IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Licensing requires ownership of the designs, which calls into question who owns a costume—the costume designer or the production company who them? Janie Bryant , the designer for the television show Mad Men , entered a multi-year collaboration for a Mad Men -inspired fashion line at Banana Republic. There are, however, some exceptions.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

AI tools that create art (one has even sold for over $400K ), write fiction and non-fiction works (including news articles), and scripts for film and television already exist. For now, at least in Canada, ownership will be assigned to the person who arranged to create the work and not the AI that created the work itself.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

The video depicted its award as the well-known Emmy statuette with a coronavirus replacing the atom in the holder’s hands: The Television Academies, who own the IP rights to the statuette, targeted the video with a DMCA notice to YouTube, which YouTube honored. Goodman counternoticed. Indeed, I think this is a good example of a satire).

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 20, 2022

Fred Simian –the deal included licensing rights, and Green created a television show to feature Fred. But there is great excitement in the billion-dollar market for these digital images, which were launched in April 2021 and count singers Justin Bieber and Madonna among their celebrity owners. Then just weeks ago, Fred went missing.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ownership Rights : Roku argued Universal lacked ownership rights to assert the ‘196 patent because when Universal filed its ITC complaint, it had recently filed a petition to correct inventorship to add a Universal employee. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed, rejecting each of Roku’s three primary arguments.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 2, 2023

34: "IFG" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Live Plants Because It's a Varietal Name Precedential No. Nonuse: Precedential No. 35: In a Real Snoozer, TTAB Rules on Several Discovery-Related Issues USPTO Refuses to Institute Reexamination of Registration, But Allows Petitioner to Re-file Precedential No.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 9, 2022

Let’s break down that mouthful: NFTs are a blockchain technology that creates indisputable ownership records that the art world has embraced as a way to buy and sell digital artwork. The stolen NFTs featured original characters that Green had developed into a television show.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 7, 2021

He’s the canine film and television star made famous in the 1920’s, which makes him nearly 700 if you’re counting in dog years. In other words, while Rin Tin Tin’s chain of title and ownership history may be a mess, it’s a mess that needs to be resolved under state law. In 2019, Warner Bros.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“NFTs represent an exciting business opportunity for MPA’s members to promote their core products —motion pictures and television programs — in new ways, expand their merchandise offerings, and connect with their audiences on a deeper level,” the MPA writes. ” The MPA seems positive about the potential of NFTs.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Without any ownership interest in the production bible, Scott had no right to assert a copyright infringement claim. As a result, it’s questionable whether Scott had any ability to claim infringement, even if he were able to show an ownership interest in the series bible in the first place.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

It is essentially a transaction ledger that is open and decentralized, so anyone, with proper access credentials, can view the ledger to the authenticity of whatever is being transferred and the chain of ownership. Because the Blockchain tokens authenticate an NFT and ownership, it allows for monetization of those works by sale and auction.

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Michael Geist

MAY 25, 2022

There are also the outdated Cancon rules and the actual data on investment in film and television production. However, most would accept the general principle that large curated streaming services that appear to function like broadcasters should face some form of domestic regulation. But I’ll stop there. I look forward to your questions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The applicant disclaimed any element of human authorship, but asserted ownership by reason of ownership of the “Creativity Machine.”) Scholastic Inc. [3] 3] the Second Circuit Court of Appeals read the Supreme Court’s decision in Petrella v. MGM [4] to require the first result.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If the company were required to licence more than 1,500 Canadian films or television shows, it would almost surely cut back on its titles with the Canadian requirement effectively creating a cap on consumer choice. For example, the Canadian Netflix library currently features about 5,500 titles.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

“The copyright in such [derivative] work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the preexisting material.” By not disclosing, you run the risk of having your entire copyright registration invalidated.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2023

. “DISH claims it entered into signed, written licensing agreements with the Networks granting DISH the exclusive right to distribute and publicly perform the Channels by means including satellite, over-the-top (OTT), internet protocol television (IPTV), and internet,” DataCamp’s filing informs the court. Copyright Office.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Historically, the exceptions for teaching, education and research have never been qualified by the nature of ownership of the institution where the use of the work is carried out. According to the AISHE Report 2019-20, 66.3% of all college students in India attend private institutions. Most worrying is the stand to weaken Section 52(1).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2022

Shosh and Yuval claim that in May of 1983, Paramount obtained from Ehud, exclusive motion picture and allied rights – creation of merchandise or a television series – to the Story.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2022

Shosh and Yuval claim that in May of 1983, Paramount obtained from Ehud, exclusive motion picture and allied rights – creation of merchandise or a television series – to the Story.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. ” Ok, But What If I Wrapped This Up Already?

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

Such collection of massive structured, unstructured, and multi-structured data is due to our constant interaction with smart gadgets and technologies like mobile phones, credit cards, televisions, computers, smart watches, etc.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

Other industries, however, are far from a share and share alike attitude towards AI, and AI has posed challenging questions regarding intellectual property ownership across the creative fields of visual art, music, and writing. They countered that they would be open to holding annual meetings to discuss advancements in technology.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Other industries, however, are far from a share and share alike attitude towards AI, and AI has posed challenging questions regarding intellectual property ownership across the creative fields of visual art, music, and writing. They countered that they would be open to holding annual meetings to discuss advancements in technology.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

The Italian legislation, where it intended to protect sporting events, has focused on the television exploitation of professional league matches.

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43(B)log

APRIL 28, 2022

Pre-litigation, defendants “consistently maintained their rights to use these Marks in the launch of the New League, and asked Plaintiff for evidence of its ownership in the Marks. Once abandoned, Mr. Ehrhart could establish ownership through use of the Marks.” The 2011 registrations were acquired from an unrelated entity.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

ii) relates to the person’s “communication, gathering, receiving, posting, or processing” of “consumer opinions”. or “reviews or ratings of businesses”.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2024

This included greeting cards, titles of movies and television shows, songs, and even the trade dress of rubber dog chew toys resembling a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey at issue in VIP Prods. Jack Daniel’s Props.,

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 29, 2024

” Plaintiffs Don’t Allege Ownership Of Registered Copyrights George Carlin’s most famous comedy routine is “ Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” Section 411(a) is essentially an administrative exhaustion requirement that a copyright owner needs to satisfy before attempting to enforce its ownership rights in court.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

A&E Television Networks, LLC v. It developed the show with Big Fish, but the parties agreed that A&E would have exclusive ownership of the rights in Live PD. “In Big Fish Entertainment, LLC, 2023 WL 4053871, No. 7411 (KPF) (S.D.N.Y.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? In Bell Canada v L3D Distributing Inc , the Federal Court found the defendant liable for copyright infringement in its provision of pre-loaded set-top boxes and internet protocol television (IPTV) services and awarded the plaintiff nearly $30 million in damages.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 16, 2022

Crabtree claims that Kirkman talked him into giving up co-ownership rights in “Invincible” by asking him to sign a document in 2005 that Kirkman represented would make it easier to market the work to licensees but which wouldn’t affect any of Crabtree’s rights. The Requirements for Copyright Joint Authorship and Co-Ownership.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

RTL Television, AG Pitruzzella, C-716/20. On 10 March 2022, AG Pitruzzella issued his opinion in RTL Television. The AG opinion was commented previously on this blog.A post on the judgment is coming soon in the blog, so watch this space. The definition of the concept of ‘cable transmission’ was at the centre of the analysis.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Signal 23 Television v. Universal. * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership. * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) Case–Automattic v. While the truth of these allegations must be ascertained at a later stage of litigation, they are sufficient as stated to survive a motion to dismiss.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC , No. MGM was the original copyright owner of 585 movies and 176 television series episodes. It’s copyright infringement because an exclusive license is a transfer of copyright ownership. Starz Entertainment, LLC v. 21-55379 (9th Cir. July 14, 2022). 17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

MAY 28, 2022

“The result is unauthorized television and movie content streamed over the Internet in a manner that directly competes with, and undermines, authorized cable and Internet streaming services,” the complaint added.

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