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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

Now, a further development on IP and NFTs comes from Spain, as Katfriend Mercedes Morán Ruiz (CEDRO) reports: Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse? of the Museum District and uploaded on the OpenSea marketplace. MANGO is owner of the original paintings.

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Long walk to copyright reform #7: South Africa's revised Copyright Amendment Bill is back to Parliament for reaffirmation

The IPKat

Earlier this February, South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition began the process of consideration and report on the Copyright Amendment Bill [B13F-2017]. In addition to the foregoing, clauses relating to circumstances where the author of literary or musical works, visual artistic work, etc.

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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. . Copyright Office. The payment beyond excessive.

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Copyrightability Of Designer Clothes And Costumes

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. They must not be used by anyone other than the artist himself. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. What Is Copyright?

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Lidl v Tesco – Court of Appeal overturns copyright infringement finding

Kluwer Copyright Blog

By the time of trial, Lidl’s copyright claim was that the CCP Signs infringed the copyright subsisting in the Mark with Text shown below. Lidl’s Logos Source here First instance The first instance judge, Mrs Justice Joanna Smith, found that copyright subsisted in the Mark with Text and this was infringed by the CCP Signs.

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UK Court of Appeal rules on copyright in GUIs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Kalpesh Ajugia from Pixabay00 THJ Systems Limited & Anor v Daniel Sheridan & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 1354 concerned many issues but the one of most interesting was the correct legal test to consider whether a copyright work is original. in which copyright subsists; b. in which copyright subsists; b.

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Tips for Avoiding Copyright Infringement

The IP Law Blog

Copyright protection automatically attaches to a work when it is created. Specifically, copyright protection attaches to the original, creative work when it is fixed in a tangible medium, such as when it is written, drawn, recorded digitally, or typed electronically. Making a copy of a video or audio recording.