The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

AI-generated Kats The Review also rejected Thaler’s argument that AI can be an author under copyright law because the work made for hire doctrine allows for “non-human, artificial persons such as companies” to be authors. First, held the Board, a machine cannot enter into any binding legal contract.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art. We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.”

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2022

According to Asahi, since 2020 the publishers have been asking Cloudflare to stop “delivering” pirated content from unlicensed sites but under US copyright law, that was unsuccessful. In 2018, the publishers filed a motion at the Tokyo District Court demanding that Cloudflare stop providing services to several pirate sites.

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The IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

Here's what Hanne writes: Second time is a charm: Danish design company wins plant box war by Hanne Kirk On 22 April 2022, the Danish Eastern High Court handed down its decision in yet another dispute concerning applied art and the question of originality and infringement under copyright law. Wolly & Co.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

To delve deeper into the question of ownership, we need to grasp the traditional concept of copyright. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators. Historically, these rights have been attributed to human creators, forming the cornerstone of copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Over the past five years the Australian Government has committed significant resources to several copyright-related initiatives , not least the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018. A 2018 report from Incopro ( pdf ) noted that it “resulted in a usage reduction of 53.4%

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

How does an influencer and fashion designer become so despised? In this case, via alleged copyright infringement. This pattern begins as far back as May of 2018, when Bernstein was accused of copying pieces from several smaller jewelry lines for a collaboration she did with Nordstrom. The account and its 2.6

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws. These rules were introduced in the 2021 amendment to Article 1360 of the Civil Code.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 13, 2023

Wolf Designs LLC v. Five 18 Designs LLC, F.Supp.3d 18, 2022) Wolf designs and installs “vehicle wraps,” large vinyl graphics or decals applied to car bodies. Copyright: Three of Wolf’s customers allegedly opted to hire Five 18 to install vehicle wraps featuring designs Wolf owned. 3d -, 2022 WL 10551564, No.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background. The complaint raised concerns that Dolezal was using copyright law to purge the historical record of her controversial past, while seeking substantial monetary damages in the process.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 21, 2023

This time this Kat encountered a recent French case involving incidental inclusion, an optional exception/limitation to copyright under EU copyright law [ IPKat on incidental inclusion here ]. This lamp was registered as an international design on 28 January 1991 [ here ]. The interior designer then appealed.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Setting the stage against DataCamp, DISH’s lawsuit draws attention to a 2018 submission to the USTR which saw the Motion Picture Association (MPA) complain that DataCamp’s infrastructure was being used by pirate IPTV services to distribute copyrighted content. Lawsuit Highlights MPA Complaints About DataCamp.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 24, 2023

The NITI Aayog in its conversation paper, 2018 suggested that the usage of AI had been increasing in all areas such as medical care, schooling and so on. [8] 8] Who Owns The Copyright In Ai? 16] The third approach towards AI is ‘the laws of the thought approach’. The use of AI has been increasing over the years. SYDNEY, Oct.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On June 10, 2018, Ms. Copyright Office. The legal issues at hand call back into the spotlight an age-old question that courts have always struggled with answering in copyright law—where does one draw the line between when a work can and cannot be protected? Dorland originally posted on Facebook.? . In T-Peg Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Then, in 2018, the degree of a photographer’s control over the subject matter arose again with the so-called “monkey selfie” case ( Naruto v. 2018) ), questioning whether a non-human could be the author of a copyrighted work. copyright subsists automatically in an original qualifying work. Copyright Office and the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. Under the SCPA, a mask work is a series of related images that forms a design or part of a design used to produce an integrated circuit. Copyright Office by year for the last 10 years.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The choice not to define computer programs was intended precisely to futureproof the law. US copyright law defines it as “ a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result.” This is not to say that prompts should qualify as preparatory design work.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

June 2018: National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (NITI Aayog) Recognising that India has a significant stake in the AI revolution, the then Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech for 2018-19 directed the NITI Aayog to establish the National Program on AI.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Secondary Publication Rights as Enablers of (Green) Open Access SPRs are rights under copyright law that allow authors of publicly funded scientific research to post their published works on institutional websites and repositories, without the need for permission from the publishers that often own the copyrights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

.” The urge for the protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions (‘TCEs’) has become stronger in the wake of incidents such as swimsuits featuring Goddess Lakshmi, Louis Vuitton making Basotho design blankets among others. The Copyright Law gives exclusive rights in a specific work to a particular/specific copyright owner.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Started in 2018, the 2nd edition of Overlapping IP Rights (OUP) was brought to completion in 2023 by his co-editor, the inimitable Prof Neil Wilkof, along with Prof Irene Calboli who came on as a co-editor following Prof Basheer’s demise. As Wilkof notes in the preface, this was an edition that Basheer and Wilkof had started work on in 2018.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2024

Yonay’s widow and son launched the legal action in June 2022 after Paramount Pictures released the blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick without renegotiating a license to adapt Yonay’s “Top Guns” article, despite a 2018 copyright termination notice served by his heirs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

That copyright was found to have been infringed by the creators of an ‘interactive dining experience’ which used Del Boy and the other main characters from ‘Only Fools and Horses’, one of the most successful British TV comedies of the 1980s and 1990s. It is noteworthy for a number of reasons.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

3) According to the Court, the term “sale” used in article 41 of the Copyright Law must be interpreted in a broad sense. The compensation for damages cannot be less than twice the fee that is usually or by law paid for the type of exploitation that the infringer did without license.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

IPKat Team News James Kwong included amongst Managing IP’s Rising Stars 2022 To recognize the efforts of junior IP practitioners who have contributed to the success of their clients and firms, Managing IP has run its Rising Star publication since 2018. Read more about the speakers and sign up to the seminar here.

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I think the court missed a real opportunity here to return the doctrine to its classic equitable roots, and instead has made it more difficult to dispose of cases involving technical but trivial violations of copyright law. But in 2018, Bell ran a Google reverse image search in an effort to locate unauthorized copies of his photo.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Because Alexander didn’t register copyrights in her tattoo designs until shortly before filing her complaint in 2018 (long after the claimed infringement first occurred), she’s not entitled to seek recovery of her attorneys’ fees under the Copyright Act. Skull arm design. Bible verse design.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This is the second installment of a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. The first part of this post briefly discussed the concept of bias and examined the role of property rights in data and factual information, with a focus on copyright.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

This right can be related to music, a book, a logo, any art work, work related to science, designs of the industries. Sardar Buksh Coffee & Co CS (COMM) 1007/2018 The post Critical Analysis on Intellectual Property Rights and its components. What are the rights in Intellectual Property? 2] Novartis v. Cipla, I.A. 24863/2014. [3]

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Copyright law serves as a vital mechanism for protecting the rights of creators over their original works. In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 provides the legal framework that governs these rights. The Indian Copyright Act stipulates that the duration of copyright for pseudonymous works is 60 years from the date of publication.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Musical Arts, designs, pictures, software, material, and many other sorts of Intellectual Property can be transferred using an e-commerce platform in the digital age. Upendra Baxi, COPYRIGHT LAW AND JUSTICE IN INDIA Author(s): Upendra Baxi Source : Journal of the Indian Law Institute , October-December 1986 , Vol.28,No.4Published

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs on 10 March, 2023 (Delhi High Court) An appeal was preferred against the order of the respondent no. Protecting trade secrets under copyright law, Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to the plaintiff, restricting the defendant from marketing and selling its market research reports.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

As a practical matter, the answer is certainly yes; an open system is built into the design of the internet. It is hornbook law that secondary liability of all kinds requires proof that direct infringement is occurring. The question is whether the same is true as a legal matter.) Breitbart News Network, LLC , 302 F. 3d 585 (S.D.N.Y.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai. Controller of Patents and Designs and Raytheon Company v. Microsoft Technology Licensing v.

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