SpicyIP

APRIL 18, 2025

This is a bit of a twist: a purely functional drawing isnt protectable as a design (no aesthetic), but as a technical drawing its still an artistic work under copyright (Indian copyright law doesnt require artistic merit). This prevents an overly broad use of Section 15(2) to even kill copyrights in purely functional drawings.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Patent: Blockchain-related inventions can be protected as patents. Article 143 of the Patent Law provides patent holders recourse to file claims in the Commercial Court if the rights under their patent are infringed by another party. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

Is the protection of patent available for website? The domain name of the website may be protected by Trade Mark laws, whereas the contents of the website- the text, artwork, photographs, audio-visual content etc. enjoy the protection under Copyright laws if you are the first and original creator of these components.

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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. Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance.

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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. Copyright law protects just the expression, not the idea itself.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office held a conference on machine learning and copyright law (see “ Copyright Law and Machine Learning for AI: Where Are We and Where Are We Going ?”). Then, on 26 October 2021, the U.S. Against this background, in early 2023, the U.S.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

AI and Copyright: More Developments – Human Prompts are Not ‘Direct Instructions’ After the Thaler case, the US Copyright Office passed another interesting order on AI-generated works, this time refusing the registration due to the work’s failure to meet the de-minimis threshold. Manju Singhal v. W R Grace v. Saurav Chaudhary v.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The legal frameworks surrounding IP, including the patents, trademarks, copyrights, and business enigmas bargain the startups the aptitude to protect their intellectual assets, ensuring their thoughts and the inventions are lawfully saved from unlawful use or imitation. It is safeguarded under the Patent Act, of 1970.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This AI system — the so-called “Creativity Machine” — produced the artwork titled “ A Recent Entrance to Paradise ”. After its creation, he attempted to register this work with the Copyright Office. Copyright Office, Compendium of U.S. Hence and copyright law was therefore not designed to reach them. 102(a) ; U.S.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 3, 2023

copyright and patent laws are currently written in a way that require human creation to be eligible for protection. copyright law. This question is of critical importance because the U.S.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For example, if we ask the Stable Diffusion generator for a “cat wearing a suit” it generates images of dapper cats at the press of a button: As an aside, as it has been discussed previously on the IPKat , there is some uncertainty whether these image outputs are protected under copyright law and, if protected, who owns the relevant copyright.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

Protection of AI-Generated Content Content that is wholly created by AI is not copyrightable or patentable. Copyright law requires the authoring of a creative work that is fixed in a tangible medium. In the end, nobody owned the copyrights on the photographs—not even the monkeys. ” (Emphasis ours). .”

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Patentably Defined

AUGUST 28, 2022

This means that nobody else can use your copyrighted material without permission. A copyright is similar to a trademark but protects intellectual property instead of physical products. This means that nobody else can use your copyrighted material without permission.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The nature of Prompts can be understood as Literary Works which is defined in Section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957, as it includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. For a prompt to be protected under copyright law, it must meet the criteria of originality and fixation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. There have also been 52 automatic withdrawals due to requests for unitary effect of opted-out patents.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Introduction Valuing intellectual property has long been essential for determining the economic worth of intangible assets, such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Digital assets encompass a wide range of online-based entities, from virtual real estate and digital artwork to domain names and software applications.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

(Readers who are already familiar with the facts of the case and the advantages of registration may skip to “Fraud on the Copyright Office” below.). Unicolors’s business model is to create artwork, copyright it, print the artwork on fabric, and market the designed fabrics to garment manufacturers.”

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

He is interested in IP law, and commercial and criminal litigation. From conflicting positions on AI as a co-author of a work to the contours of information required u/s 39 about the patent applications filed abroad, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. Cisco Wins Patent Infringement Case Leading $2.75 Bn Award.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Authors Kennington Groff and Jaime Chandra Kozlowski delve deep into the potential implications of a landmark Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) case that sent ripples through the art world, impacting copyright law including fair use and commercial licensing.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Article 3 of the China Copyright Law defines copyrightable works as intellectual creations with originality in the realm of literature, art or science that can be represented in a certain form (the “tangibility” requirement in the US) and expands its scope by including other intellectual creations that meet the characteristics of works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

Since the underlying asset in NFTs is primarily art, disputes in relation to NFTs bring up interesting questions pertaining to copyright law, the answers to which have the potential to shape the evolution and growth of NFTs as a medium to create, distribute and collect art. The communication to the public right.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. For instance, as discussed above, Copyright wouldn’t extend to the cloth.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this post, we’ll examine Copyright and Design Rights, two key forms in IPR. Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. 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. Copyright Ownership. Applicable IP rights.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI.

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Patently-O

APRIL 18, 2024

The parties have now filed their briefs, along with one law professor amicus brief in support of Thaler. Using this system, he autonomously generated a 2-D artwork titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” ” In August 2023, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Copyright Office.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Q: patent parallels: to what extent were parallels solidified in patent law already? That might distinguish it from patent facts/observable things in the world.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Campbell took a holistic conception of fair use justifications and emphasized the importance of fair use to provide breathing space; courts must consider all factors together and weigh them in light of the ends of copyright law. Courts hated having patent case inside an antitrust case in pay for delay and might hate this too.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Stephen Thaler, creator of the ‘Creativity Machine’ AI system, sought copyright registration for an AI-generated image, listing the Creativity Machine as author. The Copyright Office rejected the application, citing the necessity of a human author under copyright law. The case is now pending before the D.C.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused registration of “Trump Too Small” under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act ( 15 USC 1052(c) ) because the phrase includes a living individual’s name without his written consent. Tam ” (pages 433 n. 150 and 449 n.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

” Interestingly, this spring cleaning language hits other patents and trade secrets as well. .” ” Interestingly, this spring cleaning language hits other patents and trade secrets as well. As to the real kind, you can check out some Easter Egg related patents here. ’ (Op. Neither Marano [v.

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