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Matricide, Movies and Salinger

Dear Rich IP Blog

I have read that the "change of ownership" of this collection is considered a publication. The library wants money to use these items in our play/movie. Does paying the library for their use put the burden of ownership/copyright on them? Transfer of ownership ≠ transfer of copyright. Is that correct?

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Copyright Office’s denial of a copyright application for a work created using generative AI due to lack of human authorship ( Thaler v. Thaler included several new legal theories to suggest that his contribution to the Creativity Machine, such as his ownership and prompting of the software, would establish a human component of authorship.

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Trademarks and the Metaverse: Imaginary Rights or Real Wrongs?

SpicyIP

A list of trademarks applied for in the EU for ‘ downloadable virtual goods’ and ‘online virtual services’ was recently published by The IPKat here. In the US too, several companies are protecting their trademarks for similar goods and services. Dec 21, 2021.

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Ping® By AdlerLaw – Public Art & Social Media

LexBlog IP

However, in 5Pointz the building owner consented to the artwork installation. So if graffiti can be protected, does one need permission from the artist to photograph the work and then “publish” it to a social media platform? This is almost exactly the same fact pattern as the 5Pointz case. ” Canilao v.

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Metaverse: Navigating the Virtual Frontier

IIPRD

This will give recognition to those persons and provide them with ownership rights for that intellectual activity. Copyrights Any original work created by any creator from an intellectual activity published in any form or medium will get automatic protection under copyright. Mason Rothschild.

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Generative AI and Copyright – Some Recent Denials and Unanswered Questions

LexBlog IP

Copyright Office’s denial of a copyright application for a work created using generative AI due to lack of human authorship ( Thaler v. The Copyright Office denied protection for Jason Allen’s science-fiction themed artwork “Theatre D’opera Spatial,” which he created with an AI tool called “Midjourney.”

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ChatGPT and the Underlying Copyright Malady

SpicyIP

Through an examination of ChatGPT’s ‘Terms of Use’, our former blogger Varsha Jhavar attempts to investigate the copyright implications of the chatbot inter alia touching upon the issue of ownership and assignment of the output generated. Her previous posts on the blog can be viewed here , here , here and here.

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