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If “Trespass to Chattels” Isn’t Limited to “Chattels,” Anarchy Ensues–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The Kremen case involved the alleged theft of the sex.com domain name by improperly modifying the electronic records evidencing ownership of the domain name. Website owners can prevent the unauthorized reassignment of their ownership interests, such as someone trying to modify their copyright registration records.

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Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Does such an output infringe on a copyrighted work of a third party, especially those works “ingested” during the training stage of the AI system? Under US law, is the output a “ derivative work ” of the “ingested” copyrighted works? The proposal for this new regulation was presented in April 2021.

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NFT Update:  5 Recent Lawsuits Show a Glimpse into Future Legal Battles Involving NFTs 

LexBlog IP

According to the Complaint, in early 2021, Damon Dash, who co-owns the record label Roc-A-Fella Records, Inc. (“Roc-A-Fella”) Tarantino [14] also involves a dispute over copyright ownership, along with claims for trademark infringement and breach of contract. Roc-A-Fella Records Inc. As a result, SuperFarm cancelled the auction. [5]

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

Patent and Trademark Office granted ownership of the word “Jesus” to Jesus Jeans, owned by a publicly traded Italian company, BasicNet, giving the company exclusive rights in America to sell clothing bearing the name “Jesus.” ” (at page 9 and 13). .” World Intellect. 75, 79 (2020). ” Id. at 138-139.

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Copyright, Free Speech Clash in Dispute Over Cameron Boyce’s Final Film

Copyright Lately

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt. Other allegations focused on harassment allegedly suffered by crew members on the set.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”? Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. 105 , as a “work of the United States Government”?

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The Good Get: Interviews, The Predicates Of Copyright Ownership, & Divorcing Subjects From Owning Copyright Content

LexBlog IP

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ’” Id.