LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

The CTA requires a range of entities to file a report with the U.S. The reporting rule goes into effect on January 1, 2024. The reporting rule goes into effect on January 1, 2024. Who is Required to Report? What is Required to be Reported? corporations; U.S. LLCs; Other similar U.S. LLCs; Other similar U.S.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

Twain thought he should have ownership of his lectures—“my lecture was my property.” It’s not clear that giving Cord’s estate ownership would be social justice, but that’s a question worth asking. Prototypical 19 th case: Publishing agreement is silent on ownership; publisher complies w/formalities and author doesn’t.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

Digital assets can be protected by IP and have always been capable of being licensed or assigned via a contract, or protected as a trade mark. For example, the owners of the famous “ Grumpy Cat ” meme licensed the use of the name, image and likeness of the cat – and successfully enforced these rights. More on this next.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. AWF licensed the “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast for an article about Prince.

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IP Tech Blog

MAY 19, 2023

According to the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport report on influencer culture , the global sector is expected to grow from $6.0 Parties : Consider the parties involved in the arrangement and ensure that the appropriate parties are reflected in any formal contracts. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

According to the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport report on influencer culture , the global sector is expected to grow from $6.0 Parties : Consider the parties involved in the arrangement and ensure that the appropriate parties are reflected in any formal contracts. billion in 2020 to $24.1

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

They are seeking to establish that they have an ownership stake in both the copyrights and performers’ property rights in the tracks which the band recorded between 1966 and 1970, and that they are owed unpaid royalties from Sony as a result. While likely to be of some frustration to his client, this reasoning is correct.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

January: The year kicked off in Tanzania with the news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Tanzania received a report from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports addressing its efforts to review and improve the loopholes found in the Copyright Licensing and Rights to Benefit from Re-Sale Regulations, 2022.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

“The GoodPorn Website is a pirate website, displaying copyrighted adult entertainment content without authorization or license,” the complaint alleged. Antoon was the CEO of the adult company but left his position a few months ago, according to media reports. Fraudulent Agreement?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In addition, the inventor or applicant must not have assigned, granted, conveyed, or licensed the invention, or be legally obligated to do so, to anyone who does not also qualify as a small entity. Under 37 C.F.R. §

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the High Court found Morison liable for trademark infringement as well as passing-off, the trial judge did not make a finding of copyright infringement, stating that as the designer of the device was not called to testify, copyright ownership was not sufficiently proven. For more on this decision, see this Katpost.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Though your work is automatically protected by copyright the moment it is created, voluntary registration will provide proof of ownership, which can save you time and money in case of a dispute later on. Examples of permitted private use include self-study, research or self enjoyment, appropriate quotation, reporting of current events, etc.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

“The GoodPorn Website is a pirate website, displaying copyrighted adult entertainment content without authorization or license,” the complaint alleged. Antoon was the CEO of the adult company but left his position a few months ago, according to media reports. Fraudulent Agreement?

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

Eastern India Motion Pictures Association case, the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) established its tariff system in 1977 for licensing musical works and lyrics for public performances (known as the IPRS case). Firstly, it stated that the 2012 changes did not mention that the composers would retain their ownership rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 12, 2022

1] Also, a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report from 2021 suggests that global FDI flows dropped by 35% to $1 trillion in 2020, from $1.5 4] UNCTAD, World Investment Report, [link] , Accessed 14 th July 2022. [5] Billion, with Mauritius being the biggest contributor. [1] ENTRY ROUTES. Direction 5.1.4

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

Furthermore, the Ayyangar Committee report of 1959 on the Indian Patents Act has said that the inventor, as has been mentioned in the Indian Patent Act or the intent of the legislators, has a right to be an inventor. [6] Hence, it can be said that the current Indian regime is not in the favour of granting AI a patent license.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To settle that dispute, the parties worked out an “exclusive” license: the second-comer could sell the design on Amazon, and the registrant could keep selling it on eBay. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. assertions. MGA Entertainment.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Thus, the digital context of copyright exploitation contracts leads to questions of applicable law. Business-to-business contracting parties enjoy significant freedom in determining the law applicable to their contractual relationship. The online exploitation of content protected by copyright inherently entails cross-border aspects.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

NFTs were minted Money was advanced The underlying contracts Never got a glance Dreams of exploitation From Florida to France But no rights were acquired The kids don’t stand a chance. — “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance, Aaron’s Version” ( with apologies to Vampire Weekend ). You Should Probably Read The License.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 10, 2022

In other words, we can define blockchain as a distributed ledger technology creating a transparent and secure record of every transaction and reporting the transactions undertaken to everyone on the blockchain platform. Blockchain technology allows for a guarded and secured chain of evidence for IP ownership. Implementing Blockchain.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For the first time since FDA licensed the first biosimilar, Sandoz’s Zarxio ® (filgrastim-sndz), in 2015, the United States saw a decrease in annual biosimilar approvals in 2020. Reported Discount at Launch. Table 3 provides a summary of the biosimilars market, as derived from a 2020 Amgen market report. [5]. BPCIA Litigation.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14] 13] Recent trends are shown in the chart below, adapted from a Westfleet Advisors report. [14]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Ownership for patent inventions. Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

The mapping of national legal sources of copyright flexibilities and their comparative analysis provided a detailed overview of the state of the art of copyright flexibilities in all the 27 Member States, organized in 27 national reports which illustrated national provisions using the same taxonomy applied to EU sources.

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2023

Background In 2001 Music Broadcast Private Limited, which runs the radio station ‘Radio City’, entered into a license agreement with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), a copyright society , to utilize its repertoire of literary and musical works for FM radio broadcast. Similarly, in 2006 Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Rectifying the Past?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Importantly, the DA Proposal marks the (provisional) end of the debate around the potential creation of ownership in data, or a new IP right for “data producers”. At a webinar immediately after the publication of the DA Proposal, an eminent German professor was reported to have shouted in despair: “But these new rights, what are they!?”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). In this judgment, the Delhi High Court delved into the interpretation of section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with respect to disputes involving trademark licensing agreements. CIT [Supreme Court].

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. Acuff-Rose), or is it worse?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The third category lists notable developments on the legislative and policy side and includes important amendments, proposals for amendments, release of policy notes and reports etc. The Court limited the scope of Section 17(c) to apply to contracts where the relationship between the parties is akin to that of an apprenticeship.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

But there weren’t reported lawsuits against Bollywood films. There’s no record of the judgment but there is contemporaneous reporting. Now, Bollywood copies Hollywood, but they use licenses—how does that compare? Another use: branding function for purposes of parody/humorously assert rights or ownership.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales. She highlights that the emphasis is on investing only in royalty revenue and not buying the artist’s rights or retaining control over their work.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All third-party services we use are bound by a contract with us to never use the information of our users for their own purposes and not to disclose the information to any third parties unrelated to the service. We use Zendesk to collate and respond to support requests or bug reports.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 13, 2022

While the Joint Parliamentary Committee ( JPC ) released its much-awaited report on a sparkling new data protection legislation late last year, as reported , the bill may be scrapped for a completely new law. Image from here. The personal data protection bill had created significant buzz in the industry and society.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Garcia: most D expert reports don’t opine on whether there was copying, just on existence of prior art. Open Source Smell Culture: perfumers can share formulas using CC licenses. A: resource constraints—but open source hardware only has a set number of licenses, and probably won’t create one for perfume.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2023

District Court for the Northern District of Texas kept the trade secret and breach of contract claims but applied Texas’ preemption doctrine to dismiss claims for breach of fiduciary duty and civil conspiracy. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Houston Forward Times v. Check out the latest case, PRO MINERAL, LLC v.

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