The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This Africa IP Highlights 2023 is the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The US Copyright Office (CO) Review Board rejected a request to register artwork partially generated by artificial intelligence (AI) because the work contains more than a de minimis amount of content generated by AI and the applicant was unwilling to disclaim the AI-generated material. 5, 2023) (S. 5, 2023) (S. of Copyrights; J.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It summarizes the "Decisions of the Federal Courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on Registrability Issues July 2023 to August 2024." Text Copyright John L. Read comments and post your comment here. Welch 2024.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 2, 2023

Copyright and trademark attorneys this year will be keeping an eye on intellectual property agencies' joint study on non-fungible tokens, developments involving artificial intelligence, as well as a Trademark Modernization Act provision that could speed up the trademark registration process.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Copyright Office’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023. Among other things, the Initiative’s portal compiles registration decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

by Dennis Cxrouch In re Lizzo LLC (TTAB 2023) In a new precedential opinion, the PTAB has sided with the musical artist Lizzo — agreeing to register her mark “100% THAT B H” for use on apparel. Unlike patents and copyrights, trademark law is not designed to reward the creative endeavor of invention or authorship.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s refusal to register a digital artwork created with the Midjourney text-to-image GenAI tool.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In recent times, the Indian Intellectual Property Office has taken a mission for speedy disposal of all the intellectual property applications and completion of registration procedures. With a view to obtain the patent registration, we completed all the statutory requirements as well as procedures on time.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 3, 2023

Copyright Office Provides Guidance on the Registration of Works That Include AI-Generated Material - During a June 2023 webinar, representatives of the Copyright Office provided much needed clarification and guidance on registering works that include material generated through artificial intelligence (AI) (Registration Guidance).

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Despite receiving this accolade and Allen’s arguments that he contributed significant creative elements to the AI-generated Work, his attempts to copyright the work have been unsuccessful. Allen originally filed for copyright registration on September 21, 2022, but did not disclose that he had used an AI system to create the work.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Yesterday, it was all about key developments in the copyright field in the Africa IP Highlights 2023 – the result of collaboration between myself and several IP practitioners and researchers across Africa: Clarisse Mideva ; Rita Chindah ; and Jessie Mgonga. Should it not be the chant that may be copyright-protected as a musical work?]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2024

Copyright Office’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023. Among other things, the Initiative’s portal compiles registration decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. There’s no indication that Hulu’s decision was influenced by the copyright status of The Hardy Boys ’ titular characters.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The design was granted registration by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Kolkata. The design was filed on 10/03/2022 and was subsequently accepted and published in the Journal of the Patent Office numbered 21/2023 on May 26th, 2023. The design number is 360313-00.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But, before I go, I wanted to leave you with five tales of how copyright has shaped Halloween that I’ve written over the years. 1: How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie. When the film was released, the print was missing a copyright notice. 2: Dracula vs. Nosferatu: A True Copyright Horror Story.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled three oral hearings for the month of December 2023, all held via video conference. December 5, 2023 - 2 PM: Omegle.com, LLC v. December 12, 2023 - 2 PM: In re Cuts Clothing Inc Serial No. December 13, 2023 - 1 PM: Tiarra Hamlett and Michael Hamlett Jr.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Situation: In early 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office ("Office") launched a new initiative to examine the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence ("AI"). By: Jones Day

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

That included those whose names appeared in public WHOIS databases as registrants or owners of domains. In an August 2023 joint submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Hollywood, the recording industry, TV companies, the gaming industry and publishers left little doubt that patience had run out.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Reasoning that the form of a copyright registration does not really matter, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that real estate photography provider VHT was entitled to statutory damages for 2,700 photos infringed by Zillow even though VHT had registered all of the works at issue as part of a single database.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

The TTABlogger has once again chosen the ten (10) TTAB (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) decisions that he considers to be the most important and/or interesting from the previous calendar year (2023). In re Seminole Tribe of Florida , 2023 U.S.P.Q.2d 2d 631 (TTAB 2023) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Melanye K. 2023 U.S.P.Q.2d

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2023

Copyright Office data provide a glimpse into the historical rates of registration, which is itself a window into how often women creators seek intellectual property law protections. A later study found that the numbers of women authors in registration records continued to increase, showing that women represented 38.5%

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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. This bedrock principle was reinforced in two recent copyright decisions.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lawsuits filed in the United States targeting pirate sites usually focus on breaches of copyright law, typically direct and secondary infringement, or violations of the DMCA, depending on individual circumstances. The company’s complaint filed last year targeted the unknown domain registrant of kokoatv.net, kokoa.tv, and vidground.com.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 17, 2023

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – 16 th Annual USPTO Design Day on May 4, 2023 Registration for the 16th Annual USPTO Design Day 2023 has been made available and interested parties can register virtually or in person here. The 16th annual Design Day will be held on May 4, 2023, from 10 a.m.-5

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled nine oral hearings for the month of September 2023. September 7, 2023 - 11:15 AM [In Person, North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, NC]: In re Vinedo de Zorra, LLC , Serial No. September 12, 2023 - 11 AM: Montgomery Law LLC v.

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IP Law 360

JULY 24, 2023

Copyright Office partially canceled a copyright registration on a comic book after finding its illustrations came from an artificial intelligence platform. Here's a look at the most significant copyright decisions of 2023 so far.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled six oral hearings for the month of November 2023. November 2, 2023 - 1 PM: Baxter S.r.l. 91263387 [Opposition to registration of BAXTON STUDIO for furniture, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark BAXTER for furniture.] Welch 2023.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The deadline to respond is 18 October 2023. The USCO underlined again the importance of the “ human authorship ” requirement and stated that applicants must bear the duty to disclose the inclusion of AI-generated content in a work submitted for registration and to provide a brief explanation of the human author’s contribution to the work.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Copyright Office Rejects Application for AI-Generated Work Based on a Photograph -- On December 11, 2023, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (Board) rejected a Second Request for reconsideration with respect to the registration of a work generated through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

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IP Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2023

copyright law protects human-authored expression, not works generated purely by generative AI. When a human author uses generative AI tools to create their work, the scope of copyright protection extends to the human-authored aspects of the work, not the AI-generated material within that work. 88 FR 16190. See, e.g. , SAS Institute v.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Board issued 34 precedential opinions in calendar 2023, a total slightly lower than in recent years. 31: De Minimis Sales of Amplifiers Over Six-Year Period Leads to Cancellation of "CS" Registration for Abandonment Failure-to-Function: Precedential No. Welch 2023. link here ). Good luck with that.]

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2023

On February 21, 2023, the Copyright Office eclipsed its prior decisions in the area of AI authorship when it partially cancelled Kristina Kashtanova’s registration for a comic book titled Zarya of the Dawn. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by IP Press on the extension of the registration deadlines for their Comprehensive Course on Patents, in collaboration with S. The deadline for registration has now been extended to October 4. Majumdar & Co. But this time, we have with us our ‘exclusive knowledge partner’, S.

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BYU Copyright Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Copyright Copycat? Boyages) filed a Complaint against the University of Vermont and the State Agricultural College (Defendants or the University) alleging copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. Boyages applied for copyright registration and had her work registered as SophCat. After 11 months, Ms. Even if Ms.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

21, 2023) (Hector Gonzalez), the District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment regarding the validity of its copyright. Under the Copyright Act of 1976, a copyright registration creates a rebuttable presumption that the copyright is valid.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Last week the Board decided three Section 2(d) oppositions in which it held oral arguments in June 2023. 91239609 (October 13, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Karen S. 91252440 and 91255819 (October 11, 2023) [Not Precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. Text Copyright John L. Welch 2023.

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