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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. It was in October 2020 when SSPL came to know about NTC’s use of a similar label and trade dress for its set of soya bean edible oil products. In May 2007, the label mark ‘SOYA DROP’ was registered.

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Copyright Infringement Case Concerning Photos of Jennifer Lopez Gets Dismissed: An Overview of the August Image LLC v AirG Inc Decision

IPilogue

August asserts that the Defendant, AirG Inc, a Canadian social media brand, committed copyright infringement by reproducing six of Pugliese’s Jennifer Lopez photos on their website without permission. The Court spent more time analysing the admissibility of the Copyright Certificate of Registration as evidence of Pugliese’s citizenship.

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Supermarket Showdown (Lidl v Tesco) – Lidl’s rights (trade marks and copyright) in the Lidl logo are infringed by Tesco’s “Clubcard Price” signs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On copyright subsistence, the judge held that the Mark with Text is an artistic work, failing within the sub-category of “graphic works”. Tesco is descried as a “mid-tier” supermarket: it has a “selection of own-brand and third party products at a range of price points” (Paragraph [51]).

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Playing from a “Safe Distance”: Analysing the Rule, its Roots and Application in India

SpicyIP

In the instant case where both the parties were involved in manufacturing water storage pipes, the appellant sought the removal of the respondent’s copyright registration for an artistic work titled “Gauri Aqua Plast,” claiming it was deceptively similar to its own registered work “Plasto.”

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Intellectual Property Rights And Darwinism In E-Commerce

IP and Legal Filings

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1883 and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1886 both acknowledged the significance of the intellectual property. The World Intellectual Property Organization administers both accords (WIPO).”. Image Source: gettyimage].

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Limited Edition Products and their IP Protection

IIPRD

The famous brand Lays, during the ICC World Cup 2011 launched 6 new flavors, named after the countries playing the match, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, England, and South Africa. Each piece was carefully handmade within the studio kitchen of the famous food artist Prudence Staite. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN.

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“For Sale: This Article”: an overview of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and IP

IP Whiteboard

Since October 2020, NBA Top Shot (an NFT marketplace created by the NBA that allows fans to buy and sell NFTs of highlight videos featuring their favourite players) has generated more than $200 million USD in sales. Multiple pieces of copyright material may exist in a single digital work.