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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

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Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 2(c), the fair use exemption thereof under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work.

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

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It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. Copyright And Copyright Law Copyright is one of the crucial parts of Intellectual Property Rights which helps the owner of any creative work to have a legal right over the possession of such work or art.

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Yearbook Defendants Lose Two More Section 230 Rulings

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As another example, when the search results provide the records associated with Mr. Abraham, “adjacent to the list of records containing [his] name, photograph, and likeness” is an advertisement promoting the subscription membership. Section 230. ” (Tautology alert). FWIW, I raised this issue as a possible paper topic in 2008.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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vs Acko General Insurance on 10 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The dispute pertains to the use of the plaintiff’s artistic work “Humanity” by the defendant in one of its advertisement hoardings. However, the plaintiff retorted that the work was not permanently situated in the public space.

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Nike V. Stockx: An Analysis Of The Trademark Infringement In The Metaverse

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In addition to supporting gaming and social media, the Metaverse combines sectors of the economy, digital identity, decentralized democratic accountability, and other applications. Artists are using virtual reality and augmented reality to create previously unimagined artworks. NIKE’S CONTENTION: i.

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Resolving Conflicts Between Trademark and Free Speech Rights After Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (Guest Blog Post)

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It is clear after Jack Daniel’s that Rogers ’ threshold test for infringement liability cannot apply to a “‘ quintessential trademark use ’ like confusing appropriation of the names of political parties or brand logos.” In addition, in the Ninth Circuit, the doctrines of nominative fair use (discussed in Toyota v.

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Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Should They?

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My submission is that it has to be safety against disparagement, dilution, advertising related passing off and offences of similar nature/gravity. Before bestowal, courts need to think, in appropriate cases, of rights of third parties, fair use covering mime, research/educational advancement, criticism and the like.