Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 23, 2025

Legal strategy is a critical component of business success, but many founders, executives, and investors misunderstand the roles of corporate law and business law. These two areas of law are often used interchangeably, but they serve distinct functions that impact everything from daily operations to high-stakes financial transactions.

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Creative Law Center

AUGUST 29, 2024

Understand the legal implications of ownership and how they can be changed with contracts. The post Copyright and Tattoo Art appeared first on Creative Law Center. Copyright and tattoo. Plus a look at the historical roots of tattoo art.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

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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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 1, 2024

This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators. the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. Here comes, the concepts of “Contract of service” and “Contract for service” or the “Work for hire” doctrine. Unlike the U.S.A.,

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IIPRD

MAY 23, 2022

Furthermore, Intellectual property ownership, content ownership, and distribution are critical issues that must be addressed to avoid disputes. The article’s second section explains how Web3 and Blockchain will revolutionise intellectual property laws and the way forward. Intellectual Property Ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

Copyright: The copyright protection is given by Indian Law under The Copyright Act, 1957, supported through Copyright Rules, 2018. Law does not confer specific rights or even privileges to the registered work. This may be for a limited period and is only limited to publishing, rendering left of the ownership to the author.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2025

When a song is created for a film, the producer—not the composer—is the legal owner of its copyright unless a contract says otherwise. This judgment underscores the complex intersection of moral rights, ownership claims, and commercial exploitation in India’s copyright regime.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

New York state recently amended Labor Law Section 203-f, codifying a hurdle for employers who seek to claim ownership over an employee's inventions. The law, which is similar to laws enacted in other states[1], has three significant impacts.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The next phase of blockchain technology is focussed on bringing such scarcity and uniqueness to the internet, allowing for the ownership and collection of unique digital assets. Which field of law will govern such digital assets and the NFT technology? The concepts of ownership and licensing are relevant in this context.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Next up today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street Media reports that a half dozen movie studios have filed a lawsuit against the free streaming service Primewire alleging that the service is engaged in widespread piracy. Shopify has not responded to the lawsuit nor commented on the case.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

Michelle Mao is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. The short answer, as usual in law, is that it depends.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 20, 2024

However, it provides both good challenges and opportunities under trademark law. Trademarks Scars on Social Media It defies law in this modern digital age. In contrast, a tussle on fair use and free speech would be activated if companies contest ownership in respect to trademarking hashtags.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2025

student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Moreover, the identity of the author was not disclosed by the plaintiff, which the Court held is essential for claiming copyright ownership. In the coming time, it would also be interesting to see how the interpretation of law evolves to regulate trade secret policy.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

David Vaver is the Acting Director of IP Osgoode and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 23, 2025

Whether it’s an unexpected lawsuit, a contract dispute, or an issue with investors, legal missteps often emerge at critical points in a company’s growth. Early-stage companies often make informal equity promises or handshake deals without documenting ownership.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 27, 2025

The court disregarded copyrights core principle of territoriality, misread the Copyright Acts clear limits on termination rights, and fundamentally misunderstood the choice of law rules that govern the scope of copyright assignments. law, and not because of any U.S. Last week, Resnik filed his opening appellate brief (read it here).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

Gutierrez held that Arty had contractually given up ownership of the rights over remix composition, and therefore had no grounds to sue. Subsequently, Interscope and Arty’s company, Telma Music LLC, entered into a contract (the ‘Remixer Declaration’) in September 2014. Background and decision. From remixes to remasters. CBS ( Case No.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We are not in it for the money (hopefully), but mostly (hopefully) for the impact that we can make on our students and colleagues lives, as well as to contribute to the process of healthy law and policy-making. In copyright law terms, very often that data could correspond to individual human expression.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. ANALYSIS OF THE DISPUTE According to the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, copyright ownership is contingent upon the nature of any agreements or the footage in place. The dispute shares a similarity with Ilaiyaraaja’s copyright case. [1]

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IP Law 360

JUNE 2, 2023

The Eighth Circuit has backed a lower court's decision to toss a contract breach suit against medical device manufacturer LivaNova over the development of a heart valve therapy, arguing that the device maker was not obligated to keep the project going after LivaNova took ownership of the project in a 2017 acquisition.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 8, 2025

Suhani is a third year law student at NLSIU who loves to write on IP and tech issues.] Further, the MoU also underscores the requirement of separate contracts of music directors and lyricists with producers whereby both will have the right to negotiate independently. As explained by Prof.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 18, 2025

For space, defense, and industrial technology companies, securing government contracts is often a major growth milestone. But without a clear IP strategy, working with agencies like NASA or the Department of Defense (DoD) can put a startups long-term technology ownership at risk. By: Fenwick & West LLP

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 23, 2025

Regulatory compliance is another key consideration especially for businesses in Technology, Finance, and Healthcare, where data privacy laws, industry regulations, and security requirements can be complex. As the company scales, employment contracts and compensation structures must evolve to retain talent and mitigate risk.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) 2. However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. NFTs as a profit center makes it so that the motivation is to churn out and sell as many as you can, in many cases, the law be dammed. One potential use is Safe Creative’s.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

The traditional pillars of contract negotiation – including confidentiality, data ownership, and indemnification and liability – take on new dimensions and complexities in the context of generative AI. By: BakerHostetler

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

The Copyright Office’s current position is a classic “hard cases make bad law” situation. Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2025

When a song is created for a film, the producer—not the composer—is the legal owner of its copyright unless a contract says otherwise. This judgment underscores the complex intersection of moral rights, ownership claims, and commercial exploitation in India’s copyright regime.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2025

This article breaks down the core legal issues around AI data ownership and what todays AI startups, product leads, and legal counsel need to watch for when handling third-party data or building on top of someone elses platform. Personal Data: Where Privacy Law Applies The same caution applies to personal data. The core issue?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

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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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 23, 2025

Operational Efficiency and Legal Compliance A business with poorly structured contracts, governance issues, or intellectual property (IP) concerns raises red flags for PE firms. Key contracts with suppliers, customers, and partners to assess revenue stability and risk exposure.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

NFTs are unique digital tokens that represent ownership of specific digital assets. NFTs are embedded with smart contracts—self-executing contracts written in code—that facilitate the transfer and verification of ownership. Smart Contracts: Are they enough? The minting of NFT is also embedded with a smart contract.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

The current broadcasting sector in India is regulated by a patchwork of laws and guidelines which the government is still seeking to modernize and consolidate apparent from the latest bills getting retracted to address all sorts of evolutions and improvements. What is a Broadcasting agreement?

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Katie Graham is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. While Ye’s company, Mascotte Holdings Inc.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2024

In a split opinion issued Tuesday, and based on language in an assignment clause of a contract, the Federal Circuit overturned a district court's summary judgment that Core Optical lacked standing to sue Nokia, Cisco, and ADVA for infringement. By: Womble Bond Dickinson

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 7, 2025

The terms of use clarify the ownership of the output generated and how such output can (and cannot) be used. Interestingly, the authors highlight that most GenAI companies, in their terms of use, assign the right of ownership of the output to the user. However, the terms of use for Generative AI companies make for an interesting read.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The NFTs are being sold independent of Miramax, the producer and owner of the rights to the film, who says its ownership rights are being violated. District Court for the Central District of California last week, also accused Tarantino of breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition, according to court documents.

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