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A Changing Landscape: Business Information Modeling and Repercussions for Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Brief

The development of three-dimensional information is becoming ever more beneficial for the construction industry; yet, with this rapid expansion of technology comes an equally rapid expansion of legal issues over intellectual property, specifically over ownership, rights of use or reuse, liability, confidentiality, and derivative works.

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“Pearson v Chegg”: Is “Cheating” a Copyright Infringement?

IPilogue

Chegg works by hiring freelance workers to prepare step-by-step processes to answer the questions at the end of each chapter of Pearson textbooks. Nicole Haff , a litigation partner at Romano Law PLLC, states, “ answers to study guides and explanations to study guide questions are not protected as derivative works under the Copyright Act.”

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Creative Commons and NFTs – is CC licensing compatible with the new technologies?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain, and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded ”. Crucially, the ownership of an NFT does not equate to ownership of an underlying asset. Creative Commons’ position on NFTs.

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Understanding Assignment of Copyright

Kashishipr

Each work has various rights, such as theatrical rights, distribution rights, rental rights, broadcasting rights, rights related to adoption and translation, rights to prepare derivative works, and so on, each of which can be exploited separately. An assignment is, in spirit, a transfer of ownership, even if it is partial.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership.

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Structuring Legal and Institutional Initiatives for TCE Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

In furtherance of our previous blog which recognised the need for protection of the Intellectual Property (IP) involved in Traditional Cultural expressions (TCE), this article discusses the Legal and Institutional Initiatives that Nations or bodies may use to pave a way for their protection.

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Types of Intellectual Property Contracts

Intepat

TYPES OF IP CONTRACTS (1)INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT The process of facilitating the transfer of ownership rights for various forms of intellectual property, such as copyrights, trademarks, patent, trade secrets, and other intangible creations is known as an intellectual property assignment.