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Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India

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Subject work on which copyright registration was sought. The Copyright Office had earlier refused registration for the artwork for lack of human authorship necessary to support a copyright claim. Interestingly, the artwork also led to controversy in India when it was granted registration in November 2020.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

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Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China? The United States.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

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Given that NFTs are the result of digital work that is transported in images, videos, photography and other forms of digital media, copyright seems to be the closest IP right to protect both the source code of the digital work, as well as its derivative works. Is this the same in the US and China? The United States.

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U.S. Supreme Court Fixes Ninth Circuit’s Test for Mistakes in Copyright Registrations—Unicolors v. H&M (Guest Blog Post)

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Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Legal Background: Registration. Unicolors, Inc.