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3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright

Plagiarism Today

Bungie sued AimJunkies alleging that cheat software developed by AimJunkies infringed both the copyright and their trademarks related to the game Destiny 2. Dailly was one of the founding members of DMA Design, the studio that created the first Grand Theft Auto (GTA) games.

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. Under the laws at the time, this mean that it didn’t have copyright protection. However, that copyright is not long for this world as it expired this year, meaning that it will formally end on January 1, 2023. Bottom Line.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 6- May 12)

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Given the identical nature of marks and overlapping target audience, a prima facie case for infringement and passing off was made out and the Court granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the use of the defendant’s trademark. INTA filed an intervention on interpretation of the term “Article” under the Indian Designs Act.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

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. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”. Trademarks.

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

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.

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The Streamlabs (SLOBS) Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. This is usually done with a copyright notice, but, in some cases, is done by working directly with the site that uploaded the content.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 27 – October 3)

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West-Coast Pharmaceutical Works directed the Registry to draw up a decree-sheet per the terms of settlement between the Defendants and the Plaintiffs with regard to the case of infringement of Plaintiff’s OMEZ trademark by Defendant’s OMES [September 28, 2021]. Delhi High Court in Reddys Laboratories Limited v.