IPilogue

JANUARY 17, 2022

January 1 st marks the expiration of most jurisdictions’ copyright terms. The previously copyrighted works enter the public domain, free to use and copy. Canada currently maintains a shorter copyright term than the U.S, In contrast, copyright in the U.S. Copyright terms were not always this long.

Public Domain 106

Public Domain Intellectual Property Copyright Social Media 106

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

2021 has seen the emergence of a litigation genre against “yearbook” database vendors that publish old yearbooks online. ” Notice how this legal standard skips a step in the publication process, because it was likely not the initial authors/publishers who submitted the yearbooks to PeopleConnect. Copyright Preemption.

Advertising 91

Advertising Advertising Social Media Blogging 91

SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility. I argue that rewarding knowledge production and creative effort itself through maximising commercial advantage via exclusive rights are incentives that do not apply to government works whose primary motivation for creation is public dissemination.

Intellectual Property 105

Intellectual Property Trademark Licensing Copyright 105

Velocity of Content

MARCH 22, 2023

The “simple version” of the effect of the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 , which is the one I’ve generally gone with, is as follows: Copyright terms for US works were extended by 20 years. In the ordinary case, that amendment to the US copyright statute extended terms to life-plus-70 years.

Copyright 98

Copyright Publishing Social Media Artistic Work 98

The IPKat

APRIL 18, 2022

Artist Four Tet took to social media to announce that its record label, Domino, had requested his music be removed from streaming platforms, amidst a legal dispute over royalties. Permission was also sought to add an alternative claim relating to alleged restraint of trade and copyright infringement.

Contracts 96

Contracts Music Copyright Copyright Infringement 96

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

Trademark 103

Trademark Social Media Registering Trademarks Copyright 103

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. vs Acko General Insurance on 10 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The dispute pertains to the use of the plaintiff’s artistic work “Humanity” by the defendant in one of its advertisement hoardings.

Intellectual Property 59

Intellectual Property Journalism Patent Application Social Media 59

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Sunanda Bharti on the copyright aspect of the personality rights emitting from this order, reserving a separate post for later on other interesting issues like use/ misuse of personality rights via deepfakes and application of doctrine of first sale in the context of NFTs. But, ‘safety’ against what?

Personality Rights 111

Personality Rights Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Social Media 111

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

30, 2021) Plaintiff Daniel Abrahams formerly contracted with a publisher to author a series related to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The publisher sold the publication rights and they ended up in the hands of an entity that allegedly refused to pay him any fees or royalties but continued sell his publications. 19-3009 (RDM) (D.D.C.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94