SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

The article endorses an intellectual property approach to understand the right and its infringement. This is achieved by understanding the parallels between publicity right and trademark law. Throughout the article, the author derives insights from US case laws which have had a considerable influence on Indian courts.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

Copyright Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight Annsley Merelle Ward reported on the English High Court’s decision in PQ Systems Europe v Jeff Aughton and Factroia Ltd.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On November 7, 2018, Pest Control, Banksy’s authentication body, filed an EU trademark claim on behalf of the artist for Laugh Now. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. However, artists are required to reveal their identity when claiming copyright infringement.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Copyright Creeping into Costumes. In general, any clothing, including costumes, is not protected by copyright laws. In Canada, under section 64(2) of the Copyright Act , it is not an infringement of copyright to reproduce the design of a “useful article”, so long as more than 50 copies are made.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

It is capable of writing articles, translating, summarizing and answering follow-up questions and can also create content that can be protected under copyright law. There is a higher probability of such Output being considered as infringing by the courts, when a user uses ChatGPT’s Output for commercial purposes.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Internet Defamation & Copyright Infringement on the Internet. You’re going to need a copyright law attorney to help you out. But that copyright law attorney is going to have to understand the internet and online space.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JANUARY 4, 2024

The remaining issues in the case, you may recall, were copyright infringement and Arizona unfair competition. Here is the status per this morning’s minute entry in the court’s electronic case. The post Designer Skin v. S&L Vitamins trial update appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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Designs Design Copyright Infringement Copyright 52

Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Owners of NFTs linked to copyright protected works, whether buying or selling, need to be aware of both copyright and trademark law. But can you use the words “Bored Ape” when that brand is registered as a trademark by the project owner Yuga Labs? What is a Fair Use Defense to a Copyright Infringement Claim?

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Non-Fungible Tokens Fair Use Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement 40

IPilogue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

However, though patent law has the “person of ordinary skill in the art” standard and trademark law has the “ordinary casual consumer somewhat in a hurry” standard, copyright law often relies on a judge’s evaluation of whether infringement has occurred.

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Art Fair Use Intellectual Property Licensing 79

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

7] , the plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement and requested the issuance of an interim injunction to prevent the defendant’s film “Mohenjo Daro” from being released. MK, An analysis on Protection of film titles under Trademark Law , Surana & Surana (Dec.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

First of all, in terms of copyright, to reiterate our very clearly articulated position. sophisticated generative AI that’s enabled by large language models, which trains on our intellectual property, violates copyright law in several ways. copyright law really doesn’t seem to give UMG a ton of options.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Unfortunately, copyright and trademark law do not provide particular protection for these characters, who, more often than not, exceed their original works to become well-known of their own. Several tests were created to see if a certain character might be copyrighted. In DC Comics Inc. Unlimited Monkey Business, Inc. ,

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

The full story behind Netflix’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Barlow & Bear, and why it’s actually a win for the fan fiction community. When it comes to copyright cases, Netflix has seen stranger things. Unlike trademark law, copyright is not a “use it or lose it” proposition.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Copyright law thus in this case brings into play the word “performer”; Section 2(qq) of the said Act through an inclusive definition and illustrates a list of people who can be contemplated under the tag of the performer.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Trademark: In Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products, the Court held that it did not need to apply or even decide the validity of a speech-protective limit on trademark law designed to prevent trademark owners from shutting down expressive works that comment on trademarks, known as the Rogers test.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The mechanism gives discretionary powers to these nodal officers to determine whether infringement/piracy has taken place, despite them not being judicial officers.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged infringement of Monbo’s right of publicity, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Lanham Act and related Maryland trademark law. Thus, this claim “does not seek to vindicate any substantial state interests distinct from those furthered by the copyright law” and was preempted by the Copyright Act.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Second , it has been argued that the court merely espoused the settled principles of trademark law that ‘common’ names and phrases cannot be monopolized. copyright law. ”) Other religions “seek copyright for secrecy, but secrecy to protect their students[,].teachers ” Id. at 135-36.

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Intellectual Property Invention Trademark Copyright 52

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Sonal Infosystems the Court held that registration of a copyright is a pre-condition for claiming relief for copyright infringement, thus reading into the legislative framework a non-existent requirement. Meher Distilleries Pvt Ltd v. The significance of the report and its issues have been extensively covered on the blog here.

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