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The Fairest of Them All: Justice Abella’s Legacy in Canadian Copyright Law

IPilogue

She wrote reasons for several landmark copyright decisions, even delivering judgements in four out of the five 2012 “ Copyright Pentalogy ” cases. The Court emphasized that upholding users’ rights was “central to developing a robustly cultured and intellectual public domain.”. v Teranet Inc.

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INTERNET AND COPYRIGHT

IIPRD

Copyright is essentially a right to copy. It’s an intellectual property, if an individual owns the copyright to something, then he’s the only owner of it and also the decider that who can copy it. A standard myth about the Internet is that anything posted online can be copied or downloaded. Image source:Gettyimages].

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[Guest post] Universal Copyright Convention – RIP

The IPKat

It foresaw both registration of the work at the Copyright Office, deposit of copies, attachment of a copyright claim (© [year of first publication] by [name of owner of rights]), and, in certain cases, manufacture of the copies within the country. Both Conventions contain provisions that regulate their relation to each other.

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Conundrum Involving The Ownership Of The Work Created By Ai

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Making AI as a separate legal entity may prompt to copyright infringement to those who provide the said data or information in public domain. 1996) 38 DRJ 81 (India). [2]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

SpicyIP

The Defendant had earlier rejected Appellant’s mark ‘Brazzers’ on the ground that the latter could not justify its proposed use since 2012 and that similar marks are registered for similar goods. The Defendant was served with a copy of summons and it did appear in a few hearings, but later stopped, thus causing the matter to proceed ex-parte.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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

IP and Legal Filings

In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.