moral rights

Rush and Rush: Using Music in Political Activities (Redux)

Bob Tarantino
March 15, 2012 19:16

News reports that Rush (the band) have demanded that Rush (the Limbaugh) desist from using the band's music in his radio broadcasts have re-raised an issue we have considered here at the Signal on few different occasions.  The story appears to have been broken by US blogger Bob Cesca...

Artist Resale Royalties--New Cases under California Law

Sheppard Mullin
October 26, 2011 16:35

On October 17, a proposed class of artists filed three federal lawsuits against auction houses Christie’s, Inc., and Sotheby’s, Inc., and internet auctioneer eBay, Inc., alleging that the defendants sold their artwork at California auctions and on behalf of California sellers, but...

Fangchenggang Fairytale: How a Magic Mercedes-Benz Became A Humble Honda

IP Dragon
July 21, 2011 13:11

Adam Smith dedicated his World Trademark Review blog about a Mercedes-Benz police car with a Honda logo. The local Fangchenggang police force (in Guanxi province) thought that they could fool taxpayers into believing that they did not spent too much money on a police car. Read here.I think...

Fangchenggang Fairytale: How a Magic Mercedes-Benz Became A Humble Honda

IP Dragon
July 21, 2011 13:11

Adam Smith dedicated his World Trademark Review blog about a Mercedes-Benz police car with a Honda logo. The local Fangchenggang police force (in Guanxi province) thought that they could fool taxpayers into believing that they did not spent too much money on a police car. Read here.I think...

TGIF, But What Happened To This Author's Moral Rights On The IPR.gov.cn Site?

IP Dragon
June 03, 2011 07:58

???: FridayThank Goodness It's FridayI just finished a blog post on Professor Ken Shao's interesting article, see here, which ironically is about morality in copyright, and now I see his article republished on the site of Intellectual Property Protection in China ipr.gov.cn: Copyright battles...