LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. AWF licensed the “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast for an article about Prince.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The share of MSME Gross Value Added ( GVA ) in India’s GDP during the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 was an impressive 30.5%, 27.2%, and 29.2%, respectively. in the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22, respectively. Patents enable the establishment of a strong market presence and revenue generation through licensing as well.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In 2013 and 2015, it granted exclusive licenses to stream those works to Starz, a premium subscription channel. The time periods for each license were separate, and some licenses were renewed multiple times, resulting in more than 1,000 separate license periods. 17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

“The GoodPorn Website is a pirate website, displaying copyrighted adult entertainment content without authorization or license,” the complaint alleged. They are predicated on the claim that MindGeek (MG Premium) signed a bilateral agreement with Goodporn in 2019, to transfer the rights of its content.

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

1] It’s not uncommon to hear artists complain about record label contracts once they see the impact their deals have on the control of their own music. [2]. Artists’ Frustrations with Transfer of Ownership in Record Agreements. BACKGROUND. 9] Kanye West also recently went public about his fight to regain the rights to his masters. [10]

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Copyright Lately

MAY 7, 2021

In 2019, Warner Bros. Jeff Miller and Sasha Jenson—licensed rights to Warner without Duthie’s participation. It’s true that co-owners are required to account to each other for any profits earned from licensing or otherwise exploiting a copyright. Accounting Rights Can Only Be Enforced Against a Co-Owner, Not a Licensee.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the High Court found Morison liable for trademark infringement as well as passing-off, the trial judge did not make a finding of copyright infringement, stating that as the designer of the device was not called to testify, copyright ownership was not sufficiently proven.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

“The GoodPorn Website is a pirate website, displaying copyrighted adult entertainment content without authorization or license,” the complaint alleged. They are predicated on the claim that MindGeek (MG Premium) signed a bilateral agreement with Goodporn in 2019, to transfer the rights of its content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit involves sound recordings of 19 interviews that then-President Trump voluntarily gave to Woodward between December 2019 and August 2020, plus one interview from 2016 (when Trump was still a candidate). Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Simon & Schuster, Inc. 3:23-cv-02333 (N.D.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft. However, Windows 2.0

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash In 2019, the European Union (EU) adopted its most important copyright reform in the past 20 years with the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive. Should a similar crisis arise in future, these licensing schemes could be actioned again.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

2019) opinion concerning data scraping was vacated and remanded this June by the Supreme Court to be reconsidered in light of the recently decided case Van Buren v. It can’t be interpreted more broadly to include other limitations by contracts or policies. The controversial HiQ v. LinkedIn , 938 F.3d 3d 985 (9th Cir. 1648 (2021).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 20, 2023

In this regard, the PTO is further considering, for determining whether a party is under-resourced, whether it should consider: government funding; third-party litigation funding support; the resources of anyone with an ownership interest in the patent owner; anyone with a stake in the outcome of the proceeding. Litigate it?

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2022

In spite of its ownership of the patents, however, a jury found that a predecessor of BioVeris (IGEN) had exclusively licensed the patents to Meso Scale Diagnostics, and that Roche was liable to Meso for directly infringing one of the patents, and for inducing infringement of two others.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 12, 2022

The quarterly factsheet on foreign direct investment (FDI) on the website of Department for promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) shows that the amount of Foreign Direct Investment inflow for the period of October 2019 To March 2022 was $142.3 trillion in 2019 due to the onset of the COVID – 19 pandemic. [2]. ENTRY ROUTES.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

In 2019, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s injunction ruling in favor of hiQ. The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. LinkedIn lawsuit started in 2017.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In 1963, Disney expressed skepticism about monopoly aspects of extended term and “expressed doubt that Congress would approve a longer ownership period.” Hughes: it was the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, not the DMCA, which was intertwined. Could attend to contracts of adhesion in that way. Authors’ groups were proponents.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To settle that dispute, the parties worked out an “exclusive” license: the second-comer could sell the design on Amazon, and the registrant could keep selling it on eBay. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. 2019 WL 13109708 (S.D. assertions.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). In this judgment, the Delhi High Court delved into the interpretation of section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with respect to disputes involving trademark licensing agreements. CIT [Supreme Court].

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. In 2019, FDA approved a record-breaking ten biosimilars. December 6, 2019. November 15, 2019.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For instance, the International Trade Commission already requires some disclosure of complainants that seek its exclusive jurisdiction over nationwide injunctions, both as to NPE status and to licensing and industry activity to establish the statutory domestic industry requirement. 10] See Suneal Bedi & William C. 8, 2022). [30]

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Copyright Lately

JULY 17, 2022

But then, starting in 2015, Travilyn began to serve copyright termination notices on over 50 of Jay’s most valuable compositions, including “Que Sera, Sera,” which became effective in 2019. As a result of these termination notices, much of Jay’s elaborate estate plan was effectively blown up.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

In this post , Adyasha analyses the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021 (‘Bill’) which seeks ‘ to tackle the menace of film piracy ’, and is a revision of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2019. She highlights that the emphasis is on investing only in royalty revenue and not buying the artist’s rights or retaining control over their work.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. Consider compulsory licensing as a midway point here as well. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention.

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