IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

The introduction and advancement of generative AI technology, which is capable of producing everything from research articles to realistic artworks, has brought a revolution in the field of creativity. ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Midjourney are some examples of generative AI tools that are presently in use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The French subsidiary stressed that a clause was indeed inserted into their agreement stating that the studio is responsible for providing original artistic designs, and that in the case of quoting or copying, it must obtain official legal approval from the original artists (See here ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The French subsidiary stressed that a clause was indeed inserted into their agreement stating that the studio is responsible for providing original artistic designs, and that in the case of quoting or copying, it must obtain official legal approval from the original artists (See here ).

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Collective Ownership Over Cultural Artwork. Canadian courts have not yet grappled with the issue of collective ownership of Indigenous artwork. the Federal Court ruled that legal protection of works is not restricted based on the medium in which it is presented. Their application was granted in 1997. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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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. This leads to a number of questions: Is it copyright infringement to copy a work and use it as a tattoo?

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Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

The court’s limited ruling also means that museums displaying the artwork don’t need to worry that they’ll be served with injunction papers any time soon. But make no mistake, Warhol v. Goldsmith will be parsed and picked apart for years to come. “[T]he first fair use factor. “[T]he first fair use factor.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

.” [5] When the original and the copy share a similar purpose, there is a concern that the copy will substitute for the original. AWF argued that the Prince Series is sufficiently transformative of Goldsmith’s original photograph because the artworks convey a different meaning or message than her photograph.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Within hours, his work, Comedian , sold for $120,000, went viral, and became that year’s perhaps most discussed artwork. [2] copyright law does not protect “elements of expression that nature displays for all observers,” [8] which, according to Cattelan, excludes the main components of Morford’s artwork.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Throughout this blog I present this issue through a legal lens, offering guidance and possible solutions to the industry. This is the unfortunate reality for most NFT projects: their artwork is entirely mutable which defeats the entire purpose of those NFTs. This is not only a future threat, it is already happening. What is an NFT?

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Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

Non-fungible tokens have been designed to give you ownership of something that cannot be replicated or copied. The original creator of the NFT can still retain copyright and reproduction rights, just like any piece of physical artwork. Any individual can buy an artwork print, but only one person owns the original piece.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

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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Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The original creator of the NFT can still retain copyright and reproduction rights, just like any piece of physical artwork. Any individual can buy an artwork print, but only one person owns the original piece. If there are only 10 digital copies of an in-game asset that can be purchased, that item is rare. NFT Technology.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times. AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Whether you’re looking to secure a spot in an art school, land an art-related job, or vying to get a show at a gallery, the quality and effectiveness of your portfolio presentation are essential. However, many of the tips can apply to both types of portfolio presentations. Only use high-quality images of your artwork.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 27, 2022

Whether you’re looking to secure a spot in an art school, land an art-related job, or vying to get a show at a gallery, the quality and effectiveness of your portfolio presentation is essential. However, many of the tips can apply to both types of portfolio presentations. Only use high-quality images of your artwork.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Therefore, even though Warhol’s efforts turned Goldsmith’s depiction of Prince as a vulnerable, uncomfortable person into presenting him as a larger than life icon, the majority found that this was not sufficient alone to make the work transformative and thereby support a finding of fair use. Copyright law in the U.S.

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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. United Biotech Pvt.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

There are several reasons why intellectual property (IP) may be particularly helpful in this digital age, including: Avoid having your original material copied. Any initiative to educate the public by presenting them with the accurate and proper information may be applauded. Obtain legal ownership verification. Make intangible assets.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Desny could not get through to Wilder and subsequently stripped his script to the bare facts so that Wilder’s secretary could copy it in short-hand over the phone. If the parties have so agreed, that presents a different situation and becomes a question of fact for the jury to decide.

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The IPKat

APRIL 6, 2022

A few days ago the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rendered its judgment in C-433/20 Austro-Mechana , ruling that the notion of reproduction ‘on any medium’ extends to the cloud and, therefore, that private copying under Article 5(2)(b) of the InfoSoc Directive also applies in that context.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

Copyright Act to provide living creators of “works of visual art” [2] with certain non-transferable “moral rights” with respect to their artwork. [3] ” [5] The latter has become known as the “public presentation” exception. .” VARA VARA was enacted in 1990 as an amendment to the U.S.

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CopyrightsWorld

JUNE 10, 2021

Physical copy matters too! If you’re showcasing a page or a website to a potential client, it has to present the best you’ve got. This would show that you can be creative and present a critique of your own work to pursue an ideal design. It’s from the same set of artwork for event promotion. Create one.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

The first sale doctrine restricts the rights holder’s exclusive right to distribute a copyrighted work to the public, where the distribution right to control secondary sales is ‘exhausted’ upon completion of the first lawful sale of a copy of the work by the rights holder or with their consent.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. Over the course of a decade, Google copied large volumes of books and made them available online, both through excerpts, known as “snippets”, and as entire publications.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 22, 2022

1934) (finding unenforceable the sale of a violin represented as a Stradivarius when buyer and seller were both mistaken and the violin was a cheap copy).] No legal command nor law of nature compelled Sony to include what, for present purposes, it concedes are false claims ….” Zimbalist, 38 P.2d 2d 170 (Cal.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 31, 2022

Desny could not get through to Wilder and subsequently stripped his script to the bare facts so that Wilder’s secretary could copy it in short-hand over the phone. If the parties have so agreed, that presents a different situation and becomes a question of fact for the jury to decide.

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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. What are statutory damages and how can you get them if your artwork is used without your permission? What qualifies as an infringement of artwork? Let’s find out.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. temporary copy which is; 2. transient or incidental; 3.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Warhol’s Estate argues that the artworks represent a commentary on the dehumanizing nature of celebrity whereas the Goldsmith photos merely reflect Prince in his unique human form. Question presented : Whether a work of art is “transformative” when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material (as the Supreme Court, U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

This can involve things like adaptations (such as a film script based on a novel), translations, or artwork based on another piece of art. Infringement: Infringement, theft, or plagiarism involves directly copying someone else’s work and presenting it as one’s own.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Presently, a new reference from the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) asks the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for vital interpretive guidance concerning the parody exception within copyright law. In summary, parody, pastiche, and caricature all rely on imitation and copying as a means of generating new expressions.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Comparing the competing works the court held that the respondent’s work is a direct copy of the petitioner’s work and directed to remove the impugned work from the register.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2023

Intellectual Property Right The rights and privileges accorded to persons over their creative works, such as innovations, works of literature, and artwork, as well as use of names, logos and pictures in trade are known as intellectual property rights (IPR). In reaction, they invite for a Data Exclusivity law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

The biggest copyright law question in the EU and US is probably whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under the transient and temporary copying and TDM exceptions (in the EU) or fair use (in the US). The proposal for this new regulation was presented in April 2021.

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