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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

Now, a further development on IP and NFTs comes from Spain, as Katfriend Mercedes Morán Ruiz (CEDRO) reports: Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse? The Spanish legislator decided not to incorporate this limitation in the legislation. 5/08, paragraph 56; C?435/12,

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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

Thus, on June 21, 2022, the Istanbul Third Civil Intellectual Property Court (“IP Court”) issued a preliminary injunction regarding NFTs. The subject of the dispute pertained to exploitation of the portrait of the late Cem Karaca , who was an artist, songwriter and composer with a legendary reputation in the world of Anatolian rock music.

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US Copyright Office refuses to register AI-generated work, finding that "human authorship is a prerequisite to copyright protection"

The IPKat

According to Ricketson , it was clearly understood that this was also a requirement for the purposes of protection under the Convention, and inherent in the phrase ‘literary and artistic works’ in Article 2. Thus: stay tuned for the next AI+IP development …. As it is the case of all real love stories, probably not.

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Understanding the 3 Common Forms of IP & their Varying Levels of Protection

Kashishipr

The term ‘ Intellectual Property (IP) ‘ is like the term ‘Organic’ to some extent, i.e., people across the globe possess some knowledge as to what it means but aren’t crystal clear on its specific details. In the same way round, IP puts a virtual fence around the property or assets that it safeguards.

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Fashion Copyright and Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

Till now, this article has focused on the ambit of copyright protection in a relatively generic manner. However, even then, the degree of novelty required in work was not so low as to allow everyone to get copyright protection for their artistic work. In the case of Indian Express Newspaper (Bombay) Pvt Ltd v.

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Centering Artists’ Voices Within IP Discourse

IPilogue

This observation, coupled with seeing multiple artists be exploited by Instagram users and large companies, motivated me to reach out to several creatives online and bring their voices to the IPilogue. Their extended biographies are included at the end of this article. It is a much different “concoction” than several years ago.”

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Amici Urge SCOTUS to Reverse Overly Broad Definition of ‘Expressive Work’ in Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products

IP Watchdog

On January 18, a series of 16 amicus briefs were filed with the Supreme Court, the vast majority of which urged the nation’s highest court to reverse the Ninth Circuit’s ruling and limit the application of the Rogers test to clearly artistic works and exclude consumer products that happened to have some humorous expression.