IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) this week finalized its refusal to uphold, in part, a registration it issued to Kristina Kashtanova for a graphic novel that contained generative artwork and human story and design elements.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Jason Allen, the author of the two-dimensional digital artwork, titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” which was rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office last year, has filed a request for declaratory judgment with the U.S. Copyright Office published a final decision denying registration of Allen’s work in September 2023.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

1: NYC artist granted first known registered copyright for AI art. First off today, Adam Schrader at UPI reports that New York artist Kris Kashtanova has received a copyright registration for a graphic novel entitled Zarya of the Dawn , representing the first known copyright registration granted to a work of AI-generated artwork.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 7, 2022

1: Paramount Pictures faces copyright lawsuit over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ First off today, Joe Hernandez at NPR reports that Paramount Pictures is facing a lawsuit over their new movie Top Gun: Maverick. Copyright termination allows original creators or their heirs to reclaim rights to works they may have signed away years before.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 1, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Copyright Review Board denied registration for a two-dimensional artwork entitled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” What was notable about this artwork was that it was created by artificial intelligence (“AI”).

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Copyright Office Backtracks on Registration of Partially AI-Generated Work. Copyright Office has begun the process of revoking a copyright registration that was granted to the human author of a piece of artwork that was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In an opinion letter dated February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (Review Board) affirmed a decision of the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) denying registration of a two-dimensional artwork generated by Creativity Machine, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm created by Dr. Stephen Thaler.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 20, 2024

On February 15, 2024, the United States Copyright Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to create a new group registration option for published two-dimensional artwork. The proposed rule, which the Copyright Office calls “GR2D,” would allow applicants to register up to ten.

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Kashishipr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The plaintiff, SSPL, had filed a lawsuit against the defendant NTC in the Bombay High Court, alleging Copyright and Trademark Infringement. Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 17, 2023

This blog has covered artificial intelligence and copyright protection in the United States on a number of occasions, including It’s Alive? and AI Artwork. To date, the Copyright Office has consistently rejected registration of works created using AI technology. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 31, 2023

Digital artwork created by an AI system has once again been denied U.S. copyright registration. Perlmutter granted summary judgment to the Copyright Office and Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the Office, and upheld the Copyright Office’s longstanding position that U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 17, 2022

Copyright Office denied a second request for reconsideration regarding a refusal to register artwork created by AI. Importantly, the application for registration indicated that the artwork was created "autonomously" by "a computer algorithm running on a machine.". By: Jones Day

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2022

Today marks the 1-month anniversary of the Copyright Claims Board, so I thought it’s a good opportunity to take a very quick snapshot of the filings we’ve seen so far. The CCB gives copyright owners the option to cap damages at $5,000 and get an even more streamlined adjudication. Artwork: 8. My dataset. Literary: 4.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

1: Top EU Court Rejects Polish Complaint Over Copyright Law. First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Banksy's Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge A while ago The IPKat reported [ here and here ] on a string of cancellations of elusive artist Banksy ’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations relating to some of their best-known artworks. The reason? Let’s see how the Board reasoned. (Ir)relevance

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Jason Allen, the author of the two-dimensional digital artwork, titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” which was rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office last year, has filed a request for declaratory judgment with the U.S. Copyright Office published a final decision denying registration of Allen’s work in September 2023.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Copyright Office published a decision denying registration of a work created using the generative artificial intelligence (GAI) system, Midjourney, highlighting the complexities such technology is introducing to the U.S. copyright system. Earlier this week, the Review Board of the U.S.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The headline --“City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Surely no “author” had created the Ogopogo, supposedly a green, serpent-like creature that creates harmonic ripples as it swims, so no one could claim copyright. So, what did Seabrook register under copyright?

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Allen won first place at the Colorado State Fair (the “Competition”) for the two-dimensional artwork entitled Théâtre D’opéra Spatial (the “Work”), which he produced with the aid of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). As a result, the examiner asked Allen to disclaim or exclude from his copyright claim the portions of the work generated by AI.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. This bedrock principle was reinforced in two recent copyright decisions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Do creators who use generative AI maintain copyright in their creations? Copyright Office took a stance against generative-AI works, cancelling a copyright claim by author Kris Kashtanova for comic book images made with the aid of Midjourney. 2023, Generative AI Works Found Ineligible for Copyright Under the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Unicolors, Inc. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011). .

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

US Copyright Office issues another ruling on AI-authorship and copyright, reaffirming its decision to reject Ankit Sahni and RAGHAV’s artistic work. Subject work on which copyright registration was sought. Interestingly, the artwork also led to controversy in India when it was granted registration in November 2020.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

However, this gives a grand legal question: who has the right to copyright AI-created works? This has to do with the application of copyright to works made through AI. Traditional Copyright Framework and Its Limitations Copyright law is fundamentally based on three principles: Authorship : The creator of a work owns the copyright.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Can a work entirely created by a machine be protected by copyright? Registration was sought as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine. In 2019, the Copyright Office rejected the application, holding that human authorship is necessary to support a copyright claim.

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Above the Fold

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office issued an opinion letter denying a claimant’s second request for reconsideration to register an Artificial Intelligence artwork piece titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” (“Work”). COMPENDIUM (THIRD) § 306 (quoting Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U.S.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Copyright law serves as a vital mechanism for protecting the rights of creators over their original works. In India, the Copyright Act of 1957 provides the legal framework that governs these rights. This article examines how Indian copyright law regulates these creative works, with a focus on recent case law and ongoing developments.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office issued an opinion letter denying a claimant’s second request for reconsideration to register an Artificial Intelligence artwork piece titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” (“Work”). He has done neither.”

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court recalled the conditions of protectability of an artwork in a case involving a work created using software. Here below the artwork by Lindelokse. The Court of Genoa held that the architect was the author of the work and that RAI had infringed her copyright. RAI contested all the claims as groundless.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

On September 5, 2023, as explained here , the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued an interesting decision in a copyright registration matter that involved AI-generated work. Previously, in the Thaler case , the US Copyright Office had refused to register an AI-generated work since the application named the AI-system as the author.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 23, 2023

Copyright Office's partial cancellation of artificial intelligence artist Kris Kashtanova's registration for an AI-assisted comic book, the artist has submitted a new application for a different artwork produced by AI tool Stable Diffusion using Kashtanova's own hand-drawn art and other input. Following the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2021

Most notably, that included the PUBG Corporation, which filed a lawsuit against Epic Games in May 2018 for alleged copyright infringement. At least five of those lawsuits were dismissed by March 2019 due to the lack of a proper copyright registration. This included actor Alfonso Ribeiro and the rapper 2 Milly among others.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Background Banksy’s graffiti artwork Laugh Now first appeared in Brighton, England, in 2002. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. However, artists are required to reveal their identity when claiming copyright infringement. street artist Banksy.

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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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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The USCO underlined again the importance of the “ human authorship ” requirement and stated that applicants must bear the duty to disclose the inclusion of AI-generated content in a work submitted for registration and to provide a brief explanation of the human author’s contribution to the work. The deadline to respond is 18 October 2023.

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