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A Message from Deputy Secretary Don Graves

U.S. Department of Commerce

We firmly believe that diversity and inclusion are not just morally right but also strategically smart. January 23, 2018), [link] [6] Deloitte, “The Business Case for Diversity,” (February 2017), [link] [7] U.S. The Department has implemented a range of programs in service of this mission.

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Simple homage to pre-existing work doesn't qualify as parody under French law

The IPKat

Since 2017, the artist has produced, exhibited, and marketed busts inspired by the character of Tintin, and sculptures inspired by the rocket depicted in the albums "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon". Indeed, design law and copyright pursue neither the same objectives, nor are they subject to the same conditions of protection.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

He worked for large companies, active worldwide in the food industry, which specialised in the design and development of recipes and culinary products for industrial use. In 2017, he met the first defendant, a high-ranking executive in an international food-industry company. Emphasis added.)

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Taking the Mona Lisa Effect from Illusion to Reality: Enhancing the Museum Experience with Augmented and Virtual Reality

JIPEL Copyright Blog

From July 2017 to April 2018, the Art Gallery of Ontario (the “AGO”) staged an exhibition titled “ ReBlink ,” which urged visitors to “[t]ake a second look… with a modern lens:”. infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e.,

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 5] The content creator reached out to the artist for a commissioned artwork which is a unique character design. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright Act is an extremely limited right, and fair uses of artworks are explicitly made exempt from attribution requirements. However, a moral right of authors to be attributed for their works is recognized outside the United States , and, in some cases, this right also enables authors to protest the false attribution of works to them.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). Those working in the field of media and entertainment law will no doubt be familiar with Arnold's authorial text on Performer's Rights.