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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

For companies whose movies are downloaded and shared illegally, solutions have been developed that allow them to monitor suspected pirates and track them back to their ISPs, before obtaining their identities and making a settlement offer to end the risk of a full-blown lawsuit.

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Why the Golden Bear is Actually Going to Court: Nicklaus Company v Jack Nicklaus

IPilogue

This interesting case will likely become a battle over the terms of the contract with strong arguments on both sides. This term mirrors the contracts of most universities (like University of Toronto’s patent policy ) where professors are not the exclusive IP owners for independent work completed during employment.

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ARIPO Member States adopt the Kampala Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights

The IPKat

Registrations are cancellable: Under Article 11, the registration of a copyright may be cancelled where the initial registration was erroneously made or fraudulently procured or by an order of court or pursuant to the law of the relevant contracting state. Under what circumstances may a contracting state make laws to cancel a registration?

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.” The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party.

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Guest Post: Sony fails in strike out claim against Hendrix bandmates

The IPKat

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.

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Learn More On The Arbitrability Of Real Estate Dispute And Policy In The UAE

LexBlog IP

Most contracts will have a dispute resolution clause at the end, stating arbitration as the primary method of resolving any dispute between the parties. Arbitration is ideal for commercial matters, since it allows the parties to focus on restoring the terms of the contract, as opposed to exercising their legal rights against each other.

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Methods of Commercializing Intellectual Property – Part I

Intepat

Keeping Records – Records form a valuable source when drafting patent applications and keeping records of one’s inventions help in proving the date and ownership of the said invention if and when needed. The ownership is not transferred. It can be understood as renting out one’s intellectual property.