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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. For example, a McKinsey study found that in 2019 companies that were in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity among corporate executives outperformed those in the fourth quartile by 36% in profitability. [2]

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Cultural appropriation: are there legal mechanisms to stop this from an intellectual property standpoint?

Garrigues Blog

Trying to provide effective, balanced and adequate protection of traditional cultural expressions and recognizing the intellectual property rights that local communities and indigenous peoples hold with regard to those expressions pose a real challenge in legal terms. There are a host of examples of this type of technique, including U.S.

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

The IPKat

Mrs R, Hergé's universal legatee, and the company Moulinsart, now called Tintinimaginatio, holder of the derivative and secondary rights to Hergé's work, became aware of those productions. On 18 March 2019, a counterfeit seizure was carried out. In a judgment dated 17 June 2021, the court granted the plaintiffs' claim.

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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. Articles 4(1) and (3) concern the individual powers of the author on moral rights and article 12(2) concerns the transfer of intellectual rights (property and moral).

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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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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq.

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Architecture and Intellectual Property: Is it possible to protect a building?

Garrigues Blog

Design, functionality, technique and, at times, good taste, come into play to achieve a result that comprises all of these in one: the building. You have created the structure, drawn up the plans, gone over the layout and its design in minute detail, and after much effort and numerous battles, it is finally built.