IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Copyrights Act of 1957 regulates copyright law in India. As a result, visual arts including paintings, sculptures, literary works, as well as video, plays, and music, are regarded to be works of art. A copyright’s primary topic is what it protects and the standards by which it is protected. Picture Credit: gettyimage].

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its introduction in early April, the Online News Act (Bill C-18) has flown below the public’s radar screen. In fact, after Rodriguez left the CBC’s Vassy Kapelos visibly puzzled , he has said little about it. This post marks the first in a lengthy series that explain why the bill is a bad solution to a real problem.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa By a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Oracle software case. (See

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

This was accomplished by the enactment in 2018 of the Classics Protection and Access Act (now codified at 17 U.S.C. 1401 ), in Title II of the Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act. (See See my analysis of the Classics Protection and Access Act.). (See See my analysis of the Classics Protection and Access Act.).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 6, 2023

I never wrote for the IPKat, so count me out of that august group, although my pay level is the same. Is it any surprise I was never an IPKat contributor: I don’t dance, drink alcohol and am a vegetarian whose idea of fun is playing basset horn trios with my daughter and a friend. The organization is Part 1.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 30, 2021

Topical Highlight. Kedar concludes that the Court set a much-needed precedent, by settling that even a medical necessity induced by COVID cannot be a free-pass for the pharma-companies to blatantly infringe IP rights and later play victim by justifying their act under the pretext of public emergency. Sun Pharma v. Cipla Ltd. ,

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As in previous years, we have divided these developments into five categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Topicality/Impact) b) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) c) Top 10 IP Legislative and Policy Related Developments d) Other IP Developments; and e) Other Notable Developments. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Threats and intimidations – Some threats like threats of physical harm, loss of playing time or some other consequences related to them if they do not comply with the demands of coaches or any other authority, which instils fear and anxiety in the minds of athletes.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

“It is a situation where unfortunately technology for pirates continues to get better and better and better, and this cat and mouse game we’re constantly playing gets more and more complicated every day. .” DMCA is Ill-Suited to Dealing With Live Sports Events. DMCA is Ill-Suited to Dealing With Live Sports Events.

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The IPKat

JUNE 4, 2022

On the topic of unauthorized use of a celebrity’s image, readers might recall the IPKat post covering the high-profile Michael Jordan case in China in 2017. Let's be fair, it could be any muscular man with a similar figure who happens to be holding a basketball. Which part of the figure makes you believe that it is Michael Jordan?

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The claimant alleged that these speakers had been legally procured and were used by the defendants to play recorded performances by Greek and foreign performers for the entertainment of their customers. The judgment also dealt with the presumption of management and protection representative authority for CMOs.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Fair use can rarely be decided on a motion to dismiss, the court said, and this wasn’t one of those cases. Cariou , by contrast, involved fair uses where works were “obscured and altered to the point that [they were] barely recognizable.” The animated video was 55 seconds long.

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