Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Claire Wortsman is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On November 9, IP Osgoode, Reichman University and Microsoft hosted the first in-person Bracing for Impact Conference since 2019. Copyright law protects and should continue to protect communicative and dialogical spaces.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The crux of this debate is the argument that if the theft of restricted digital content is for the purpose of knowledge and research, it should be considered as an act done under ‘fair use’ and ‘fair dealing’ of the content. India first witnessed its own Copyright Act in the year 1847, which was drafted under the British Rule.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. On one hand, those who view intellectual property rights as a limited monopoly would suggest that even derivative use of the content in a meme is infringement on the rights holder’s interest. 277 (2020). [iv] iv] Maxwell L.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Union of India clarified that writ petitions challenging an IPAB order should be filed before a Single Judge Bench of the High Court. Acko General Insurance.

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