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Using AI Artwork to Avoid Copyright Infringement

Copyright Lately

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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Bungie & Ubisoft Sue Destiny 2 Cheatmakers Ring-1 For Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

io but is also active on hundreds of forums, websites and social media accounts selling cheats that enable Ubisoft and Bungie customers to automatically aim their weapons, reveal the locations of opponents, and see information that would otherwise be obscured. Copyright Infringement Offenses. 1201(a)(2)).

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Atari’s Copyright Claim Against State Farm Survives Challenge

Copyright Lately

Atari’s copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm advances, underscoring the importance of careful clearance in advertising. On Friday, a Texas federal judge dismissed much of the case but kept Atari’s core copyright infringement claim in play. Conversely, in Ringgold v.

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Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

IPilogue

Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT. Still, the straightforward process for creating non-fungible tokens (NFT) has accelerated the theft of digital art.

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State Farm’s Nod to Nostalgia Sparks Copyright Clash With Atari

Copyright Lately

Video game publisher Atari Interactive has launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm, claiming that the insurer improperly appropriated artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for an advertising campaign as part of a “cynical plot” to resonate with fickle millennial and Gen Z consumers.

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Gulls Hockey Team Gets Wings Clipped In IP Dispute With Hockey League

The IP Law Blog

The Agreement also assigned to the team a list of social media names that contained the word “Gulls,” which had been used to promote the team. The assignment agreement defined the registered marks, the common law marks, and the social media names collectively as “Intellectual Property”. What’s missing here?

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Analysing the relationship between contemporary art and IPR

IP and Legal Filings

In the last 20 years, the contemporary art industry has doubled the number of auction houses participating in the sale of artworks. Digital platforms have made it increasingly easy to disseminate unauthorized copies of art works that are copyright protected. Image Source: gettyimages]. IPR and contemporary art. McDonald’s Corp.:

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