Remove Artistic Work Remove Artwork Remove Contracts
article thumbnail

Bombay High Court Rules that Copyright Registration of a Label is not Compulsory

Kashishipr

Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. As per NTC’s statement, both SSPL and SK Oil Industries couldn’t claim copyright in the artistic work. NTC didn’t own the copyright in the ‘SOYA DROP’ artwork or label.

article thumbnail

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

The IPKat

AI-generated Kats The Review also rejected Thaler’s argument that AI can be an author under copyright law because the work made for hire doctrine allows for “non-human, artificial persons such as companies” to be authors. First, held the Board, a machine cannot enter into any binding legal contract.

Copyright 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Copyright and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Model Terms and Conditions?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While creative industries claim their work has been not only stolen but specifically used to replace them, AI providers continue, remarkably, to insist that the millions of images ‘fed’ to the AI can be used without permission as part of the ”social contract” of the Internet.

Copyright 135
article thumbnail

Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Thailand

IP and Legal Filings

Literary, dramatic, and artistic works are recognized as protected works under Thailand’s Copyright Act B.E. Forms of digital media or virtual artworks are traded among NFT traders in the current NFT market practice, frequently for astronomically high prices. 2537 (1994).

Artwork 67
article thumbnail

Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

Legal Pitfalls in Virtual World The character design used by a content creator can be designed by an artist, and rights can be transferred from the artist to the creator. A person who employed the artist will be considered the proprietor of the artwork and can register for exclusivity for the same character. [3]

IP 52
article thumbnail

Prompt Authorship and Ownership: Clarifying Rights and Responsibilities

Intepat

One case involved the visual work “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” produced by Steven Thaler’s Creativity Machine, which was entirely generated by AI with no human contribution. Contracts should clearly state who owns the rights to the prompts. In such cases, it amounts to licensing of copyrightable works.

article thumbnail

IP and NFTs: Where are We?

LexBlog IP

They are sold and/or traded in connection with “smart contracts” that govern the terms of transfer. In this case, beyond pure IP issues, the parties disagree over interpretation of Tarantino’s original contract with Miramax, in which he reserved all rights for print publication of the screenplay (including in digital form).

IP 52