Creative Law Center

AUGUST 29, 2024

Plus a look at the historical roots of tattoo art. The post Copyright and Tattoo Art appeared first on Creative Law Center. Copyright and tattoo. Understand the legal implications of ownership and how they can be changed with contracts.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The hi-tech whiz kids actually began to believe in their own infallibility and in … Continue reading "AI Generated Art: Another “Technical Breakthrough” Calling Out for Responsible Management and Regulatory Oversight"

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It found that the lower court erred by failing to instruct the jury that “comparison prior art” must be tied to the same article of manufacture as that claimed. Regarding the jury instructions on comparison prior art, Columbia argued that the district court erred by failing to instruct the jury as to the scope of the comparison prior art.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2024

Rapper OsamaSon is facing a potential lawsuit after his album cover was too close to some famous Iron Maiden art. The post Why Plagiarizing Iron Maiden is a Really Bad Idea appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Press Release: 11/24/2024 IP.com is thrilled to announce the launch of InnovationQ, the next-generation interface for its industry-leading Prior Art Database. Why InnovationQ Matters to Innovators InnovationQ’s state-of-the-art capabilities make it the go-to solution for organizations striving to maintain a competitive edge.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Patent 7,736,355 (“the ’355 patent”) does not qualify as prior art to related U.S. Medtronics filed five IPR petitions using the ’355 patent as the primary prior art reference under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L. , The Board concluded that Medtronic failed to demonstrate that the challenged claims were unpatentable.

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SpicyIP

JULY 4, 2024

The Conundrum In an interesting order, the Madras High Court, in the case of Dr. Vandana Parvez vs The Controller of Patents , dealt with a withdrawn patent application that had been wrongfully published and then later cited as prior art for the same applicant’s subsequent patent application!

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

8, 2024) , the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s legal conclusion that Weber’s operating manuals were not prior art printed publications based on the public accessibility of the operating manuals. Additional issues include whether prior art discloses certain claim limitations. Provisur Techs., Weber appealed.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

Richard Prince has agreed to pay two photographers whose work he used in his art. Here's what it means for fair use moving forward. The post Richard Prince and the Future of Fair Use appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

A private sale may start an inventor’s one-year filing clock, but it likely won’t save a patentee from an intervening prior art reference. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) elaborated on the prior art public sale exception set forth in 35 U.S.C. On July 31, 2024, in a precedential decision, the U.S. 102(b)(2)(B).

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A famous AI-generated piece of art has been rejected by the US Copyright Office. Here's why the decision matters and what it means. The post Another AI Copyright Registration Rejected appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 1, 2023

A Chinese art professor has been fired over allegations of plagiarism. However, he may have much more to worry about than unemployment. The post Plagiarism and China’s Social Credit System appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

February 9, 2024) addressed two issues: (1) when the written description requirement is met in the context of a claimed range that is narrower than the ranges disclosed in the patent specification, and (2) the kind of prior art disclosure language which supports a finding of a motivation to combine for an obviousness rejection.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Despite this, he has had significant success in the art world, building a career that spans four decades and regularly sells paintings for millions of dollars. In 2010, artist Charles Thomspon compiled a list of 15 separate plagiarism allegations against Hirst and published them in the art magazine Jackdaw.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

VIP Products LLC , which held that the First Amendment did not protect infringing works that “use [the complainant’s] mark [ ] as a mark,” the Second Circuit upheld an Eastern District of New York order enjoining art collective MSCHF from offering its “Wavy Baby” sneaker that likely infringed Vans’ marquee “Old Skool” sneaker. See Vans, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 26, 2024

Wizards of the Coast is at the heart of another art plagiarism scandal, this one involving a new Magic: The Gathering card. The post Yet Another Magic: The Gathering Plagiarism Scandal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

That legislation, sponsored by Senator Patricia Bovey, a distinguished art historian by profession, (former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Adjunct … Continue reading "“The Declaration on the Essential Role of Artists and Creative Expression in Canada Act”: Will it Become Law?"

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

YouTube ContentID scammers ordered to pay restitution, art group sues insurance company in India and MPA releases new PSAs. The post 3 Count: Scammer Repayment appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

Anyone could also publish their own version of the book, either with the original art or new art that they created. The characters, in particular the line art drawings, look very little like the versions we know today and, though the book is still popular, it is far less recognizable than the Disney works.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Final defendant convicted in Jetflicks case, Katy Perry fights copyright infringement appeal and Anheuser-Busch sued over fishing art. The post 3 Count: Lawsuit Fishing appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

JUNE 16, 2024

La Nona Ora When it comes to contemporary art, I must admit at the outset that there are fewer artists who I find more enticing, fun and provocative than Maurizio Cattelan [see here for the recent Comedian dispute in the US].

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In the meantime, here’s a copy of the Stereophonic complaint, just to ensure you don’t stop thinking about this lawsuit: View Fullscreen The post Fleetwood Facts: Art Imitates Life, But Does It Infringe Copyright? appeared first on Copyright Lately.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 14, 2023

Judge tosses banana art case, Tokyo court rules against blogger in subtitle battle and Comcast forced to identify suspected pirate. The post 3 Count: Banana Problems appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Over the past two years, Director Vidal has issued two Director Review decisions related to the proper use of Applicant Admitted Prior Art (AAPA) in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. In both cases, Director Vidal endorsed the use of AAPA. Here, we provide an overview of each case. By: Fish & Richardson

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 21, 2023

Court tosses USCO case over AI art, court to revisit fair use tattoo case and Lord of the Rings fan fiction author loses vs Amazon. The post 3 Count: Non-Copyrighted AI appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Supporters of Canada’s creative industries—writing and publishing, music, film making, the visual and performing arts—would be hard pressed to find much to celebrate in the most recent federal budget unveiled on March 27.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Enablement Section 112(a) of the Patent Act requires that a patent specification includes “a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making an using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art…to make and use the same. In re Wands , 858 F.2d

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Notably, the one-input construction would be satisfied by a prior art embodiment showing only one input value. Medtronic addressed Axonics’ one-input construction in its preliminary patent owner response, taking the position that, even under the one-input construction, the prior art cited by Axonics did not disclose the clauses at issue.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior art chokes were molded by annealing a mixture of magnetic powder and adhesive around the insulated wire. The district court agreed with Cyntec that the cited prior art combination was missing claim elements and that Chilisin failed to meet the clear and convincing standard regarding motivation to combine.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 29, 2023

Judge sides with photog in case against Deadly Doll, Mediaset signs anti-piracy partnership with Meta and Art Basel targets NFT knockoffs. The post 3 Count: Dead Doll appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

IPKat-approved Laion A few days ago, the District Court of Hamburg delivered what appears to be the first judgment in Europe on the construction and application of the national transpositions of the text and data mining (TDM) exceptions found in Arts. By this provision, Germany had transposed Art. 3 or 4 of the DSM Directive).

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

by Tim Knight and Dennis Crouch. In 2018, Dr. Stephen Thaler, creator of the ‘Creativity Machine’ AI system, sought copyright registration for an AI-generated image, listing the Creativity Machine as author. The Copyright Office rejected the application, citing the necessity of a human author under copyright law.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A Second Circuit panel appeared divided Wednesday over whether a Los Angeles man should be liable for infringing Hermès International's handbag trademarks with his "MetaBirkins" nonfungible tokens, with two judges seemingly siding with the Paris designer and one with the purported artist.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

The Venice Biennale, also known as the Art Biennale, is a biennial art exhibition that focuses on contemporary art and is famous for having countries all over the world present national pavilions. However, the issue doesn’t involve a particular piece of art or any single creation. Bottom Line.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

3: Immersive Experiences and Copyright: TeamLab Sues MODS for ‘Copying their Artwork’ Finally today, Jonny Walfisz at Euronews reports that the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based museum, the Museum of Dream Space (MODS) alleging copyright infringement.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Music, film, art, comic books, and literary works are some other uses. The first two test tools create generative AI content from a text prompt and enable generative AI to complete computer code. This is just the tip of the iceberg on how generative AI will be used in games and a variety of other creative industries.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Based on Elekta’s arguments, the Board considered the following issues: Whether there was substantial evidence for the Board to find that a skilled artisan would have been motivated to combine the prior art references disclosing radiation imagery (Grady) with the references disclosing radiation therapy (Ruchala)? See 35 U.S.C. §

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