query: who owns the likeness and intellectual property of dead celebrities

pos: Personality rights right of publicity is a property right, rather than a tort, and so the right may be transferable to the person's heirs after their death. The Celebrities Rights Act was passed in California in 1985 and it extended the personality rights for a celebrity to 70 years after their death. Previously, the 1979 "Lugosi v. Universal Pictures" decision by the California Supreme Court held that Bela Lugosi's personality rights could not pass to his heirs. Personality rights The right of publicity, often called personality rights, is the right of an individual to control the commercial use of his or her

neg: Ip Man 3 is the sole owner of all worldwide rights relating to Lee, including his name, image and likeness, was "justifiably shocked" over Pegasus Motion Pictures' decision to include Lee in their film, which Storti said was "completely unauthorized" by BLE. "To state it in no uncertain terms, BLE intends to seek all remedies available to it to stop Pegasus from including the computer-generated version of Bruce Lee in "Ip Man 3"," he added. However, Pegasus asserted that Bruce Lee's brother Robert Lee, who worked as a consultant on "Ip Man 3", owns the intellectual property rights of Lee, a claim which

neg: Lugosi v. Universal Pictures Lugosi v. Universal Pictures Lugosi v. Universal Pictures, 603 P.2d 425 (Cal. 1979), was a decision of the Supreme Court of California respecting the personality rights of celebrities, particularly addressing whether these rights descended to the celebrities' heirs. The suit was brought by the heirs of Béla Lugosi, who sued Universal Pictures in 1966 for using his personality rights without the heirs' permission. The trial court ruled in favor of the Lugosi heirs, but Universal Studios won the case in an appeal. The court determined that a dead person had no right to their likeness, and any rights that existed

neg: Jonathan Pink Eyed Peas, defended the former members of the band Black Flag in a trademark claim brought by one of their former bandmates., and represented Tony Award-winning performer, Ben Vereen, in the actor's action for misappropriation of his name and likeness in connection with a toothpaste advertisement. Pink is a frequent speaker at intellectual property conferences and is the author of more than three dozen intellectual property-related articles. He has provided commentary on intellectual property issues to ESPN’s Morning Show and NPR’s All Things Considered, and has been quoted by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall

neg: Peter Jenner World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). According to Jenner, "we don't know who owns what and where" and this holds back the copyright licensing of music online. Jenner now wants to see a wide variety of online music services and business models being licensed, through a mixture of blanket licenses and individual licences. Jenner argues that copyright, and intellectual property more generally, is a system which ensures that people get paid. He argues that "Intellectual property is not something like a chair." Peter Jenner Peter Jenner (born 1943) is a British music manager and a record producer. Jenner, Andrew King and

neg: Cyborg data mining technology is in, but rather the company who owns the intellectual property to that technology, as well as other third-parties. Companies are now able to mine the data exhaust from internet-enabled wearable and implantable technologies, such as medical and fitness tracking devices (Fitbit, Apple Watch Nike+, etc.), sensors, PMs, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) microchips, and so forth. However, consumers in the U.S. do not have agency over their data due to current intellectual property law and the third-party doctrine. Intellectual property owners of the software, as well as the patented hardware and processes, of these devices acquire the data from

neg: Web Sheriff Web Sheriff Web Sheriff is an anti-piracy company based in the United Kingdom that provides intellectual property, copyright and privacy rights protection services for clients that include record labels, musical artists, film studios, news media organizations, and celebrities. The company monitors various websites that host links to downloads of music and film. Web Sheriff has been in operation since 2000, with two offices in the UK. The company was founded by intellectual property lawyer John Giacobbi, who acts as its managing director. Web Sheriff sends legal take-down notice to BitTorrent and other file sharing sites, and also engages with blogs

neg: Doron Ben-Atar "rocked the current patent debate by saying that piracy is not only inevitable, it may even be beneficial." He claims U.S. economic development was founded on the illegal misappropriation of intellectual property. Business World India calls him "a genial giant from the world of academia" who has undermined conventional arguments in the hotly debated question of who owns intellectual property by looking at the issue through the prism of the past. Ben-Atar maintains that "it is impossible to contain the abuse of technology without undermining the free flow of knowledge that is the prerequisite for innovation." Christine MacLeod of Bristol

neg: Super Aguri SA07 ""The constructor of an engine or rolling chassis is the person (including any corporate or unincorporated body) which owns the intellectual property rights to such engine or chassis."" Since Super Aguri owns the intellectual property rights, they claim that the car is within the rules. Indeed, the Honda F1 RA106 was sold to PJUU Inc, and Super Aguri F1 acquired the rights through them and thereafter modified the package to meet the technical regulations for the 2007 season. There is also another issue of the team's possible violation of the Concorde Agreement. Both Spyker and Williams claim that Super Aguri

neg: Daily fantasy sports Washington NFL player Pierre Garçon also filed a class-action lawsuit against FanDuel, arguing that the service had exploited his name and likeness without permission as part of its services and marketing. FanDuel objected to the lawsuit, arguing that its use of his likeness fell within existing case law surrounding the use of player names and statistics in fantasy sports games. Garçon's lawsuit was settled out of court. In December 2015, Canadian media company TheScore launched QuickDraft, a daily fantasy game targeted at both Canada and the United States, based on the intellectual property of its 2014 acquisition of Swoopt. In

neg: John Robert Powers websites include photos of famous personalities and name other celebrities as graduates. Pictures of celebrities such as Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne hang in the lobby of franchises. The Los Angeles Better Business Bureau attempted to contact some of these celebrities through their agents or close family members, and those who responded neither attended classes at JRP nor authorized use of their likeness. Celebrities, their representatives or immediate family members who claimed no involvement with JRP schools included Lucille Ball, Heather Locklear, Barbara Walters, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, John Wayne and Betty Ford. According to the "National First

neg: Debates within libertarianism immediately enters the state of nature from which anyone (save the state) may homestead it. Libertarians hold a variety of views on intellectual property (IP) and patents. Some libertarian natural rights theorists justify property rights in ideas (and other intangibles) just as they do property rights in physical goods, saying whoever made it owns it. Other libertarian natural rights theorists, especially since Stephan Kinsella, have held that only physical material can be owned and that ownership of "intellectual property" amount to an illegitimate claim of ownership over that which enters another's mind, that which cannot be removed or controlled without

neg: Online identity identity on eBay. Sony objected, asserting that the character is Sony's intellectual property, and demanded the removal of the auction; under the terms of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), eBay could have become a party to a copyright infringement lawsuit if it failed to comply. Left unresolved is a fundamental question: Who owns an online identity created at a commercial Web site? Does an online identity belong to the person who created it, or to the company that owns the software used to create the identity? Online identity Internet identity (IID), also online identity or internet persona, is

neg: Animal-made art blank canvas to work with, Bini grabs a brush with his mouth and begins adding colors to create an abstract work. The copyright to an artistic work is typically held by its author. In cases where the artistic work was created by an animal, intellectual property analysts Mary M. Luria and Charles Swan have argued that neither the human who provides the equipment used to create the work, nor the human who owns the animal itself (when applicable), can hold the copyright to the resulting work by the animal. In these cases, the animal's work was not an intellectual creation

neg: The Likeness The Likeness The Likeness is a 2008 mystery novel by Tana French. Set in Ireland, it is the second volume in French's Dublin Murder Squad series. The story follows the efforts of detective Cassie Maddox to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of Lexie Madison, a young woman who is her doppelgänger. The dead woman not only resembles Cassie but also was living under an alias the detective used in an earlier undercover assignment. A senior police officer, Frank Mackey, convinces Cassie to impersonate the dead woman to investigate her death and to discover who she really was. As the

neg: Dead Celebrities at "South Park Studios", the official "South Park" website. It featured a frightened Ike standing above the phrase, "I see dead celebrities". "Dead Celebrities" includes references to several actors, singers and other celebrities who died in the summer of 2009, when the thirteenth season of "South Park" was on a mid-season hiatus. The episode serves not only to parody the celebrities themselves, but also to provide commentary on the tendency of American media to exploit, idolatrize and excessively report on the lives of celebrities. The most prominently featured of these celebrities is pop singer Michael Jackson, who died of multiple

neg: Inter IKEA Holding Inter IKEA Holding Inter IKEA Holding S.A. (also known as Inter IKEA Group) is a holding company and is fully owned by Interogo Foundation. It owns Inter IKEA Systems B.V., registered in the Netherlands, and thereby controls the intellectual property of the IKEA. As Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, and his family control the Interogo Foundation brand, they also control Inter IKEA Holding S.A. "Inter IKEA Systems B.V." is a holding company and is fully owned by Inter IKEA Holding S.A. and thus Interogo Foundation. It is the company that legally owns all of the IKEA brand's intellectual properties

neg: NBA Jam (1993 video game) the Sega CD, Game Boy, and Game Gear in 1994. Midway did not secure the license to use Michael Jordan's name or likeness (as Jordan himself owns the rights to his name and likeness and not the NBA), and as such he was not available as a player for the Chicago Bulls or any other team. Another notable absence from the home versions is Shaquille O'Neal, who was in the arcade version as a member of the Orlando Magic (and who later followed in Jordan's footsteps in buying his name and likeness from the NBA). New Jersey Nets guard Dražen

neg: Intellectual Reserve, Inc. v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc. Intellectual Reserve v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry was a United States district court decision (1999) on the subject of deep linking and contributory infringement of copyright. The plaintiff, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., is a Salt Lake City, Utah-based corporation that owns the copyright and has the rights to other intellectual property assets used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, better known as the 'Mormons'). The defendants, Utah Lighthouse Ministries, Inc., operate a web site and publishes material critical of the LDS Church. The LDS Church had printed a work

neg: Dead Celebrities Dead Celebrities "Dead Celebrities" is the eighth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series "South Park". The 189th overall episode of the series, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 7, 2009. In the episode, Ike is haunted by the ghosts of dead celebrities until Michael Jackson, who refuses to accept death, possesses him. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker, and was rated TV-MA L in the United States (specifically for adults, with coarse language). "Dead Celebrities" included references to several actors, singers and famous people

neg: Clarivate Analytics firms Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia. In May 2018, Clarivate Analytics launched Arabic citation index worldwide. Clarivate Analytics Clarivate Analytics is a company that owns and operates a collection of subscription-based services focused largely on analytics, including scientific and academic research, patent analytics, regulatory standards, trademark protection, pharmaceutical and biotechnology intelligence, domain brand protection and intellectual property management. The services include Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent Innovation, Derwent World Patents Index, CompuMark, MarkMonitor, Techstreet, Publons, EndNote and Kopernio. Clarivate Analytics was formerly the "Intellectual Property and Science" business of Thomson Reuters. In 2016 Thomson Reuters struck a $3.55

neg: Portable Batch System MRJ Technology Solutions. MRJ was acquired by Veridian in the late 1990s. Altair Engineering acquired the rights to all the PBS technology and intellectual property from Veridian in 2003. Altair Engineering currently owns and maintains the intellectual property associated with PBS, and also employs the original development team from NASA. The following versions of PBS are currently available: The license for PBS derived programs allows redistribution accompanied by information on how to obtain the source code and modifications, and requires an acknowledgement in any advertising clause mentioning use of the software (compare the BSD advertising clause). Prior to 2002, PBS

neg: Authentic Brands Group on April 30, 2018. On June 10, 2018, the firm announced that it was the winning bidder for the intellectual property of Nine West Holdings. The acquisition was completed on July 3, 2018. On October 10, 2018, ABG announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a majority stake in the intellectual property of the Camuto Group's proprietary brands in partnership with DSW Inc. Authentic Brands Group Authentic Brands Group LLC is a brand development, marketing and entertainment company based out of New York City, New York, which owns a global portfolio of entertainment and lifestyle brands.

neg: TallyGenicom TallyGenicom The TallyGenicom brand, acquired by Printronix in 2009, includes laser and line matrix printers, parts, consumables and service. Printronix now owns the intellectual property and worldwide sales distribution rights for TallyGenicom line matrix and laser technologies, including printers, supplies and consumables. TallyGenicom AG retained all intellectual property and worldwide distribution rights for the TallyGenicom serial matrix, inkjet and thermal technologies, including printers and options, supplies and consumables. In June 2009, DASCOM acquired the key assets of TallyGenicom AG and TallyGenicom Computerdrucker GmbH in order to establish its European operation, which is named DASCOM Europe. DASCOM Europe manufacture and market

neg: The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" is the eighth episode of the third season of the animated comedy series "Bob's Burgers". The episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 9, 2012. The episode centers around Gene Belcher as he attempts to end an undesirable relationship with his irritating female classmate Courtney. However, when he learns that Courtney's father Doug is a jingle writer who owns several electronic musical instruments, he decides to stay in the relationship, hoping that Doug will be able to start Gene a music career of his own. A

neg: Intellectual Reserve Intellectual Reserve Intellectual Reserve, Inc (IRI) is a non-profit corporation based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Founded in 1997, it is wholly owned and operated by the Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It holds the church's intellectual property, including copyrights and trademarks. IRI owns over 60 trademarks associated with the church. In some countries, "Mormon" and some phrases including the term are registered trademarks owned by IRI. In 2002, the LDS Church applied for a trademark in the United States on "Mormon" as applied to religious services; however,

neg: Clarivate Analytics Clarivate Analytics Clarivate Analytics is a company that owns and operates a collection of subscription-based services focused largely on analytics, including scientific and academic research, patent analytics, regulatory standards, trademark protection, pharmaceutical and biotechnology intelligence, domain brand protection and intellectual property management. The services include Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent Innovation, Derwent World Patents Index, CompuMark, MarkMonitor, Techstreet, Publons, EndNote and Kopernio. Clarivate Analytics was formerly the "Intellectual Property and Science" business of Thomson Reuters. In 2016 Thomson Reuters struck a $3.55 billion dollar deal in which they spun it off into an independent company and sold it to private-equity

neg: Burning Man initial announcement, the Terms and Conditions for ticket buyers were changed to reflect an alteration in the structure of the business. Under the new terms it was made known that a new LLC was created, Decommodification LLC, which in the new non-profit business structure, owns all of the intellectual property associated with the Burning Man brand, including ownership over logos and trademarks, and will be responsible for enforcement thereof. The non-profit Burning Man Project licenses usage of all intellectual property associated with Burning Man from Decommodification LLC. After questions were raised by the community about this new LLC within the

neg: Diocese of South Carolina justice would have allowed all of the breakaway parishes to retain their property. As a result of the mixed opinion, 29 parish properties and St. Christopher Camp must be returned to the Episcopal Church in South Carolina, while the remaining seven parishes of the Diocese of South Carolina involved in the lawsuit own their properties. The decision did not settle the question of who owns the name "Diocese of South Carolina" and intellectual property because one justice did not participate in that portion of the decision. That left a 2-2 tie and the lower court's ruling remains in place on

neg: TallyGenicom the majority owner. TallyGenicom’s U.S.-based assets were acquired by Printronix in 2009. All intellectual property and worldwide distribution rights for the TallyGenicom serial matrix, inkjet and thermal technologies were retained by TallyGenicom AG and acquired by DASCOM in June 2009. Laser Printers: 9045N, 9050N Line Matrix Printers: 6300 series, LG series, LJ series, T6200 series, 6600 series Serial Matrix Printers: 2240/2340, 2150/2250, LA550, 2265+/2280, LA650, LA800, 2365/2380, 2900 TallyGenicom The TallyGenicom brand, acquired by Printronix in 2009, includes laser and line matrix printers, parts, consumables and service. Printronix now owns the intellectual property and worldwide sales distribution rights for TallyGenicom

neg: Eijudō Hibino at Seventy-one (Toyokuni I) possible that it was issued to memorialize the publisher having experienced "hatsuyume". What is fairly universally accepted is that it is a very rare and notable work, being "one of the few ichimai-e [single sheet prints] of the 18th century to feature neither a bijin nor an actor." There is an "ukiyo-e" genre known as "shini-e" devoted to memorializing the dead, particularly artists. Alternatively, the "nigao-e" genre of 'likeness pictures' constitutes portraits—often head-shots—of mainly actors. There is, however, within the universe of Edo era "ukiyo-e", no tradition of personal portraiture of non-celebrities as exemplified in this print. The ROM dates

neg: WhoSay WhoSay WHOSAY is an influence marketing agency owned by Viacom that was founded in Los Angeles in 2010. It was notable for allowing its users to retain ownership rights over the content that they post to their accounts and for enabling users to post content to other social media sites. WHOSAY was founded in March 2010, by Steve Ellis and the Los Angeles-based talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). The company's main headquarters are in The New York Times Building in Manhattan. The company was founded to protect celebrities' intellectual property and enable the celebrities themselves to profit themselves from

neg: Intellectual Property Law Certification Intellectual Property Law Certification Intellectual Property Law Certification is offered by the Florida Bar. The purpose of the standards is to identify those lawyers who practice intellectual property law and have the special knowledge, skills, and proficiency, as well as the character, ethics, and reputation for professionalism, to be properly identified to the public as certified intellectual property lawyers. Minimum standards for certification in intellectual property law include at least five years of full time law practice during the five years immediately preceding the date of application; substantial involvement 30 percent or more in the practice of intellectual property law

neg: Intellectual Property Law Certification 2014, in Intellectual Property by the Florida Bar. Intellectual Property Law Certification Intellectual Property Law Certification is offered by the Florida Bar. The purpose of the standards is to identify those lawyers who practice intellectual property law and have the special knowledge, skills, and proficiency, as well as the character, ethics, and reputation for professionalism, to be properly identified to the public as certified intellectual property lawyers. Minimum standards for certification in intellectual property law include at least five years of full time law practice during the five years immediately preceding the date of application; substantial involvement 30 percent or

neg: Shanghai Disneyland Park lost admissions fees. In addition to the attractions and two hotels, a high-speed rail system is being built to get visitors to and from the site. Disney owns 43% of the property, and the state-controlled Shanghai Shendi Group owns the remaining 57%. On May 7, 2016, Shanghai Disneyland Park had started soft openings. Disney aired the live broadcast of the grand opening show on its Facebook page on the night of June 15, 2016. Bob Iger, chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company was joined by nearly 3,000 distinguished guests and celebrities for a showcase of choreography,

neg: Lugosi v. Universal Pictures name or likeness for 70 years after death. Legislation passed in 2007 extended that right retroactively to all persons who have died since January 1, 1938. Lugosi v. Universal Pictures Lugosi v. Universal Pictures, 603 P.2d 425 (Cal. 1979), was a decision of the Supreme Court of California respecting the personality rights of celebrities, particularly addressing whether these rights descended to the celebrities' heirs. The suit was brought by the heirs of Béla Lugosi, who sued Universal Pictures in 1966 for using his personality rights without the heirs' permission. The trial court ruled in favor of the Lugosi heirs, but

neg: Student Intellectual Property Law Association each chapter. Logos for the Student Intellectual Property Law Association have been placed in the public domain under the GNU Free Documentation License. Student Intellectual Property Law Association The Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) is a voluntary association for law students who share an interest in intellectual property. SIPLA chapters can typically be found at law schools that provide intellectual property curriculum. Although there is no national SIPLA body, either self endowed or sponsored by a national association, independent student chapters have materialized due to the need to organize intellectual property related events and provide networking and learning opportunities

neg: Dead Celebrities Twitter accounts. A subplot claimed food at the Chipotle Mexican Grill resulted in customers defecating blood, a claim which was disputed by the restaurant chain within days of the episode's broadcast. "Dead Celebrities" received generally mixed reviews. According to Nielsen ratings, "Dead Celebrities" was seen by 2.67 million overall households. Ike is terrified by frequent encounters with the ghosts of recently deceased celebrities. He is haunted by people such as Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine, Ed McMahon, DJ AM, and especially Billy Mays, who repeatedly tries selling Ike products from the afterlife. Kyle is terrified when he finds out about the

neg: Paramount Network of its programming time to the "Star Trek" franchise in the past before the Viacom/CBS Corporation split on January 1, 2006 left the majority of the "Star Trek" intellectual property to CBS as a part of the former Paramount Television division and they decided to exercise licensing options away from their former Viacom brethren. It featured "" heavily before introducing "" in 2004 and "" in 2006. All of these introductions were accompanied by multi-day marathons at some point; the "Next Generation" marathon included appearances by celebrities such as Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher in the series. "Deep Space

neg: Tom Kelley (photographer) were in good taste. I thought nudes were lovely." Tom Kelley Jr. attempted to auction off, not only his father's photographs of Marilyn Monroe, but also their intellectual property rights such that the buyer could remarket them in any way they so chose. Kelley Jr. set the price high, but when the bid only reached $840,000 he decided not to sell. Tom Kelley (photographer) Tom Kelley Sr. (December 12, 1914 – January 8, 1984) was an American photographer who photographed Hollywood celebrities in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his iconic 1949 nude photographs of Marilyn Monroe,

neg: Economy of Singapore estimated personal wealth worth AU$835 million, and multi-billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin are two examples of wealthy individuals who have settled in Singapore (Blundy in 2013 and Saverin in 2012). Additionally, Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart owns property in Singapore and American investor Jim Rogers moved to Singapore in 2007—Rogers has identified the 21st century as an era in which Asia will dominate and wishes for his two daughters to learn Mandarin as a key outcome of the relocation. Chinese Media TV celebrities Jet Li and Gong Li have also taken up naturalised Singapore citizenship. The Monetary Authority of Singapore

neg: Intellectual Property Institute Intellectual Property Institute The Intellectual Property Institute (IPI), or IP Institute, is a British non-profit making organisation with the mission of promoting "awareness and understanding of intellectual property law". The Institute has a thirty-year history of intellectual property and economics research. The current director of the Institute is Professor Johanna Gibson who was appointed April 2010. In 1982 Hugh Brett wrote that the "primary objective of the Institute will be to provide the facilities for research into the relevance and reform of intellectual property law. It is not possible to meet the needs of industry and the demands of innovation

neg: Intellectual property and DRM. In civil law jurisdictions, intellectual property has often been referred to as intellectual rights, traditionally a somewhat broader concept that has included moral rights and other personal protections that cannot be bought or sold. Use of the term "intellectual rights" has declined since the early 1980s, as use of the term "intellectual property" has increased. Alternative terms "monopolies on information" and "intellectual monopoly" have emerged among those who argue against the "property" or "intellect" or "rights" assumptions, notably Richard Stallman. The backronyms "intellectual protectionism" and "intellectual poverty", whose initials are also "IP", have found supporters as well, especially

neg: Student Intellectual Property Law Association Student Intellectual Property Law Association The Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) is a voluntary association for law students who share an interest in intellectual property. SIPLA chapters can typically be found at law schools that provide intellectual property curriculum. Although there is no national SIPLA body, either self endowed or sponsored by a national association, independent student chapters have materialized due to the need to organize intellectual property related events and provide networking and learning opportunities to students. Every year, SIPLA organizes networking and speaking events featuring influential I.P. professionals. See the below links for the specific activities of

neg: Civilization (series) fame, Brian Reynolds ("Civilization II" lead designer and programmer), who went on to create "Rise of Nations", and Soren Johnson ("Civilization III" co-designer and "Civilization IV" lead designer and programmer), who worked on "Spore" and "Offworld Trading Company". Some issues associated with the "Civilization" name, due to the 1980 "Civilization" board game created by Francis Tresham, arose during the late 1990s but have been resolved through agreements, settlements, and publishing company acquisitions; presently Take-Two, the parent company of Firaxis, owns full rights to both the name and intellectual property for the series. As of February 2017, the series has shipped

neg: Jonathan Pink seminal intellectual property case invalidating as unconstitutional Section 511(a) of the United States Copyright Act: Marketing Information Masters, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the California State University System, 552 F. Supp. 2d 1088 (S.D. Cal. 2008). In addition, Pink successfully represented Sephora USA in a suit brought by Sophia Loren and the estate of Marilyn Monroe in a claim for misappropriation of name and likeness; motion picture producer John Doe in defending a copyright claim regarding a feature film released by Lions Gate Entertainment; and prevailed in defense of a $10 million claim for a breach of contract dispute

neg: Omni (magazine) of PGMI, OMNI was reimagined as a series of print quarterlies starting in 2017, with Pamela Weintraub as Editor-in-Chief and Ellen Datlow as Fiction Editor. Other team members include Robert Killheffer and Corey S. Powell as Executive Editors and Matt Westphalen as Creative Director. In 2013, Glenn Fleishman undertook a research project with the goal of learning who currently owns the "Omni" intellectual property, and concluded that the rights to the fiction published in "Omni" had long since reverted to the original authors (who had only sold first North American publication rights), and that "possibly even the current ostensible owner"

neg: Monkey selfie copyright dispute one hand on the tripod when this was going on, but I was being prodded and poked by would be groomers and a few playful juveniles who nibbled at my arms" In a November 2017 interview with the radio show "This American Life", Slater said that he was holding the tripod with his fingers when the images were taken. American and British intellectual property lawyers Mary M. Luria and Charles Swan said that because the creator of the photograph is an animal and not a person, there is no copyright on the photograph, regardless of who owns the equipment with

neg: Jeff Stryker academically analyzed in a paper presented at the 1995 Bowling Green State University Conference in Cultural Studies: "Lesbian Pornography and Transformation: Foucault, Bourdieu, and de Certeau Make Sense of the Jeff Stryker Dildo", by Mary T. Conway, then a graduate student at Temple University. The sex toy is notable not only for being popular, but also as Stryker and the manufacturer of the item litigated for the rights to its likeness as part of Stryker's "intellectual property". The case eventually reached a mutually acceptable resolution (see ). In a 1999 salon.com article written by Jeff Stryker, a New York journalist

neg: Author other considerations, come into play? Additionally, how does copyright apply to fan-generated stories for books? What powers do the original authors, as well as the publishers, have in regulating or even stopping the fan fiction? This particular sort of case also illustrates how complex intellectual property law can be, since such fiction may also involved trademark law (e.g. for names of characters in media franchises), likeness rights (such as for actors, or even entirely fictional entities), fair use rights held by the public (including the right to parody or satirize), and many other interacting complications. Authors may portion out different

neg: Danny Trejo is a contributor to the book "Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories From Behind Bars" (2015). In the comics series "DMZ", a convicted felon named Danny who resembles Trejo appears. In the thirtieth volume of Hiroya Oku's "Gantz" manga series, Kei Kurono fights a humanoid alien giant who has Danny Trejo's appearance and likeness. This bout is on chapter 326 of the "Gantz" manga series. Trejo owns a home in the San Fernando Valley. He has two children with his ex-wife Debbie; he filed for divorce in 2009. Trejo owns several ventures in the food and restaurant business; as of January

neg: Interogo Foundation Interogo Foundation Interogo Foundation is a foundation registered in Liechtenstein. It owns Inter IKEA Holding S.A. registered in Luxembourg, which owns Inter IKEA Systems B.V., registered in the Netherlands, and thereby controls the intellectual property of the IKEA brand. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, and his family control the Interogo Foundation. Royalties of 3% on all IKEA products has resulted in the foundation controlling assets valued at US$15 billion. The foundation was founded on the 29 March 1989 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The aim of the foundation is to secure the continued existence of Inter IKEA Holding S.A. and to

neg: Blue Ensign Technologies captured to produce hydrogen for the processing unit and to generate heat and power. Blue Ensign Technologies Blue Ensign Technologies Limited () is an Australian oil shale company developing the Julia Creek oil shale project through its subsidiary Queensland Shale Oil Limited. It is an owner of the intellectual property of the Rendall Process, a patented hydrogen donor solvent process of shale oil extraction. JSG-A LP (John Rendall's family) owns 42.6% of shares and Colonial First State Investments owns 24.3%. Queensland Shale Oil Limited holds a tenement of near Julia Creek in Queensland. At the first stage, a pilot shale

neg: Mojave Aerospace Ventures of the deal between Allen and Rutan for the funding of Tier One. The company owns all the intellectual property of the Tier One project, such as patents, and so controls commercial exploitation. Allen, the sole source of funding for Tier One, is the majority owner. Rutan, having developed the technology, owns a minority stake. This stands in contrast to the company more usually associated with Tier One, Scaled Composites, which, as of 2007, is owned by Northrop Grumman. MAV serves to separate Tier One spinoffs from Scaled. Mojave Aerospace Ventures is part of Allen's Vulcan Aerospace. On September 25,

neg: Blue Ensign Technologies Blue Ensign Technologies Blue Ensign Technologies Limited () is an Australian oil shale company developing the Julia Creek oil shale project through its subsidiary Queensland Shale Oil Limited. It is an owner of the intellectual property of the Rendall Process, a patented hydrogen donor solvent process of shale oil extraction. JSG-A LP (John Rendall's family) owns 42.6% of shares and Colonial First State Investments owns 24.3%. Queensland Shale Oil Limited holds a tenement of near Julia Creek in Queensland. At the first stage, a pilot shale oil plant with processing capacity one tonne of oil shale per hour will be

neg: Rentech Rentech Rentech, Inc. (stands for Renewable Energy Technology) is a Los Angeles, California, based United States company that owns and operates wood fiber processing and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing businesses. It provides wood chipping and wood pellet services through a subsidiary Fulghum Fibres, Inc. and sells nitrogen fertilizer through Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P. In addition, Rentech owns the intellectual property for a number of energy technologies, such as Rentech–SilvaGas Gasification Process and Fischer–Tropsch process based Rentech Process. Rentech was initially formed in 1981 by Charles Benham and Mark Bohn to develop and commercialize synthetic fuel technologies. In 1991, it incensed its

neg: SmartStudy on the UK Top 40 at number 37. In November 2018, industry sources were predicting that SmartStudy was preparing to go public in 2020, with CEO Kim the biggest shareholder with 23.1 percent stake and Samsung Publishing which owns 20.8 percent. SmartStudy SmartStudy (), is a South Korean educational entertainment company established in 2010, a subsidiary of Samsung Publishing Co Ltd. It develops mobile applications for children and owns intellectual property rights for its popular animated characters, including Pinkfong and Baby Shark, whose mobile app was reported in November, 2018 to have been downloaded by 150 million people in 112

neg: Handbook (LDS Church) In the past, unauthorized copies of the restricted handbook have been made available on the internet. The church asserts copyright over the contents of the "Handbook" and prohibits its duplication. The handbook emphasizes that it has been prepared solely for use by general and local church officers to administer the affairs of the church. The copyright to the "Handbook" is owned by Intellectual Reserve, Inc., a corporation that is owned by the LDS Church, which owns the church's intellectual property rights. After the 1998 version of the "Church Handbook" was published, Jerald and Sandra Tanner's Utah Lighthouse Ministry published portions

neg: David Kappos of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, and the International Intellectual Property Society. Kappos is a Board Member of the Executive Advisory Committee of the International IP Commercialization Council (IIPCC.org), a global NPO NGO. After leaving the PTO, Kappos joined the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he advises clients on intellectual property matters relating to corporate mergers and acquisitions and litigation. David Kappos David "Dave" J. Kappos (born March 3, 1961, Palos Verdes, California) is an attorney who served as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director

neg: Intellectual rights Intellectual rights Intellectual rights (from "") is a term sometimes used to refer to the legal protection afforded to owners of intellectual capital. This notion is more commonly referred to as "intellectual property", though "intellectual rights" more aptly describes the nature of the protections afforded by most nations. Both terms were used in Europe during the 19th century as a means of distinguishing between two different views of intellectual protection. "Intellectual property" was generally used to advocate a belief that copyrights and patents should provide rights similar to physical property rights. The term "intellectual rights" was used by those who

neg: Cripps Pink in multiple countries. The peak industry body for Australian apple and pear growers – Apple and Pear Australia Limited (APAL) – owns and manages within their territory the intellectual property in the Pink Lady family of trade marks, which is registered in more than 80 territories. Pink Lady America manages the Pink Lady family of trademarks in the United States and Mexico for Brandt's Fruit Trees of Washington State who own the series of trademarks in these countries. Registration of the Pink Lady trade mark in Australia has been a challenging process. This is primarily due to the apple being

neg: Mozilla Foundation as on governance and policy issues. The Mozilla Foundation owns the Mozilla trademarks and other intellectual property, which it licenses to the Mozilla Corporation. It also controls the Mozilla source code repository and decides who is allowed to check code in. On August 3, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation announced the creation of Mozilla Corporation, described as "a taxable subsidiary that serves the non-profit, public benefit goals of its parent, the Mozilla Foundation, and that will be responsible for product development, marketing and distribution of Mozilla products." It also handles relationships with businesses, many of which generate income. Unlike the Mozilla

neg: Scientology private investigators, including former and current Los Angeles police officers, to give themselves a layer of protection in case embarrassing tactics were used and became public. The Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) has been described as "most secret organization in all of Scientology." The organization owns the copyrights to all Scientology materials and the bulk of Hubbard's estate. CST licenses this intellectual property to the Religious Technology Center who then sub-licenses it to Church of Scientology International. The organization also operates the Scientology archiving project, which aims to preserve the works of Hubbard on stainless steel tablets, encased in titanium

neg: Big data ethics of observation of people and their thoughts as a result of the Internet, these questions are increasingly important to address. Slavery, the ownership of a person, is outlawed in all recognised countries. The question of personal data ownership falls into an unknown territory in between corporate ownership, intellectual property, and slavery. Who owns a digital identity? European laws, the General Data Protection Regulation, indicate that individuals own their own personal data. Personal data refers to data sets describing a person ranging from physical attributes to their preferences and behaviour. Examples of personal data include: Genome data, GPS location, written communication,

neg: Replica accessories like Louis Vuitton, Coach, Chanel, and Rolex are major labels that get copied. Controversies with replicas (museum context) are associated with who owns the past. With works of art museums assert their intellectual property rights for replicas and reproduction of images which many museums use commercial licensing for providing access to images. Issues are arising with more images being available on the internet and it being free access. Artists can claim copyright infringement related to displays of their work in a context they did not approve of which can be the creation of replicas of their pieces. With replica

neg: Super Aguri SA07 (and both Red Bull teams) have broken Schedule 3 of the Agreement which states: ""A constructor is a person (including any incorporated or unincorporated body) who owns the intellectual property rights to the rolling chassis it currently races, and does not incorporate in such chassis any part designed or manufactured by any other constructor of F1 racing cars except for standard items of safety equipment, providing that nothing in the Schedule 3 shall prevent the use of an engine or gearbox manufactured by a person other than the constructor of the chassis."" Spyker and Williams believe that if the SA07

neg: VWorker their homework problems. vWorker's solution was to strengthen its copyright and intellectual property complaint system so that it can be used by site users and members of the public for removing sensitive materials. Professors could use the same system to remove projects for homework because the professor who created the homework owns the copyright to it. VWorker vWorker was an online portal and teleworking employment agency that enabled companies to outsource projects and independent contractors to find work. Together with Elance, Freelancer, Guru, and Upwork, it was one of the largest global freelance marketplaces of its kind. On November 19,

neg: Digital scholarship take action because digital technologies have led to the easy reproduction and commodification of these creations. Many universities are unclear how to address the copyrighting of online classes and media presentations. Current law does not cover these specific areas of media produced in the academic world. In the past any printed work done by professors was considered their intellectual property, but now the question stands as to who owns these different forms of multimedia. One of the main concerns of faculty is that universities will soon take ownership of this digital media. Universities have taken a growing interest in creations

neg: Freedom of Expression (book) cease and desist letter to request that AT&T stop using his trademarked phrase. In his book "Owning Culture: Authorship, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Law", McLeod said that his intention with the registration of "Freedom of Expression" was to initiate social commentary in the media, saying, "I would let the news story itself be the social commentary." The trademarked phrase subsequently fell back into the public domain. McLeod also discusses the history of counter-cultural artistry, recounting episodes such as Dadaist art styles and an incident in which Vanna White initiated a lawsuit against a robot likeness for copyright infringement. He explores

neg: Naked Cowboy a guitar while dressed in a white cowboy hat, cowboy boots and underpants on the electronic animation display that hangs outside the M&M's store at Times Square. Burck, who owns registered trademarks to the Naked Cowboy name and likeness, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Mars Incorporated on February 15, 2008. Burck alleged that the ads infringe on his trademark by "using his likeness, persona, and image for commercial purposes without his written permission and by falsely suggesting that he endorses M&M's candy." The Cowboy’s lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, requests an injunction stopping Mars from using the

neg: Reinhold Cohn Group guides such as: MIP (Managing Intellectual Property), Chambers & Partners Global, Legal 500, PLC -Which Lawyer? (Practical Law Company), Who's Who Legal, IAM 250, Expert Guides,European Legal Experts, D&BIsrael and BDI. Reinhold Cohn Group ranked in top tiers in leading local and international rankings: D&B Israel ranking of Intellectual Property firms in Israel Chambers & Partners ranking of Intellectual Property: Patent & Trade Mark Agents in Israel Legal 500 ranking of Intellectual Property Attorneys in Israel Practical Law Company - Which Lawyer? ranking of Intellectual Property firms in Israel Reinhold Cohn Group Reinhold Cohn Group is the largest, earliest established

neg: Creative industries also been questioned . Some areas, such as Hong Kong, have preferred to shape their policy around a tighter focus on copyright ownership in the value chain. They adopt the WIPO's classifications, which divide up the creative industries according to who owns the copyrights at various stages during the production and distribution of creative content. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has denominated them for Latin America and the Caribbean as the Orange Economy which is defined as the "group of linked activities through which ideas are transformed into cultural goods and services whose value is determined by intellectual property." Others

neg: New York Intellectual Property Law Association and the intellectual property bar in the law of intellectual property, and working with foreign associations to harmonize laws for the protection of intellectual property. The membership of NYIPLA primarily comprises lawyers who have been "admitted to practice 3 or more years in any state or territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, interested in intellectual property law, of good character and in good standing." NYIPLA members include lawyers in private, corporate, and government practice, including specialized and general law firms of all sizes, as well as a variety of fields of industry. Members of the

neg: Brother Records Beach Boys. The logo for Brother Records is a rendition of Cyrus E. Dallin's life size bronze statue "Appeal to the Great Spirit" in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. When Carl Wilson was asked in 1975 why the group used this as their logo, he said the Indian was chosen because the Wilson brothers' grandfather believed that there was a spiritual Indian guide who watched over them from the "other side". The choice of the logo was Brian Wilson's. Brother Records Brother Records, Inc. (BRI) is a holding company established in 1967 that owns the intellectual property rights

neg: JD.com China, in 2017, Jingdong invested $397 million in Farfetch, which provided luxury e-commerce service based on the headquarters in London. The deal focussed on Farfetch's respect for intellectual property which has been contrasted with Alibaba's reputation. Jingdong and Farfetch partnership aims to increase their market share in China. On 4th September, JD.com signed a strategic agreement with Ruyi, a leading textile and fashion giant who owns global fashion brands including Aquascutum, CERRUTI1881, Sandro and Maje. As stated in the press release, JD would deploy its smart logistics, supply chain solutions, big data-enabled inventory management and membership systems for Ruyi’s subsidiary

neg: Bilbo Baggins (band) Bilbo Baggins (band) Bilbo Baggins was a band from Edinburgh who used to be the support act for the Bay City Rollers, sharing the controversial Tam Paton as manager. Their 1978 single, She's Gonna Win, made #42 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2014 the UK's Intellectual Property Enterprise Court halted the band's attempt of a revival following an objection from the Saul Zaentz Company in the United States. SZC, which owns the rights to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, had their complaint upheld because the band's name "did not differentiate it clearly enough from the famous hobbit

neg: Intellectual Property Institute without a proper research centre. West Germany, for example, has the famous Max Planck Institute in Munich, with some 50,000 books, and a budget of over one million pounds per year, largely provided by government. A beginning has to be made……" Intellectual Property Institute The Intellectual Property Institute (IPI), or IP Institute, is a British non-profit making organisation with the mission of promoting "awareness and understanding of intellectual property law". The Institute has a thirty-year history of intellectual property and economics research. The current director of the Institute is Professor Johanna Gibson who was appointed April 2010. In 1982 Hugh

neg: Intellectual Property Owners Association Intellectual Property Owners Association The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) is a trade association that is composed of owners of intellectual property, represented mostly by in-house corporate counsel and private practice attorneys practicing in the field, and other parties interested in intellectual property law. According to its "About IPO" page, the organization is composed about 200 companies and more than 12,000 individuals who are involved in the association either through their companies or as IPO inventor, author, executive, law firm or attorney members. IPO’s corporate members file about 30 percent of the patent applications filed in the USPTO each year

neg: Cross-licensing Cross-licensing A cross-licensing agreement is a contract between two or more parties where each party grants rights to their intellectual property to the other parties. In patent law, a cross-licensing agreement is an agreement according to which two or more parties grant a license to each other for the exploitation of the subject-matter claimed in one or more of the patents each owns. Usually, this type of agreement happens between two parties in order to avoid litigation or to settle an infringement dispute. Very often, the patents that each party owns covers different essential aspects of a given commercial product.

neg: Blood (video game) are witnessed in the game. Collectively, these features caused some public concern about "Blood", leading to a censored re-release of the game. In December 2018, Night Dive Studios announced that Atari commissioned them to create an enhanced version of "Blood". 3D Realms sold Monolith the intellectual property (IP) so 3D Realms could make "Shadow Warrior". Monolith sold the publishing rights, but not the IP for "Blood" and its sequel to GT Interactive. GTI was later acquired by Infogrames, which has since been renamed to Atari. Monolith itself was acquired by Warner Bros. Entertainment, which owns the "Blood" trademark and intellectual

neg: Grateful Dead as "elliptical, by turns vivid and gnomic", which were often "hippie poetry about roses and bells and dew", and critic Robert Christgau described them as "American myths" that later gave way to "the old karma-go-round". Hal Kant was an entertainment industry attorney who specialized in representing musical groups. He spent 35 years as principal lawyer and general counsel for the Grateful Dead, a position in the group that was so strong that his business cards with the band identified his role as "Czar." Kant brought the band millions of dollars in revenue through his management of the band's intellectual property

neg: Georgia Tech Research Institute Research Corporation (GTRC) owns the intellectual property created by all Georgia Tech researchers and manages technology protection and licensing. GTRI reports to the Georgia Tech Executive Vice President of Research (as of 2013, Stephen E. Cross) who currently serves as the President of GTARC. GTRI's project directors are responsible for direction of all aspects of projects, including marketing, contract development, research, and fulfillment. Most projects are conducted on a cost-reimbursable basis and are negotiated by Georgia Tech's Office of Sponsored Programs with terms and conditions appropriate for contracts specific to the operation of a university research organization. The organization is

neg: Audio Home Recording Act top for non-featured musicians and vocalists (distributed by the AFM/SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund, jointly operated by American Federation of Musicians and SAG-AFTRA). The remaining 96% is split 60/40 between two sets of "interested copyright parties". Interested copyright parties, a heretofore unknown category in copyright law, is defined by the act as featured artists receive 40%, and the owners of the right to reproduce sound recordings (an individual or company, mostly the record label, who owns the master sound recording) receive 60%. These parties receive royalties through the Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (AARC) according to the extent

neg: MechWarrior: Living Legends MechWarrior: Living Legends Mechwarrior: Living Legends (also known as MW:LL or MWLL) is an award-winning, fan-created, multiplayer mod, based in the BattleTech universe, and using CryEngine 2 as its engine; it is one of the few mods based on the BattleTech universe (and its supporting Intellectual property) to have been sanctioned by Microsoft—who currently (as of 2011) owns the rights to the Mechwarrior video-game franchise—and additionally received pre-SDK support and sanctioning directly from Crytek, producers of the games' engine. On December 26, 2009, an open beta (version 0.1.0) was released via BitTorrent and other distribution methods. Because the project changes

neg: NetBSD logo, designed by Shawn Mueller in 1994. Mueller's version was based on the famous World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. The NetBSD Foundation is the legal entity that owns the intellectual property and trademarks associated with NetBSD, and on 22 January 2004, became a 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization. The members of the foundation are developers who have CVS commit access. The NetBSD Foundation has a Board of Directors, elected by the voting of members for two years. NetBSD's clean design, high performance, scalability, and support for many architectures has led to its use in embedded devices

neg: James Benson Space stated intentions to be first to market in the emerging multibillion-dollar space tourism or personal spaceflight industry, with the safest and lowest cost astronaut-making suborbital missions. "I am dedicated to opening space for all of humanity and, with SpaceDev well-managed and growing, I plan to spend the next several years creating the possibility that anyone who wants to go to space will be able to, safely and affordably," said Benson in September, 2006. SpaceDev owns many of the patents and intellectual property rights associated with hybrid rocket motors used for safe human spaceflight. Under Benson's guidance, SpaceDev developed critical

neg: The Game Awards 2016 were not legally cleared by Nintendo, who owns the rights to the intellectual property of both games, to be included on the show. Most of the winners were announced during the awards ceremony on December 1, 2016 with the exception of the "Best Fan Creation" category. Winners are shown first in bold. Notes Footnotes The Game Awards 2016 The Game Awards 2016 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2016. It was produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2016, and was live streamed across several platforms.

neg: Video game development game franchise. Publisher's company may also own the developer's company, or it may have internal development studio(s). Generally the publisher is the one who owns the game's intellectual property rights. All but the smallest developer companies work on several titles at once. This is necessary because of the time taken between shipping a game and receiving royalty payments, which may be between 6 and 18 months. Small companies may structure contracts, ask for advances on royalties, use shareware distribution, employ part-time workers and use other methods to meet payroll demands. Console manufacturers, such as Microsoft, Nintendo, or Sony, have a

neg: SmartStudy SmartStudy SmartStudy (), is a South Korean educational entertainment company established in 2010, a subsidiary of Samsung Publishing Co Ltd. It develops mobile applications for children and owns intellectual property rights for its popular animated characters, including Pinkfong and Baby Shark, whose mobile app was reported in November, 2018 to have been downloaded by 150 million people in 112 countries. In 2016, the company released their first game, "Monster Super League". SmartStudy was founded in June, 2010, by three former game developers, CEO Kim Min-seok, CFO Lee Ryan Seung-kyu and VP Park Hyun-woo. Kim, who was around thirty-years-old at the

neg: Network effect the good to others, The right to enforcement of property rights. Through P2P networks those who provide intellectual property not only have these rights, but they also possess the right to claim their information on a public forum. Due to these rights sharing benefits the intellectual property holders and promotes P2P sharing in a positive way. Those who consume the intellectual property also benefit positively from the sharing of it because they are able to use the information freely with respect to the person who created it. An example of this system in effect is a company called Music Vault.

neg: Intellectual property an incentive is created for inventors and authors to create and disclose their work. Some commentators have noted that the objective of intellectual property legislators and those who support its implementation appears to be "absolute protection". "If some intellectual property is desirable because it encourages innovation, they reason, more is better. The thinking is that creators will not have sufficient incentive to invent unless they are legally entitled to capture the full social value of their inventions". This absolute protection or full value view treats intellectual property as another type of "real" property, typically adopting its law and rhetoric. Other

neg: Bilbo Baggins (band) Bilbo". The American company has often taken action against any perceived infraction of its Middle-earth franchise. Bilbo Baggins (band) Bilbo Baggins was a band from Edinburgh who used to be the support act for the Bay City Rollers, sharing the controversial Tam Paton as manager. Their 1978 single, She's Gonna Win, made #42 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2014 the UK's Intellectual Property Enterprise Court halted the band's attempt of a revival following an objection from the Saul Zaentz Company in the United States. SZC, which owns the rights to the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, had their

neg: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show) renewal, which SPE was hesitant to accept. The series was nonetheless renewed for the 2015–16 season, with various cuts to the show's production budget and a return to the original format (but with only 14 questions). Had the show not been renewed, SPE would have placed the show on extended hiatus for three years, reclaimed full rights to the show (without the innovations and format added in the syndicated run, to which DADT owns intellectual property rights), and shopped the revived show to another network or syndicator. On January 17, 2017, it was announced that "Millionaire" has been renewed through

neg: Network effect form of public commons. Network externality like Ted.com is an example of how intellectual commons with the use of network externality benefits society as a whole. Those who present intellectual property at Ted conferences are sharing their education on a public forum that benefits whoever will listen. Therefore, the larger Ted.com network becomes positively correlates to those who benefit from its common-pool resources. P2P networks positively affect property rights. In reference to property rights, it enables those who create the intellectual property: The right to use the good, The right to earn income from the good, The right to transfer

neg: Republic TV and Prema Sridevi, a journalist with Republic TV, under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, 2000 accusing them of copyright infringement. BCCL alleged that the two, previously employed with Times Now, that it owns and operates, had used its intellectual property (IP) in telecasting certain audio tapes that were in their possession during their time at the former Channel. Alongside IP infringement, the complaint also alleged the commission of offences of theft, criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of property, on the two, on multiple occasions days after the channel's launch. On 26 May, Member of Parliament Shashi

neg: Gobots Gobots GoBots is a line of transforming robot toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to Transformers. Although initially a separate and competing franchise, Tonka's Gobots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. Subsequently, the universe depicted in the animated series "Challenge of the GoBots" and follow-up film "" was established as an alternate universe within the Transformers franchise. While Hasbro now owns the fictional side of the property (character names, bios, storyline), the actual toys and their likenesses were only licensed from Bandai in the 1980s, were not covered by the

neg: Indigenous intellectual property system is not only a very new concept but it is also very western...[W]ith [western style] intellectual property property rights, alien laws will be devised to exploit the Indigenous knowledge and [cultural] resources of the Indigenous peoples." "The [western] intellectual property rights system and the (mis)appropriation of Indigenous knowledge without the prior knowledge and consent of Indigenous peoples evoke feelings of anger, or being cheated" "Indigenous peoples are not benefiting from the intellectual property rights system. Indigenous knowledge and [cultural] resources are being eroded, exploited and/or appropriated by outsiders in the likes of transnational corporations, institutions, researchers, and scientists who

neg: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization African Regional Intellectual Property Organization The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other intellectual property matters. ARIPO was established by the Lusaka Agreement of 1976. It has the capacity to hear applications for patents and registered trademarks in its member states who are parties to the Harare (patents), Banjul (marks) and Arusha (plant varieties) protocols. ARIPO also features a protocol on the protection of traditional knowledge, the Swakopmund Protocol, signed in 2010 by 9 member states of the organization. However, that has

neg: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization Appeal. Together, the two protocols constituting the organisation cover copyright, industrial design, patent, trademark, traditional knowledge and utility model rights. African Regional Intellectual Property Organization The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other intellectual property matters. ARIPO was established by the Lusaka Agreement of 1976. It has the capacity to hear applications for patents and registered trademarks in its member states who are parties to the Harare (patents), Banjul (marks) and Arusha (plant varieties) protocols. ARIPO also features a protocol on the

neg: Swiss-Ukrainian project «Organic Market Development in Ukraine» (2012-2016) An Association (Public Union) called ‘Carpathian Taste’ (http://drsu.gov.ua/show/11254 ) was registered with the Kolomyia District and City Registration Service (part of the Department of Justice of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region) on November 18, 2013. The Association owns the ‘Taste of the Ukrainian Carpathians’ trademark, which was registered as an Individual Mark of Goods and Services on April 10, 2014 by the State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine (http://sips.gov.ua/en/index.html ). This trademark will serve as an umbrella brand and can be used by producers and processors who are members of the Association. Products sold under this label will originate from the Ukrainian

neg: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike After spending their adulthood looking after their now-dead parents, neither has a job, and money is provided by their movie star sister Masha, who owns the house and pays the bills. Vanya (who is gay) and Sonia (who is forever reminding everyone that she was adopted) spend their days reflecting on their lost chances, debating whether the grove of nine cherry trees on their property constitutes an orchard, and bemoaning their rather Chekhovian lot in life. The only other resident of the house is their cleaning woman Cassandra, who, like her namesake, is prone to making dire prophecies that no