The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Development of Copyright Law Protection of Intellectual property rights has always been in existence among various sections of the society. After Berne Convention, TRIPS Agreement, 1994, adopted by WTO was the second major international treaty, dealing with the copyright protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

The introduction and advancement of generative AI technology, which is capable of producing everything from research articles to realistic artworks, has brought a revolution in the field of creativity. Copyright law protects just the expression, not the idea itself.

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law. Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions?

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Violations of copyrights are addressed under Chapter XI of the Copyrights Act of 1957. Infringement of copyrights is addressed under Sections 51 through 53A of the Copyrights Act, 1957. Producers may claim exclusive ownership of an album or song in court owing to copyright protections.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

This article was originally published in The Scholarly Kitchen. As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Here's what Seun says: Copyright as Movable Property: Constitutional Issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022 by Seun Lari-Williams Section 30 (1) of Nigeria’s new Copyright Act explicitly deems copyright as movable property "for the purpose of Chapter 4 of the Constitution". copyright law.

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