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Professional Photographer Files Copyright Infringement Suit Against Used Car Dealers

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

for Copyright Infringement, Removal of Copyright Management Information and Addition of False Copyright Management Information. Per the StrossStock website, Stross was nominated and accepted as a professional member of the American Society of Photographers in 2016. He received his B.S. Gotsch, Sr.

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Photographer, Lisa Corson sues for Copyright Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Corson claims she took a picture of a bocce ball court (the “Photograph”) and registered with the United States Copyright Office on September 18, 2016. As Corson did not license the right to use the Photograph to Vive, she seeks damages for direct copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 501 et seq.

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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? It has been established that lex loci protectionis is the rule that is applied to all the IPR infringement cases, barring a few exceptions. Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet. Garimella and S. Jolly (eds.)2017)

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

In particular, it explores why copyright of a meme’s underlying content does not matter in a normative sense. In this blog I argue that copyright protection of the content underlying memes does not matter because of the relative weakness of enforcement mechanisms for copyright infringement of this scale. 139 (2016). [ix]

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes. Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble.

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Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: The Supreme Court Revisits Transformative Fair Uses

Kluwer Copyright Blog

have grappled with how broadly or narrowly to interpret the concept of transformativeness when assessing fair use defenses to charges of copyright infringement. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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Statutory Licensing in India in the Age of Online Music Streaming: A Comment on Tips vs. Wynk

Kashishipr

If the music that is streamed is not licensed out, then does it amount to Copyright Infringement ? Although customers may have easy and legal access to music than before, how true is it in India? The same was the focal point of contention between both parties during the succeeding hearings.

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