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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era. Case Laws The first case in this regard is UTV Software Communication Limited v.

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Patent Poetry: Understanding the Idea/Expression Dichotomy in Copyright Law

JD Supra Law

Clients sometimes ask intellectual property (IP) lawyers how they can patent or copyright their ideas and make money off them. Neither patent law nor copyright law protects ideas per se. By: AEON Law The short answer is: you probably can’t.

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[Guest post] Conference report: Design & Copyright Law – siblings or rivals?

The IPKat

A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” Here’s what Linnéa writes: Conference report: Design & Copyright Law – siblings or rivals?

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'Success Kid' Meme Fight Tests Limits of Copyright Law

IP Law 360

An Eighth Circuit panel considered Tuesday the question of how far federal copyright law stretches to cover the use of memes while debating the effect of last year's landmark Warhol ruling on a suit against a former U.S. representative's use of the "Success Kid" meme in a fundraising post.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. Specifically, the Austrian law were found to violate the country-of-origin principle in Article 3 of the Directive.

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Developments in Copyright Law Affecting Tech Transactions

JD Supra Law

This episode focuses on an IP right at the heart of many technology deals—copyrights. Mayer Brown partners Richard Assmus and Oliver Yaros and host Julian Dibbell will discuss some recent important changes in US and European copyright law and how those changes might inform your tech deals.

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Parody under the Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

Indian Copyright Act, 1957 provides for exemption of fair use under Section 52(1)(a) which stipulates that fair dealing with any original work, for the purpose of criticism and review, whether of that work or of any other work does not amount to infringement of copyright. References Civic Chandran v/s C. 2003 (27) PTC 457 (Bom) (DB).