Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Photo by Rocco Dipoppa on Unsplash The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REULA) came into force on 1 January 2024 and has some significant implications for IP law. Much IP law in the UK is derived from EU law – both implemented EU law and case law decided in view of EU law.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

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. But unanswered questions abound. Perlmutter, et.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2023

Events Image by Riana Harvey John Kimbell KC - Deputy High Court Judge | Character in copyright and the character of copyright: reflections on Only Fools and Horses The University of East Anglia will be hosting John Kimbell KC on March 9. by 5pm on 14 April 2023. by 5pm on 14 April 2023. For more information, click here.

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SpicyIP

MAY 30, 2024

see SSRN’s Top 50 Authors, Papers, or Organizations list, Top Law Authors, Top Organizations ; Top Downloads For Intellectual Property Law eJournals , and HeinOnline scholar ranking. All these made me wonder: Whither Global South’s IP, especially Copyright scholars and their scholarship?

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

After spending more than 16 years implementing intellectual property laws introduced in 2005, amendments to intellectual property law in Vietnam came into effect on January 1, 2023. The new law requires ISPs to verify their customers’ identities when they first register for an account.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Indiana) in part, for copyright infringement of works of original authorship. Instruments of Service ) created by DCG, while also maintaining that DCG was the author and owner of said Instruments of Service, and would, therefore, retain all common law , statutory and other reserved rights, including copyrights.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2024

Webinar on navigating intellectual property in sustainable fashion (13 March) 4IPCouncil is organizing a webinar on second-hand luxury markets on 13 March at 16:00 CET. IMRO and Law Society Annual Copyright Lecture (1 May) The 5th annual IMRO/Law Society of Ireland Copyright Lecture will be held in Dublin on 1 May, 18:00 – 19:30.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 15, 2023

Events 19 January 2023: “Vintage Brands and the New Bad Faith Conundrum” Fide Foundation and TIPSA (Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy) will hold the 24 Global Digital Encounters on 19 January 2023. 26 January 2023: “Who owns your ink? More information and registration are available here and here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. But that undersells the level of inconsistency in courts’ interpretations of the law of copyright preemption. — Of course, no state law claim is exactly the same as a copyright claim.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 2, 2023

Internet Archive is Liable for Copyright Infringement, Court Rules * [link] 2023-03-26 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-03-25 [link] 2023-03-26 'Everything was lost': Manitoba business owner victim of Instagram hack [link] 2023-03-26 Sony Music Files Copyright Suit Over TikTok 'Reflections' Remix – Bloomberg Law (..)

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The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? A Dietz, ‘The protection of intellectual property in the information age - the draft E.U. The short answer is: yes.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This report is provided by Aiswarya Deepa Padmakumar , Simon Parayemkuzhiyil Abraham , and Aashish Murali Krishnan who attended the session and are students of mine pursuing their Masters in Law at Brunel University London. Do LLMs Infringe Copyright? The committee explored the question of infringement of copyright by LLMs.

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Barry Sookman

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Great Canadian Rip-Off | Prairie Dog [link] 2023-01-29 Yuga Says It Does Not Have ‘Copyright Registrations’ For Bored Apes [link] 2023-01-29 U.S. on Copyright: The Law and What A.I. on Copyright: The Law and What A.I.

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 19, 2023

Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 157, Number 5: Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure [link] 2023-03-12 Meta to end news access for Canadians if Online News Act becomes law [link] 2023-03-12 Wall Street Braces for the Next Silicon Valley Bank – The Wall Street Journal [link] 2023-03-12 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-03-11 (..)

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2023! Please note: Some nominations do not appear in the list above, exclusions were made for example for not being a book about IP Law, or not being published in 2022. Votes for books that were nominated in the wrong category (e.g.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 30, 2023

Federal Court sides with Facebook in privacy case tied to Cambridge Analytica affair | CBC News [link] 2023-04-23 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-22 [link] 2023-04-23 [link] 2023-04-23 Navigating Copyright Risks in Generative AI [link] 2023-04-24 USPTO is holding public listening sessions on AI inventorship for patents [link] 2023-04-24 (..)

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 9, 2023

Pirate Site Blocking Decreases Internet Traffic, Research Finds [link] 2023-04-02 Critics of Generative AI Are Worrying About the Wrong IP Issues – Center for Data Innovation – or Center for work a… [link] 2023-04-02 Start Preparing For “THE SINGULARITY.” There is a 5% to 10% chance it will be here in five years.

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 26, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-03-18 [link] 2023-03-19 Removing copyright information doesn’t necessarily violate DMCA [link] 2023-03-20 Claims for Timekeeping to be an Abstract Idea: “Whether by Quill or by Computer, Humans Have Undertaken Such Timeke… [link] 2023-03-20 UK Intellectual Property Office sets out new guidelines for patent (..)

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Barry Sookman

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-02-11 [link] 2023-02-12 Bitcoin file format not protected by copyright: Wright v BTC Core [link] 2023-02-13 Proposed Retail Payment Activities Regulations Issued | McCarthy Tétrault [link] 2023-02-13 Fifty-one McCarthy Tétrault Lawyers Recognized in Lexpert®/ALM 500 Guide | McCarthy Tétrault [link] 2023-02-13 (..)

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Barry Sookman

MAY 28, 2023

privacy fine [link] 2023-05-22 Google loses Quebec court case over defamatory posts in search results | Financial Post [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-27 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 8, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-12-31 [link] 2023-01-01. Oxford University Innovation Ltd v Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd [2022] EWHC 3200 (Pat) (23 December 2022) who owns IP rig… [link] 2023-01-02. Copyright Office Sets Sights on Artificial Intelligence in 2023 [link] 2023-01-02. link] 2023-01-03.

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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. In fact, one of Prof.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Copyright is a more complicated problem. Per Article 5(2) of the Berne Convention [9] , copyright is established without the need for any further procedures. Since copyright is “universal”, some argue that the lex originis should be utilised to determine who owns works that have been plagiarised.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

ChatGPT and the Underlying Copyright Malady Can the output(s) generated by ChatGPT be protected under copyright law? Who is the owner of the underlying copyright (if any) the coder? Call for Papers: NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. The deadline for submissions is April 18, 2023.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 23, 2023

… The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-22 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Barry Sookman

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

… The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-02-25 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 7, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-29 [link] 2023-04-30 [link] 2023-04-30 Advancing Cooperative AI Governance at the 2023 G7 Summit [link] 2023-04-30 Federal Agencies Release Joint Statement on AI [link] 2023-05-01 Generative AI: what could the future hold for IP and training data in the UK?

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Barry Sookman

MAY 14, 2023

arms race | Fortune [link] 2023-05-07 Big Tech lobbying on AI regulation as industry races to harness ChatGPT popularity [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-13 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 16, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-08 [link] 2023-04-09 UK risks losing out on hi-tech growth if it falters on AI regulation via @ConversationUK [link] 2023-04-09 UK High Court Issues Landmark Global FRAND Rate Decision [link] 2023-04-10 AIDA Companion Document: overview and questions [link] 2023-04-10 Scoop: Ron Conway to convene tech (..)

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 12, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-03-04 [link] 2023-03-05 Lessons Learned From 2022’s Trade Secret Verdicts [link] 2023-03-06 The geopolitics of AI just got more complicated | Perspectives [link] 2023-03-06 Building Trust in AI: A Landscape Analysis of Government AI Programs – Centre for International Governance Innovati… [link] 2023-03-07 (..)

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 5, 2023

High Court clarifies approach to IP infringements on internet platforms [link] 2023-02-28 New frontiers of English law: UKJT publishes legal statement on digital securities [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-03-04 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 29, 2023

SCC hears case with implications for online privacy | Canadian Lawyer [link] 2023-01-22 [link] 2023-01-22 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-01-21 [link] 2023-01-22 She was denied entry to a Rockettes show because of facial recognition software [link] 2023-01-22 NYC's controversial AI bias audit law gets new hearing [link] 2023-01-22 (..)

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 22, 2023

link] 2023-01-15 Tech gets religion on AI: Inside the Vatican summit with Islamic and Jewish leaders, Microsoft and IBM [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-01-21 first appeared on Barry Sookman. The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-01-21 appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 21, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-13 [link] 2023-05-14 What Gives You Hope Keeps You Fighting [link] 2023-05-14 Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25 [link] 2023-05-14 Here to Stay: Ontario Court of Appeal upholds referral to arbitration and clarifies stay analysis | McCarthy Tétrau… [link] 2023-05-14 (..)

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 15, 2023

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-01-07 [link] 2023-01-08. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom [link] 2023-01-08. link] 2023-01-08. British Columbia Employer Found Vicariously Liable for Data Breach [link] 2023-01-09. link] 2023-01-09. It’s already happening | Artificial intell… [link] 2023-01-09.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2023

It is an event that will be held online, on September 20 to September 21, 2023. International Copyright Issues and Artificial Intelligence is a webinar organized by the U.S. Copyright Office on July 26, 2023 , as part of an initiative to examine copyright law and policy issues raised by AI technology.

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