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Understanding Copyright, Trademark and Halloween Costumes

Plagiarism Today

To answer that and other questions about Halloween costumes, we have to step back and look at how copyright and trademark law apply to costumes. This means, theoretically, that elements such as the Superman ā€œSā€ can be protected by copyright because they are separate elements that are merely copied onto the clothing. Bottom Line.

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

Kashishipr

NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label. The argument that copyright protection and trademark registration were two different things and lacked connection and that an individual or entity couldn’t own both was wholly incorrect. Concluding Remarks. For more visit: [link].

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

IPilogue

The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. Collective Ownership Over Cultural Artwork. Canadian courts have not yet grappled with the issue of collective ownership of Indigenous artwork.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Article 143 of the Patent Law provides patent holders recourse to file claims in the Commercial Court if the rights under their patent are infringed by another party. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark. Article 1(1) of Indonesiaā€™s Trademark Law defines trademark.

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Intellectual Property Protection for Content Creators & Social Media Influencers

Kashishipr

Therefore, content creators and social media influencers must understand that their unique and creative content is easily accessible to millions of social media users and can be easily copied. Trademarks – A trademark helps identify, indicate, classify, and differentiate the source of products or services of one from those of others.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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Nintendo vs. Garryā€™s Mod: Dissecting the ā€˜Fakeā€™ Domain Behind All the Chaos

TorrentFreak

Nintendo has a reputation for taking action against content featuring its characters and artwork so removing it now is the right thing to do. In other parts of the notice, takedowns were requested under trademark law. No games piracy in sight, only alleged infringement in characters, artwork, and audiovisual works.

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