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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The photographer, Esther Umoh called this person out for copyright infringement on social media platform “X”.

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The Narrative of One’s Life: A Sneak Peek Into the “Who is the Bad Art Friend?” Controversy

IPilogue

On June 24, 2015, Ms. Dorland to prevent publication of The Kindest at a book festival, and an onslaught of plagiarism allegations. Dorland will need to show: (1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original. 19-cv-10203-IT), Ms.

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

Surveillance and analysis of IP-related activities on the internet, such as domain name registration, web crawling, social media monitoring, and online marketplace scanning which can help detect potential IP infringement cases, such as cybersquatting, phishing, counterfeiting, piracy, and plagiarism. Gourav Bajaj & Anr.,