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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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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. In contrast, the CIPO has arguably adopted a more liberal attitude to computer-generated works.

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WaterRower: Has the UK’s approach to ‘artistic works’ in copyright changed?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Even though it’s only an interim decision, it is interesting and well worth a read for any copyright lawyer because Deputy High Court Judge David Stone provides an in-depth analysis of the UK copyright position on artistic works. A work of artistic craftsmanship is a sub-category of an artistic work.

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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

SpicyIP

Inox sued for copyright infringement of these technical drawings, essentially arguing that its design of the tanker and internal parts was protected as an artistic work under copyright. As highlighted by Prashant Reddy T. As highlighted by Prashant Reddy T. I also dissect the two-prong test laid down by the apex court.

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

SpicyIP

The court (Justice Gautam Patel) reasoned that Section 15(2) only talks about designs, not artistic works and the Designs Act explicitly excludes artistic works from the definition of design. The upshot was that those drawings, not being designs, could retain copyright as artistic works (since 15(2) didnt apply to them).

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Copyright case: Keck v. Mix Creative Learning Center, L.L.C., USA

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The commercial teaching kit use the artists works in their entirety and encouraged the students to create their own art based on them.

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Copyright Office Says Tattoo Artist's Work Can Be Protected

IP Law 360

Federal copyright officials said a tattoo artist's contributions to a pair of designs made them able to be protected by copyright law, the latest dustup in an intellectual property dispute between the artist and the maker of the NBA 2K video game series.