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Choosing the Right Intellectual Property Protection

IIPRD

Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR.

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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

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.

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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. The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. Bombay High Court’s Decision .

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Trademark and Copyright Cases to Watch in 2023

The IP Law Blog

In the lower court, the Second Circuit reversed the decision of the District Court and held that the Warhol work was not transformative because it maintained the “essential elements of its source material” and was not “fundamentally different and new.” Genius sued Google for breach of contract over music transcriptions. There, U.S.-based

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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

The IP dive pertains to all the original creations of humankind inclusive of technical or any scientific innovation. The inferior status towards the right to ownership is pronounced in regards to the functioning under a contract of service. Introduction: Appreciating art, culture, and innovation is a prevalent practice for ages.

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Centering Artists’ Voices Within IP Discourse

IPilogue

” K: “What I would like to see is institutions and companies actively reaching out to people to clarify consent before reposting artistswork[s] in their feed , especially seeing as corporate representatives may not even know if the artist wants to be associated with their brand or company.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

1] However, this growth also brought an onslaught of new Intellectual Property (IP) issues. In the recent instance of Projekt Melody and DigitrevX, [4] the VTuber Melody lost her account for a day and her twitch partnership after a DMCA takedown after DigitrevX accused her of IP infringement. [5]

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