Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

He also stated that he created Intellectual Property for the Defendants’ social media accounts, digital marketing, and other advertising vehicles. According to the Complaint, Schwartz began working for Kilroy’s as a server and bartender in August of 2021.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Plaintiff, Tori Belle Cosmetics LLC (“Belle Cosmetics”), sells its cosmetics and false eyelashes through a network of salespeople, allowing each salesperson to earn a portion of any revenue generated by any salespeople they recruit to join their sales network, i.e., a multi-level marketing business.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2022

The non-fungible part means that it is something that has unique value based on the buyer’s sentiment and/or market dynamics. In practice, what this means is that a whole new market has been opened-up as NFTs have provided a system that has enabled the sale of digital items by transforming them into collectables, such as a tweet.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

To address the market distortions and the music streaming ‘value gap’, the Government should introduce robust and legally enforceable obligations to normalise licensing arrangements for UGC-hosting services. Apple, on the other hand, maintained that safe harbour provisions create an “unlevel playing field” in favour of YouTube. Plot twist!

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. E: What advice would you give to fellow artists and makers on social media on sharing their work? E: What would you like to see happen in terms of the culture of social media artists and their followers?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 5, 2022

The current market figures do not support the thesis that metaverse is virtual reality (VR) per se. Then, there is a second version of property ownership, as seen in the Second Life – virtual goods created by users, which belong to them. NFTs could potentially enable ownership but this is yet to be seen. Web3 developers).

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Ownership IP Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 56

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shah pointed to his copyright registrations as evidence of his ownership, but the court says the allegations in his complaint show that he was never entitled to register the copyrights (i.e., To be clear, joint copyright ownership of photos like these could be a policy disaster, so I don’t share the judge’s lament on that front).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

BrandTotal “provides advertising consulting services to corporate clients regarding how those clients’ and their competitors’ digital advertisements are presented to social media users.” Law students, this is one of many reasons why your 1L Contracts class is so important. ” Oof.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

If you ask any professional working on digital marketing what is the most valuable online asset for a business, you’ll get pretty the same answer. The second one is to get ownership of their copyright, know their rights under the copyright laws and how to protect them. Which ones? And what are the top 3 the most valuable professionals?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. In China’s first copyright infringement case including NFT digital work, a court recently decided.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Given the rapid growth of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, it was just a matter of time until a court recognised the labyrinth of intellectual property difficulties that surrounded the distribution and sale of NFT digital works. In China’s first copyright infringement case including NFT digital work, a court recently decided.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2022

While arguments exist that infringement of trademarks in connection with virtual goods and services should be covered by the “natural zone of expansion” doctrine, best practice would be to file applications for important brands for virtual versions of the brand’s goods or services and to ensure enforcement efforts cover this new market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In making this finding I draw an adverse inference from Defendant’s failure to initiate litigation against Plaintiff…by November 19, 2018, Defendant was using the DMCA Takedown Notices to suppress a market competitor rather than to enforce a legitimate good faith claim of copyright infringement. MGA Entertainment.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The recent signing of the Digital Markets Act and the ongoing negotiations on the proposal for a Data Act present excellent opportunities to expand on the novel phenomenon. By contrast, digital data are, as such, not undisputedly considered to be subjectable to ownership rights. Portability as a Consumer Contract Remedy.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. The media industry as a whole encourages creativity and innovation, and copyright is crucial for digital media platforms.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

art market, the Report concluded that there was no immediate need to impose new regulations on the art market to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. Yet the Report also discussed how the art market remains susceptible to money laundering and describes how market participants can minimize this risk. Background.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As a follow-up to a previous post about the concept of portability and its emergence in personal data protection and consumer law, this second part focusses on portability rights and IP in two forthcoming instruments of “data economy law”: the Digital Markets Act and the proposal for a Data Act. Portability & the Digital Markets Act.

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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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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

Crabtree claims that Kirkman talked him into giving up co-ownership rights in “Invincible” by asking him to sign a document in 2005 that Kirkman represented would make it easier to market the work to licensees but which wouldn’t affect any of Crabtree’s rights. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

The idea has spread across all market sectors, and now luxury fashion retailers have joined the tokenization bandwagon. NFTs are created using “smart contracts,” which are software codes that govern actions such as validating ownership and regulating their transferability.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Several large corporations have already begun developing new marketing efforts for this new digital environment after realising the enormous potential that exists here. The Metaverse, like the present social platforms, requires that digital companies adopt a voice fit for the platform and act in a particular manner based on the context.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. But the less-shiny reality is that this is primarily a contract dispute—a fight about whether the publication rights Quentin Tarantino reserved in his agreement with Miramax include the right to sell digital screenplay scans. NFTs Are Not Copyrightable.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

But there was pressure from the market: this is a business trying to make money. One company does the market research and the other follows. A: I’m specifically not considering that, but it is important, e.g., the market for baby formula. Might be different than when a company uses TM on a social media post.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. However, later the defendant served a termination notice against which the plaintiff filed this suit.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Second, ownership-based user rights are the strongest. The analysis also suggests that social media users are granted more flexibilities than those of streaming platforms. A misleading language is often adopted, e.g., speaking of “sale”, “purchase” and the like, although EULAs are licenses for customers of service providers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

For background, check out my post on the district court’s ruling here: “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ”. It did not specifically address ownership of social media accounts. Gutman signed an employment agreement with JLM.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Most common reason: change of ownership or structure, merger, acquisition, sponsorship change, shift from private to public, demerger Change in corporate strategy—globalization or localization, diversify or divest. TM law should facilitate disclosure or it will fall behind market. Expand social media monitoring.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 25, 2023

In this regard, the role of legal frameworks such as copyright law, data protection laws and contract law in regulating and structuring data access is significant. copyright-protected materials as data), personal data, contract-based data, etc. English language text from journal articles; social media posts in X language; etc.)

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Emma Perot, Music Copyright Ownership: Factors Behind the Surge in Writer Credit and Rights Clearance Why so many writers on songs? Newman: coauthorship isn’t purely a matter of contract, though it’s true that we rarely second-guess an agreement. Developing country shifting from farming to global markets, manufacturing and tech.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Another way to put it is that aesthetic functionality requires you to have an understanding of the definition of the market in which other clothing makers should be free to compete. 30, 2021) Plaintiff Daniel Abrahams formerly contracted with a publisher to author a series related to the Fair Labor Standards Act. 19-3009 (RDM) (D.D.C.

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