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Dental smile copyright

Published 1st April 2019

This is a case about alleged copyright infringement of photographs of teeth.

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Stairway to Heaven: RIAA and NMPA on copyright under- and overprotection

Published 29th December 2018

Both the RIAA and the NMPA, and their many members, have a shared interest in maintaining strong but not excessive copyright protection, and in helping copyright law develop in ways that clarify the law’s boundaries.

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Experts from educational supervision authority have been accused of scientific plagiarism

Published 11th October 2018

Scientific community “Dissernet” has examined scientific works of experts from Russian educational supervision authority Rosobrnadzor and discovered “incorrect citations” and “forgeries” in scientific works wrote by Rosobrnadzor’s experts. Community believes educational supervision authority discredits itself if employs such experts. Rosobrnadzor replied that the procedure of accreditation of such experts is “extremely public”.

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You can’t copyright a pose, even if it is renowned like in Jumpman logo

Published 25th June 2018

Rentmeester’s photo

This is a copyright infringement action brought by the photographer Jacobus Rentmeester against Nike. The case involves a famous photograph Rentmeester took in 1984 of Michael Jordan, who at the time was a student at the University of North Carolina. The photo originally appeared in Life magazine as part of a photo essay featuring American athletes who would soon be competing in the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.

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How Zorro in public domain can cause a copyright dispute

Published 12th June 2018

The fictional character of “Zorro” first debuted in 1919 in “The Curse of Capistrano” (“COC”), a serialized story by Johnston McCulley which was published in All-Story Weekly. In 1920, COC was adapted into a silent movie titled “The Mark of Zorro” by Douglas Fairbanks. In 1922, McCulley published a sequel to COC entitled “The Further Adventures of Zorro,” which also appeared as a serialized story in All-Story Weekly. COC has also since been re-published as a novel entitled “The Mark of Zorro.” All of these works are in the public domain.

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It is not plagiarism when the Russian soldier of future is very similar to game character

Published 31st May 2018

Russian state corporation RosTech has presented the concept of a Russian soldier of future. Some internet users have found many similarities with character from the game Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

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Idea that was found first in nature is not a protectable element

Published 16th May 2018

Wyland (left) v Folkens (right)

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant infringed on his pen and ink depiction of two dolphins crossing underwater. Applying the objective extrinsic test for substantial similarity, the panel held that the only area of commonality between the parties’ works was an element first found in nature, expressing ideas that nature has already expressed for all, a court need not permit the case to go to a trier of fact.

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Russian minister of education instructed to check all scientific works of ministry executives on plagiarism

Published 7th May 2018

The Russian minister of education, Olga Vasilievna, made this decision when one of her deputies has been accused of plagiarism. The most interesting is that this decision is not made officially. One of her executives has received instruction to check scientific works, but this instruction has been made without terms for its execution.

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Think twice before to adopt someone’s idea

Published 16th February 2018

Or can the composition of a photograph be the source of originality?

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Adaptation of photo without substantial similarity

Published 9th February 2018

On a sunny April day in 2007, freelancer Donald Harney snapped a photograph (“the Photo”) of a blond girl in a pink coat riding piggyback on her father’s shoulders as they emerged from a Palm Sunday service in the Beacon Hill section of Boston. Just over a year later, the pair in the Photo became a national media sensation.

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