Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

Image by wowbee from Pixabay In a decision of 20 February 2025 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) denied copyright protection as a work of applied art for two sandal designs. The ruling clarifies the scope of protection under German and EU law for works of applied art.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

Architectural designs came to be recognised as a form of intellectual property capable of protection after the 1908 Amendment to the Berne Convention, 1886. This inclusion was crucial in recognising and protecting the rights of architects over their architectural designs and works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2025

Image by wowbee from Pixabay In a decision of 20 February 2025 the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) denied copyright protection as a work of applied art for two sandal designs. The ruling clarifies the scope of protection under German and EU law for works of applied art.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Justice Moshinsky of the Federal Court of Australia found that Aldi had crossed the line from borrowing the "look and feel" of the Puffs packaging into taking the actual forms of expression in the design, layout, colours, fonts, and figures. In 2019, Aldi undertook a re-design of its MAMIA range of baby food products.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Various jewelry designers have obtained IP protection for their jewelry pieces that range from trademark protection of the brand value to protection of the design itself either through copyright and/ or patents. From 2013 to 2015, Cartier filed various design patents for their iconic panther designed jewelry.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

While copyright is concerned with the creative part of jewellery, design is concerned with the shape, configuration, pattern, and mix of lines or colours in two or three-dimensional forms. This signifies that it does not cover artistic work but rather the features of the product that make it more attractive to the consumer.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 22, 2023

Federal copyright officials said a tattoo artist's contributions to a pair of designs made them able to be protected by copyright law, the latest dustup in an intellectual property dispute between the artist and the maker of the NBA 2K video game series.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Fashion designers and artists showcase their creative genius through conceptual fashion shows and apparel collections. Since fashion designers, textile manufactures, apparel companies and artists produce creations of the human intellect, Intellectual Property Rights play a significant role in the fashion industry.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

” Second, the Board determined that the separable portions of the design, in combination, met the minimum threshold of creative authorship necessary for some level of copyright protection to result. A copyright audit performed by a qualified design rights attorney may be able to identify these “slumbering” rights.

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The IPKat

APRIL 6, 2025

Usually, artists seek to remove their name to maintain their reputation. The issue here is that while the names of Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli are not attached to these artworks, the style and specific elements of visual design are so iconic that the AI-outputs were referenced as "Ghiblified" in online discourse.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A design is that aspect of a product that constitutes its ornamental or visual features. An Industrial Design (ID) may be deemed as a process of designing a product that focuses on the functionality and manufacturability of the product apart from just the appearance of it. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Ares Design, an Italian car manufacturer, filed a cancellation action against Ferrari’s mark by arguing that it had not been used for a continuous five-year period. The shape was once eligible for protection as a registered design, but designs can only last for a maximum term of 25 years in the EU.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

According to Ricketson , it was clearly understood that this was also a requirement for the purposes of protection under the Convention, and inherent in the phrase ‘literary and artistic works’ in Article 2.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. 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. Before we begin, let me lay down the glossary for this post.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

With tech becoming ever more sophisticated, users can now opt to express themselves with filters that seamlessly blend vibrant eyeshadow or sparkly lipstick designs (among many others!) 5(1) of the Copyright Act , copyrights subsist in artistic works such as photographs or paintings. to their face. Spoiler alert, it depends.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A decision dated August 5, 2022 from the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice has the potential to expand the definition of “artistic works of craftmanship” under UK copyright law. However, Liking argued that since the WaterRower could not be considered a “work of artistic craftmanship,” no copyright subsists in the WaterRower.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

8) computer software; and (9) other intellectual achievements conforming to the characteristics of the works.” 2D designs and texts on a product or packaging may be protected as written, pictorial, photographic, and graphic works, or even works of fine art, depending on the nature of the design elements.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The label in question was designed by an employee of SK Oil Industries. 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.

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Garrigues Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

The Supreme Court has delivered a judgment that bolsters copyright protection for works of applied art under criminal law: It sets an important precedent in Spain in distinguishing design as an art that deserves protection under both criminal as well as civil law.

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Firstly, it seems clear that any element that is included in a board game and meets the originality criterion, constitutes a literary or artistic work, depending on its nature. Drawings, designs, figures or characters can be classified as artistic works.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The current generation of AI image generation tools such as Stable Diffusion , Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are designed to take a text description or prompt from a user and generate an image that matches the prompt. What is AI image generation software?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2023

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision held that a trademark claim concerning “a squeaky, chewable dog toy designed to look like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey” which, as a play on words, turns the words “Jack Daniels” into “Bad Spaniels” and the descriptive phrase “Old No. 1125(c)(3)(A). 1125(c)(3)(A). 1125(c)(3)(A).

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are essential elements of modern software, defining how users visually interact with applications and systems through various design components such as icons, menus, and layouts. The visual design of the button itself, such as its colour, shape, and placement, is covered as an artistic work.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Under Article 2(7) BC: … it shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to determine the extent of the application of their laws to works of applied art and industrial designs and models, as well as the conditions under which such works, designs and models shall be protected.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

It provides an unmatched degree of design and layout possibilities. Not to mention, it allows for almost infinite expansion, allowing marketers to design apparel of any size. The players can collect up to 30 NFTs in the game, 10 of which are designed by the artist Beeple [i].

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Panda and Brothers , granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction restraining the Respondents from using the get-up/ artistic work similar to the Petitioner’s registered artistic work for the sale of salt. The Calcutta High Court in Sri Parvathy Saltern Private Ltd. September 13, 2021]. Ishvi Food Private Ltd.

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The IPKat

JUNE 17, 2023

“ Perhaps I’ll be remembered in history as the banana imbecile ”, summed up provocative and uber-creative artist Maurizio Cattelan in a recent interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. Lord Millett set out the test in the context of the landmark decision in Designers Guild , concerning infringement of copyright in a fabric design.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

AGA also relied on copyright in a design drawing of an AGA control panel and claimed copyright infringement by the Defendants’ control panel. However, the court found that the Defendants were entitled to rely on the defence afforded under section 51 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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IIPRD

APRIL 3, 2024

1] The fashion industry in India is extremely diverse in the type of fabric, labour, design, way of draping, and handwork that is used. Protection of Fashion: IPR Indian fashion houses have begun to toe the line of Western fashion houses by registering their designs and fashion works as IPR. [4] Tahiliani Design Pvt.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2024

AGA also alleged that the control panels fitted by UKIG to the eControl Cookers infringed the copyright in its design drawing for the control panel of its own electronically controlled AGA Cookers. It therefore found that although copyright subsisted in the design drawing, UKIG's actions were permitted by section 51.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In light of WIPO’s recent announcement that Cambodia will be joining the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in March 2022, Katfriend Jørgen Blomqvist commented on the obsolescence of the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.” IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. As the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Following complaints by top-tier football league, LaLiga, more than 50 people in the Alicante area appeared in court for showing LaLiga matches in bars and restaurants either via illegal IPTV packages, or official subscriptions designed for residential use.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

While copyright protects the originality of the expression behind the product, design preserves the overall appearance and aesthetic look of the product. COPYRIGHT OR DESIGN. It is possible for a product to fall under both Copyright and Design categories. But how can these Limited-Edition Products be protected? TRADEMARK.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2023

2023), ruling that when an alleged infringer uses a mark as a trademark to designate the source of its own goods, the Rogers test providing First Amendment protection for titles of artistic works does not apply to shield the challenged use from liability for trademark infringement, nor do the noncommercial use and fair.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Roberto Pardolesi gave a talk that focused on the antithesis between the two possible visions of copyright, one more inclined to see the works of art as a tradeable good, the other that mainly sees the protection of authorship as the main purpose of copyright.

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