The IPKat

JUNE 18, 2023

Postgraduate Diploma/MA in UK, EU, and US Copyright Law Online Course Informa plc and King’s College London have partnered to offer a distance-learning course on UK, EU & US Copyright Law starting 27 September 2023. Click here to apply. It deals with a wide range of rights (e.g.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Image from DALL-E 3 Introduction Generative AI is disrupting the creative process(es) of intellectual works on an unparalleled scale. More and more AI systems offer services that push users’ production capacity for new literary and artistic works beyond unforeseen barriers. ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

On September 5, 2023, as explained here , the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued an interesting decision in a copyright registration matter that involved AI-generated work. 16, 2023) ) to assess whether a work’s “traditional elements of authorship” were produced by a machine or a human. Image from here.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

In the lower court, the Second Circuit reversed the decision of the District Court and held that the Warhol work was not transformative because it maintained the “essential elements of its source material” and was not “fundamentally different and new.” Next, we have Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Right on the heels of Vedika’s earlier post , we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Dr. Anson C J taking an in-depth look into the question of whether an AI-generated work is a “work” under the copyright law. Samuelson argues that, under current law, they are not.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Ubertazzi was one of the leading intellectual property academics in Italy (as well as a great lawyer), founder and editor of the most important Italian copyright journal (AIDA) and editor and author of the most widely used Commentary on Italian intellectual property laws.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

Introduction The year 2023 was a high for Indian cinema- with the love of the country for the big screen soaring high with box office numbers. 1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 27, 2023) [link] [2] Krishika Lulla v. Cyril Amarchnad Corporate Blogs (Dec.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

The word “originality” is frequently used in conjunction with the creativity of writers, thinkers, and artists. The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.” can have copyright.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For example, if we ask the Stable Diffusion generator for a “cat wearing a suit” it generates images of dapper cats at the press of a button: As an aside, as it has been discussed previously on the IPKat , there is some uncertainty whether these image outputs are protected under copyright law and, if protected, who owns the relevant copyright.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office (“USCO”) in which the USCO denied an application to register a work authored entirely by an artificial intelligence program. 2] The USCO, maintaining this perspective and upholding the human authorship requirement with respect to GenAI works, refused to register the copyright claim in the Work.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Vitra's DSW chair One of the cornerstones of international copyright law – specifically: the Berne Convention (BC) – is the principle of national treatment under Article 5: authors who are nationals of a Berne Union member state are eligible for protection under the law of other member states at the same conditions as nationals of those countries.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Intellectual Property incorporates the makings of the thoughts such as the discoveries, literary and artistic works, design, symbols, names, and images used in the business. The inventions of any startups are protected through the Copyright laws. References.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. Supreme Court, Brief for Petitioner (11 January 2023), page 3, available here. copyright law, under the doctrine of fair use. In a recent case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Jack Daniels v.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The nature of Prompts can be understood as Literary Works which is defined in Section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957, as it includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. Prompts are like computer code, can be considered literary works because they consist of written instructions or commands.

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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. As reported , the Review Board of the USCO has refused to register a work created using AI four times as of December 2023.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

2017) <[link] accessed on 11 June 2023 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post The Choice Of Law Debate In Copyright Infringement first appeared on IPLF. Garimella and S. Jolly (eds.)2017)

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IIPRD

JUNE 8, 2024

Furthermore, if a design is eligible for registration within the Designs Act, 2000 but has not been registered, it can only be protected within the Copyrights Act if its owner produces it in an “industrial process” no more than fifty times. 7] The Copyright Act, 1957, s 44. [8]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023).

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Here’s what they write: Generative AI, originality, and the potential role of contract in protecting unoriginal works by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst Artificial Kat Over the past two years the IPKat has hosted debate on the question of whether the outputs of generative AI tools are protected under copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 23, 2024

The artist further emphasized that he had paid for all required payment for the singers’ voice algorithms and had acquired all the required permissions from their family members. The same is a perfect illustration of how artistic works and technology might coexist in the next few years. 20, 2023) [5] Amitabh Bachchan v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The concrete realization of an idea which meets the validity requirements of “creative character” and “artistic value” can be protected under Italian copyright law. Was it a tribute to Alexander McQueen or copyright infringement?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

21-869 (May 18, 2023). To fully understand these conflicting views of the majority opinion, it is necessary to understand both the specific facts of the case and the history of the Supreme Court’s case law concerning the fair-use doctrine. Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith , No. Feist Publications, Inc.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

On 30 January 2025, the US Copyright Office (USCO) registered A Single Piece of American Cheese , a visual material generated by Invoke AI and with a technique called inpainting. Initially rejected in September 2023, the application was reconsidered after the applicant argued that the work involved sufficient human creativity.

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