Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. Your NFT drop will license your copyright-protected digital asset (i.e., What Rights Are Licensed To Purchasers Buying NFTS? When you buy the Bored Ape NFT, you receive a license to the image.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

A quick glance at last week finding the real Burger King saga continues now at the Supreme Court, EDs involvement in the Shankar-Tamilnandan copyright case, right to health and compulsory licensing for rare disease medicine Risdiplam. The two products were also similar in terms of artwork, colour scheme and packaging.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-Generated Art: Where Artistry Meets Algorithms Before diving into the intricacies of copyright registration /ownership, let’s set the stage by understanding the birth of AI-generated art. AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously.

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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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Art Law Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s heartbreaking to find your artwork on a t-shirt at Forever 21 or as an image on someone’s blog without your permission. What are statutory damages and how can you get them if your artwork is used without your permission? What qualifies as an infringement of artwork? Copyright registration is like having art insurance.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Subject to certain exclusions, an issuer must meet certain criteria, obtain commission approval, and submit a registration statement and a draught prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in order to issue regulated digital tokens.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Court of Appeal however found that there was enough evidence before the court to prove CPL’s ownership of the copyright in the artwork (as it had commissioned and paid for the artwork). It therefore held that Morison was also liable for copyright infringement of the artwork in the registered trademark.

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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. Copyright Office.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. . pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

These classifications are then used, among other things, to establish what business licensing is necessary for a given industry. registration requirements. registration requirements. Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. electronic data deletion.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Howell ruled last Friday that the Register of Copyrights did not act “arbitrarily or capriciously” in denying a copyright registration to Dr. Stephen Thaler for artwork generated entirely by artificial intelligence. District Court Judge Beryl A. What is Unclaimable Material? Previously registered material.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It had a similar color scheme, page layout and website architecture, font type, and artwork and photographs to Boston Carriage’s. An ACPA claim also survived, as did some state law claims (not state TM claims requiring state registration based on conduct before that registration occurred, which was in 2018).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This ownership grants the holder exclusive rights to its distribution and reproduction, as well as the ability to license it and earn royalties. In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the AI painting tool “RAGHAV [10] ” was initially recognized as a co-author for the artwork “Suryast,” alongside its human creator, Ankit Sahni.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

For example, the original Tsingtao bottle was sold with a very large label bearing all the typical and well known Tsingtao artwork and trademarks. The article provides as follows: “ Any of the following acts shall be deemed as infringement of exclusive rights to use registered trademarks: . (1)

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

Here are a few reasons why content creators and social media influencers should consider registering their IP: IP registration helps establish ownership of the IP assets, which, in turn, helps enforce rights in the scenario of a legal dispute. In most cases, the online use of artistic and creative works is not safeguarded.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Unlike other forms of IPR, copyrights subsist in works from the moment they are expressed in fixed form irrespective pf whether or not you have applied for a registration. Any specific design or original artwork that is incorporated into a garment is capable of being protected under the copyright laws.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The United States Copyright Office has clarified the requirement for human authorship in generative AI through various decisions that rejected copyright registration for AI-generated works, each varying in human involvement. Despite this, the Office denied copyright registration for the AI-generated images.

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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The USCO’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023, and has included public listening sessions, educational webinars, engagement with stakeholders, and the publication of a registration guidance statement reiterating the “principle that copyright protection in the United States requires human authorship.” See Questions 6-14 of Notice.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Restellini allgedly “offer[ed] his opinions as to whether or not artworks should be included in the planned catalogue raisonné” in “oral consultation” with WI employees, based on the information and materials “researched, collected, synthesized, analyzed and expressed by” the employees.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

U’s registration for THE for clothing and other merchandise by putting THE on a hangtag. Registration v. Much of the law is a collection of rules of thumb from registration context. Hard to think coherently about TM status without thinking about registration v. artworks as TMs. acquisition is also a big deal.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Copyright also protects the original work of the inventors, such as the software code, literary work, music, and artwork. Protection without Registration : Different from patent and trademark, trade secrets don’t require to be registered, allowing startups to protect valuable information without disclosing it openly.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The USCO’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023, and has included public listening sessions, educational webinars, engagement with stakeholders, and the publication of a registration guidance statement reiterating the “principle that copyright protection in the United States requires human authorship.”

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

An NFT, or “non-fungible token” is a token added to a blockchain that links ownership to unique digital items (images, video files, audio files, artworks, etc.). Can NFTs Reflect Ownership License Rights or Other IP? Ownership and licensing ( copyrights & trademarks) vital when dealing in NFTs. What is a Non Fungible Token?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

16 of the Act states that “ no person ” is entitled to copyright, except under the statute; ii) Application for Registration of Copyright (Form-XIV) requires disclosure of name, nationality and address; and iii) in case of computer-generated works, Sec. But under Sec. 17, India has a human author requirement, as can be evidenced from: i) Sec.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. Both the parties have registrations over their respective “Karim” and “Kareem” trademarks.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 4, 2022

This can include inventions, designs, artwork, and even brand names and slogans. When it comes to intellectual property, investors will want to learn as much as possible, including any patents that have been filed, trademarks that have been registered, and intellectual property that has been licensed from other companies.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India Can AI (co)author art? without any registration and later in 2020, they applied to register “Khimji Jewels”. Relying on this, the defendant was able to obtain the impugned copyright registration. Khimji Dayabhai Co.”,

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. To protect them, find online trademark registrations, logos, slogans, tags, series names, and their distinctive hashtags. Subscribe to copyright for original videos, audio recordings, pictures, writing, and artwork.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2022

For example, the original Tsingtao bottle was sold with a very large label bearing all the typical and well known Tsingtao artwork and trademarks. 7) causing harm to other’s exclusive rights to use registered trademarks.” ” Under which of the above seven acts of infringement does this case fall?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

According to data provided by the company, by late April this year, more than 1 billion pieces of artwork had been removed from the Stable Diffusion training set using this tool (reported here ). There is disagreement among commentators whether this is a desirable development.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

NFTs have a variety of uses which extend far beyond digital artwork. million USD sale of his “Warrior” painting, which became the most expensive Western artwork sold in Asia. By contrast, in the United States, registration of copyright is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. ” [1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. 1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward. Scenario 1: Protecting the Work by Copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Complete Guide to Copyright Registration in India Online : Protect Your Creative Work In todays digital era, copyright protection has become essential for creators across the world. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957 governs the registration and protection of creative works. Why is Copyright Registration Important in India?

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