The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Bill would vest ownership of traditional knowledge with the appropriate government of the territory where it is practiced (a suggestion that has received some criticism ), and then allows for "knowledge societies" to apply to the government to be recognised as custodians of the knowledge. Image from Pixabay.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

[Image Sources: Shutterstock] Basic understanding of Copyright Copyright is a legal theory that provides artists complete ownership over their creative works, preventing unauthorised use and copying. There will be serious consequences for assigning other than human ownership to AI-generated creations.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The first codified statute dealing with copyright protection of printed books dates back to 1710, known as British Statute of Anne. It is obvious from the early statutes that copyright protection was initially solely extended to books. The art, literary works, books, and more, everything is being produced in the digital format.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

My understanding is that all publicity photos taken back in the 1920s and 1930s were never copyrighted, therefore, in the public domain, especially if the photographer is unidentified. The public domain. You're correct that Louise Brooks publicity photos are probably public domain. What to do?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? Copyright Office took a stance against generative-AI works, cancelling a copyright claim by author Kris Kashtanova for comic book images made with the aid of Midjourney. Do creators who use generative AI maintain copyright in their creations? By guest blogger Prof.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

Previously, the book used to be seen in the name of the program emcee, but now, it is the opposite of that trend in America, where stricter regulations would appear to come into play. For example, in many Bollywood films, visual effects and script writing contain AI which brings up the issues of ownership and copyright protection.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. Even better, it’s in the public domain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

His defense is that the work he used was free for all; after his victory, that work remains in the public domain for others to build upon. 512(f) case in the context of an ownership dispute is sent to a jury. A successful defendant, by contrast, recovers nothing he didn’t already have. Serc-CA Discos, Inc. 2023 WL 8480096 (S.D.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On 21 February 2023, the USCO reviewed the registration of the comic book “Zarya of the Dawn” (Registration No. As a software-implemented creation, it was not in the public domain and the company willing to exploit the work had to clear the right to reproduction. Moreover, the Italian Supreme Court, in decision no.

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SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

Do you remember drawing in the corner of flip-books and watching it magically become an animated series when you flip the pages? This unfactual equation, you highlighted, also makes us under stress ‘property’ rights are not just about ownership but also about the management/regulation of economic and social resources.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Carys Craig, Copyright & Gender: Philosophy, Proof & Praxis Book chapter: research agenda for feminist copyright. Lunney: benefits of © system may also include consumption of © works: attending theater, buying albums, books. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. Public reaction was swift and divided.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 25, 2023

Material that is in the public domain. “The copyright in such [derivative] work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the preexisting material.” Previously registered material.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2020

PRO counterclaimed seeking declaratory judgment that the entire OCGA was in the public domain. There is a special provision in the Act dealing with ownership of copyright relating to “the Crown”. However, this exception is limited to one copy and does not permit, for example, a publisher making multiple copies for a book.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 6, 2023

The duo were clearly aware how important it is to look at what registered IP you can get early into your product development phase before it’s in the public domain. Her products include emotional support teddy bears and an associated children’s book. So where’s the IP in Solar Buddies’ sunscreen?

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

and Sumathi Chandrashekaran show in their book , there seems to exist a prominent bias amongst judges towards copyright owners, and a persistent failure of courts to grant proprietors of allegedly offending websites a hearing, before ordering them to be blocked. Traditionally, as Prashant Reddy T. 243 of ‘ Create Copy or Disrupt ( here).

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2023

x] It is challenging to accurately identify and follow the knowledge holders [xi] , partly because complex group ownership. A “community rights regime,” in which Indigenous Peoples possess ownership rights to TK instead of a small number of capitalist proprietors [xvi] , is one concept.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. What is Copyright in Books? Copyright in books gives the author control over how their work is used, reproduced, and distributed. Distribute or lend the book. Adapt the book (like creating a movie or translation). Make copies.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

The movie adaptation of the book isn’t inherently fair use. They chose not to say the making was not a fair use, hanging on wall, and use in art history book—seem to be conceded fair uses at oral argument. Taken copyright-protected material and transformed it into public domain material—dangerous for law firms.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

version of the book credited Scott-Giles for the maps and diagrams he specially drew for the edition, but didn’t contain a copyright notice. The 1949 English-language publication of Dante’s “Inferno” was first published in the U.K. on November 16, 1949. without a copyright notice. It argues that when the U.S.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These photos are in the public domain and free for anyone to copy. You can't claim copyright solely based on your ownership of a photo. You can't register your report with the Copyright Office unless you declare whether your book contains pre-existing works. Purchasing a print is not the same as purchasing the copyright.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Srinath R vs M/S Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd on 4 December, 2024 (Bangalore District Court) Image from here The plaintiff owned the copyright for the book titled Madhurya Sarvabhouma Dr. P.B. P.B.Srinivas which was available in public domain and it is not any person’s created copyright or created literature to be infringed.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

The long Battle of the Booksellers was about perpetual ownership. By voting to limit the period of copyright, the House of Lords created the Public Domain. Or Schiller: “What is a book?” Then, it confuses thought, an abstract thing, with the book, a material thing. The Enlightenment has given its answer.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Read this Tidbit by Kaustubh Chakrabarti on the Delhi HC ruling that the Regional Director under the Companies Act has no jurisdiction to decide ownership of a trademark. Articles, Essays, and Book Reviews/Case Commentary/Short Notes are invited for submissions! The defendants also abandoned their defence in the suit.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Copyright is the type of Intellectual Property most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school. With that basic structure, let’s review them and sort out some of the confusing aspects of each.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

books, articles, poems), artistic works (e.g., Prima facie Evidence: In legal proceedings for copyright infringement, the registration certificate serves as evidence in a court of law for prove the ownership of original work. Copyright registration in India ensures protection for various types of works, such as literary works (e.g.,

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Copyright is the type of IP most often associated with artistic works like fine art, movies, or books. For example, anybody can publish a book about three teenagers who solve magical mysteries at a wizarding school. With that basic structure, let’s review them and sort out some of the confusing aspects of each. Your Copy-Rights.

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IP Whiteboard

APRIL 15, 2021

The remaining issue, which is yet to be determined at the time of writing, relates to ownership in the Letter (an issue which the Court considered to be of minor significance to the wider copyright claim). [7] The activity of writing the Letter was not an aspect of Meghan’s public role or function as part of the Royal family. [28].

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In the spirit of shameless consumerism at the heart of this post, I returned the favor by offering to plug the Second Edition of Kens book, The Business of Television , now available for holiday gifting via my Amazon affiliate link.) by writing a simple one-word article: no. (In

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 11, 2025

From search engines and large language models to image generators and music tools, these systems are trained on massive datasets, often pulled directly from the public web. Think news articles, social media posts, lyrics, books, stock images, etc. Whats clear is that publicly available is not synonymous with public domain.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

Sunder’s book does extensively.] Also consistent with lay intuitions about self-ownership. Skepticism: good for parties, but systemic effect has third party costs to the public—extralegally erodes spaces that law preserves for public use, like facts being in the public domain.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

The goals of patent law are generally recognized as seeking to foster and reward invention; promote disclosure of inventions to stimulate further innovation and to permit the public to practice the invention once the patent expires; and to assure that ideas in the public domain remain there for the free use of the public.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ” H.R.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

public domain officially welcomes the comic debuts of Popeye and Buck Rogers, alongside classic works by Faulkner, Hemingway, and landmark sound films from the year talkies took over. The public domain offers endless opportunities to breathe new life into timeless works—chainsaws optional. public domain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit potentially raises fundamental issues concerning freedom of speech and the right of journalists to publish sound recordings and transcripts of interviews of public officials, conducted on the record, with the admitted consent of the subject. Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C.

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