IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

Introduction The year 2023 was a high for Indian cinema- with the love of the country for the big screen soaring high with box office numbers. The appreciation and experimentation of OTT content have shown that India Cinema is back again. Conclusion Film titles have more meaning in the vast realm of Indian cinema than just being names.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law.

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IPilogue

JUNE 30, 2022

The iconic film “Sholay” was released in India in 1975 and became the biggest record-breaking film in the history of Indian cinema. As stated above, Canadian copyright law also does not protect titles of works. About “Sholay”. What about Canada? The Federal Court of Canada last addressed this issue in Drolet v.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to the latest Cine en Cifras report by Proimágenes Colombia, 2023 was the year with the highest cinema attendance in history, reaching a figure of 50.39 Since the pandemic, the reactivation of the audiovisual industry in Colombia has been positive. million spectators. This represents an increase of 19.4%

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Yet despite reported progress, including an overhaul of Vietnam’s copyright laws and promises to crack down on piracy, including the formation of a specialist anti-piracy unit , nothing has had any visible effect. However, turn off a few legal TV channels inside Vietnam and suddenly piracy is a real concern. .”

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Under powers inherited from the Ministry of Communications, telecoms regulator Anatel (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações) together with movie group Ancine (Agência Nacional do Cinema) will also implement an internet blocking system designed to disrupt IPTV pirates’ ability to do business.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

As previously reported , that has caused huge issues for the cinema industry and beyond. Both companies appear to be relying on a law that allows non-fiction books to be “retold” and published without breaking copyright law. Eksmo told TASS that permission from copyright holders is not required for retelling.

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Patently-O

APRIL 27, 2022

It can’t be seriously suggested that Congress was unaware of projected designs when it passed the broad definitions of protectable subject matter in the Copyright Act of 1976. It’s clear from the definitions that one form of projected creativity, cinema, was very much on Congress’ mind. See, e.g., 17 U.S.C. § In Feist v.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2023

Long story short: i f you would like to learn more about IP in cinema and specifically about how trade marks are used in films, then this Cineforum webinar recording is for you. International Copyright Issues and Artificial Intelligence is a webinar organized by the U.S. Registration and more information can be found here.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 26, 2023

That fair use-style exemptionsFpurp, available under the Copyright Act 1957, will also apply to in-theater recording scenarios, seems unlikely to be viewed in the same positive light. ” Image credit: Pixabay / igorovsyannykov From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Trademark law has something to say about use. Consider the difference between copyright law — which is meant to encourage creativity for the benefit of society–and trademark protection, which is about identifying the source of goods and services and avoiding consumer confusion.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

These regulations define 13 commercial public venues and uses that are subject to royalty payments for playing songs or music under copyright, such as karaoke, conferences, cinemas, etc. YouTube in Indonesia has had frequent encounters with the country’s copyright law , few pleasant. [3]

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

of the Copyright Law ( LPI ) provides that it is the director — as co-author of the audiovisual work ex article 87 LPI—, and the producer, who have the final say on an audiovisual work, all in accordance with the agreement reached between both parties. At times even the leading actors have this prerogative. Article 92.1

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The case is New Line Cinema v. Cinema Secrets (2000). In 1999, Cinema Secrets licensed the right to sell a Michael Myers Halloween mask from the film’s copyright owner. This prompted a lawsuit by Don Post Studios, which asserted that the Cinema Secrets mask was a copy of its own mask. BMG (1988).

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The IPKat

MARCH 3, 2022

Wanting to make a statement, he hired an advertising company which hand-painted advertisement tabloids for cinemas. Paris Bar (Variante 3) The legal issue The relationship between art, artists and their “helping hands” is one that goes down to the very roots of copyright law, and the beginning of art itself.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Whenever rightsholders and anti-piracy groups need more enforcement options, efforts to strengthen or establish new understanding of copyright law are rarely far behind. With words such as “imminent” and “threat” featured early on, it was already clear which way the judge was leaning.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. There are two possible forms of remuneration under French copyright law: royalties based on the revenues deriving from the exploitation of the work, and, as an exception to this rule, fixed royalties in the form of a lump sum.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 2, 2022

Earlier this year, producer and cinema investor Moshe Edery fired warning shots across the bows of Mastercard, Visa and American Express for continuing to provide payment processing to pirate streaming sites. SOPA promised whole-site blocking for piracy but a decade later it transpires that existing copyright law was good enough already.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

While the Copyright Act gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute a digital file containing a copyrighted work, there’s no such thing as the “exclusive right to mint an NFT” as far as copyright law is concerned. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

My concern is that this instates an individualist romantic author at the centre of European Union copyright law and thus is likely to marginalise collaborative, improvised and spontaneous creativity. I would put it on a level with a great piece of music or a great piece of cinema.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 8, 2023

The law specifies computer programs and audiovisual works, including movies, music, and TV shows. The document states that film distribution, cinema organizations, and broadcasters are covered by the law, suggesting that first-run movies and live TV channels will also be affected.

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