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Thaler, Copyright Office Fight Over Human-Authorship Requirement for AI-Created Artwork Continues

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office’s refusal to register copyright to an artwork generated by Thaler’s Creativity Machine. Copyright Act preventing Thaler from claiming copyright in the AI-generated work, and that standard principles of property law enables ownership of the work to vest in Thaler, who created the AI system at issue in the case.

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When Divorce Breaks Us Apart…and Takes Away My (Intellectual) Property

IPilogue

A recent case tried at the High Court of New Zealand, Palmer v Alalaakkola , raised an intriguing question: is copyright in artwork “ relationship property ” if it was created during a relationship? The two parties agreed that Palmer shall keep the artworks he identified, but they could not settle on the issue of copyright ownership.

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NFTs and Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

This article will try to explain just what an NFT is and, because of their relationship to the creative arts, some of the intellectual property issues surrounding them. Because NFTs are often digital artworks, it helps to think in terms of art. So where does intellectual property crop up in this? IP and NFT.

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Thaler Loses AI-Authorship Fight at U.S. Copyright Office

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office (USCO) denying registration of a two-dimensional artwork generated by Creativity Machine, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm created by Dr. Stephen Thaler. 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.

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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

Last week the media reported (see here ) that the Commercial Court Number 9 of Barcelona has issued a decision on the precautionary measures filed by VEGAP, the sole copyright collecting society which in Spain represents authors of artworks against the well-known Spanish fashion brand.

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Analyzing relationship between Contemporary art and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

The number of artworks bought and sold throughout the world increased to almost 40 million in 2018 from around 39 million the year before, providing further evidence of this trend. Image Sources: Shutterstock] Protecting such outstanding works of art and property through the use of intellectual property law is undeniably a sound strategy.

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Metaverse: Navigating the Virtual Frontier

IIPRD

Introduction Before hunting into the intricacies of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the metaverse, it is essential to know what the metaverse entails. In the metaverse and physical world, the notion of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has a murky image. Mason Rothschild.