Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

so-called “non-expressive” use in which copying is undertaken not to distribute the copied material directly or indirectly but rather for some other purpose. The FTC Comments do not explicitly refer to or analyze the substantial body of court decisions holding that a range of non-expressive uses of copyrighted works are fair uses.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Copyright is essentially a right to copy. Copyright is a term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. It’s an intellectual property, if an individual owns the copyright to something, then he’s the only owner of it and also the decider that who can copy it. Image source:Gettyimages].

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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.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

The author plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI infringed on their published works by using these works to help train its LLM. The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. East Coast Foods, Inc.,

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 29, 2024

the Hon’ble Kerala High Court upheld these conditions and further laid down three conditions: (i) The amount and value of the matter copied for the purposes of comment or criticism; (ii) The purpose behind taking the same; The likelihood of competition between the works. [11] Ramkumar Jewellers, 2012 (50) PTC 486 (Del). [9]

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Keller, Recognizing the Derivative Works Right as a Moral Right: A Case Comparison and Proposal , 63 Case W. 511, 523 (2012). 405 (2019); Terrica Carrington, Grumpy Cat or Copy Cat? [vii] Deidrè A. viii] See, e.g., Lee J. Matalon, Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions: Internet Memes and Copyright , 98 Tex.

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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.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Likewise, the Office cannot register a work purportedly created by divine or supernatural beings, although the Office may register a work where the application or the deposit copy(ies) state that the work was inspired by a divine spirit. 66 (2012), and Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics, Inc.,

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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?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

. §202(a) ] “Fixed” means that the work is embodied in a material object in some permanent form. A work is fixed in either a “copy” or a “phonorecord.” “Phonorecords” are defined as material objects in which only sounds are fixed, while “copies” are defined as material objects in which any other kind of work is fixed. [ 17 U.S.C.

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