JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. i] Memes are also a form of communication that distinguishes generations.

Copyright Infringement 98

Copyright Infringement Copyright Intellectual Property Blogging 98

IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

Copyright laws also provide plausible remedies for enforcing one’s right to personality. It usually entails review, commentary, satire, comedy, criticism over the original work. This is where it usually becomes difficult to draw a fine line between fair use and copyright infringement. Ammini Amma and Ors., Ammini Amma and Ors.,

Personality Rights 82

Personality Rights Fair Use Privacy Intellectual Property Law 82

Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link].

Copyright 95

Copyright Fair Use Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 95

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

1: ‘ Sports Illustrated’ Model Sues Twitter for $10 million, Accusing its Algorithm of Contributing to Copyright infringement. Morton also alleges that Twitter has been slow to remove allegedly infringing material from their site despite obligations to do so “expeditiously” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Editing 174

Editing Derivative Work Copyright Infringement Licensing 174

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Image Sources : Gettyimages] One of the important issues in online is copyrights.

Non-Fungible Tokens 81

Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Intellectual Property Ownership 81

SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2024

Image from here Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on Rights of Authors By Surabhi Katare In a major development, Calcutta High Court’s passed a landmark judgement on May 17, 2024, in safeguarding the copyrights of authors of music and literary work used in sound recordings.

Music 59

Music Licensing Copyright Moral Rights 59

LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Invention Trademark Copyright 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

The problem is that this system fell apart around 2008-2012 when smartphones came out. At the same time, the risk of copying essentially went away. So now, we have lots of protection for implementation where we don’t need it and no protection for interfaces where new entrants can easily be copied. That’s more problematic.

IP 52

IP Copying Due Diligence Registration 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

109 5/8 by 49 ¼ by 32 ¼ inches; Lauren Clay, No side to fall into , 2012 paper and acrylic, 18 ½ by 7 by 3 inches—triggered a C&D. There’s no way to explain what the Clay work does through aesthetics, and likewise no way to explain Sherrie Levine’s After Walker Evans. Hierarchy: derivative works trump fair use?

Derivative Work 59

Derivative Work Fair Use Art Marketing 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that Trump owns the copyright in the sound recordings (or in the alternative, in his interview responses on the recordings), and that Trump is entitled to all or the lion’s share of the profits made from the sale of those recordings and transcripts, which the lawsuit (absurdly) values at almost $50 million.

Copyright 121

Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use 121