Basic Notions of Copyright and Related Rights By the International Bureau of WIPO 1. BASIC NOTIONS OF COPYRIGHT A. Introduction Copyright legislation is part of the law “intellectual property”. This law protects the interests of creators by giving them property rights over their creations. It is there to stimulate creativity‚ make them available to the public and to ensure international trades protected by intellectual property right are harmonized (the law is recognized in most countries)
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business environment Steve Slavin with Tere Stouffer Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Copyright © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ scanning or otherwise‚ except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act‚ without either the prior written permission of the
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Cross-Border Intellectual Property Litigation 1. What is the territoriality principle and how does it impact cross border intellectual property litigation? Throughout history‚ we have witnessed the territorial conception of national and international intellectual property law face an array of global challenges. According to the principle of territoriality‚ the possibility of protecting an IP right is limited to the territory of the country where the right is granted. In other words‚ it is fundamentally
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Intellectual Property Laws of India James Thanickan When India became a Republic in 1950‚ India had Intellectual Property legislations on copyrights‚ patents‚ designs and trade marks. These were mostly adaptations of the laws of Great Britain in each area and were of general international norms. Subsequently‚ India modified the Intellectual Property legislations to make them meet national needs and requirements. Pursuant to the country’s joining the World Trade Organisation‚ India either modified
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MAROTSE MULEI PhD candidate (JKUAT) ‚LLM (London)‚ LLB (Moi)‚ Dip. Law (KSL) Attorney at Law‚ EAC Intellectual Property Law Contents Chapter 1 Copyright Copyright works Subject matter Criteria for protection Authors and owners Authors and first owners Duration of copyright protections Infringement of copyright Nature of the rights Infringement: general issues Defences and moral rights Defences Moral rights Chapter 2: Patents and related rights Patents and breach
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Remixes creativity and Copyright Infringement In the works “Everything is a Remix” a film by Kirby ferguson and the article “Music remixes: Copyright infringement or creative expression” by Ali Pyrah‚ both discuss the issue of creativity and remixes and how they infringe on copyright and how it is difficult to tell when a remix is overreaching. Each text explains the concept it in a different way‚ in ‘Everything’s a remix” the author discusses how just about everything was invented thorugh remixing
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OF THE ACTIVITIES OF VIDEO RENTALS AND THE COPYRIGHT LAW PRESENTED BY ABDULRAHMAN MALIK AT THE WEEKLY SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT‚ KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY MALETE MARCH‚ 2013 ABSTRACT The Nigerian entertainment industry‚ particularly the movie sector has been battling with the problem of copyright infringement in the last two decades or more. In spite the legal framework put in place‚ (i.e. copyright Act 1988 and at its various amendments) to
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Plagiarism‚ copyright laws and social networking. Social and professional networking sites have changed the way we connect and network to other people. It has become a necessity to utilize these sources as a way to communicate and express our thoughts‚ ideas and interests often by posting a written statement or image. Too often these expressions are stolen without the knowledge of the original source. Plagiarism is considered fraud and idea stealing is an act of plagiarism. Copyright law must
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Abraham Garcia Final Project “The Associated Press vs. Fairey” Priscila Casanova Villalpando ID# 1444411 Juan Carlos Marx Gomez ID#1536312 A ciudad universitaria‚ Nuevo león. 20 de mayo 2013 The Associated Press vs. Fairey A PHOTO FINISH? COPYRIGHT AND SHEPARD FAIREY’S USE OF A NEWS PHOTO IMAGE OFTHE PRESIDENT Shelly Rosenfeld “Most importantly‚ I am fighting the AP to protect the rights of all artists‚ especially those with a desire to make art with social commentary. This is about artistic
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• The relationships among institutions‚ and the political norms and rules that govern their functions International Business Part Two Comparative Environmental Frameworks Chapter Three The Political and Legal Environments Facing Business 3-2 Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Individualism vs. Collectivism Political Ideology • Individualism: primacy of the rights and role of the individual • Collectivism: primacy of the rights and role of the community • The
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