IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Marques - CELEBRATING MARKS: How sustainability and technology will shape the future of brands - 20 to 23 September 2022 - Madrid, Spain The 2022 MARQUES Annual Conference will be held in Madrid from 20 to 23 September 2022. Registration is open and more details can be found here. Further information is available here.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. For a succinct background on NFTs, see Your NFT Playbook , by our colleagues Kyle Fath, Alan Friel, and Carlton Daniel, posted in Consumer Privacy World.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Bowrey argues that the rise in availability and popularity of crime, mystery and detective stories was sponsored by changes to copyright commercialisation practices, which facilitated the full potential of modern copyright law to be exploited internationally. Chapter 6, ‘Why does a gramophone maker deserve a copyright?

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Introduction With the rise of the mobile application industry, India emerges as a highly profitable market, witnessing over twenty-eight billion downloads in 2022, accounting for 5% of the total global downloads. Deterrent to Infringement – A copyright registration could act as a deterrent against potential infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the district court level, the law of copyright preemption is a morass of ad hoc explanations of whether certain contracts are “equivalent” to the exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright law. Platforms that copy online data and use it to create AI have a strong fair use argument under copyright laws.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Due to the extent of unlawful activity associated with the petitioner’s name and personality, the court granted a restraining order on 25 th November 2022 against various people and companies. Other companies like GoDaddy.com LLC, and Dynadt LLC registered domains using his name. What are Publicity Rights? Additionally, Sec.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

5] In addition to the above, there are privacy, security, ethical, and other legal risks to consider when using this technology or allowing any third party to access internal customer records and business data. 18, 2022, 2:57pm ET), [link] , and Karen Hao, “What Is ChatGPT? Copyright Office, Compendium of U.S. 10, 2023).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A report by Citibank published in March, 2020 observes that the Metaverse economy could be a thirteen trillion dollar total addressable market by the year 2030. But needless to say, the Metaverse brings into picture several aspects of the law such as Copyright law , Contract law, Tort law and Criminal law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Act I When the Committee charged with conducting Canada’s 2019 Copyright Act Review turned its mind to AI, its primary concern was with “help[ing] Canada’s promising future in artificial intelligence become reality” ( Report 2019 ). The training process can involve reproductions of the training data…. .…

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TorrentFreak

MAY 29, 2023

By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5 million copyright infringement damages award in hand, and suddenly cooperative defendants helping to unveil others involved in the circumvention of Bungie’s technological protection measures. By June 2022, Bungie had a $13.5

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In particular, Article 4 CDSM Directive contains a so-called “commercial” TDM exception, which provides an “opt-out” mechanism for rights holders.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Union of India [1] , established that privacy is an essential Fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Unauthorised use of someone’s identity is a violation of both their personality rights and their basic right to privacy. The Court rejected the privacy defence, which is often employed in IP proceedings.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

3d -, 2022 WL 4591905, No. 26, 2022) Late, but just showed up in my Westclip! But the 2013 Documentary was not a market substitute, because it was transformative of a small portion of the 2001 Documentary. “[I]t The Second Circuit has held that “[w]hile enrichment is not required for copyright infringement,” it does “not.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2022

As we transition into 2022, these skyrocketing numbers don’t seem to halt any time soon. This paper attempts to analyse the present laws governing the trading of NFTs over the public ledger and the loopholes in those regulations that could have significant legal implications. The NFT sale volume totalled $94.09

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 20, 2024

In 2022, the Hamburg Higher Regional Court held Pelham’s use of the Metall auf Metall sample to be lawful under §51a, arguing that pastiche covers the recognizable (re)use of original parts of protected works, insofar as the borrowing work engages in some form of discussion or intellectual interaction with the original work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This law protects the rights of publicity and privacy of people like politicians and celebrities who don’t want others to register their name or image as a trademark for goods or services. See the amicus brief discussing free speech limits on the rights of publicity and privacy filed by the Motion Picture Association in Elster.)

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SpicyIP

APRIL 16, 2022

Click to view DTF’s letter titled “ Feedback on the UGC Draft Curriculum Framework and Credit System for the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme ” (found on the 4th of April’s (2022) Facebook post of the DTF secretary, Abha Dev Habib) which also includes the alleged plagiarized paras. . liability, if any, under copyright law, 2.)

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The case involves an interesting interplay between copyright law, entertainment contracts and the First Amendment. The New York Lawsuit The first volley in the parties’ legal battle came in May 2022, when Coakley filed a pro se lawsuit in New York state court against the Bergers and Virtuoso. In one notable case, Balsley v.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Moderator: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Copyright Law and/or/vs. a ‘Brussels Effect’ for the Digital Services Act Jennifer Urban, Berkeley Law School The Brussels Effect claim is descriptive, not predictive—can it apply to the DSA? YT for 2022: most removals were automated (5.2 Very sticky.

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