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Judge Recommends Approving “New” Phanatic Mascot Despite Termination

Copyright Lately

In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. The law permits the owner of a derivative work prepared before termination to continue using that new work even after termination.

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

IP Tech Blog

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. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership.

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The report complements the analysis of laws with a review of practices and contractual arrangements of claiming and attributing authorship and/or ownership by actors in the field of AI music creation. An overview of how the 13 teams of the 2020 AI Song Contest considered human and AI roles in different music building blocks ( source ).

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Copyright Claim Soars Over Top Gun: Maverick

LexBlog IP

Shosh and Yuval assert further that in January of 2018, they notified Paramount of their election to terminate those rights as of January of 2020. In other words, the termination period began May 18, 2018 and ends May 18, 2023 requiring a notice of termination effective January 2020 to be served in January 2018.

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Copyright Claim Soars Over Top Gun: Maverick

LexBlog IP

Shosh and Yuval assert further that in January of 2018, they notified Paramount of their election to terminate those rights as of January of 2020. In other words, the termination period began May 18, 2018 and ends May 18, 2023 requiring a notice of termination effective January 2020 to be served in January 2018.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Over “Muppet Babies” Reboot

Copyright Lately

Back in October 2020, I wrote about a copyright infringement case filed by Jeffrey Scott against the Walt Disney Company. Without any ownership interest in the production bible, Scott had no right to assert a copyright infringement claim.

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

LexBlog IP

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. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership.

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