CategoryIP articles
Collective Management Organisations
A Collective Management Organisation (CMO) is a type of licensing body that grants rights on behalf of multiple rightholders through a single licence (or blanket licence) against a single payment. Generally speaking, rightholders will join a CMO as members and instruct it to license their rights on their behalf.
Public domain
The term “public domain” refers to creative materials that are no longer protected by intellectual property rights such as copyright, trademark, or patent. Here we will be focusing on public domain in relation to copyright. These works are no longer owned by any individual, and now belong to the public. Anyone can use a public domain work without having to seek authorisation, but no one can ever own it.
IP in the candy industry
Street Art and Copyright
Graffities used to be considered vandalism and delinquent behaviour. They have now become a well-respected art form through “street art”.
Protecting your know-how
Twitch and copyright infringement claims
Live streaming platforms are video hosting solutions that allow users to upload and broadcast video content to their audience. Businesses can use streaming video platforms to share videos for the purpose of building brand awareness, advertising, and as an added source of revenue by pr
On communication to the public
Copyright grants exclusive rights to the creators over their literary and artistic creations. Copyright grants you economic (allows you to derive financial gain from your creation) and moral rights (non-commercial aspects, such as the right to be recognized as the author) over your creations. The economic rights that are granted to the author are reproduction right, distribution right, communication to the public or transformation.
Who owns your tattoo?
Tattoos are not only a form of self-expression, telling a lot about the person who bears them, but it is also, undeniably, an art (most of them anyway). According to 2019 statistics, Italy is the country with more tattooed people, followed by Sweden and the US.