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Cruella Costume Licensing: A Fashion Faux Pas

IPilogue

Licensing requires ownership of the designs, which calls into question who owns a costume—the costume designer or the production company who them? Many costume designers’ contracts with big production companies currently do not address involvement in merchandising. Conflict arises in contracts’ terms.

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Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright

Velocity of Content

Fred Simian –the deal included licensing rights, and Green created a television show to feature Fred. Well, a smart contract isn’t really a contract – a smart contract is simply a bit of self-executing code. Well, a smart contract isn’t really a contract – a smart contract is simply a bit of self-executing code.

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A present assignment of future continuation applications

Patently-O

The decision is lacking though because the court does not ground its decision in any particular contract or property tradition. Although it did not state directly, the court appears to have based its contract interpretation on federal patent law as it has done in prior cases. MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 3d 1284 (Fed.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Over “Muppet Babies” Reboot

Copyright Lately

After Marvel’s successor Disney released a new Muppet Babies reboot in 2018 without providing him credit or compensation, Scott filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and breach of contract in the Central District of California. The case didn’t get very far as a result of a somewhat unusual set of circumstances.

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Warner Bros. Seeks to Muzzle Rin Tin Tin Lawsuit

Copyright Lately

He’s the canine film and television star made famous in the 1920’s, which makes him nearly 700 if you’re counting in dog years. Deciding the merits of Duthie’s claims is ultimately going to require a court to interpret a slew of contracts, assignments, judgments and other chain-of-title matters going back nearly a hundred years.

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The Interplay of Big Data and Intellectual Property Rights

Kashishipr

Such collection of massive structured, unstructured, and multi-structured data is due to our constant interaction with smart gadgets and technologies like mobile phones, credit cards, televisions, computers, smart watches, etc. Therefore, it doesn’t differentiate between different kinds of data and their applicability.