Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The individual/entity must physically appear at the Copyright Office in Washington D.C. Statistics from Copyright Office’s Annual Reports. Between 2010-2022, there are 646 mask works registered in the U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years. source code) under copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

According to Section 2(d)(v) of the Copyright Act, the producer of a cinematograph film is considered the work’s creator. [1] This preference for producers in copyright law has recently been questioned. Aplin, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trademarks and Allied Rights 471(Sweet and Maxwell, London, 2010).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 23, 2021

Perhaps one of the most important copyright decisions since the 2012 ‘ pentalogy ’ cases, York University reflects the Supreme Court’s intention to develop Canadian copyright law in a way that maintains a balance between users’ and creators’ rights. Background. per full-time student and $0.10

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The individual/entity must physically appear at the Copyright Office in Washington D.C. Statistics from Copyright Office’s Annual Reports Between 2010-2022, there are 646 mask works registered in the U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years. source code) under copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 25, 2022

Calling the lawsuit “without merit”, the court said, “here is no unauthorized duplication and/or reworking of copyrighted computer programs,” under German copyright law. Ad Blocking as Piracy and Copyright Infringement.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2024

2024 European Copyright Society (ESC) Conference on conflict and trust in the European copyright system (24 May) The 2024 ECS conference will address current conflicts over the scope and enforcement of European copyright law and look for ways to resolve them in a trustworthy manner and with a balanced outcome.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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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Likelihood of Confusion

AUGUST 19, 2021

Originally posted 2010-03-28 10:00:14. The IMPACT® blog reports a settlement in the Second Life dispute. Republished by Blog Post Promoter. The post Second Life case settles appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2010, artist Charles Thomspon compiled a list of 15 separate plagiarism allegations against Hirst and published them in the art magazine Jackdaw. However, even if they do infringe copyright and are successfully sued, often the settlement amount or the damages is miniscule compared to what they were able to earn.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2021

CIPLITEC | Center for Intellectual Property Law, Information and Technology Copyright 2030 – “ The Future of the Creative Ecosystem in Europe ” (9 December 2021) CIPLITEC's interdisciplinary group of leading academics is organizing an online event on 9 December 2021 from 17:30 to 19:30 (CET). The role is based in London (West End).

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We have already traversed through Junes , Julys , Augusts , Septembers , Octobers , Novembers , Decembers , and shared some stories like Rahul Cherian’s Legacy, 2010’s International Efforts on Pandemics, Corruption in IP Offices, Law Making via Leaked Documents, etc. It’s the 8th post of this monthly series.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .; (8) ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

One year later, in 2010, the Irali Public Union (IPU), a nongovernmental organization, made the book available on its website ( www.history.az ) in electronic form. The decisions rendered by national courts must apply national law correctly and cannot be “arbitrary or otherwise manifestly unreasonable”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

From this constitutional dimension of copyright emerged the notion of ‘user rights’ ( Geiger, 2020 ). Looking forward, it is essential to ensure that legitimate uses expressly foreseen by copyright law are enabled through better access to protected works. However, it is only a first step towards making user’s rights a reality.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2022

. “We expect to address Watch Tower’s history of pursuing similarly abusive copyright claims against dissatisfied members – ‘apostates,’ in Watch Tower’s terms – who use its copyrighted works solely for the purpose of criticism…using the threat of ‘shunning’ to suppress open dissent.”

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Only the material form into which the ideas are transferred i.e. the expression of an idea is where copyright protection exists.The rationale behind this is that protecting ideas under copyright law would ultimately stifle innovation and creativity by curbing the free flow of the same.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law. E.g., see Prateek Surisetti’s post here and Niyati Prabhu’s post here.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Statistics from Copyright Office’s Annual Reports. Between 2010-2022, there are 646 mask works registered in the U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years. Copyright Office while register the software aspect of the designs (e.g., source code) under copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Section 24 of the Regulations generically refers to the Mediation Act 2017 and the Arbitration Act 2010 as frameworks supporting dispute settlement solutions with no state involvement. This is without doubt a weakness, which leaves both creators and users at the veritable mercy of online platforms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

WhenU concluded that copyright was a dead-end. Nevertheless, because adware often provided poor consumer experiences, adware largely fizzled out by 2010. The Silvaco court also cautioned that “the expansion of conversion law to reach intangible property should not be permitted to ‘displace other, more suitable law.’”

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Patently-O

MAY 6, 2024

His 2017 Authorship Screen article argues that patent laws should apply an “authorship screen” to exclude aesthetic and informational innovation from its domain – a mirror image of copyright law’s functionality screen used to exclude functional innovation from its domain. 1603 (2017). Apotex, Inc. ,

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Upendra Baxi, COPYRIGHT LAW AND JUSTICE IN INDIA Author(s): Upendra Baxi Source : Journal of the Indian Law Institute , October-December 1986 , Vol.28,No.4Published 4Published by : Indian Law Institute Stable URL : [link] , 28 497 (1986). | Definition from TechTarget , [link] (last visited Sep 7, 2023). [5] 379 (2022).

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2021

This case is a helpful exposition of the general principles and policy of copyright law. It demonstrates how copyright in music can be understood as a commercial asset – and the exclusive rights that a copyright owner enjoys in respect of that asset. 5] Raben at 433; Microsoft Corp v Leonidas [2010] FMCA 986 at [8]. [6]

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Fair use is an area of copyright law that allows for freedom of expression when using unlicensed copyrighted works in very limited and specific incidences, as established in 17 U.S.C. § 2010), where an author attempted to sell an unauthorized sequel to J.D. This is clear from the case of Salinger v. Colting , 607 F.3d

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Dark Patterns Unmasked: Examining Their Influence on Digital Platforms and User Behaviour Srijaa Grover and Yaggya Kapoor Harry Brignull introduced the concept of “dark patterns” in 2010, describing them as deceptive tactics aimed at boosting conversion rates.

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JIPL Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Mods are beneficial for the video game industry, [3] but mods can threaten a company’s copyright exclusivity because of their status as derivative works. [4] 4] Mods that collect revenue by paywalls are likely to scare copyright holders into litigation. [5] First Monday , (May 3, 2010) [link]. 20, 2017), [link]. [3] Formgen Inc.,

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

It recognizes that generative AI systems are trained by reading, viewing, and listening to copies of human-created works which are subject to copyright protection. The report states that there are no copyright laws right now that would provide protection to any wholly AI generated model or creation (Page no.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Oracle, shortly after acquiring Sun Microsystems in 2010, accused Google of taking critical portions of the APIs in the Java code for unauthorized use in its Android platform.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Despite the relatively limited legislative harmonization, over the past several years the copyright laws of individual EU Member States have nevertheless become more and more harmonized, also thanks to the pivotal role played by the Court of Justice of the European Union (which I examine here ).

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The IPKat

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2010, several right holders filed a criminal complaint for copyright infringement against three individuals involved with Rapidshare. In a recently published decision, the Zug Criminal Court ruled that the defendants were not liable for copyright infringement under criminal law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

But much like George Washington’s army, even though Flo & Eddie lost many individual battles, they ultimately won the war, as their quixotic litigation campaign prompted Congress to grant protection to pre-1972 sound recordings equivalent to that provided to newer sound recordings under federal copyright law. 1381 (2010).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Previously, a rate of 2% of the Net Advertisement Revenue (NAR) of the earnings of each FM Radio station was fixed for all music providers by the Copyright Board.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

2010’s International Efforts on Pandemics: Did you know Swaraj’s 2010 post on “ Progress(?) Gopika Murthy’s post Accessibility of Public Libraries to Persons with Disabilities needs highlighting, arguing for making the public library facilities in the country more disabled-friendly.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

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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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

Nonetheless, the selection of the contents by the creating group met the requirement of creation under the copyright law. The issue of copyright protection for computer generated works has also arisen in a number of Commonwealth decisions. Law Society of Upper Canada , 2004 SCC 13. Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd.,

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