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3 Count: It’s Not Complicated

Plagiarism Today

1: Fortnite ‘It’s Complicated’ Copyright Lawsuit Dismissed. First off today, Ian Boudreau at PCGamesN reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over a dance emote featured in the game itself. 2: YouTube Holds Licenses For Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff’s “Entire Back Catalog”.

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How to protect your photos from unauthorized use online

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When you create an original work, you are automatically granted copyright of that work, which means you can decide how it is used and distributed. Even though it is not mandatory, copyright registration provides valuable legal protection. Use a copyright notice. Watermark your work.

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Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility

SpicyIP

Of late, there have been multiple reported cases of suicides by students (see here and here ) on account of lack of access to the means of education. iv) and (v), Balbharati Copyright Policy]. Further, only around a quarter of Indian families have access to the internet, according to estimates. Section 2.2(iv)

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DISH Wins $31m Judgment & Injunction Against Pirate IPTV Service & Resellers

TorrentFreak

As reported by TF back in March, DISH Network filed a huge lawsuit against pirate IPTV provider ChitramTV. In an effort to shut the service down, DISH said it sent at least 134 copyright infringement notices to Chitram between July 2014 and November 2015. They too have 48 hours to comply with the order.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Legal Background: Registration.

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

SpicyIP

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. Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on the IP regime. In Dhiraj Dewani v.

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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

Fourth, if not, can Trump circumvent the registration requirement by seeking a declaratory judgment, or will he have to comply with the registration requirement? Fifth, assuming Trump owns a valid copyright, did he grant an implied license to Woodward to publish transcripts of the interviews and/or the record­ings themselves?

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