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

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“ 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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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

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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. Which law to choose then?

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

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The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era. However, with more advantages, some disadvantages also come into play.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

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This issue was cleared in Civic Chandran case wherein the Court held that ‘the purpose of reproduction of artistic work i.e., counter drama was not misappropriation, to produce a play similar to the original. s commercial. Conclusion The test handed down in the R.G. Because these factors are derived from the R.G.

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AI and copyright: Prompts and intellectual inputs this time from China

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The Beijing Internet Court recently decided an interesting copyright infringement lawsuit concerning AI generated images ( GW law translated version here ). It is also worth noting that some negative prompts were copied and pasted by the plaintiff from anonymous user’s shared content in an online forum. Liu case.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

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The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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Industrial Design under The Design Act, 2000

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Any member of public can take inspection of the records and obtain a certified copy of the entry. In the previous Act, there was a 2-year confidential period post registration, which prohibited taking inspection/certified copy of any entry in the records. Designs are registered in different classes as per the Locarno Agreement.

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