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

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It further added that an individual could either own a registered trademark or copyright but not both. NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label. NTC failed to prove that it had used the artwork or label first or that SSPL’s artwork wasn’t original. Concluding Remarks.

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Who’s Laughing Now? EUIPO Board of Appeal Rules that Banksy Can Keep his Trademark and Anonymity Too

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Background Banksy’s graffiti artwork Laugh Now first appeared in Brighton, England, in 2002. On November 7, 2018, Pest Control, Banksy’s authentication body, filed an EU trademark claim on behalf of the artist for Laugh Now. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. street artist Banksy.

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

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She works in a law firm that advises technology companies. Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here, here , here , here and here. Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs? World over companies are rushing to protect their trademarks in the online, virtual environment – the metaverse.

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Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

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Here are a few reasons why content creators and social media influencers should consider registering their IP: IP registration helps establish ownership of the IP assets, which, in turn, helps enforce rights in the scenario of a legal dispute. They must register their unique hashtags, slogans, taglines, series names, and logos as trademarks.

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China: Recycled Packaging and Trademark Infringement, a Questionable Decision in the Tsingtao Beer Case

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57 of the Chinese Trademark law. The article provides as follows: “ Any of the following acts shall be deemed as infringement of exclusive rights to use registered trademarks: . (1) 7) causing harm to other’s exclusive rights to use registered trademarks.”. 57 of the Trademark Law.

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ChatGPT and the Underlying Copyright Malady

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Varsha is a lawyer based in Delhi and is a graduate of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here , here , here and here. ChatGPT and the Underlying Copyright Malady Varsha Jhavar Original meme from here For a while now, ChatGPT has been making headlines. But under Sec.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

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Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Legal Background: Registration. Unicolors, Inc.