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Lidl v Tesco – Court of Appeal overturns copyright infringement finding

Kluwer Copyright Blog

These were used as part of a marketing campaign by Tesco to indicate to customers which products were subject to discounted prices for Clubcard holders. Accordingly, the Mark with Text was a protectable copyright work as an artistic work. Accordingly, Tesco’s objection on originality failed.

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Hacking Fashion Week: IP Guide to Survival

LexBlog IP

But if you have not taken that route for one reason or another and you encounter highly similar products on the market, there are other ways to protect your products through IP. Unfair competition may protect your fashion items against copying in two scenarios. Last but not least, fashion items might be protected by copyright.

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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

Plagiarism Today

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive.

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[Guest Post] The wisdom of Dune and copyright litigation

The IPKat

The author argues that copyright holders would do well to heed this wisdom before entering into litigation, as exemplified by a recent decision from the Swedish Patent and Market Court in case PMT 2401-21.

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[Guest post] Lidl on price, big on copyright

The IPKat

Tesco alleged that, on the other hand, the cost to it of eradicating the infringing signs would exceed £7m, and therefore an injunction would be oppressive to it.

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Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright. Since then, it has been continuously used and has even acquired reputation and goodwill in the market.

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OTT Platforms and Digital Piracy

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Undoubtedly, the OTT broadcasting market is one of the world’s largest media markets. OTT services may implement tools for content recognition and removal of infringing material from User-generated Content (UGC). Not only is there an increased risk of copyright infringement, but also compromises cyber security.