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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

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The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask. BMG (1988). The Ghostly Trio.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

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The High Court also noted that merely because the impugned mark’s advertisement occurred in Delhi, the courts of Delhi will not become eligible to adjudicate on the dispute. Khodays Breweries Private vs House Of Khodays Private on 3 November, 2022 (Bangalore District Court). In the present case the Assignor (Defendant no.

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