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As you would expect the two US election campaigns differ greatly in their approach to songs.
How Banksy’s glib response to a trademark challenge backfired and lost him a two-year legal battle.
In an industry beset by appropriation, the licensing of an Indigenous artwork for use in a tattoo is a rare sign of respect for the intellectual property rights of artists.
University instructors should have more leeway in using copyrighted materials during the coronavirus pandemic.
As news media revenues tumble still further amid the COVID-19 recession, the government has pledged mandatory rules to force tech giants to pay for using news content.
For Nollywood to fully compete at the global level, it should adopt a smart, proactive approach.
Fewer books will be available to South Africans, and the books remaining under copyright will be more expensive, if the country gives in to US pressure to extend its copyright term.
The defacing of a new Banksy mural in Bristol has raised some interesting legal questions.
Italian authorities who seized the special Christmas edition crisps seem to be unfamiliar with EU guidelines on food labelling and protected ingredients.
The use of a song written by a convicted sex offender in the film Joker has caused controversy over royalty payments.
The US pop singer has been ordered to pay a Hip Hop artist for copyright infringement. But the judgment lowers the bar on musical copying.
As the flag’s copyright owner, Luritja artist Harold Thomas has the right to grant licences to whomever he pleases. Asking the government to buy back his copyright licence could be seen as an appropriation of Aboriginal property rights.
A trademark law scholar explains why the impossible-to-apply standard, dating back to the early 20th century, is ineffective and needs to be abolished.
Banksy’s legal team has won an action to stop unauthorised products featuring his work alongside an Italian museum exhibition.
Here are five lessons we can learn from elsewhere to help Australian authors earn more money.
The Conversation played host to really important new ideas in 2018. Some will take years to develop. Others will never come to fruition. But they’re important.
A judgment by the European court has extended copyright to all literary and artistic creations, but cheese is still not protected.
South Africa’s copyright law must not continue ignoring the principles of fair use.
In an example of the law of unintended consequences, the Copyright Directive is likely to cement the US tech giants’ grip, rather than provide space for others to grow.
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Law Honours Candidate, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University London
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Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Sussex
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
