Intellectual Property Law Blog

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

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 13, 2022

Rajnish Chibber , the court held that compilations are also copyrightable, following in the steps of SCOTUS. However, even then, the degree of novelty required in work was not so low as to allow everyone to get copyright protection for their artistic work. Copyright Act or Design Act?

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

However, trademarks may also be subject to use requirements – they may be canceled or ‘revoked’ if they have not been used within the five years following registration or within any other continuous five-year period during the trademark’s life. How about Copyright or Design Protection?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 30, 2024

Ethical considerations regarding the creation of artistic works have been a persistent source of dispute over the course of human history. The integration of technology within the domain of art design has provided artists with unprecedented possibilities to conceptualise and implement interactive and immersive experiences.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While copyright protection is inherent, it is noteworthy that the formal registration of copyrights provides additional advantages to the owner or author. In this article, we delve into the intricacies of these advantages and explore the requisite documentation necessary for the effective registration of copyrights.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Copyrights are a form of intellectual property law and they protect original authorship works including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. This will also help with any future litigation and trademark protection.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

On September 5, 2023, as explained here , the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued an interesting decision in a copyright registration matter that involved AI-generated work. The work was generated by the Midjourney image AI system. See my post here on AI and copyright registration issues in India).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If any person imitates the ideas of any other creator, he would said to be infringing the original artist’s design and the copyright thereof. A copyright protection is the ability of a designer to protect his original designs through the copyright laws. What Is Copyright? Musical Works.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Now, we will examine Copyright and Design Rights, two fundamental forms of IPR. Further, it would enable a person to determine the extent of each and take the necessary steps to safeguard their creative work. Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 16, 2022

On 8 December 2021, the Madras High Court delivered an important judgment concerning copyright law. The High Court held that the business of granting copyright licenses can be carried out only through the copyright societies. Registration of Copyright society.— (1)

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

However, protecting these interfaces involves navigating complex layers of copyright, design patents, and other intellectual property laws that cover specific aspects of GUIs. The visual design of the button itself, such as its colour, shape, and placement, is covered as an artistic work.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Image from DALL-E 3 Introduction Generative AI is disrupting the creative process(es) of intellectual works on an unparalleled scale. More and more AI systems offer services that push users’ production capacity for new literary and artistic works beyond unforeseen barriers. ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This would enable a person to determine the extent of each and take the necessary steps to safeguard their work. Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright. an article made with artistic skill.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

Copyright and Blogs. Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. However, the content must reflect an expression of something since ideas are not governed under copyright. However, there are a few additional benefits that are attached to the registration.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Independent artists are especially at risk of creative theft, with their work often misrepresented or taken without consent. Many don’t realize they have legal options, making it even more important to understand copyright protection.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Independent artists are especially at risk of creative theft, with their work often misrepresented or taken without consent. Many don’t realize they have legal options, making it even more important to understand copyright protection.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 22, 2023

For a long time – most of the 20 th century at least – calculating copyright terms has been a complicated matter. Congress extended the terms a few times , modified requirements for registration and “harmonized” US copyright law according to treaty agreements. Building on others’ initial work, Prof.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 28, 2024

1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. These registrations aid in allocating precedence.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 18, 2021

However, filing for trademark registration, copyright registration, or both may be a good idea for your startup depending on your individual situation. Trademarks and copyrights offer different protections. Why Should You Obtain a Trademark Registration or a Copyright Registration?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

8) computer software; and (9) other intellectual achievements conforming to the characteristics of the works.” ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .; (8) copyright law. For comparison, U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Copyright protection in India is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957 (“Copyright Act”). Copyright protection is extendable to any artistic work that is original and is creative. Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act defines what “artistic work” is.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Starting off with the copyright exceptions, she writes about how the Standing Committee Report views the exception to infringement under Section 52 as widely scoped and detrimental to the publishing industry and authors. Fonts and Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Ubertazzi was one of the leading intellectual property academics in Italy (as well as a great lawyer), founder and editor of the most important Italian copyright journal (AIDA) and editor and author of the most widely used Commentary on Italian intellectual property laws.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

Also, it is really important to renew the registration because there is a limit to registration. It is basically giving a right to the original creator, so that no one uses that work. This is basically for literary and artistic work. There is a Copyright Act, 1957 which deals with copyright in India.

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Garrigues Blog

MAY 11, 2021

In the case of architecture, holding copyrights in works enables authors to exploit their economic rights with a view to continuing their creative activity. The RAE’s definition of architecture as “the art of designing and constructing buildings”, is not alien to Peruvian copyright law. Indeed, Legislative Decree no.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Overview of Major International IP Treaties The realm of Intellectual Property (IP) is inherently global, as the creations it protects—such as inventions , literary and artistic works , designs , and trademarks —often transcend national borders. The Berne Convention has significantly shaped national copyright laws.

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Kashishipr

JULY 14, 2021

Copyright and Recipes. Copyright Law protects works underlying original works of authorship, which are fixed in a tangible medium, and therefore, may include literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. It does not protect ideas, facts, products, processes, principles, etc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) establishes the entitlement to enjoy the protection of moral and material interests arising from scientific, literary, or artistic creations. This applies to literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, computer programs, cinematograph films, and sound recordings.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In a recent decision, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (“Board”) reversed an examiner’s prior refusal to register a copyright in the artistic elements present in the bed shown above, paving the way for the applicant to obtain a copyright registration in this work.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

In other words, it gives the copyright owner the exclusive right to make copies of the work, and to exercise the ancillary rights that come with that monopolistic power, such as licensing rights, et cetera. So what kind of works, provided they meet the requirement, qualify for copyright protection?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office (“USCO”) in which the USCO denied an application to register a work authored entirely by an artificial intelligence program. 2] The USCO, maintaining this perspective and upholding the human authorship requirement with respect to GenAI works, refused to register the copyright claim in the Work.

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IIPRD

JUNE 24, 2024

3] Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1887 ‘The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works’, formed on September 9, 1886, is the earliest international treaty on copyrights. [4] Both treaties were established during diplomatic gatherings in Madrid, Spain.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Understanding Tricky Tattoo copyright is also essential for safeguarding the artistic integrity and ownership of these unique body art creations. The genesis of copyright as an established legal right can be traced back to England, 1710 where the first copyright law— the Statute of Anne was established.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Copyright law thus in this case brings into play the word “performer”; Section 2(qq) of the said Act through an inclusive definition and illustrates a list of people who can be contemplated under the tag of the performer. Section 13(1) of the Copyright Act speaks about the applicability of protection to: 1.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Intellectual Property incorporates the makings of the thoughts such as the discoveries, literary and artistic works, design, symbols, names, and images used in the business. The inventions of any startups are protected through the Copyright laws.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

However, he concludes that the recent stand of the Delhi High Court highlights that the judgment does not reflect an absolute bar over the arbitrability of disputes concerning trademarks, but rather it imposes a limitation only in relation to those matters which are concerned with the grant or registration of trademark. Thematic Highlight.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The nature of Prompts can be understood as Literary Works which is defined in Section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957, as it includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. Prompts are like computer code, can be considered literary works because they consist of written instructions or commands.

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