The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This is a book review of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights , curated by Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal, Canada), provided by Francesca Mazzi , Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. Such gestures couldn't be overlooked in a book on moral rights.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? He self-published a book about the experience (“ Why I Sued Taylor Swift and How I Became Falsely Known as Frivolous, Litigious and Crazy “). ” Greer emailed Moon asking to remove the book.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2022! Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2023!

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2024

Shivam is a 2020 law graduate from Benaras Hindu University and is a former law researcher at the Delhi High Court. AI Image generated by Shivam, using Gencraft Copyright Bill, 1955: the Best Copyright Law that India Never Had By Shivam Kaushik Seen from Nehru’s eyes , Indian independence was a ‘tryst’ with destiny.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. Concluding Thoughts This review could not do justice to all thirteen of the contributions in the book.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

This is a review of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage , edited by Irini Stamatoudi , Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Heritage Law at the University of Nicosia. The book is presented in three main parts.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. The matter is still being heard.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Promoting research and access to its products has always been a core purpose of copyright law, often expressed in limitations and exceptions for research uses. Recent legal scholarship has examined the need for copyright exceptions for text and data mining (TDM) methodologies, and the doctrines recently enacted to achieve this purpose.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2022

Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book. You can't judge a book from its cover". True, except when a book and its cover are involved. But of course.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. Some have made the exams open book, hoping to reduce the “need” for cheating. Berkovitz, an attorney, used a more creative approach by turning to copyright law.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

This is a review of the book , The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals , edited by Bita Amani , Caroline B. Copyright law exceptions have previously enabled some, but not equal, access to copyright works in accessible formats for persons with print disabilities.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

That book documented the efforts and plodding steps taken by China, a country that used to lacking experience in modern IP laws, during the 25 years since it entered the international community (China joined the WIPO in 1980; see also WIPO article China’s IP journey ).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Proponents of digital book lending are expressing support for Internet Archive's Second Circuit appeal to overturn a federal judge's ruling that found the nonprofit violated copyright law, saying in four amicus briefs this week that the lower court wrongly concluded IA's lending program was not fair use.

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The IPKat

MARCH 5, 2024

This is a book review provided by former PermaKat, Neil Wilkof. To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a book about authors, drama, or publishing before the modern era will likely have been written by a scholar of literature and culture rather than by a legal researcher. Read, learn, and enjoy.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dr VRR Ayyar’s book, “Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties (1996)”, published in 2021. The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […].

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As a result, bookmakers are often portrayed as preying on victims, trying every trick in the book to part people from their money. Importantly, however, none of this is illegal in the UK so, in what appears to be an overreaction with significant potential for overreach, lawmakers want changes to copyright law to retip the balance of power.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Safe in the knowledge that 24/7/365 wall-to-wall multi-media coverage would never be enough, Penguin Random House (PRH) reportedly paid a $20 million advance for Prince Harry to end all speculation, once and for all, in a brand new book. Eksmo told TASS that permission from copyright holders is not required for retelling.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

The object of copyright protection is not the thought (idea) underlying the work as such, but only the personal physical shaping of the idea. Based on the fundamental principle of this idea-expression dichotomy, mere ideas, including film ideas, are not protected by the Austrian Copyright Law.

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The Illusion of More

JULY 31, 2022

If I believed in Hell and a “special place” reserved for certain villains, I would say that one of those suites in the stygian underworld is the destiny of all book burners. The post Book Bans Should Remind Library Groups that Authors’ Rights Matter appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2023

Of particular interest to readers of this blog would be the chapters on copyright law and its implications for archival practice. In the course of writing this guidebook, I had the opportunity to look more deeply into how copyright law conceives of archives and archiving as a practice.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 25, 2022

The international children’s book community of authors, illustrators, translators and publishers returned to northern Italy this week for the first in-person Bologna Children’s Book Fair since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Book World On The Road Again. The trade show had previously cancelled programs for 2020 and 2021.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

This is a book review of ‘ Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author ’, by Professor Kathy Bowrey , UNSW, Sydney. The methodology of this book is interdisciplinary and socio-legal, so there is a lot to unpack. As a result, it is not a light read.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. According to authors, this enables authors and publishers to sell books at different prices for different countries.

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

This development has led legal commentators to observe that, unfortunately, the copyright law surrounding celebrity tattoos remains unclear. Copyright protection over tattoos has been a hot topic for some time. This is a far cry from the revenues earned on the WWE 2K games, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies each.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Kind of Copyright Infringement. The International Conventions on copyright law do provide certain protection to digitalized works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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The Illusion of More

AUGUST 13, 2021

The post Rare Books Publisher Valancourt Versus The Deposit Requirement appeared first on The Illusion of More. On July 23, the District Court for the District of Columbia denied publisher Valancourt’s claims that the requirement to provide deposit copies of U.S. Although many legal experts are likely to […].

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JD Supra Law

JULY 27, 2023

Whether prompted to write a corporate slogan, create music, generate works of art and advertisements, or summarize a book – GAI can do it all. GAI programs can generate new texts, images, and content (outputs) based on textual prompts by a user (inputs). However, its increasing. By: Troutman Pepper

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Two iconic book covers that later became the posters for the film adaptations Dear Rich: My company is wanting to hire an illustrator to do the cover of our travel book. copyright law. Is there a contract template for this scenario?

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Although Section 81 of the IT Act specifies that the prohibitions of Section 79 do not preclude anyone from exercising any rights allowed under the Copyright Act 1957, intermediaries are exempted from accountability for copyright infringement. As a result, the IT Act’s obligations have precedence over all other laws.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. Some have made the exams open book, hoping to reduce the “need” for cheating. Berkovitz, an attorney, used a more creative approach by turning to copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

Disney acquired the rights to the book and its characters in 1961 and, since then, has released a steady stream of movies, TV shows and products featuring the book’s cast of characters. What this means is that the Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh book is now free of copyright. What Actually Happened.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. This book should not be perceived as a classic manual on the application of copyright to these art forms. Gathering such a large number of testimonials on a specific subject is no easy task.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

As noted by the World Blind Union, the worldwide book famine for VIPs is severe, as they are unable to read over 90 per cent of all published materials. Materials need to be reproduced into accessible formats, such as braille, large print and audio editions which require exceptions to be added into current copyright rules.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 25, 2024

In addition to archiving the web, IA also operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media, including books. Staying true to the centuries-old library concept, IA patrons can also borrow books that are scanned and digitized in-house. Internet Archive’s theory of fair use represents a threat just as grave.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

where it held that the Google Books Library Project, which consists of scanning and making searchable the book collections of major research libraries, did not produce a competing substitute for the books. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty.

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