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Artifical Intelligence Vis-À-Vis Ownership and Authorship Right under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The integration of technology within the domain of art design has provided artists with unprecedented possibilities to conceptualise and implement interactive and immersive experiences. This blog explores the ownership and authorship dilemma that arises at the intersection of AI-generated art and Thaler v.

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512(f) Once Again Ensnared in an Employment Ownership Dispute–Shande v. Zoox

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This paradigm, however, breaks down when copyright ownership is contested. In that circumstance, the takedown notice becomes a proxy battle for a larger and likely fact-dependent war over ownership, which the service in the middle isn’t in a good position to resolve. 2023 WL 5211628 (N.D. 2023 WL 5211628 (N.D.

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TTABlog Quarterly Index: April - June 2023

The TTABlog

TTABlog Test: Is CLAIM WATCHER Confusable With CLAIM WATCH & Design for Certain Insurance Claim Services? [No] TTABlog Test: Is "K2 MOTORCARS & Design" Confusable With "K2 MOTOR & Design" For Automobile-Related Services? [No] Welch 2023. Guess What? Goods in Trade: Precedential No.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

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. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here. Today, we begin with developments in the copyright field.

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UAE’s Competition Regulation: A Comprehensive Analysis of Federal Law No. 36/2023

LexBlog IP

36/2023 has assumed control, replacing the previous competition regulation law (Federal Law No. The law aims to encourage fairness, competitiveness, and consumer protection through provisions, controls, and penalties designed to restrict anti-competitive behaviours and establish regulatory frameworks. 4/2012) in the UAE.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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TTAB Reverses Functionality Refusal of Rocking Chair Design But Finds Acquired Distinctiveness Lacking

The TTABlog

Applying the Morton-Norwich factors, and giving some weight to applicant's design patents, the Board concluded that the USPTO failed to make a prima facie case of functionality. 88941388 (May 22, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Thomas W. indicates that the design is not de jure functional.'" Wellington).

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