Intellectual Property and Patent & Trade Mark Protection

Intellectual Property and Patent & Trade Mark Protection

Posts 1-5 of 5
  • Emil A. Georgiev
    Emil A. Georgiev    Premium Member
    The company name is only visible to registered members.
    Would the tattooing of an artist's work qualify as copyright infringement?
    I recently saw this question and have thought about it since then.

    Any suggestions? Authority? I would highly appreciate opinions considering each contributor's jurisdiction.
    • 05 Feb 2011, 2:00 pm
  • Emil A. Georgiev
    Emil A. Georgiev    Premium Member
    The company name is only visible to registered members.
    Re: Would the tattooing of an artist's work qualify as copyright infringement?
    It has been a while since I posted my question here. Unfortunately, no answer came in.

    Well, the reason why I participate in this group is to gain, but also to share some knowledge.

    Very recently, I stumbled upon some information with regard to tattoos and copyright that is accessible on NYT's website. While I acknowledge that it is not 100% related to the question I had previously posted here, I nevertheless believe that it provides for some insights on a subject not exhaustively clarified in either judiciary or academia.

    Therefore, I decided to post the link to that article here on Xing, so anybody interested in the matter can access it.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/business/media/21tattoo.ht...

    In a nutshell:

    Warner Bros may be restrained to show "The Hangover Part II", since a tattoo artist claims Warner Bros has infringed the copyright in a tattoo which the tattoo artist created.
    This post was modified on 21 May 2011 at 05:33 pm.
    • 21 May 2011, 5:17 pm
  • Post visible to registered members
  • Jens Ferner
    Jens Ferner    Premium Member   Group moderator
    The company name is only visible to registered members.
    Re^3: Would the tattooing of an artist's work qualify as copyright infringement?
    In german law, I think, this is a case of §53 I 1 UrhG - also you should take notice of §58 UrhG in case of tattooing public images.
    • 21 May 2011, 9:55 pm
  • Emil A. Georgiev
    Emil A. Georgiev    Premium Member
    The company name is only visible to registered members.
    Re^4: Would the tattooing of an artist's work qualify as copyright infringement?
    It is getting really exciting:

    "Chief Judge Catherine D. Perry denied local tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill’s motion for a preliminary injunction, thus ensuring that the film will have its start as scheduled Thursday evening." - http://bit.ly/ik3VhA
    • 24 May 2011, 10:26 pm