LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

These articles come from a variety of sources including publishing blogs , sites that help those that run churches and even sites that help photographers enforce their images. A variety of services work to find copied images , and many engage in speculative invoicing and litigation as part of their strategy.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 15, 2021

1] This blog will briefly summarize a few of the notable copyright infringement cases Netflix has defended against in the United States. 2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3]

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Because the jury is charged with determining whether the defendant copied original elements of the copyrighted work, Judge Gilstrap held an evidentiary “copyrightability” hearing to “filter” out the non-original, non-copyrightable elements of the plaintiff SAS’s software.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. 1125(a)(1)(B) (Section 43 of the Lanham Act).

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IPilogue

MAY 6, 2022

Claimants have the best chance of success if they can prove direct copying of their work, but considering the different lyrics and disparate sounds, these artists are unlikely to plead direct copying. Russel Brown and Sandy Linzer accusing copying of their 1979 disco track “Wiggle and Giggle All Night”. Next Steps.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Man’s ideas are both public and private in their essence. The owners’ and people’s ideas and works are generated with uniqueness and creativity, and they are released into the public domain. If the original contents of a cinematographic film have been duplicated, copied, and pirated.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

After the expiration of the copyright term, the work enters the public domain, and anyone can use it without seeking permission. The specimen copies of the work should be sent in physical form. The post Copyright Registration in India appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 22, 2022

He has the right for producing and duplicating his work and can also produce copies for the same. He has the right of communicating the work in the public domain. If the work has been broadcasted and communicated in the public domain without the consent and permission of the performer.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In a blog post published last week and covered by Adi Robertson at The Verge yesterday , the firm is introducing what it calls “Can’t Be Evil” (CBE) licenses, a series of licenses that can be affixed to NFTs to clearly indicate what rights the NFT creator transfers to the buyer. The original creator retains no exploitation rights.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. A person brings in counterfeit copies of a work Without getting permission from the copyright holder, someone reproduces his work in any way. With today’s technology, it is very simple to copy and share the original works of other people.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The real-life tax company “Liberty Tax” claims that the show copied its logo and style, including the Statue of Liberty, which is a frequent identifier of the company. The fictitious business is run by Betsy and Craig Kettleman, who embezzle money by taking advantage of their clients who do not understand the tax system.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

In a 2017 blog post, Schneider described YouTube as a Wood Chipper on Steroids , complaining that when MP3s are uploaded to YouTube, they are converted into a different format and in the process, all metadata – Copyright Management Information – is lost. Copyright Lawsuit, Violations of DMCA.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2022

As the name suggests, copyright means the right to copy, which signifies that only the creator of the work has the right to use it. Hence, creators should be well aware of documenting their work before entering the public domain. Copyrights are a form of IPR that protects a wide range of artistic and literary works of a creator.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In the case that you do not renew your patent it will cease to exist and be available in public domain. The evidence for the same must be provided in the form of a letter, copy of documents or deed. The person should apply through Form 14 within 2 months from the date of publication of the application for restoration.

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Intepat

APRIL 6, 2022

A copy of the international application is required only if the applicant has not received Form PCT/IB/308 and the Patent Office have not received a copy of the international application from the International Bureau under PCT Article 20. Once published, the application is deemed to have entered the public domain.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In this two-part blog, I will be analysing the historical debates and developments of the terms of copyright. and Sumathi Chandrashekaran, in their book ‘Create, Copy, Disrupt: India’s Intellectual Property Dilemmas’ (p.120-121) What led to this divergence? access various texts of the Berne Convention here ].

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2024

The purpose of this Blog is to examine the problems associated with using the current legal system to protect geographical indicators. An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Copyright in its general sense, confers exclusive rights to the author and thus protects the works from being copied or reproduced. The total duration of copyright in design will not exceed the fifteen year period, following which the design will become a part of the public domain. Restoration of lapsed designs.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

The blog is divided into two parts and this is part 2 of the blog. PART 1: of the blog discussed about history, development, fundamentals of IPR and explained Patents and Trademarks. This blog will consider different IPs, which are at growing stage. The need of protecting IPRs is inarguably increasing day by day.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Here the final version is a clear improvement over the original Parliament text as it no longer suggests that model providers need to distinguish between copyright-protected and public domain training materials and then apply different transparency standards to both, which would be unworkable.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As I’ve blogged many, many times on this blog (see list below), 512(f) has been a complete failure. A few plaintiffs have won default judgments (including one I blog below). Some other 512(f) cases I’ve not previously blogged: * Paul Rudolph Foundation v. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. The post 2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. A successful defendant, by contrast, recovers nothing he didn’t already have.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, when a sound recording of a musical work gets played on Spotify, both the owner of the copyright in the musical work and the owner of copyright in the sound recording (the derivative work) are entitled to royalties for the public performance. at 450) (Skipping commercials was not yet feasible, id. Nation Enterprises , 471 U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We’ve had a busy week at SpicyIP with lots of IP developments on and off the blog. The Court, however, disagreed with the Defendant’s argument holding that there was no information available in the public domain for the Plaintiff to reach at the above conclusion regarding relations between the Defendants.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Part I of this blog post deals with the mapping of EU sources and their conclusions. private copy, reprography and temporary reproduction) while others have been completely left uncovered. This two-part post offers some snapshots on the main findings and conclusions of the research. parody and quotation). private study, e-lending).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

2] Since we last discussed that decision on this blog in June 2021, [3] the Second Circuit reconsidered it following a subsequent landmark Supreme Court decision addressing fair use ( Google LLC v. 4] ), and issued a new decision in which it reached the same result. [5]. Goldsmith , 11 F.4th Bridgeman Art Libr., Corel Corp. , NPG Records.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

This blog examines how press publishers have claimed rights over their content on digital media platforms like Facebook, Google News, which give a preview of two-three lines along with a hyperlink to the press publication. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Part I of this blog post explained the mapping of EU sources and their conclusions. among others, disabilities, cultural uses, temporary reproductions, private copy, ephemeral recording, various types of lawful uses), but not others (e.g. temporary reproduction, software interoperability and backup copy exceptions).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Though articles about many of those, or related, issues have appeared here in the past, they present issues that will not be solved, or even too well-defined, in this August blog post. But I will describe what happened when I read a few news reports describing the outcome in Morford v. ’” Id. Newman , 959 F.3d ’” Id.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While “form” is less interesting for the purposes of this analysis, with regard to methods, Member States are presented with two important choices: a) between literal (“copy-out”) transposition and an “elaboration” on the rules set out in the directive; and. Most of the examined Member States have taken a copy-out approach to the exclusion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Effective January 1, 1978, the date of federal copyright protection was moved back from the date of first publication to the date the work was “fixed in a tangible medium of expression,” or permanently recorded in some form. .

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