2021 Artwork Copying Ownership 
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
In September 2021, Indigenous model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse turned heads at the Met Gala wearing a gold cut-out gown by Peter Dundas and traditional Navajo turquoise jewelry. Collective Ownership Over Cultural Artwork. Canadian courts have not yet grappled with the issue of collective ownership of Indigenous artwork.
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. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.
The IPKat
APRIL 19, 2023
Ownership of every name periodically expires and, at that point, anyone may freely claim it on Namecoin by re-registering the expired name. On 30 April 2021, Free Holdings, a Canadian company, re-registered McCoy’s Quantum name in the Namecoin blockchain. McCoy’s registration on the Namecoin blockchain expired In January 2015.
The IPKat
JUNE 27, 2022
A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), Consequently, the definition of NFTs as “certificate of authenticity” or “certificate of ownership” is not accurate. Ripps has clearly downloaded the digital files of the original BAYC collection, copied and re-used them to create his own RR BAYC collection. Ether (USD 1+ million).
The IPKat
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
There were 18 registered copyrighted works related to the Ogopogo, including books, posters, artwork, videos (in some cases, supposedly of the creature itself) and dramatic works. Unfortunately, while CIPO’s database records registration, it has no copy of what was registered. And the database only goes back to 1991.
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. By: Joshua Durham. With an astounding $17.7 What is the (Legal) Bottom Line?
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