IP and Legal Filings
APRIL 19, 2022
Although Section 81 of the IT Act specifies that the prohibitions of Section 79 do not preclude anyone from exercising any rights allowed under the Copyright Act 1957, intermediaries are exempted from accountability for copyright infringement. As a result, the IT Act’s obligations have precedence over all other laws.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 18, 2021
This week Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) passed the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2021 which, among other things, will more directly address the challenges of illegal streaming. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. The details of the amendments can be found here (pdf).
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The IPKat
AUGUST 27, 2023
It brought us insights on platform liability under copyright law, safe harbours, and injunctions. The plaintiff in this case is a photographer who found that an image he had taken of the Manhattan Bridge was being used to advertise a TV set on several websites. and EUR 4,450.00, the court calculated an average of EUR 4,450.00
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Under traditional copyright law, the purchase of an NFT representing a work in which copyright subsists does not automatically confer copyright ownership in the underlying work ( the traditional approach ). UK copyright law mandates that an assignment of copyright be ‘in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor’.
IP Tech Blog
MARCH 18, 2022
Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. StockX responded that its NFTs are permissible trademark “fair use” as part of its retail sales and advertising of authentic NIKE sneakers.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 18, 2022
Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. StockX responded that its NFTs are permissible trademark “fair use” as part of its retail sales and advertising of authentic NIKE sneakers.
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