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Dispute on Copyright and Creativity

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Lawsuits have already been filed against AI developers, demanding transparency on data sources and compensation for artists whose works are used to train AI. Copyright Act, original works of authorship, including sound recordings, are protected. Under the U.S.

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Let’s put the cards on the table: Are games copyrightable?

Garrigues Blog

Many of these games include highly creative cards and drawings, or very complex rules and mechanics, which are the result of an evident intellectual effort by their creators. The question therefore is: Can board games be protected by copyright? Drawings, designs, figures or characters can be classified as artistic works.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

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. Where AI alone creates a work, this point seems clear.

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The Impact of REULA on Copyright Law: Navigating the Post-Brexit Landscape

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Although the lower courts are still bound by the decisions of the higher courts and their precedents set in light of EU law, they may refer the points of law to certain higher courts under section 6A. REULA’s influence on copyright law Although EU law had a strong influence on the UK copyright law, the two were never properly aligned.

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Protection of Copyrights in Singapore

IP and Legal Filings

The statute of limitations for copyright infringement in Singapore is six years. Copyright protects works like literary, computer programs, plays, music and paintings. It is not ideas but their expression that are protected by copyright law. It is not a question of whether the work has creative merit.

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Copyright Laws & Trademark Infringement for NFTs

Traverse Legal Blog

Can you and should you copyright and/or trademark your unique asset before adding it to the blockchain as an NFT? How are Copyrights Used? Your work is protected by copyright law from the moment it is “created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device”.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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