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The Copyright Society Debate: Should Actors Get Royalty?

IP and Legal Filings

Section 18(1), 3 rd proviso states that the right to receive royalties cannot be waived or assigned or licensed except to legal heirs or copyright society for distribution and collection. The Statutory Position of Royalty Section 19 [1] talks about assignment and licensing of work against which we get royalties.

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

In India, protection under copyrights is provided into two forms, which includes, economic rights and the moral rights of the author. Economic rights are enumerated under section 14 of the Act and section 57 deals with the moral rights of the copyright holder. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Rights to distribute and reproduce the work exclusively, as well as the right to grant a license that will allow the copyright holder to collect royalties, are included in this property. Right to communicate the work to the public. The Indonesian copyright regime is governed by its Copyright Act of 2014 (‘Act’).

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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

Notably, Monsanto’s matter had several layers including the State Governments seeking to regulate IP licensing fees, and the Indian seed companies who previously licensed technology from Monsanto, refusing to pay royalties to Monsanto. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

The third defendant was licensed to produce and market the disputed foods and spices under its own name and at its own expense, paying a fixed fee to the plaintiff for each individual product sold. The plaintiff claimed that he alone decided the composition of these products and that this was known to the third defendant. Emphasis added.)

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this context, the BGH issued a decision in 2014 in relation to the games console, Nintendo DS. The question as to whether the required serious infringement of moral rights had occurred could, the BGH ruled, only be ascertained on the basis of an analysis of the entire circumstances of the specific case.