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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

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In this post, I look at the question of the government’s copyright ownership in State Board textbooks, and its implications on access to knowledge and education. Government’s Role as Publisher and Copyright Owner. Image from here. As pointed out by R.R.

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Smells Like Copyright Infringement

IPilogue

publications of the translated work, which lacked both registration and copyright notice in Scott-Giles’ name. Drawing on Twin Books , they argued, “a publication of a work in the United States without the statutory notice of copyright fell into the public domain,” as per the U.S. They brought evidence of U.S.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”? Second, if so, who is the initial owner of the copyright(s)? Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Rickover , 284 F.2d 2d 262 (D.C.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Newslaundry-Aaj Tak dispute and the fair-dealing exception.

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