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Can We Reexamine the Role of Blockchain in Copyright Now?

Plagiarism Today

Spice DAO has announced that it is implementing a three-stage “redemption phase” that will see it attempt to pay back its members as much as possible and, likely, attempt to sell the book in the fourth quarter of 2023. The goal there is to attempt to capitalize on the release of Dune: Part 2. Copyright Office.

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AI and copyright: More developments – human prompts are not ‘direct instructions’

SpicyIP

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. Previously, in the Thaler case , the US Copyright Office had refused to register an AI-generated work since the application named the AI-system as the author.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

On August 18, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the U.S. Copyright Office’s denial of a copyright application for a work created using generative AI due to lack of human authorship ( Thaler v. Where AI alone creates a work, this point seems clear. It cited its AI Registration Guidance, 88 Fed.

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

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. These registrations aid in allocating precedence. 27, 2023) [link] [2] Krishika Lulla v.

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Protecting Fashion or Stifling Innovation

IIPRD

It is here that the distinction between ‘design’ in the Designs Act and ‘artistic work’ in the Copyright Act becomes relevant. This is evidenced as an artistic work enjoys protection throughout the life of the author plus sixty years; whereas a design only enjoys protection for 10 years from registration.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 27- December 03)

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Controller Of Patents on 24 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) An appeal was filed against the impugned order rejecting a divisional application for lack of plurality of invention. Case Summaries Nripendra Kashyap Esco vs Asstt. Heineken Asia Pacific Pte. and sought permanent injunction against the use of the same. Sporta Technologies Pvt.

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Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs

LexBlog IP

They must first determine whether the work is one “of artistic expression” and thus prima facie entitled to protection under the First Amendment. If it is, the Court will then ask whether the use of the trademark bears any artistic relevance to the underlying work. 22-cv-384 (JSR), 2023 U.S.