Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. The protection under copyright is instantaneous and immediate to the works being created, and therefore, it is not necessary to have such rights registered. The process of seeking registration can be cumbersome and tedious.

Intellectual Property 98

Intellectual Property Blogging Fair Use Registration 98

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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. This “artistic work” includes any drawing regardless of whether it possesses any artistic quality, and also includes any other works of artistic craftsmanship.

Designs 52

Designs Design Copyright Artistic Work 52

IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It would seem unnatural, for example, to read “maker” as referring to both a “sound recording” and a “work”. 2 of the Act defines “maker” as referring to both a work and a sound recording. Does that definition apply here so as to disturb the apparent pattern of paras. (a) That however overlooks the fact that s. a) and (b)?

Ownership 92

Ownership Copyright Intellectual Property Designs 92

IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. communicate the work to the public. a work of ‘artistic craftsmanship’.

Moral Rights 52

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For example, in an application with a GUI, the software code that enables a button to function when clicked is protected as a literary work, covering the specific way it was written and organised. The visual design of the button itself, such as its colour, shape, and placement, is covered as an artistic work.

Copyright 52

Copyright Artistic Work Design Patent Designs 52

43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Mandabach sued under §43(a) and coordinate state law claims and sought cancellation of a trademark registration. If we got rid of the bizarre idea that Rogers was about artistic works and correctly labeled it as being about commercial speech, courts would do much better. Did Mandabach have valid marks?

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Social Media Television False Advertising Artistic Work 93

IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

It is here that the distinction between ‘design’ in the Designs Act and ‘artistic work’ in the Copyright Act becomes relevant. This is evidenced as an artistic work enjoys protection throughout the life of the author plus sixty years; whereas a design only enjoys protection for 10 years from registration.

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Artistic Work Designs Design Copyright 45

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 23, 2025

Copyright Office has already registered hundreds of works related to AI-generated material – the key to obtaining registration is to specify AI-generated elements in the Material Excluded field. So, what is a work in copyright law? 13 ): True, the genesis of an artistic work (drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.)

Copyright 52

Copyright Derivative Work Copyright Law Artistic Work 52

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 When it comes to songs, copyright gets pretty interesting.

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Music Copyright Ownership Copyright Law 103

IIPRD

JUNE 8, 2024

Furthermore, if a design is eligible for registration within the Designs Act, 2000 but has not been registered, it can only be protected within the Copyrights Act if its owner produces it in an “industrial process” no more than fifty times. More IP Offices should be opened the registration cost should be decreased.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Designs Design Branding 52

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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Intellectual Property Invention Artistic Work Copyright 75

IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

Copyright vests in original, literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, and when such an idea is converted into a concept, it becomes copyrightable. Most importantly, a distinct definition of “fashion design” should be included in the Designs Act, 2000. Protection under the Copyright Act, 1957.

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Intellectual Property Artistic Work Designs Design 40

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

A diagram, map, chart, or plan, an engraving, photograph, a work of architecture, or any other work of creative workmanship is defined as an artistic work under Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act. The organisation, system, strategy, or method for doing a certain thing or procedure is not protected by copyright.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Designs Design Artistic Work 52

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. The court in Thaler focused on the fact that the work at issue had no human authorship, setting a clear rule for one end of the spectrum. The case, Thaler v. photographs).

Copyright Law 52

Copyright Law Copyright Technology Registration 52

Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The generated work might be an original creation of the AI, or it could be considered a derivative work depending on the nature of the output and the input data used. Despite this, the Office denied copyright registration for the AI-generated images.

Ownership 52

Ownership Contracts Confidentiality Copyright 52

IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 12, 2024

The International Intellectual Property Rights Conventions, such as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, (1883), and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary & Artistic Works (1886) facilitate cooperation among the nations, promote innovation, and protect creators’ rights globally.

Intellectual Property 52

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

AI affects the current structure of intellectual property rights, Artificial intelligence in the contemporary era AI is often considered as a subset of computer science that focuses on simulating intelligence in machines but this definition does not do justice with the AI scope and its vast features.

Intellectual Property 59

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artistic” works as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es Registration works like the last set of cases, indifferent to the commerciality of the registrant’s speech.

Trademark Law 72

Trademark Law Trademark Art Branding 72

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. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works; 2. Cinematographic films; 3.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Artistic Work Trademark Copyright 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

An analogy may be drawn to a case decided before the Supreme Court of Canada , in which it was held that the copying of code originally written in assembly language (which is expressed in the form of text) as hexadecimal code (expressed in the form of alphanumeric code) violated the reproduction right of the copyright owner.

Copyright 135

Copyright Copying Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 135

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.

Copyright 52

Copyright Moral Rights Derivative Work Registration 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

As noted by Professor Jake Linford , the examples used by the Court when it discusses application of the Rogers test focus on uses in the title or content of artistic works (not on T-shirts). 1125(c)(3)(C) is problematic, other parts of the Jack Daniel’s decision are definitely speech-protective.

Trademark 105

Trademark Blogging Trademark Law Fair Use 105

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Thus, even though it would be possible to have a registrable llama logo that functioned as a trademark, that’s not what Epic had.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94

SpicyIP

MARCH 17, 2025

has further muddied already murky waters concerning the interplay between Sections 30 (issuing of licenses) and Section 33 (registration of a copyright society) of the Copyright Act. PPL), against the alleged continuing copyright infringement of its work by the defendant, Azure Hospitality Pvt. Azure Hospitality Pvt.

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Licensing Law Cease and Desist Copyright 59