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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

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. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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Google Accuses Regulators of Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

billion) fine over allegations that the company abused its ownership of the Android mobile operating system to unlawfully push its other products. According to Google, there were at least 50 instances of copying, some of which were “word-for-word”. Copy and Paste Roundup. billion-euro ($4.3

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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YouTube Rejects Movie Piracy Claims and Content ID Critique

TorrentFreak

New copies were uploaded constantly and banned users reportedly returned using new names. “Plaintiff, through its representative Carlos Vasallo, was offered YouTube’s copyright management tools in 2015, including Content ID, but Plaintiff refused them. Vasallo refused these terms and chose to send standard DMCA notices instead.

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Tattoos and Copyright: A Potent Combination

Plagiarism Today

However, the important thing to know is that there was no doubt that Take-Two did copy the tattoos in question and there was no question of Alexander’s ownership of them. Alexander had sought $2 for every copy of WWE 2K sold, an amount that would have equaled roughly $20 million. Blurred Tattoo Lines.

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Why Bots Shouldn’t Decide Copyright Cases

Plagiarism Today

Sheeran’s attorneys argued the elements that were allegedly copied, namely a chord progression and the harmonic rhythm, were both commonplace in music and not protectable by copyright. Much of the uptick began after the March 2015 Blurred Lines ruling , where the estate of Marvin Gaye won a $7.3 Songwriting and Litigation.

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