IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Upon independent and less human intervention by a machine in making the work, one expects a built-in gap in the legal design. This has to do with the application of copyright to works made through AI. Copyright Act regulates the works which are created by humans only.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Highlights of the Week ANI vs OpenAI: Indias Copyright Act is outdated. India’s copyright law does not envision an exception permitting LLM trainings from copyrighted materials. Call for Applications: SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025 (Apply by February 23) Attention IP and tech enthusiasts!

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This post will analyze the Court’s revised 2025 opinion, highlighting: The flawed originality analysis; Misapplication of the infringement standard; Inadequate consideration of merger and fair use defenses; Contrast with the more nuanced Indian law approach; Negative implications for AI innovation. General Signal Corp.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Now that the summer is formally over it is time for the third trimester of the 2024 roundup of EU copyright law. You can read a comment on the AG Opinion by Bernt Hugenholtz here , as well as the European Copyright Society’s opinion on the case here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 1, 2025

Dr Chijioke Okorie , who joined the IPKat at the start of 2019 as our first Africa Correspondent , has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria, effective 1 January 2025. He kept readers informed about the latest developments in trade marks, designs, AI, and copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Then, the question of what copyright laws, and other fields of law, have to offer to overcome those challenges will be answered. Metadata design technical challenges Missing or incorrect metadata in a dataset could be overcome, or at least mitigated, by interoperability between datasets.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The court also allowed Giffords DMCA claim to proceed, ignoring that the law is designed to prevent the removal of copyright management information from identical or nearly identical worksnot loosely similar photos depicting the same beige throw pillows. law in generalapplies only to domestic rights. S ydney Nicole LLC v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. You can read the previous round-ups here.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

5 Proven Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property in 2025 In a world where ideas are currency, protecting intellectual property (IP) has ne ver been more critical. While intellectual property law can be complex, following a structured approach can help secure your ideas and prevent misuse.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Call for Submissions: NALSARs Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 15 [Submissions by March 31, 2025] NALSARs Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 15th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is March 31, 2025.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 4, 2024

His chapter probes the future of copyright law, attempting to turn the focus of copyright to collaborative authorship. His chapter probes the future of copyright law, attempting to turn the focus of copyright to collaborative authorship. According to Tubaro et al., As described by C.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2024

European Copyright Legislation – Quo Vadis? (21 21 October 2024) Over 30 years have passed since the efforts to harmonize European copyright law began. Should European copyright law be unified through a regulation? If that’s not feasible, should the Court's case law at least be codified?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

OpenAI’s vision for a fair AI ecosystem The ADAI mentions copyright only in passing, but it is fairly obvious that the desire to ‘deal’ with pending copyright infringement claims (largely in the US) lies at the core of this ambitious statement. OpenAI adds that new features will be added in the future.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The People, Plants, and the Law lecture series will begin this week. Moreover, registration for the 147th INTA Annual Meeting 2025 will start in January. The Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam has several events coming up in October. That said, Art.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2023

Case: Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc Vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs On 24 April, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Image from here. Nigeria introduces new copyright law that can be a game changer for its film industry and digital users. The dispute is around the interpretation of Section 3(k) by the court.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2025

In a recent decision ( [2025] EWHC 39 (IPEC) ) on the alleged infringement of copyright in a TV format , the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) of the High Court of England & Wales (the Court) held that the collection of features on which the show was based was insufficient to constitute a protected dramatic work.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Wait until 2025. Wheen will remain protected until January 1, 2025. All Quiet on the Western Front also continues to be protected in Germany and other countries whose copyright terms last for 70 years after the author’s death, which includes most of the world. a copyright that will never fully grow up. translation by A.W.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

In it, we provide updates on key developments in EU copyright law from October to December 2024, covering everything from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rulings and Advocate General (AG) Opinions to significant policy developments. The public consultation runs until 25 February 2025.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Part 2 of the Report ( here ), released on 29 January 2025, tackled the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI (GenAI), in which inter alia it was stated that: The existing principles of copyright law are flexible enough to apply to AI as they have applied to tech innovations in the past.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It focuses on copyright and AI, including unlicensed text and data mining, as well as computer-generated outputs. The consultation runs until 25 February 2025, with a total of 47 questions to answer. IP events and opportunities In the latest Friday Fantasies post, Eleonora Rosati informed readers about IP events and opportunities.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2025

Shortly before the Holidays, the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State released the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence ( here for the English version : note, however, that the English version is not entirely accurate insofar as it translates from Italian) to be applied within this state as of 1 January 2025.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Text and data mining exceptions One mechanism permitting data scraping can be found in the text and data mining (TDM) exceptions to copyright infringement which can be found in both the UK and EU. The UK has a limited exception for non-commercial TDM, found in section 29A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, introduced in 2014.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

On 30 January 2025, the US Copyright Office (USCO) registered A Single Piece of American Cheese , a visual material generated by Invoke AI and with a technique called inpainting. Invokes canvas is uniquely designed to give artists a high degree of control, allowing them to precisely define where and how regions are regenerated.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs on January 31 and Galatea Ltd. Controller of Patents and Designs Kundan Kumar. Novex Communications Pvt Ltd v.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Public data centres will introduce an environmental management system based on EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme) by 2025, with federal IT procurement to be based on standards certifications. Alongside plans for public finance and more connectivity on the national rail network, the parties stand for net neutrality.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Further drafts are to be prepared, with the final version of the Code forecast to be released by 2 May 2025, in accordance with Article 56 (Codes of Practice) of the EU AI Act. The AI Offices idea is to provide a future-proof Code that will also be appropriate for the next generation of AI models released after the May 2025 deadline.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

” “Plaintiffs contend that they showed that the Vimeo staff had legal acumen as to copyright laws. Those facts do not support the conclusion that a Vimeo employee, absent familiarity with copyright laws, would have a basis for knowing whether the use of copyrighted music in a particular video was or was not a fair use.

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