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Battle of the Brushes: Are Makeup Artists Left in Copyright’s (Eye)shadow?

IPilogue

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. The use of interactive face filters on social media platforms complements this integration of face detecting technology into our daily lives. to their face.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

The UK IPO has launched a public consultation on the post-implementation review of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, regarding whether the 2016 amendments achieved their objectives. Registration is open until July 10. The call for views is open until August 31.

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Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Social media (aka Facebook) were not a part of the conversation. This raises the question: does the press publishers’ right apply to social media? While social media were not explicitly singled out, they seem to comfortably fall within the ISSP definition. Do social media make content available?

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2016, Time “embedded” one of Brauer’s Instagram posts, featuring one of his photos of Hilary Clinton, in its entirety (preserving his username or “handle”, his caption, and his links and hashtags). As a practical matter, the answer is certainly yes; an open system is built into the design of the internet.

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With Friends Like These: Copyright Implications Of Novelists Drawing Inspiration From The Real Lives They Cross

LexBlog IP

Dorland counterclaimed for copyright infringement, claiming that Larson’s use of Dorland’s letter was a violation of intellectual property law. See Byrnes’ We Would Be Friends: Fans, Musicians and Social Media and Jarzyna’s Parasocial Interaction, the COVID-19 Quarantine, and Digital Age Media.

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The football game as a copyright work (Part I)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. It derives from a paper given at the 25 th Anniversary celebration of IViR on 4 July 2014 and at the University of Oxford IP Moot “converzatione” on 18 March 2016. Indeed, social media is replete with collections of ‘unusual’ penalty kicks. by Christopher Heath. €

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Make Your Mark On History: Connecting Tradenames To Landmark Events, People & Places

LexBlog IP

As the holiday approached this year, it seemed the term “Juneteenth” was everywhere – in broadcast and local media, in advertisements and on social media. This mark subsequently registered in 2016 without issue. Some further digging quickly led me to find the answer. ” Id.