Art Copyright Law Designs 
The IPKat
APRIL 6, 2025
Copyright Law by Angela Chung Do everything by hand, even when using the computer. Even with tools introduced by OpenAI to stop the generation of art in the style of living artists, user prompts are capable of circumventing this to still create a similarly styled output.
The IPKat
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A few weeks ago, the UNION-IP Designs Commission in association with the UNION-IP Netherlands national group – “Design & Copyright Law: siblings or rival?” Here’s what Linnéa writes: Conference report: Design & Copyright Law – siblings or rivals?
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The IPKat
MARCH 25, 2024
Here’s what Henning writes: Works of applied art – the difference between design and copyright law by Henning Hartwig I. Thus, as noted elsewhere , the test for finding copyright subsistence starts with the degree of creative freedom exercised by the author in light of the relevant prior art.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 31, 2025
This is consistent with longstanding precedent (in the US, at least) that only works by human authors can be protected by copyright. Authors, here, is a copyright-law catch-all term encompassing all creators, be they writers, painters, filmmakers, graphic designers, or even software coders. Monkeys need not apply.)
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 30, 2025
Image by wowbee from Pixabay In a decision of 20 February 2025 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) denied copyright protection as a work of applied art for two sandal designs. The ruling clarifies the scope of protection under German and EU law for works of applied art.
IIPRD
JANUARY 7, 2025
A human inventor serves as the central figure in the design of the patent system. The main rationale behind patent law is to reward and encourage the creative actions of creators. Determining the invention’s pertinent field of application and the extent of the prior art is another important topic.
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 5, 2022
copyright law, works of corporate or pseudonymous authorship lapse into the public domain after either 95 years from first publication or 120 years after creation, whichever ends first. Anyone could also publish their own version of the book, either with the original art or new art that they created.
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