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Swiss philosopher sues former Chinese student of copyright infringement

Professor Iso Kern is suing Ni Liangkang, a philosophy professor at Zhejiang University, and the Commercial Press, a publisher renowned for translating literature in the humanities and social sciences.

Deepfakes: Friend or foe?

Are deepfakes a friend or a foe? That was the central question Pranit Biswas, managing associate at SS Rana & Co in New Delhi, asked the audience on the opening day of the Global IP Convention in Istanbul.

Reality TV show in India sends copyright violation notices to startup participants

The defences available to the startups plus the biggest takeaway from this copyright infringement incident

Singaporean photographer wins appeal in copyright case against artist from Luxembourg

Court decision essential in today’s information age, a triumph for copyright holders, says IP lawyer

INTA 2024: Debate continues on copyrights for ChatGPT, other generative AI

Intellectual property lawyers shared their insights on the ongoing debate about copyright questions with the advent of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.

INTA 2024: IP in video games as brands expand presence

State registration of disposal of exclusive rights under a contract

The turnover of exclusive rights becomes almost commensurate with the turnover of material things, which inevitably gives rise to controversial issues. Thus, by virtue of Paragraph 1 of Article 1233 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, “the c...

Copyright Forum 2024: More joint initiatives would be welcome in Vietnam, says IP lawyer

The forum’s significance to Vietnam and why Korea is the logical choice of partner for the initiative

Challenges in judicial practice for copyright protection in China

China offers a number of remedies to copyright holders’ rights. Bob Zhang, Kayla Sun and Kevin Xu share some of their firm’s most important copyright cases, all of which have helped shape China’s latest judicial practices of copyright protection.

Bangladesh’s IP Experts 2024

Bangladesh has made great strides in its economy, and per capita income in the country has increased both at the individual and collective level. In a pattern seen previously across South Asia, as the country’s populace has become relatively more wea...

Macau’s IP Experts 2024

As tourism, mainly from mainland China, rebounds in Macau, the intellectual properties involved in the special administrative region’s (SAR) booming gaming industry have made headlines in 2023 and 2024.

2024 China’s top IP firms, practices

China’s concerted efforts to improve the protection of intellectual property rights have fuelled the country’s rise to become one of the world’s top economies.

SG’s Copyright Act 2021: Public consultation on exceptions involving access control measures begins

Ministry of Law, IPOS seek feedback on whether these exceptions should be retained, modified, etc.

India’s Copyright Office issues record number of registration certificates for FY 2023-2024

36,729 copyright applications filed, around 45,000 disposed

Japan’s IP Experts 2024

Publishers in Japan are concerned about whether the country’s copyright laws adequately protect against generative AI