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Types of Intellectual Property Contracts

Intepat

Intellectual property rights may be established, protected, or granted to another party by contracts or agreements. Considering that the subject matter is so complex, the law regarding contracts is usually handled by lawyers who specialize in it.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. But I think this might have more to do with the way the lawyers pleaded this issue rather than the quality of the potential breach of contract claim here.

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Bungie Wins $16.2m, Destiny 2 Cheat Dev Violated DMCA, RICO, CFAA

TorrentFreak

The defendants admitted that Wallhax injected new code into Bungie’s code, thereby creating an unlicensed derivative work. Some may have been tempted to visit the United States to iron things out but according to court documents, Larsen resisted the temptation. In June 2022, Bungie was awarded $13.5m 11020781 Canada Inc.,

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Bungie Sues Twitch-Streaming Destiny Cheater ‘MiffysWorld’ For Being Awful

TorrentFreak

The company’s lawsuits variously claim copyright infringement (when cheat makers use pieces of original code or creative derivative works ), circumvention of technical measures (under the DMCA), breach of contract, and/or violation of consumer protection laws. Bungie and Leone appear to have more than a little history.

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Web Page Framing Isn’t Trespass to Chattels–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Worse, it’s not clear the users have a “possessory interest” in those bits due to the possibility that copyright and contract law that may limit what users can do with those bits. Copyright and contract law that may restrict legally what the user may do with the “copies” that are now resident in the device RAM.

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Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies

TorrentFreak

It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. for a ‘lifetime’ license. You agree that as a condition of your license, you will not: i. People Want to Download and Keep Movies & TV Shows. Copyright Law and DRM.

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