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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In addition to raising questions about ownership of outputs , infringement in training , and the future of copyright as a policy tool to encourage creativity , economists are in the early stages of analysing the effects of these technologies on human creativity. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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The Biggest Copyright Decisions Of 2024: A Midyear Report

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The justices ruled there's no time limit for how far back copyright plaintiffs can pursue infringement damages as long as their claims are timely, and an Ohio jury said video game developers didn't infringe a tattoo artist's works by depicting the images on basketball players.

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[Guest Post] Long walk to copyright reform #9: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape) on one of the important but largely overlooked aspect of South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill: provisions aimed at ensuring fair remuneration for South African creators and performers.

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Lidl v Tesco – Court of Appeal overturns copyright infringement finding

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 19 March 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision on the appeal in the Lidl v Tesco case ( [2024] EWCA Civ 262 ), holding as follows. By the time of trial, Lidl’s copyright claim was that the CCP Signs infringed the copyright subsisting in the Mark with Text shown below.

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The Impact of REULA on Copyright Law: Navigating the Post-Brexit Landscape

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. REULA’s influence on copyright law Although EU law had a strong influence on the UK copyright law, the two were never properly aligned.

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The Future of Copyright. In memory of Luigi Carlo Ubertazzi (Report 1/2)

The IPKat

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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Supermarket Showdown (Lidl v Tesco) – Lidl’s rights (trade marks and copyright) in the Lidl logo are infringed by Tesco’s “Clubcard Price” signs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright infringement – Copyright subsists in the Lidl logo and this was copied by Tesco in creating their Clubcard Price(s) signs. On copyright subsistence, the judge held that the Mark with Text is an artistic work, failing within the sub-category of “graphic works”.