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How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Copyright Office denied copyright protection for Kashtanova’s Midjourney-generated artwork, the Office found their work lacked the critical component of a human author. When the U.S.

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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Hermès Tries to Bag Digital Designer Selling MetaBirkin NFTs

The IP Law Blog

Hermès is suing an artist for trademark infringement over his series of digital artworks called MetaBirkins. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode here:

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Star Trek Fan Blog Triggers New Entry in Automattic’s DMCA “Hall of Shame”

TorrentFreak

As one of the leading niche blog platforms, Tumblr receives thousands of DMCA takedown requests every year. This overview of the worst offenders welcomed a new entry last week; triggered by the unlikely confusion between a Star Trek fandom blog and an adult entertainment actress.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

Come with this Kat for a stroll around this week’s posts from IP blogs. This week, a controversy involving a famous Hollywood actor damaging one of Banksy’s artworks has taken the news and Aaron Moss, on Copyright Lately, discusses the possibility of Banksy suing the actor based on infringement of his (?)

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A First Look at Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Filings

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Here is the breakdown of works (note: 1 claim involves both photos and artwork, so I counted the claim in both categories): Photos: 19. Artwork: 8. Prior Blog Posts on the CCB. The post A First Look at Copyright Claims Board (CCB) Filings appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Literary: 4.

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Too Rusty For Krusty–Nickelodeon v. Rusty Krab Restaurant (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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Copyright Office Provides Guidance on Registration of AI-Created Material: Human Authorship Still Necessary

JD Supra Law

This blog has covered artificial intelligence and copyright protection in the United States on a number of occasions, including It’s Alive? and AI Artwork. To date, the Copyright Office has consistently rejected registration of works created using AI technology. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP