Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. Complaint at 31. And this case is just beginning. –Doe 1 v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

Combining these two holdings, it concluded: “we must apply the discovery rule to determine when a copyright infringement claim accrues, but a three-year lookback period from the time a suit is filed to determine the extent of the relief available.” at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. For business owners, publishers, and sellers, understanding copyright can prevent legal issues and ensure fair use of content. Copyright grants the author or creator exclusive rights to use, distribute, and sell their work.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

This blog seeks to examine the relationship between AI and IPR and identify critical areas of discussion, conflict, and appropriate strategy within the expanding rubric. Artificial intelligence in this century is extending its enhancement across industries, from healthcare to entertainment.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

The following is an edited transcript of my video Copyright Concerns When Using Others to Create Content. Many of my clients have contractors or vendors or virtual assistants who assist them with writing blog posts, creating newsletters, doing social media posting and work. And that is a specific, important phrase in copyright law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance. 17-55844 (9th Cir.

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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.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

The nature of Prompts can be understood as Literary Works which is defined in Section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957, as it includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. For a prompt to be protected under copyright law, it must meet the criteria of originality and fixation.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions. For more details on the topic of design and the metaverse in China see our previous blog post. Ownership and Enforcement.

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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. The Indian Copyright Act stipulates that the duration of copyright for pseudonymous works is 60 years from the date of publication.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

It took eight months, but the ownership question of the photographs has been settled. However, it is not what I expected for the first case to be finally determined: Section 512(f) and an ownership dispute between former business partners. Conclusion One case related to ownership and Section 512. It seems like it did.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In my prior blog post, I wrote: this lawsuit could be an example of emoji trolling. Emojis are an excellent device for trolling campaigns because they inevitably look alike and copyright law provides many powerful tools to copyright owners. Some Related Blog Posts. Are Individual Emoji Depictions Copyrightable?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Over the last few months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voiced an increasing interest in AI-generated content and copyright law.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

The rights of speakers, organisers, and participants under Indian copyright law will be discussed in this Article, which will explore copyright concerns connected to webinars. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. The Delhi High Court, citing several sources, held in Pepsi Co.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

But the sender’s dereliction in this case really got to me, so it’s worth the blog post. UMG owns the copyright to the “Right Now” sound recording, but not the beat. Despite UMG’s lack of ownership in the beat, UMG’s “content protection specialist” found the song Oi!

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As tattoo artists draw inspiration from a plethora of sources, ranging from classical art to pop culture icons, questions of ownership, originality, and copyright infringement have commandeered the spotlight in the tattooing arena. At the crux of both cases lies the conundrum of copyright ownership and infringement.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 30, 2021

The second one is to get ownership of their copyright, know their rights under the copyright laws and how to protect them. According to the copyright laws, a work that has required significant mental activity to create, and is, therefore, considered original, automatically becomes its creator’s intellectual property.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This article explores the essentials of copyright licensing in podcasting, debunks common myths, examines relevant case laws, and provides actionable steps to ensure compliance while maintaining creative freedom. For podcasters, ensuring copyright compliance should be as fundamental as sound editing or episode planning.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 27, 2023

The court summarizes the case: “plaintiffs allege that YouTube has violated the copyright laws by withholding broad access to Content ID… Plaintiffs also allege that YouTube automatically strips metadata out of uploaded videos, including copyright management information (CMI), which makes it harder to catch infringing conduct.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Instead of asserting copyright and trademark claims, they tried trespass to chattels. My angst-filled blog post on that ruling. ” Domain names are also intangible, as are the records documenting domain name ownership, yet the court held they were capable of being converted. Fortunately, the status quo has been restored.

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

At the heart of Taylor’s decision was an often overlooked but significant legal distinction in the copyright law governing the music industry. All music can be subdivided into three categories of copyright: lyrical, compositional, and sound. Look What You Made Me Do.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Like many other countries around the world, India’s copyright law allows rightsholders to limit access to pirate sites. The Indian law blog SpicyIP has several articles on the subject and also discusses this latest order. This legal tool is widely used by the major Hollywood studios.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Historically, the exceptions for teaching, education and research have never been qualified by the nature of ownership of the institution where the use of the work is carried out. The Report does not establish any linkage between the two, leaving unclear why students from private institutions should be deprived of copyright exceptions.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Introduction India has a rich culinary legacy, in recent times, the growth of Indian cuisine has seen a tremendous commercial surge both domestically and internationally which has led to an increased need for the protection of recipes to ensure their authenticity and provide ownership rights to the actual creator of the recipe.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

Copyright and Design overlap Section 15 of the Copyright Act, 1957 ensures that mass-produced designs are covered by design law, not copyright law. It states that if a design can be registered under the Designs Act and is applied to over 50 articles through an industrial process, it loses copyright protection.

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Intellectual Property Brief

APRIL 25, 2022

Copyright law allows for the free form creation of music while implementing a system of checks and balances to protect artists from other artists. The question remains, who’s protecting artists from the record labels?

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IPilogue

JUNE 13, 2022

Copyright law provides recourse to authors who feel their work has been minted into an NFT without permission, but as copyright attorney Nelson Rosario cautions, “IP considerations get very complex very quickly.” What Can Artists Do When Someone Else Mints their Work into an NFT?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

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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SpicyIP

MARCH 1, 2025

In the blog below the author will analyse Kindles nature as a bookseller, why this reduces the rights of consumers, and why this spells out a dark future for eBooks, and the broader world of literature and knowledge. This was possible through the unique licensing arrangement of Kindle and would not be possible in the case of ownership.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Construing these allegations as true and in Service’s favor, Service subjectively believed that he possessed an ownership interest and that he never approved the Comedy Dynamics deal. I’m pretty sure the drafters of 512(f) never contemplated that it would be invoked in disputes over ownership.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 5, 2023

A growing number of daily releases makes India’s copyright laws particularly important in. However, to a lesser extent, other IP laws like the Trademark Act and the Designs Act will also be important. The aforementioned elements are those that are most frequently disputed when discussing copyright ownership.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

Copyright comes into the picture since the law safeguards the computer software and programs that are used to collect and analyze big data. Also, the European Union has a Database Directive in place as an initiative to harmonize Copyright Protection offered to databases in all Member States alike. For more visit: [link].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

copyright law. However, when a user’s facial expressions or body movements are used to animate the emoji, it leaves open the obvious question about who owns the copyright(s) to the resulting animation, including whether there could be overlapping blocking copyrights or joint ownership. Marc Jacobs.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 4, 2021

Since cryptocurrency is diverse and it is difficult to exercise control over it, no individual or entity can claim ownership or responsibility; hence, there appears to be a meager possibility to protect any Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in community-based blockchains. A few Examples of Registered Cryptocurrency. Concluding Remarks.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

A longtime friend of the blog, Achille is currently serving as an Advisor to the Board of the Indian Performing Right Society. His previous posts on the blog can be accessed here and here. The long Battle of the Booksellers was about perpetual ownership. Views expressed are those of the author’s.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 28, 2023

However, there are legal concerns associated with using AI to generate content, like this blog article, which was created in part through the assistance of ChatSonic AI. One of the primary legal concerns is related to copyright – both in terms of protecting the work generated and the concern of infringing someone else’s work.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Ownership of masters within the music industry has become a contentious and popular matter, particularly after Taylor Swift’s legal battle resulted in her re-recording her greatest hits. copyright law. In recent years, popular artists have spoken out about compensation from streaming sales and contractual issues.

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