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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

In early 2012, there has been substantial amendments to the Act, copyright protection involves dramatic, musical, any original piece of literary work including cinematography films, etc. Is Copyright registration mandated in India? The registration is not treated as a prerequisite to acquiring the copyright of any literary work.

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Protection of Trademarks in Philippines

IP and Legal Filings

trademark and patent registrations will not protect rights holders’ IP in the Philippines. Granting patents registrations is generally based on a first-to-file (or first-to-invent, depending on the country) basis. Jurisprudence has also established the doctrine of prior use as a basis for trademark ownership. For example, U.S.

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Copyright Infringement Case Concerning Photos of Jennifer Lopez Gets Dismissed: An Overview of the August Image LLC v AirG Inc Decision

IPilogue

C-42 , the following conditions must be met for a copyright to be conferred to an author of an artistic work:(1) the work must be original; (2) the person must be the author of the work; and (3) they must, at the date of its creation, be either a Canadian citizen or a citizen of a signatory country on the Berne Convention (para 26).