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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this post, we offer an overview of the project to date, stratified across CREATe’s core research themes : Creative Industries , the Public Domain , and Competition and Markets. Public Domain. In a wider sense, what is public and what is private has important innovation and societal effects.

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If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright?–Shah v. NYP

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2012, the FBI arrested Shah for extortion, which sparked news coverage. Though the court doesn’t have cross words for the media defendants, this apparently is another example where media publishers treated publicly available photographs as public domain photographs. The complaint. –Shah v.

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law. Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market.

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Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

IP and Legal Filings

According to a report by Markets and Markets, the cryptocurrency market is expected to grow from USD 1.6 In a broad sense, blockchain technology can be defined as an open ledger of information that is used to keep a digital record of the transactions that occur in the crypto market. billion in 2021 to USD 2.2

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European Copyright Society letter to Commissioner Breton on a future agenda in the field of copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law. The letter is available here and its contents are reproduced below.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

Both suits were filed before the 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act. Further, given that the 2012 amendment does not have a retrospective effect, the Court held that the amendment has no effect on the legal position. However, later the defendant served a termination notice against which the plaintiff filed this suit.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Effective January 1, 1978, the date of federal copyright protection was moved back from the date of first publication to the date the work was “fixed in a tangible medium of expression,” or permanently recorded in some form. .”

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