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The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

SHOULD LEX LOCI PROTECTIONIS BE APPLIED BLANKETLY TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT? It has been established that lex loci protectionis is the rule that is applied to all the IPR infringement cases, barring a few exceptions. Today, most of the copyright infringement happen through the Internet. Which law to choose then?

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination.

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Hacking Fashion Week: IP Guide to Survival

LexBlog IP

The limitation with an unregistered design is that it merely confers the right to prevent third parties from using a design only when it occurs as a consequence of the copying the protected design. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios.

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. They must not be used by anyone other than the artist himself. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Literary Works Other than Computer Programs.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

This issue was cleared in Civic Chandran case wherein the Court held that ‘the purpose of reproduction of artistic work i.e., counter drama was not misappropriation, to produce a play similar to the original. Hindustan Coca Cola Ltd, wherein the Pepsi Co. s commercial. Conclusion The test handed down in the R.G.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Does copyright exist in tattoos? Does copyright exist in tattoos?

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OTT Platforms and Digital Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The potential flow of advertisement traffic for this content makes them lucrative assets for any commercial establishment. OTT services may implement tools for content recognition and removal of infringing material from User-generated Content (UGC). Undoubtedly, the OTT broadcasting market is one of the world’s largest media markets.