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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. In contrast, the CIPO has arguably adopted a more liberal attitude to computer-generated works.

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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. In India, photographs enjoy copyright protection under Section 2 (c) i of the Copyright Act, 1957 , which mentions the certain types of artistic works granted copyright protection in India.

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Protection of Jewelry in India: Copyright or Design?

IP and Legal Filings

From 2013 to 2015, Cartier filed various design patents for their iconic panther designed jewelry. Copyright protection is extendable to any artistic work that is original and is creative. Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act defines what “artistic work” is. Image Source: Freepic].

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Professional Photographer Files Copyright Infringement Suit Against Used Car Dealers

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and has since combined his love for photographic art and computer science by building an online system to help protect artistsworks on the internet. He received his B.S. They tout to be a family owned local car business always looking to give the best deal.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

LexBlog IP

9] In reaching that determination, the court relied chiefly on the Second Circuit’s 2013 decision in Cariou v. Prince [10] (no relation), in which the Second Circuit rejected the premise that a secondary work must comment on the original to be sufficiently “transformative” to qualify as fair use. 3d 312, 316 (S.D.N.Y. 21-869 (Dec.

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Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The District court had further cited another Second Circuit precedent, i.e. the 2013 decision Cariou v. The defendants’ incidental use of the song was therefore found consistent with the documentary nature of the film providing commentary and criticism (the purpose and character of the use).

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

The word “originality” is frequently used in conjunction with the creativity of writers, thinkers, and artists. The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.” 1] [1916] 2 Ch 601. [2]