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The protection of fashion and applied art under criminal law: the Supreme Court rules on the Desigual case

Garrigues Blog

One interpretation considered that article 270 of the CC only protected the artistic work taken individually, but not when it was included on a product intended for commercial use (clothing, handbags, purses and other items). Consequently, works applied to practical products were not protected under criminal law.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

The case involved issues of graphic representation and illustrates that the EU trade mark reform in 2019 made the situation for colour trade mark applicants worse, since applicants are now required to file both a colour sample and the indication of a colour code.

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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

SpicyIP

This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Scaria and George in their article Copyright and Typefaces (p.9) Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? . Shivam Kaushik.

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US Copyright Office refuses to register AI-generated work, finding that "human authorship is a prerequisite to copyright protection"

The IPKat

The application stated that the Work had been autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine. Registration was sought as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine. In 2019, the Copyright Office rejected the application, holding that human authorship is necessary to support a copyright claim.

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Going (copyright) bananas: Maurizio Cattelan prevails in copyright infringement lawsuit over Comedian

The IPKat

“ Perhaps I’ll be remembered in history as the banana imbecile ”, summed up provocative and uber-creative artist Maurizio Cattelan in a recent interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Of course, that is not all: Comedian has in fact also sparked litigation in the USA.

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Is that picture your creation or the AI program’s – an age-old question revisited

LexBlog IP

The copyright eligibility of computer-generated literature and artistic works is not, contrary to what many may think, a post-millennial question. In yet another case Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co. v Shanghai Yingxun Technology Co. 1] Express Newspapers Plc v Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Plc [1985] 3 All E.R.

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Understanding the Relevance of IPR in the Fashion Industry

IP and Legal Filings

Fashion designers and artists showcase their creative genius through conceptual fashion shows and apparel collections. As of 2019, the apparel market was valued at about 368 billion U.S Under the copyright act in India, an artist may protect an “original artistic work” if it is expressed in a tangible medium for over 60 years.

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