IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Is this relevant to fair use? Satire involves using the same style to clothe different ideas; therefore it shouldn’t infringe (lack of substantial similarity as in the Greatest American Hero case; German case law; perhaps the jury’s reasoning in the Kat von D case). W/o fair use, these tools are far more limited.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

Years later, Goldsmith granted a limited one-time use license for Vanity Fair to use one of her photos of Prince as an “artistic reference for an illustration.” However, Warhol went further and created a series of artwork based on Goldsmith’s photograph. By: Carrington Coleman

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. 2] A week later, the U.S. 3] Graham v.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Background As previously reported by the IPKat last year, VEGAP, a collective management organisation for intellectual property rights in Spain, brought a claim against Punto Na SA, the IP holding company for the well-known clothing brand Mango, seeking compensation in respect of the alleged infringement of copyright in certain artworks.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

The biggest copyright law question in the EU and US is probably whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under the transient and temporary copying and TDM exceptions (in the EU) or fair use (in the US). In the aftermath of cases like Authors Guild v.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. Let’s dive in!

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

This position was reiterated through several decisions, the most significant ruling for an export artwork was by the U.S. AI-generated artworks, such as the ones generated by DALLE, bring data from big databases of existing pictures, and it raises the question of whether these works meet the originality requirement. References U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

While creative industries claim their work has been not only stolen but specifically used to replace them, AI providers continue, remarkably, to insist that the millions of images ‘fed’ to the AI can be used without permission as part of the ”social contract” of the Internet. Did model providers undertake content moderation (e.g.

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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. Stability AI, three artists filed a claim on the basis that their work was used by the AI to train the algorithm and use them in a transformative manner to create new work. [5]

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

ChatGPT’s Terms of Use & other policies The ToU state that “[a]s between the parties and to the extent permitted by applicable law , you own all Input, and subject to your compliance with these Terms, OpenAI hereby assigns to you all its right, title and interest in and to Output.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

In 1984, Vanity Fair sought to license the photograph for an “artist reference” in a story about the musician. Goldsmith agreed to license a one-time use of the photograph with full attribution. The first factor of fair use considers the nature of and reasons for a copier’s use of an original work. [4]

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

The Court gave several examples that would be permitted under Rogers , including the use of “Barbie Girl” as a song title, the use of a trademarked football uniform in artwork, and references to Louis Vuitton in a film. cannot include. every parody or humorous commentary.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

.” 3) How to Distinguish Transformative Fair Uses From Infringing Derivative Works? Supreme Court agreed to review the Second Circuit’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s series of colorful prints and drawings of Prince were not transformative fair uses of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph.

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IIPRD

JUNE 9, 2024

Basics of IP in Metaverse In simple words, Intellectual Property Rights refer to legal rights that protect the intangible property of a person that arises from a person’s intellect. Hermès claimed that Rothschild’s digital artworks infringed upon its legally protected intellectual property rights. Mason Rothschild.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 8, 2023

The Court gave several examples that would be permitted under Rogers , including the use of “Barbie Girl” as a song title, the use of a trademarked football uniform in artwork, and references to Louis Vuitton in a film. cannot include. every parody or humorous commentary.”

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs are unique tokens based on blockchain technology and used as digital assets. NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs are unique tokens based on blockchain technology and used as digital assets. NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 11, 2022

On October 12, 2022, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the fair use copyright case of Andy Warhol Foundation, Inc. Andy Warhol admittedly used Lynn Goldmith’s copyrighted photographs of Prince as the basis for his set of sixteen silkscreens. by Dennis Crouch. Goldsmith , Docket No. 21-869 (2022). 569 (1994).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Moreover, a mere collage of an artwork “Everydays – The First 5000 Days” made by him was sold for $69.3mnin an auction. Non-Fungible Tokens mainly refer to digital files of various digital as well as physical goods and creations that are stored as tokens and can be traded easily.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

26] The defendants denied many of the allegations in the complaint, and asserted several affirmative defenses, including that the NFTs fell under the fair use exception to the Copyright Act. [27] by other innovators that also use NFTs to track title to physical goods held in a vault, such as fine art, whiskey, and wine.” [43].

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Ornamental use may help to maintain rights even if core uses cease. Can it be used in different ways in TM as a thumb on the scale rather than a binary? 2d Cir in Descriptive fair use—how “pure” is the descriptive character of the use? artworks as TMs. Could we do something similar in ornamentality?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And here there is a very clear statement in the statute of that zone of interests, which most relevantly includes “to regulate commerce … by making actionable the deceptive and misleading use of marks in … commerce; …; to protect persons engaged in … commerce against unfair competition.” None of those were branding uses.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

Some difficulties to be aware of and looked into more before buying NFTs i.e., anyone might snap a photo of an artwork, upload it to a blockchain, and sell it, therefore buyers must verify that they are buying NFTs from the artist or that the seller has the permission to sell the NFT.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Incoherent to raise/evaluate fair use as to an act that wasn’t a use or infringement. DJ sought declaratory judgment that Prince Series as such was transformative, grounded in the artwork itself; a static claim w/o regard to specific use or purpose. Glynn Lunney, Transforming Fair Use.

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Patently-O

JUNE 8, 2023

.” Rather in this use-as-a-mark situation, standard principles of trademark law apply. The court offered the possibility (but did not decide) that a heightened situation could still apply in other situations such as use of another’s mark as artwork or for criticism, etc. 1125(c)(3)(A).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

As described here in a previous post: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected an artistic intent or purpose test for fair use on March 26, 2021, in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. ” Then, as I noted , the US Supreme Court decided a few days later, “in Google v. at 7-9) were transformative.,”

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