IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 24, 2023

In this article I will look into two main questions, firstly, who owns/ who should own the copyright in AI (ii) whether AI satisfies the criteria of human element in AI. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps and technical drawings.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Music is an artistic work which is subject to copyright protection. However, copyright infringement occurs when such copyrighted music is streamed without acquiring proper license from the copyright owners. Section 57 of the Copyright Act of 1957 in India provides for moral rights.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Several times, we see that luxury brands come up with limited edition products, whether it is cars, watches, cosmetics, chocolates, electronics, etc., Protection for Limited Edition Products under Trademark Law. This issue was very recently seen in the case of the limited-edition Ferrari 250 GTO.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Debunking the ‘no copyright for fonts’ Argument. This is perhaps why fonts cannot be copyrighted in the US.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

The book that is going to change copyright law? After the referrals in Mio [IPKat here and here ] and USM Haller [IPKat here ] , another referral asking about the meaning of originality in EU copyright law has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): it is the referral from Romania in Institutul G.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For a work to be copyrightable, it must be “original ” and fixed in “ tangible form”, such as a sound “recording recorded on a CD” or a “literary work printed on paper ”. [2] 2] A musical work is the composition itself and does not include the lyrics or any sounds. “It

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

The word “originality” is frequently used in conjunction with the creativity of writers, thinkers, and artists. The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.” can have copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

In a twist, however, it is not copyright law, but rather an expansive view of trademark law, that poses this threat. Protections for parody in other areas of the law, such as copyright’s fair use doctrine, will be undermined by a trademark ruling that allows for expansive enforcement. Supreme Court, Jack Daniels v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Voices emerged questioning whether current EU copyright laws should be amended in light of the many AI-generated works that have come about. One important question has been whether copyright law should be extended in order to protect such works. Importantly, copyright law is equally about culture.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

It will then explain why this implementation approach runs counter to the fundamental freedom of information and to basic principles of copyright law. Like exceptions, or perhaps even more than them, limitations are of fundamental importance in copyright’s overall design. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

51 CDPA, which in essence prevents copyright in a functional non-artistic article being infringed unless it is it is an artistic work, the Claimant needed the WaterRower to fall within one of the specified works in the CDPAs closed list, specifically work of artistic craftmanship.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

15(1) of the Berne Convention on the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1971 [ Berne ], which requires the author to prevail if their name appears on the work in the usual manner. The problem is that, although “author” and “maker” can mean much the same thing in ordinary parlance, they do not in copyright law.

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