The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Topics include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes. Registration is open here. pre-publication event: EULAs: Friends or Foes?,

Intellectual Property 67

Intellectual Property Moral Rights Registration Editing 67

LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .” ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law.

Designs 52

Designs Design Copyright Artistic Work 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

Copyright Law. The moral rights related to copyright law such as the right of authorship and against mutilation or destruction of the work under Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957. Section 38 deals with performers’ rights that would be valid for 25 years from the first date of performance.

Moral Rights 52

Moral Rights Copyright Law Blogging Copyright 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

Copyright Law. The moral rights related to copyright law such as the right of authorship and against mutilation or destruction of the work under Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957. Section 38 deals with performers’ rights that would be valid for 25 years from the first date of performance.

Moral Rights 52

Moral Rights Copyright Law Blogging Copyright 52

IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

The Bombay High Court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim that the title was copyrighted from the outset, citing a number of precedents to support its ruling that “it is settled law, and has been for a very long time, that there is no copyright in a title.” These registrations aid in allocating precedence.

Cinema 80

Cinema Copyright Blogging Registration 80

The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. This book should not be perceived as a classic manual on the application of copyright to these art forms. The number of registrations with the US Copyright Office has been growing since the 1970s.

Art 57

Art Copyright Moral Rights Cease and Desist 57

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

There’s a lot of literature and case law; focus of courts and scholars is on the extent to which freedom of expression ought to operate. Compare: TM registration, FACK JU G Ö HTE—courts finally said that freedom of expression operates in registration as well. In most cases, the spouse doesn’t contribute copyrightable creativity.

Ownership 80

Ownership Moral Rights Copyright Branding 80

Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning). Case 1- Doe 1 v.

Litigation 98

Litigation Fair Use Copying Derivative Work 98

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. I wonder, what’s next in this legal saga?

Non-Fungible Tokens 59

Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Business Moral Rights 59

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When it comes to dealing with Personality Rights it is very important to determine who will and who will not be covered under this regime, as previously stated the benefit of the particular rights can only be granted in the case of an Actual influential personality.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Artistic Work Trademark Copyright 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law. E.g., see Prateek Surisetti’s post here and Niyati Prabhu’s post here.

Personality Rights 59

Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. c) does grant authors “rights in something he created” and that “already belong to him” at common law and is taken after a few short years from him and his heirs. Cites Henry George.

Copyright 59

Copyright Moral Rights Artwork Art 59

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Rights related to distribution, reproduction, and public performance and display are among the intellectual property rights which comprise a copyright. Under Singapore’s Copyright Act , it is a criminal offense for a person or company to conduct wilful copyright infringement. Image Source:Freepic].

Copyright 74

Copyright Intellectual Property Registration Copyright Infringement 74

Garrigues Blog

MAY 11, 2021

In the case of architecture, holding copyrights in works enables authors to exploit their economic rights with a view to continuing their creative activity. The RAE’s definition of architecture as “the art of designing and constructing buildings”, is not alien to Peruvian copyright law. Indeed, Legislative Decree no.

Copyright 52

Copyright Moral Rights Derivative Work Registration 52

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

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. Tech Square which was passed against a cancellation petition filed by Toyota against the registration of “Alphard” by Tech Square. First, in Toyota v.

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124