Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On August 18, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the U.S. In 2019, Stephen Thaler submitted a copyright application for his visual artwork, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” which stated that an AI computer algorithm, the “Creativity Machine,” created the artistic piece. Perlmutter, et.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

This position was reiterated through several decisions, the most significant ruling for an export artwork was by the U.S. The article was rejected for copyright protection in 2023, and the argument was that the absence of human authorship disqualified the work from the right. Copyright Office, 2023. Copyright Office.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

Inventorship and Ownership: The process of invention has changed significantly as a result of the AI technologies’ quick development and increased computing capacity. As AI-generated works blur the lines of authorship and ownership, existing IP frameworks face significant tests, calling for responsive legal adaptations.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

Ownership of every name periodically expires and, at that point, anyone may freely claim it on Namecoin by re-registering the expired name. The entire history of the name can be seen here ) On May 28, 2021, McCoy minted another NFT to record the Quantum artwork, this time on the Ethereum blockchain.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Allen won first place at the Colorado State Fair (the “Competition”) for the two-dimensional artwork entitled Théâtre D’opéra Spatial (the “Work”), which he produced with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). Allen requested a second reconsideration on July 12, 2023, based on a number of arguments. Last year, Jason M.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2023

This decision raises many issues regarding copyright ownership that will require further court involvement and/or policy reform. This decision raises many issues regarding copyright ownership that will require further court involvement and/or policy reform. However, in the case of AI, determining authorship becomes complex.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. There is a need to shed light on the legal status of AI which can help the courts determine whether they are eligible to ownership rights of copyright for their work or not.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

6] Although the claims were based on whether the art objects were statistically linked to Turkey and if museums had official permits showing that the artworks were legally exported rather than physical evidence, [7] these calls for repatriating ancient objects in Western museums to the lands where they originated are not unique.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This AI system — the so-called “Creativity Machine” — produced the artwork titled “ A Recent Entrance to Paradise ”. as an author where it otherwise meets authorship criteria, with any copyright ownership vesting in the AI’s owner.” After its creation, he attempted to register this work with the Copyright Office.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

There has been limited case law citing the section 9(3) and there remains some ambiguity and academic debate on the ownership of computer-generated works under English law. In this instance however the user generating the images was in Ireland and the online software model generating the images was hosted in the US.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In August 2023, the New York District Attorney’s (NYDA) Antiquities Trafficking Unit, which specializes in investigating looted artifacts, seized a headless statue valued at $20 million from the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) under a search warrant issued by a New York court. Ownership Interest In the case of Republic of Croatia v.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy they will deliver findings by June 2023. NFTs are units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of (supposedly) unique digital media items. Meanwhile, several other federal district courts are struggling with how to apportion value in the context of digital marketplace transfers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

According to data provided by the company, by late April this year, more than 1 billion pieces of artwork had been removed from the Stable Diffusion training set using this tool (reported here ). There is disagreement among commentators whether this is a desirable development. 3] Credit for the prompt goes to Professor Thomas Margoni.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On August 18, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Columbia affirmed the U.S. In 2019, Stephen Thaler submitted a copyright application for his visual artwork, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” which stated that an AI computer algorithm, the “Creativity Machine,” created the artistic piece.

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

This will give recognition to those persons and provide them with ownership rights for that intellectual activity. Hermès claimed that Rothschild’s digital artworks infringed upon its legally protected intellectual property rights. These rights are crucial for the development of innovation and intellectual creation.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

We have previously discussed the thorny intellectual property implications of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of a unique digital media item. 22, 2023 ). This issue recently came to a head in a 64-page federal court decision in Friel v. Dapper Labs, Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Allen won first place at the Colorado State Fair (the “Competition”) for the two-dimensional artwork entitled Théâtre D’opéra Spatial (the “Work”), which he produced with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). Last year, Jason M.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

This ownership interest in the creative work is balanced with the general public’s need to access the creative arts and exercise First Amendment rights. AWF argued that the Prince Series is sufficiently transformative of Goldsmith’s original photograph because the artworks convey a different meaning or message than her photograph.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

22-cv-384 (JSR), 2023 U.S. 2, 2023) (citation omitted).) Ownership of trademark rights is not contingent on a registration. ” In the trial, the jury disagreed with Rothschild, rejecting his First Amendment defense, and finding him liable for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and cybersquatting. Rothschild , No.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

3] An announcement on SuperFarm’s website noted that the sale would occur on the Ethereum blockchain, and that the auction was significant because it would “set a precedent for how artistically created value and its ownership can be proven, transferred, and monetized seamlessly through a public blockchain.” [4]. Miramax LLC v.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

by Dr. Anson C J As technology advances, the emergence of synthetic creativity has raised intricate questions about copyright law and the concept of originality ( Samuelson 2023 ). In the context of copyright laws, AI-generated work poses a unique challenge in determining authorship and ownership.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 6, 2025

Perlmutter (read opinion here) , the court upheld the Copyright Offices refusal to register artwork generated solely by a computer named the Creativity Machine. Miley Cyrus is facing a copyright lawsuit that claims her 2023 hit Flowers copies elements from Bruno Marss 2013 song When I Was Your Man. In Thaler v. all remain in the case.

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