IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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Ownership Intellectual Property Artwork Copyright Law 102

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. Human author It is well known that copyright protects products of the human mind (see Feist v.

Copyright 138

Copyright Derivative Work Music Copying 138

IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

No strict actions are taken against these infringements; in fact, in a Supreme Court case in Japan in 2009 [1] the creator of file sharing program known as ‘Winny’ was not found guilty of infringing content through providing file-sharing software and his actual intent of legitimate legal use was considered over the alleged infringement.

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Art IP Intellectual Property Copyright 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Japan was earliest, in 2009. Not using for personal enjoyment = exception the broadest we’ve seen. Group III: Others, like China’s 3d amendment to Chinese copyright law. Other circumstances as provided by laws and administrative regulations”—allowed limitations and exceptions.

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Fair Use Moral Rights Law IP 59