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Humanizing Copyright Infringement: “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker

IPilogue

While this alone is not sufficient to give rise to a claim for copyright infringement, Dorland and the protagonist do express similar sentiments. Who Is the Bad Art Friend” contains the expressed thoughts and feelings of its subjects, in contrast to articles in legal journals, which typically omit such information.

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Need a Trademark? Here are some tips.

Art Law Journal

appeared first on Art Business Journal. However, many companies don’t register their trademarks during the start-up phase, usually waiting until a later time when sufficient cash is available if registered at all. That decision is a bit of a gamble. In reality, businesses […]. The post Need a Trademark? Here are some tips.

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Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Therefore, case law plays a huge role in ensuring the establishment of a fair and balanced liability regime, in particular as concerns the issue of (indirect) liability for internet service providers and other intermediaries whose services are used to commit copyright infringements. The resulting conclusion in the BGH case law (e.g.,

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Claims under copyright law. In Germany, in the case of copyright infringements, Section 97(1) and (2) UrhG provides for claims to be asserted for injunctive relief and damages. Injunctive relief (Section 97(1) UrhG) and cease and desist agreements.