The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

Copyright law, with its protection of materials ranging from literary, musical and artistic works to cinematograph films and computer programs, etc. Access, within the field of copyright law, is a question of ownership, authorisation or exception. Of these 3 groups, Appadurai argues that the 2nd group (i.e.,

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The notices underscored key aspects of Section 2(d)(iii) and 2(d)(vi) of the Copyright Act of 1957, which stipulate that an ‘author’ should be an artist or an individual involved in facilitating the creation of artistic work. In such cases, it amounts to licensing of copyrightable works.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS Under the Copyright Act, 1957, architectural works are protected by Section 2(b) which defines a work of architecture to be any building or structure having an artistic character or design, or a model of such building or structure.

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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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Thaler included several new legal theories to suggest that his contribution to the Creativity Machine, such as his ownership and prompting of the software, would establish a human component of authorship. Where AI alone creates a work, this point seems clear.

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Intepat

APRIL 18, 2022

Intellectual property rights (IPR) offer protection and grant exclusive rights to the creator’s work. Copyrights are a form of IPR that offers protection to a wide range of artistic and literary works of a creator. It includes musical works, photographic works, artistic works, motion pictures, and computer programs.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Legally, when we talk about “music under copyright,” we’re referring to the ownership of the composition or recording itself. This ownership grants the holder exclusive rights to its distribution and reproduction, as well as the ability to license it and earn royalties. When it comes to songs, copyright gets pretty interesting.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Mr Sheridan appealed the judge’s declaration that “ [t]he graphic user interface, the graphic displays produced by the Software when in use, and the ONE logo … are artistic works: a. Both sides appealed to the Court of Appeal. in which copyright subsists; b. of which Andrew Mitchell is the author; and c. of which THJ is the owner ”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Discovery is stayed between the parties, and the party seeking discovery has to show that the specific information sought is necessary to satisfy the burden above, and the information is “not reasonably available unless discovery is allowed.”.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2023

Those Allied and Associated Powers, which were parties to the Paris Convention on Industrial Property or the Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, also suspended their obligations vis-à-vis Germany under these conventions. The Treaty of Versailles meant to restore pre-war IP ownership to Germany by two principal means.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2023

For undisputed ownership of virtual designs, Intellectual Property (IP) laws must be thoroughly handled with. Contrary to trademarks, copyrights do not need to be used in commerce for the owner to be able to enforce their ownership. However, in order to file a lawsuit of infringement, copyright registration is required.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The author decided to search the Canadian Trademark Database for information on what had been registered under the mark "Ogopogo". The City of Vernon’s heretofore long-forgotten and dormant copyright ownership was suddenly—and uncomfortably for Council--put into the spotlight. This, much to the chagrin of…other Okanagan cities.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 30, 2023

for Copyright Infringement, Removal of Copyright Management Information and Addition of False Copyright Management Information. in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and has since combined his love for photographic art and computer science by building an online system to help protect artists’ works on the internet.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The advantages of registered copyrights over unregistered ones are evident: Public Record of Ownership: Registration serves as a public record, enhancing the authority and confirming ownership to the creator. Registration affirms authenticity and provides exclusive access to the 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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Copyright registration in India ensures protection for various types of works, such as literary works (e.g., books, articles, poems), artistic works (e.g., paintings, photographs, sculptures), musical works, cinematographic films, sound recordings, computer programs, and many more.

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Does UK copyright law protection extend to computer-generated works which are not original? Ordinarily, for a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work to be protected under the CDPA it must be original. Traditionally, the English Courts applied a test of ‘sufficient skill, labour or effort’ to determine originality.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Literary, dramatic, and artistic works are recognized as protected works under Thailand’s Copyright Act B.E. Apart from the copyright of an NFT’s underlying work, NFTs are also subject to property rights as stipulated under Section 37 of the Constitution of Thailand B.E. 2537 (1994). Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Copyright Ownership in State Board Textbooks: Impediments to Accessibility. In this post , we informed our readers about an announcement from LexisNexis Intellectual Property that LexisNexis Reed Tech will continue to provide patent data and document management services to the USPTO for the next 10 years. Thematic Highlight.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

An NFT, or “non-fungible token” is a token added to a blockchain that links ownership to unique digital items (images, video files, audio files, artworks, etc.). Non- fungible tokens have been designed to give a person ownership of something, kind of like modern day digital collectibles. Copyrighting vs Trademarking NFTs.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2024

Image via flickr Introduction This two-part blog post is aiming to explain what Rights Retention is and how it works in practice. In the first part, I’ll explain the forces at play in the publishing industry, why copyright ownership in academia is so important and how the publishing process works.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This leaves a grey area when it comes to works generated solely by AI algorithms. In the context of copyright laws, AI-generated work poses a unique challenge in determining authorship and ownership. However, the definition of what constitutes “sufficient” human oversight remains ambiguous.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

If the author is a foreign natural person or legal entity, the product design or 3D packaging may be protected as a foreign work of applied art under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (“Berne Convention”) for 25 years in China. For comparison, U.S. Like in the U.S.,

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

” K: “What I would like to see is institutions and companies actively reaching out to people to clarify consent before reposting artists’ work[s] in their feed , especially seeing as corporate representatives may not even know if the artist wants to be associated with their brand or company.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The lack of organisation and ambiguity make the protection problematic even if the work is copyrighted. According to section 13 (1)(a) of Copyright Act of 1957 copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. Ownership of Copyright. Ownership under employment.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This issue is often discussed in connection to section 9(3) of the Copyright Design and Patents Act (UK) , (CDPA) which provides that in the case of an artistic work which is computer-generated, the author shall be taken to be the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Once a work is created, in most cases, the creator will automatically enjoy copyright protection in all 164 member countries of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works including all European Union countries and China. Image Source: Istock]. Conclusion.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 9, 2023

They must first determine whether the work is one “of artistic expression” and thus prima facie entitled to protection under the First Amendment. If it is, the Court will then ask whether the use of the trademark bears any artistic relevance to the underlying work. ” ( Hermès Int’l v. .”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Thaler included several new legal theories to suggest that his contribution to the Creativity Machine, such as his ownership and prompting of the software, would establish a human component of authorship. ” However, such statements contradicted the application record, which stated that the AI created the work on its own.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 18, 2021

A copyright is a form of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship. Copyrightable works include literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. What Does a Copyright Protect? By Ashley Kennedy.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities. The plaintiff contended that all literary rights were transferred to him, and he has been publishing his father’s works since then.

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. Copyright Copyright protection extends to creators and authors of literary, visual, and multimedia creations, encompassing books, films, music, photographs, video games, and artistic works.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2020

There is a special provision in the Act dealing with ownership of copyright relating to “the Crown”. The Act treats copyright as a bundle of exclusive rights that applies to “original expression” in a material form. This copyright disclaimer is quite broad and would most likely cover commentaries by judges.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Gather intellectual property information and infringement evidence • Step 3. Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized utilization of safeguarded creative works.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

Bodies like the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) look over all broadcasting content except OTT which is currently being supervised by the Information Technology Act, 2000 but the overall regulatory aspect of these novel mediums remains uncertain until the draft bills are passed.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. 3] Algorithms use existing information and art to learn to create novel looking pieces. [4] 4] There have been multiple legal questions raised in this realm recently.

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