The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), One the most important technical features of the blockchain is that every information which is recorded there becomes immutable so that the “link to the digital file” becomes immutable once recorded in the blockchain. Ripps’s collection has sold out in 15 days, producing a revenue of 1,023.03

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Corsearch

AUGUST 14, 2023

Counterfeiting is one form of trademark infringement, where exact copies of registered trademarks are used to deceive customers and pass off as your brand. Copyright infringement Copyrights are granted to authors and creators of written and multimedia works, such as books, movies, music, photographs, video games, and artwork.

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Branding Brands Branding Intellectual Property 52

Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Theft of Copyright: Generally, Copyright Infringement happens when an original film or artwork or musical work, or software code is reproduced (in whole or part) bearing similarity to the original work or has multiple and identifiable elements copied in a derivative work. Reasons of Theft of Intellectual Property.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner? None of it includes copies of images. Stability AI Ltd. The current Stable Diffusion model uses about 5 gigabytes of data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

archival fonds shall not be subject to the same remuneration as unique artworks, as advocated by scholars ). GLAM, in jurisdictions where digitized copies are copyrightable, should attempt to negotiate the necessary licenses with the initial rights holders to allow exploitation of these images by the public. Proposal 4.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Remember the Fifth Circuit case from 2018 holding that a real restaurant’s name could infringe trademark rights in the name of a fictional restaurant from the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Krusty Krab? The court then moves on to consider Viacom’s copyright infringement claim.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

From an archived copy of HitPiece’s FAQ. People probably aren’t aware, but Spotify just as an example, has been involved in dozens and dozens of rights disagreements with rightsholders, be it on not only songwriting but also the master rights and even also artwork rights.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Trademark infringement is defined as a mark that looks and/or sounds like yours is used without your authorization. Counterfeiting is one type of trademark infringement, where individuals or businesses use exact copies of registered trademarks to mislead customers and pass them off as your brand.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The first view is more closely aligned with traditional copyright law, and the court is likely to view that standard as applicable to NFTs and copyright law. If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? The lawsuits brought by the owners of such works, including artworks in the case of image-generators and journalism in the NYT case, claim that this should not be allowed. Fair Use Precedent?

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s heartbreaking to find your artwork on a t-shirt at Forever 21 or as an image on someone’s blog without your permission. The theft of your intellectual property, also known as an infringement, is not that different from any theft of your property — except you can’t go to the police to help you get justice. Let’s find out.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The first view is more closely aligned with traditional copyright law, and the court is likely to view that standard as applicable to NFTs and copyright law. If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form.

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IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 52

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

DMCA subpoenas compel service providers, such as Discord, Twitter or Reddit, to hand over information they hold on users identified by rightsholders as copyright infringers. In the event that useful personal information is disclosed to Cognosphere’s legal team, a number of options become available.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. X wins copyright infringement case against 17 music publishers.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

This decision underscores the significance of the commercialization of derivative works in copyright infringement disputes. This case emphasizes the importance of understanding the terms of licensing agreements and their legal implications in the context of copyright law, particularly when derivative works are involved.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cognosphere obtains the latter to compel online platforms, typically social media companies, to hand over whatever information they hold on alleged infringers. What happens when that information is handed over to Cognosphere is mostly unknown. to hand over the information detailed below by November 22, 2023.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. One such area where copyright violations are common is the internet.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Intellectual Property Ownership 81

Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

NFT lawyer Enrico Schaefer covers the following topics in this informative article about non-fungible tokens. Different types of information can be stored on a blockchain including ledger information and smart contracts. People will bid on an NFT, a non-fungible token, associated with a piece of digital artwork.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Within days, stock image supplier Getty Images announced that it was one of the “folks” who disagreed – and disagreed so strongly that it had commenced legal proceedings in the High Court in London alleging copyright infringement. This exception provides copyright will not be infringed by the making of a: 1.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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Copyright Copyright Law Fair Use Law 136

Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Can I copy and use a digital asset linked to an NFT? Trademark infringement and copyright infringement are risks which you need to assess before you buy an NFT or use a linked digital asset. This post is going to discuss the defense of “Fair Use” to a copyright infringement lawsuit or threat letter.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Fair Use Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement 40

Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

While many anticipate the CJEU’s forthcoming decision in mid-2025, this contribution seeks to advocate that distinguishing between parody, pastiche, and caricature in copyright law may be ineffective. In summary, parody, pastiche, and caricature all rely on imitation and copying as a means of generating new expressions.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Breaking down Miramax’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino, a dispute about NFTs that isn’t really about NFTs. Fundamentally, an NFT is just a transactional record and a link to a digital asset (often an image of artwork or a document) stored somewhere on the web. The NFT isn’t the image.

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Copying Non-Fungible Tokens Contracts Copyright 123

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Deepak Kumar on 6 September, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The Delhi High Court allowed a petition seeking cancellation of the defendant’s copyright registration on the artwork for its product “Gulcharre Sevaiyan”. Trustees of Princeton University v. The Vagdevi Educational Society and Ors.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

NFTs may be represented in the form of memes, artworks, or videos. In a broad sense, blockchain technology can be defined as an open ledger of information that is used to keep a digital record of the transactions that occur in the crypto market. The copyrights that subsist on an NFT are also governed with the help of a smart contract.

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