2023 Artistic Work Copying Designs 
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Copycats: unregistered designs, unfair competition and copyright Better register first than be sorry later. In general it is a good idea to register fashion products which have a reasonable expectation of commercial success as designs or, where possible, as shape-trademarks before they appear on the catwalk.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Photo by Steve Buissinne via Pixabay The UK High Court has held that Lidl’s rights in the Lidl logo were infringed by Tesco’s Clubcard Price(s) signs ( [2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) ). Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs.
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The IPKat
APRIL 25, 2024
This post further explores the argument that the outputs of generative AI tools are unprotected in the UK, despite the language in section 9(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 UK (CDPA) relating to computer-generated works. Does UK copyright law protection extend to computer-generated works which are not original?
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Original work by a human The court held that the image qualifies as an original work of human intellectual achievement under applicable Chinese copyright law. Through various prompts, the plaintiff designed the character, the composition and layout of the image. IPKat questions the mechanical exercise reasoning here.
SpicyIP
MARCH 11, 2024
Calm Water Therapeutics Llc vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs on 28 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The appeal challenged the rejection of a patent application for a “Bi-Functional Co-Polymer” by the Assistant Controller of Patents. Dr Reddy S Laboratories Limited vs Neutec Healthcare Pvt.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 20, 2023
On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously decided the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. S. _ (2023) (hereinafter “Slip Op.”). Respondent VIP Products makes a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey. Though not entirely.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. What is AI image generation software?
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