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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ranging from art and literature to fashion and cinema, remain among the hottest legal topics in the world of intangible rights, despite the lack of clear legal regulation. Here, the Court appointed an expert to provide a report regarding the use of the portrait and its communication to the public.

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When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works

The IPKat

The report goes that Grau's inspiration for the movie came from hearing stories about vampires from local farmers in Serbia, this while he was serving in the German army in 1916. The movie had entered cinema oblivion. This Kat did not find any detailed report of the German court's decision.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

SpicyIP

The High Court referred to the terms of the assignment deed and ruled that “ what was agreed between the parties is traditional mode of exhibiting the cinema as could be contemplated by both parties by then, but after technical advent of exhibiting film through satellite has become available. In the present case the Assignor (Defendant no.

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13 Spooky Copyright Cases, Just in Time for Halloween

Copyright Lately

The studio settled quietly out of court, so there’s no reported decision in this one. 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. Check it below and see what you think. BMG (1988).

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