Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2023, I logged 225 such cases (this number will grow a bit due to lags with the electronic databases). The 2023 count represented a 17% increase over the 2022 count. 2023 marked a significant milestone: my census now counts over 1,000 total U.S. Ballenger, 2023 U.S. I continue to maintain my census of U.S.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 21, 2023

YTS remains at the top of the list in 2023, despite the fact that the site and its users were subjected to various lawsuits in recent years. Top 10 Torrent Sites of 2023 YTS 1337x NYAA RARBG The Pirate Bay FitGirl Repacks Skidrow & Reloaded IGGGAMES EZTV TorrentGalaxy 1. 1337x In 2023, 1337x retains its spot in the top three.

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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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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The decision, which attracted considerable commentary over the weekend, involves mandatory registration rules for audio and visual services that include far more than the large streaming services. As is often the case, it is not as bad as critics would suggest, but not nearly as benign as the CRTC would have you believe.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 27, 2025

In a precedential decision in September 2023, the Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark HME in the stylized from shown below, for various types of pipes and other building products, finding confusion likely with opposer's mark KME for overlapping goods. TTABlogged here ]. Applicant Zhejiang Hailiang Co.,

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by former GuestKat Nedim Malovic (ASSA ABLOY), commenting on a recent referral to the EUIPO Grand Board regarding the registrability of face trade marks. Judging by past decisions ( R 2063/2016-4 and R 2173/2023-4 ), it might appear so.

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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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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2023

First, on February 21, 2023, the Copyright Office issued its much-anticipated decision regarding the registration of a graphic novel by artist Kristina Kashtanova that included images generated using the AI tool Midjourney. Then, on March 15, 2023, the Copyright Office issued a policy statement providing its. By: Perkins Coie

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In response to the increased use of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technologies capable of producing expressive material, the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Image from here On March 14, 2023, in Sirona Hygiene Private Limited Vs Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd , the Delhi High Court provided three interesting points on the issue of design infringement and piracy, in the context of an equally interesting fact scenario! Here too, I think the court has enlarged the “ground” to play with facts.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit joined the Third and Eleventh Circuits in ruling that the re-registration of an infringing domain name with a bad faith intent to profit violates the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). 24, 2023) (Diaz, Thacker, Floyd, JJ.). Prudential Ins. Shenzhen Stone Network Info.

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Patently-O

APRIL 4, 2023

2023) Apple Records was founded by The Beatles in 1968 and quickly became a success, producing many hit records in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Bertini filed an opposition to Apple’s TM registration which the TTAB eventually dismissed. by Dennis Crouch Bertini v. Apple Inc. , — F.4th 4th — (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 22, 2025

Recognizing these challenges, the Copyright Office issued Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence (Guidance) in March 2023, clarifying. This rapid evolution in art generation challenges global intellectual property law. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 26, 2023

2] However, the quintessential reason for such distinction is due to a slightly elevated standard for the registration of non-traditional marks. Image Source : Shutterstock] The Trademarks Act, 1999 (‘Act’) refers exclusively to the registrability of ‘combination of colours’. [3] In this also falls the case of colour marks.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 13, 2023

The competition is from 24th March- 26th March 2023. The last date to register for the competition is January 20, 2023. For further details please read their announcement below – 10th Mahamana Malviya National Moot Court Competition by Law School, Banaras Hindu University [Varanasi, March 24-26, 2023]. Registration Fee.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Grande Communications Networks, LLC, 2023 WL 1422808 (W.D. Jan 31, 2023). 11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” . Hoffmann Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC, 2023 WL 2681994 (E.D. March 29, 2023).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The main contentions in the case were two pronged: whether private copyright societies like IPRS fall under RTI’s purview and can inquiry commission reports like the Dangey Commission Report on IPRS’s re-registration be disclosed under the RTI Act. The CIC ruled against Mukherjee (the applicant) on both fronts.

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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. Today, it’s about the trade marks. Katpost on the decision here.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

District Court for the District of Colorado asking the court to find that his work is eligible for copyright registration. Copyright Office published a final decision denying registration of Allen’s work in September 2023. The Review Board of the U.S.

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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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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Image Sources: Shutterstock] Key Features: Registration of trademark is mandatory for protection against infringement, but not against passing off. Registration is not mandatory, but recommended. Registration of patent is mandatory. Key Features: Registration of design is mandatory under the Designs Act, 2000.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

5, 2023) (S. 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. Counsel; M. Strong, Associate Reg.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Drawing on 2023 filing, registration and renewals statistics from national and regional IP offices and WIPO, WIPI covers patents, utility models, trade marks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection and geographical indications. This annual survey analyzes IP activity around the globe. programmes: - LL.M.

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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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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2025

Sazerac Brands, LLC , 2023-1682 (Fed. The case involves two alcohol producers: Bullshine Distillery sought to register “BULLSHINE FIREBULL” for alcoholic beverages; Sazerac, owner of “FIREBALL” branded cinnamon whiskey, and opposed the registration claiming likelihood of confusion.

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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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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 3, 2023

Last month, the Fourth Circuit issued a landmark intellectual property ruling in The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Shenzhen Stone Network Information Ltd., 21-1823 (4th Cir. By: Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

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BYU Copyright Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

John Carroll University In February 2023, we first published a post describing the Complaint by Gina Weisblat ("Weisblat") against her former employer, John Carroll University ("JCU"). St John Central Academy In March 2023, Samantha Watts filed a lawsuit on behalf of her daughter, who is referred to as "SW" to preserve her privacy.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

On April 21, 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Additionally, on January 23, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released the first version of its “ Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework ” (“AI RMF 1.0”). Patents On February 14, 2023, the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 3, 2024

The threshold issue of human authorship as a prerequisite for obtaining copyright registration at the US Copyright Office is currently being litigated in federal court in the District of Columbia.

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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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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The case follows a recent UPC case that tackled similar questions relating to the jurisdiction of the UPC to hear cases relating to UK patent infringement ( UPC_CFI_355/2023 , IPKat ). 4) in proceedings concerned with the registration or validity of patents [.] Long-armed jurisdiction? BSH sued Electrolux (a Swedish company) in Sweden.

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