The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.”

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Safe in the knowledge that 24/7/365 wall-to-wall multi-media coverage would never be enough, Penguin Random House (PRH) reportedly paid a $20 million advance for Prince Harry to end all speculation, once and for all, in a brand new book. million units across print, digital, and audio formats – in its first week on sale.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Image Sources : Shutterstock] Protection Under Copyright Act, Licensing & Contractual Issues for the Celebrities A celebrity is a well-known person. Copyright And Licensing Questions India’s film industry produces the most films in the world, with a national and international audiences.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

Content creators and social media influencers should obtain the permission of the trademark owner whose brand name or product is displayed on their social media posts or stories. Trademark Laws and regulations safeguard brand and business owners from two types of infringement, including the possibility of confusion and redress.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

Generally, a photographic syndication agency holds contractual agreements with various photographers to sell and license their photos for commercial and/or editorial use. in damages, which is the total license fee for the photos. The Plaintiff, August Image LLC (“August”) is a photographic syndication agency based in New York, USA.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Can NFTs Reflect Ownership License Rights or Other IP? If the NFT project then sells the NFT linked to a digital work to a NFT buyer, that NFT buyer would also be infringing. Ownership and licensing ( copyrights & trademarks) vital when dealing in NFTs. As an artist and creator, you want to protect your ideas and hard work.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Noting the Respondent/Defendant’s evidence that the photographs in question were supplied to it by Virtual Media Network Limited (VMNL) in pursuance of a Channel License Agreement, the Federal High court further held that the Appellant/Plaintiff should have joined VMNL as a party to the suit. VMNL) or both that person and their licensee (i.e.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. ” Copyright protection exists at the time of creation of the artistic or literary work, but before enforcing the rights against an infringer, it is necessary register the work with the U.S. .”

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

There the Second Circuit held that “section 43(a) of the Lanham Act does not bar a minimally relevant use of a celebrity’s name in the title of an artistic work where the title does not explicitly denote authorship, sponsorship, or endorsement by the celebrity or explicitly mislead as to content.” See Rogers v.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

He notes that the Court considered this dispute concerning the breach of a trademark licensing agreement as arbitrable and referred it to arbitration. The share prices of Bajaj Healthcare rose as the company moved the Patent Office to seek a compulsory license for Covid drug Baricitinib. Golden Tobacco Ltd. June 29, 2021]. Other News.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Unique identification is a valuable tool for the many luxury brands and auction houses that have started using the blockchain to sell or auction their products. Of course, unless waived by the artist, the moral rights associated with the artistic work remain with the artist. What about copyright infringement?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Once a work is created, in most cases, the creator will automatically enjoy copyright protection in all 164 member countries of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works including all European Union countries and China. can still lead to brand dilution, lost customer loyalty and lost profits.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

Not all marketing of artistic works is noncommercial speech. So, were Sony’s statements, “a brand new album from the greatest artist of all time” with “9 previously unreleased vocal tracks performed by Michael Jackson,” commercial speech? citing Hustler v. Falwell and Mattel v. . …

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. This instance brings out certain questions when will the work be considered as commissioned, contract for service or implied license?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Licensing of rights: How should IP rights in the associated asset be licensed in an NFT context? In his motion, Rothschild argued that he used “MetaBirkins” as a title to an artistic work as opposed to a source-identifying trademark.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Read Tejaswini’s post on the recent DHC order concerning these two liquor brands. They filed a suit alleging copyright and trademark infringement against the defendant after discovering that they were selling household products under the name, ‘SUFIYAMA’, using a similar trade dress and artistic work. Defendant no.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

on December 20, 2023(Delhi High Court) Image from here The Plaintiff owned 5 Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) relating to wireless communication technology which the Defendants were allegedly using in their mobile phones being sold under the brand name of OnePlus without the license to do so. . & Ors. Pharmacyclics LLC & Anr.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

Under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), copyright of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work includes the exclusive right to reproduce the work in a material form, publish the work and communicate the work to the public. Multiple pieces of copyright material may exist in a single digital work.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

May 20, 2021) (R&R) renting existing equipment; Pine was formerly one of Proactive’s licensed distributors for the pumps. The principal issue was whether Pine can continue to rent Proactive’s pumps to its customers despite the termination of that license, particularly where Pine has made or will make repairs to the rented pumps.”

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