)

43(B)log

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Harper & Row is cited by Feist to reiterate that selection coordination and arrangements of facts can be copyrightable. Looked at leg history and cases cited by Feist.

article thumbnail

Customs Intervention for IP in the Indian Sub-Continent

Kashishipr

Goods or items produced outside Bangladesh involving infringement of the Copyright Act, 2000 or infringement of layout design of integrated circuits that are intended for sale or use for commercial purposes within the territory of Bangladesh. Images of genuine goods (for trademarks and designs). Demand draft of Rs.

IP 105
article thumbnail

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 Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.”

article thumbnail

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. W R Grace v.