TorrentFreak

JANUARY 1, 2024

Any DMCA notices received must be treated as legal documents and responses must be governed accordingly. and since the title contained the words ‘Copyright Claim’ we immediately gave it our full attention. On April 3, 2023, we received an email from Turkey-based anti-piracy outfit DigiGuardians Inc.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

NFTs may be represented in the form of memes, artworks, or videos. A smart contract may be used to transfer the copyrights that subsist on a digital artifact to the buyer. The NFT space also serves as a breeding ground for copyfraud and copyright infringement.

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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. Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

When issuing a CC0 NFT, the artist declares the entirety of a project’s content to be in the public domain, allowing the public at large to use, modify or recreate the NFT artwork in compliance with the CC0 license for commercial purposes, without attributing it to the original artist.

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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.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

The territory would ideally have to be the world, for an artwork or an article published online, and also, it would be difficult to practically take down the same after 5 years. There is a higher probability of such Output being considered as infringing by the courts, when a user uses ChatGPT’s Output for commercial purposes.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Restellini alleged copyright infringement and related claims in connection with WPI’s digitization of certain material about the artist Amodeo Modigliani. WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Identify the type of infringement Facebook will remove listings and posts that infringe your intellectual property, covering five categories: counterfeits, copyright infringement, brand abuse (which includes other forms of trademark infringement), design infringement, and patent infringement.

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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.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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. What is a Fair Use Defense to a Copyright Infringement Claim?

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Corsearch

AUGUST 14, 2023

Alternatively, lookalikes and replica products omit trademarks from their design and packaging, and copyright, design rights, and patents can be utilized to combat these illicit products. Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized use of a protected work. Send the NOCI to vero@ebay.com or fax (801) 757-9521.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

Though the parties went forward, “they never signed a formal written document memorializing and defining the nature of their business relationship.” Chiusa also has a registration for a brochure, stating that he created “text, photograph(s), [and] artwork on p.1” There’s a similar copyright registration for this site.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

Furthermore, although the book deals with copyright, it is mainly American copyright and not British copyright. Chapter 3 is entitled "Copyright within the street art and graffiti circles". This chapter examines whether street artists and writers are interested in copyright.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial. But if they appear on film without permission, even fleetingly, they could prompt a copyright infringement lawsuit.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

The luxury fashion and beauty industries have generated thorough documentation to better understand the competitive marketplace because changes are so essential and complex. Copyright infringement arises when reproduction right is infringed (i.e.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Step 2: Prepare the Required Documents The following documents are typically required for copyright registration: Application Form : Form XIV, which includes details about the work and its creator. manuscript, artwork, software code). The work must be original, fixed in a tangible form, and created by you or your team.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. on 18 December, 2023 (Delhi High Court) This suit for copyright infringement by was filed by Bentley Systems Inc.

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Intepat

APRIL 4, 2025

Intellectual property rights are crucial for protecting artists rights in their artwork. Copyrights safeguard creative work from unauthorised reproduction, replication and sale. Unlike patents or trademarks, copyright protection begins as soon as the artistic work is created, without requiring registration.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

After generating many millions of views, they suddenly swap their existing channel artwork and video thumbnails for images of hardcore porn. This sounds bizarre, but we have documented several examples. YouTube channels can be terminated for both repeated copyright infringement and community guideline violations.

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