tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3142771721405320941..comments2024-03-29T12:23:31.959+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Kate Middleton's fashion choice and fair dealing: a snap decision?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-19537384031210808662011-11-16T15:04:24.676+00:002011-11-16T15:04:24.676+00:00Filemot...
Ikon has issued proceedings in England...Filemot...<br /><br />Ikon has issued proceedings in England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-92157823747095222762011-11-16T13:20:05.675+00:002011-11-16T13:20:05.675+00:00I suspect the public at large would consider Kate&...I suspect the public at large would consider Kate's fashion choices to be more interesting than a possible legal action. The IPKat is presumably relying on the newsworthiness of the latter to justify the IPKat's taking of both the photograph and the dress for this post! So I would infer that her clothes are indeed newsworthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23158371194266525652011-11-16T10:29:41.632+00:002011-11-16T10:29:41.632+00:00If you interpret news reporting that widely Ikon c...If you interpret news reporting that widely Ikon can never get a fee for the photographs at all. This is exactly the type of case we should be dealing with swiftly in the new UK fast track wihout the huff and puff of exemplary damages but this seems to be in Australia.<br />Given the current emphasis on how IP impacts economic growth - how has copyright helped or interfered here. My interpreation is that it has interfered with Collettes abiility to grow her business but her profit should be enough to pay a fee for the photograpn though £5k looks a bit steep for a second sale of the photograph but fair for the first where it had exclusivity amd immediacyFilemothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735898485265104580noreply@blogger.com