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The Canadian Government Makes its Choice: Implementation of Copyright Term Extension Without Mitigating Against the Harms

Michael Geist

The Canadian government plans to extend the term of copyright from the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years to life plus 70 years without mitigation measures that would have reduced the harms and burden of the extension. Freeland has a long history with copyright term and surely understands the costs to Canadians.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Thus, AR can be considered as a tool for boosting cultural heritage exploitation, helping achieve the educational mission of bodies governing cultural heritage, as well as enabling better participation in cultural life. This authorization may be grounded on property, contracts, cultural heritage rules or on copyright.

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IP Licensing for Business Companies & Organizations – How to Do it Right?

Kashishipr

Through IP licensing, IP rights holders grant third parties the exclusive right to use their IP while retaining their ownership. In contrast to IP assignments, which transfer the entire ownership of the IP asset, IP licensing provides only limited use. Bottom Line.

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[Guest Post] Copyright as movable property: Constitutional issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022

The IPKat

If the right to something depends on a contract, or a statute explicitly creating it (e.g., Would it automatically place works compulsorily acquired in the public domain or only transfer ownership to the government? copyright), can one call such a constitutional right? I do not think so. copyright law.

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“No one can own the law” – United States confirms copyright protection does not extend to works of legislators or judges

IP Whiteboard

On 27 April 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ( Supreme Court ) handed down its decision in Georgia Et Al v Public Resource Org, Inc. The decision extends the United States “government edicts doctrine” which embodies the principle that “no one can own the law”. What was copyrighted? What did the Supreme Court find?

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.