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Permissibility Of A Waiver Of Moral Rights Of An Author Under The Copyright Regime

IP and Legal Filings

Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 covers authors’ special rights particularly, highlighting the importance of expanding such rights beyond solely economic grounds. As a result, the lifetime of these rights varies greatly between countries. Waiver of moral right of the author permissible?

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NLUJ-CIPS Inter College IP Research Essay Writing Competition 2022 [Submit by March 10]

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to inform you that Centre for Intellectual Property Studies, National Law University, Jodhpur is is inviting submissions from law students for the ‘NLUJ CIPS Inter College IP Research Essay Writing Competition, 2022’ on the theme ‘“IP and Youth: Innovating for a better future’. Co-authorship is not permitted.

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Spanish Court finds that virtual exhibition of NFTs based on paintings is "harmless use"

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Background As previously reported by the IPKat last year, VEGAP, a collective management organisation for intellectual property rights in Spain, brought a claim against Punto Na SA, the IP holding company for the well-known clothing brand Mango, seeking compensation in respect of the alleged infringement of copyright in certain artworks.

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The (forgotten) moral rights in the age of AI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Debate on AI and IP continues. The US government ran a consultation on AI and IP a few years ago. The UK government has just finished another round of consultations, this time focusing on AI and copyright, and with a specific goal to initiate legislative reform soon. The missing bit: moral rights.

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[Guest post] European Commission strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds

The IPKat

and virtual worlds, including in respect of IP rights. The strategy includes 10 actions – the most relevant of which for IP rightsholders is Action 6, which includes developing a “toolbox to fight counterfeiting” by Q3 2023. Here’s what Alessandro writes: European Commission strategy on Web 4.0

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

1] However, this growth also brought an onslaught of new Intellectual Property (IP) issues. In the recent instance of Projekt Melody and DigitrevX, [4] the VTuber Melody lost her account for a day and her twitch partnership after a DMCA takedown after DigitrevX accused her of IP infringement. [5]

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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

This blog will consider different IPs, which are at growing stage. These include the IPs, like- Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. Being at a nascent stage for IP compared globally, remarkable progress has been made by the nation.