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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Part One: In this introductory part, the authors carefully laid out definitions and conceptual clarifications of the subject matter of IP. The authors succeeded in simplifying issues that seems typically complex especially for newcomers in the IP field: copyright authorship, ownership and protection.

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Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law Registration 80

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JULY 19, 2021

Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. She argues that the law should broaden the definition of serious comparative advertisement (where the owner of the mark advertises his product reference to his competitor’s product based on scientific study) by allowing multiple comparisons. Thematic Highlights.

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JULY 29, 2021

Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. The US copyright law of 1976 explicitly excludes the mechanical or utilitarian aspects of applied art from the definition of artistic craftmanship. Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Making the case for copyright.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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JANUARY 2, 2022

The petitioner contented that Jayalalithaa’s personality rights and her family’s privacy rights should be protected and that the productions may be incorrect and misleading. In ‘congratulating’ newsmakers , advertisers open themselves up to accusations of unauthorizedly infringing on personality rights.

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