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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Licensing It denotes that the film is based on a previously published novel, book, or artistic work. Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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Industrial Design through AI: Impact and Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The primary aim of this article is to analyze how the implementation of AI is impacting Industrial Designs and how AI generated Industrial Designs can be safeguarded with the shield of Intellectual Property Law. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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Shielding Innovation: Understanding Copyright Protection for App Developers and Their Software

Intepat

However, this flourishing industry brings forth a multitude of legal challenges, encompassing privacy concerns and intellectual property protection. It thus becomes crucial for them to safeguard their creations through effective intellectual property laws. What is copyright protection?

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

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. The law doesn’t specify 3D or 2D characters as copyrightable, but they can be covered under artistic works as per Section 13 of the Copyright Act.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 13-19)

SpicyIP

Call for Papers: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. We announced that NALSAR Hyderabad’s Indian Journal of Indian Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting papers for publication in Volume 12 of the journal. 12 [Submit by November 20]. September 13, 2021].

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

David Vaver is the Acting Director of IP Osgoode and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. The following is a preview of a paper to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. . 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c. The relevant part of s. 5 reads: .