Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. How do I get a Copyright? To see more on the benefits of copyright registration, see Stop, Thief! How To Win Big In a Copyright Infringement Case.

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Intellectual Property Invention Intellectual Property Law Design Patent 67

Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

WPL is a UK based software company who obtained several copies of SAS statistical software and made their own clone version by rewriting the code and by relying upon an early version of SAS that is not protected by copyright. SAS sued in E.D.Tex for copyright infringement. The copyright case is not about copying code.

Copyright 56

Copyright Copying Copyright Infringement Fair Use 56

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office. OK, I guess, but this is a reminder of how hard it is to win 512(f).

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Registration Fair Use Copyright Designs 111

Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property IP Invention Designs 52

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Cooper case, a work does not have to be entirely unique in order to be protected by copyright; rather, there needs to be some effort put into it and it cannot be a carbon copy of another person’s work. The lack of organisation and ambiguity make the protection problematic even if the work is copyrighted. Corel Corp.

Art 52

Art Copyright Artistic Work Public Domain 52

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Court, however, disagreed with the Defendant’s argument holding that there was no information available in the public domain for the Plaintiff to reach at the above conclusion regarding relations between the Defendants. 20 Lakh to Louis Vuitton in a Trademark infringement suit against Club Factory. Image from here.

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Trademark Patent Copyright Designs 105

LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

This decision underscores the significance of the commercialization of derivative works in copyright infringement disputes. This case emphasizes the importance of understanding the terms of licensing agreements and their legal implications in the context of copyright law, particularly when derivative works are involved.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Art Licensing Derivative Work 52

SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs. Other posts IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright Despite the increasing importance of intellectual property in the modern economy, there is a surprising lack of attention given to IP financing in India. Or are they adversarial in nature?

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Designs Design Cease and Desist Art 105

Copyright Lately

APRIL 3, 2023

book publishers, rejecting the Internet Archive’s argument that its practice of scanning and lending digital copies of books qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act. When the electronic version is “checked out,” the physical copy is taken out of circulation. ” What is Controlled Digital Lending?

Fair Use 69

Fair Use Copying Publishing Copyright 69

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Ownership Copyright Fair Use Intellectual Property 52

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.”

Copyright 90

Copyright Public Domain Copying Publishing 90

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As the story goes, they provided him with a copy of a few scenes from “Ghostbusters” in which the theme would appear. But Lewis thought the song was a rip-off of “I Want a New Drug” and asserted a copyright infringement claim against Columbia Pictures. to write the’s film’s signature song.

Copyright 144

Copyright Cinema Copying Copyright Infringement 144

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hulm Entertainment alleged Fantasy Sports had substantially copied its ‘original trading and stock features’ along with the graphical user interface (GUI) of their fantasy sports mobile application “Exchange22”. Apart from this, the court held that :- (i) copyright infringement hinges on the substantial similarity between competing works.

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Copyright Marketing Marketing Copying 59

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

But the entire Morford analysis revolved around the 11 th Circuit’s “abstraction-filtration-comparison” test, described as “initially developed to review claims of copyright infringement relating to novels and plays but also applied in contexts such as software programming.” ” Id. ’” Id.

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Copyright Art Copying Derivative Work 52

43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The 2001 Documentary “sold 50,000 copies in two weeks and revolutionized the Baltimore dirt-bike culture,” inspiring a sequel and plans to make a third film. In addition, the design of the title of the 2013 Documentary was allegedly similar to plaintiffs’ registered 12 O’Clock Boyz logo. The similarities in setting, theme, etc.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Trademark Copyright Editing 52

43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Typically D argues that I’m using the term in mere advertising copy/not in a TM space. It’s text and not design so we don’t call it ornamentality. Ramsey: BB is interesting because they used a public domain image on the shirt. 1A and © public domain seem to answer the market definition Q.

Trademark Law 56

Trademark Law Law Trademark Fair Use 56

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. 101 ] Issue 1: Are the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?

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Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use 118