The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

With a focus on EU and US approaches to the issue, Musker suggests arguments that may be useful to litigants in similar situations. Being taken from an actual instance of Canadian litigation, the hypothetical allows Sundara Rajan to address differences in treatment of moral rights between civil law and common law countries.

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Perhaps one of the most salient legal issues is whether there is copyright infringement or a violation of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) in the virtual modification (e.g., addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive.

Moral Rights 52

Moral Rights Fair Use Art Social Media 52

SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

However, the absence of a formal codification or determinative theory of post mortem publicity rights in India, depicts that they have not gained the necessary traction and a firm legal foothold as demanded. The plaintiffs’ claim which demanded recognition of post mortem rights thereby did not find favour with the court.

Privacy 105

Privacy Personality Rights Moral Rights Copyright 105

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A: author of Esperanto consigned it to the public domain. Authors have options: they can surrender to the public; they can assert complete control; or something in between. Rosenblatt: compare treatment of inheritance where US © law treats inheritance very differently than many other rights/properties. But the US has not.

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Ownership Moral Rights Copyright Branding 80