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Rounding Up Recent Copyright and AI Rulings

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

March 18, 2025) This case involved the completely AI-generated work, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”: The copyright applicant, Thaler, disclaimed any human involvement in the work’s creation. Anthropic PBC 1) Opinion denying a preliminary injunction , 2025 WL 904333 (N.D. Perlmutter , No. 23-5233 (D.C.

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Copyright Catfight?

BYU Copyright Blog

The University disputed that Boyages owns all copyright in and has exclusive rights over the contested work. It is important to note that Boyages claimed that her logo was original and not a derivative work. They also admitted displaying the logo as described by Boyages but did not believe such use was unlawful.

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The Parody Exception: Revisiting the Case for a Distinct Pastiche Exception

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While many anticipate the CJEU’s forthcoming decision in mid-2025, this contribution seeks to advocate that distinguishing between parody, pastiche, and caricature in copyright law may be ineffective. This perspective appears well-founded.

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[Part I] Fair Dealing or Foul Play? The Latest Kunal Kamra Controversy

SpicyIP

Breaking Down the Controversy and IP Laws Role In It While most spent their time waiting on ChatGPT to finish generating their familys Studio Ghibli-field photographs (read Miyazaki, the creator of Studio Ghiblis thoughts on AI here ), Kunal Kamra blessed YouTube with his comedy special Naya Bharat on 26 th March 2025. In RG Anand v.

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Is Pastiche an Autonomous Concept of EU Copyright Law? Hearing of Pelham II in the CJEU – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The AG is set to deliver his opinion on this case on 6 May 2025. This might, after all, be a step forward towards the European birth of the derivative work, although the Court has been known to adopt a cautionary approach when asked whether fundamental rights can justify going beyond the established InfoSoc framework.