Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Real data is hard to come by and expensive to label; using synthetic data instead is not only cheaper but also promises to sidestep the thorny issues of privacy and copyright infringement (see Lee 2024 ). One possibility is that, as we race towards the wall, high-quality texts will become ever more valuable to starving LLMs.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings. In this post, SpicyIP intern Niyati Prabhu discusses the issues surrounding access to law and the dilemma surrounding copyright. Niyati Prabhu is a second year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

AI’s capacity to generate content, inventions, and insights from this data intensifies concerns, not only about ownership but also about copyright and trade secrets. Data Privacy The recent uproar for some stringent data privacy laws stems from the frequent leaks and breaches of individuals’ personal data and the risk of its misuse.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

At least in theory, copyright law in both the United States and Europe should provide adequate protections for intermediaries but if a chink appears in the armor, nothing can stop rightsholders filing a lawsuit. lawsuit against DataCamp, claiming that it failed to deal with copyright infringing customers. In February 2022, U.S.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 22, 2021

Recent decisions suggest courts are losing patience with those who bring dubious copyright infringement claims as part of their business models. Back in May, I wrote about an overzealous copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Rachel Dolezal , the woman best known for mispresenting her racial background.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 22, 2025

The stakes are particularly high in copyright law, where anthropomorphic thinking has led to problematic comparisons between human learning and AI training. The Copyright Conundrum This anthropomorphic bias has particularly troubling implications in the ongoing debate about AI and copyright.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 30, 2024

In addition, concerns have been raised regarding the authenticity and possession of the artwork, the involvement of the artist, and the authorship and ownership of its copyright in relation to the integration of artificial intelligence into the artistic process. The position will subsequently be examined in light of Indian law on the blog.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2024, Indian courts delivered several landmark judgments in the field of intellectual property (IP), addressing challenges that range from traditional trademark disputes to modern issues like copyright in AI training and digital piracy. Courts emphasized the importance of balancing innovation with copyright enforcement.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In legal terms, those rights are intellectual property (IP) rights such as copyright, patents, and trademarks, confidentiality obligations, and contract rights. Each IP right has its own rules, and applying those rules to data leads to a complex, multi-layered analysis where the law can be unsettled and uncertain.

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IPilogue

JULY 21, 2021

assembled a digital two-way radio business largely deploying Motorola’s research and development, such as source code and confidential technical documents. copyright laws by copying their source code, it also complained that Hytera infringed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. Hytera Corp.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Lokesh Vyas, on an RTI matter that brought up some interesting copyright related questions. Relevantly, from admission to submission of the thesis, the JMIU Ordinance treats the thesis as a non-confidential document involving several committees and individuals and places several checks (e.g.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 11, 2024

Catching IPTV Pirates In 2017, BREIN booked a prominent victory at the European Court of Justice, which ruled that it’s illegal to sell devices that are pre-configured to access copyright-infringing content. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Two years ago, Bungie filed a complaint at a federal court in Seattle, accusing AimJunkies.com of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. AimJunkies denied the claims and argued that cheating isn’t against the law. As a result, the copyright infringement dispute is currently ongoing and progressing to trial.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The length of period and the amount of time that can be blocked per amount of calendar time is confidential (lest it facilitate evasion), and I will not state it in this judgment because I am sitting in open court. As a result, live football matches are not protected by copyright law. Useful collateral damage then?

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Activision vs. Call of Duty Cheat-Makers Activision is among several companies leveraging copyright law to send a message to cheat-makers. The proposed joint stipulations and voluntary dismissal can be found here ( 1 , 2 , 3 , pdf) From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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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. What Is A Copyright and How Does It Apply to NFTs? Copyright is different than a trademark. Copyright identifies the author or artist who owns the “Work” (i.e.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The sweeping evolution of generative AI models is rapidly reshaping the legal landscape of copyright. But the rapid spread of generative AI models, the latest evolution of copy-reliant technology, has posed another set of challenges to copyright.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

IP comes into the picture considering the patented hardware used to access, collect, and store data and the copyrighted software that helps to make deduction possible. Big Data and Copyright. Copyright comes into the picture since the law safeguards the computer software and programs that are used to collect and analyze big data.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 19, 2022

In the Indian scenario, protection: India does not have a separate database protection law as the European Union does. Sui generis protection does not exist in India because the government believes that the Copyright Act’s current level of protection is adequate and that a need for further protection has not yet arisen.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

ECTA ®ETREAT – The Never-Ending Challenge of Shape Protection: Design, Trade Mark and Copyright – 7 April 2022 The ECTA ®ETREAT will be held on 7 April 2022 (9:30 a.m. The title is “The Constitutional Turn in Copyright Law – From human rights, to competition aspects and fairness concerns”. to 4:30 p.m.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

Protecting trade secrets under copyright law, Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to the plaintiff, restricting the defendant from marketing and selling its market research reports. Delhi High Court forms a confidentiality club to facilitate access to commercially sensitive documents. Case: Mohan Meakin Limited vs.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

Copyrightability of Prompts Prompt engineering is recognized as essential for harnessing the full potential of generative AI technologies, as it optimizes the interaction between humans and AI systems. For a prompt to be protected under copyright law, it must meet the criteria of originality and fixation.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

“You must ensure that you do not place digital advertisements on websites providing unauthorized access to copyrighted content and must take all reasonable steps to ensure that third parties with whom you contract do similar,” the regulator warns. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The legal frameworks surrounding IP, including the patents, trademarks, copyrights, and business enigmas bargain the startups the aptitude to protect their intellectual assets, ensuring their thoughts and the inventions are lawfully saved from unlawful use or imitation. The inventions of any startups are protected through the Copyright laws.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

Postdoctoral researcher in Tech Law, University of Luxembourg. The theme of the conference is 'The Crossvergence of Asian Copyright Standards?' Paid Internship at Ericson: Economist in the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy Research Team (m/f/d). Details here. Details here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This is the second installment of a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. The first part of this post briefly discussed the concept of bias and examined the role of property rights in data and factual information, with a focus on copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Copyright “trolls” benefiting from measures under the Enforcement Directive. In the line of previous development, the judgment allows a finding of infringement of copyright where users of P2P networks automatically upload pieces of files containing a protected work. This post is based on an article originally published on IPtrollet.no.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The creations of the mind are protected by Intellectual Property; however, ideas don’t fall under the protection of copyright. The agency can add an intellectual property clause to protect its ideas and concepts from being used at a later stage or include a confidentiality clause. Contracts may aid in the protection of ideas.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Copyrights : Apply to original works of authorship, including books, music, films, software, and visual art. Trade Secrets : Encompass confidential business information, such as formulas, processes, or customer lists, that provide a competitive advantage. To minimize risks: Conduct training sessions on IP policies and confidentiality.

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Barry Sookman

JULY 24, 2022

Supreme Court of Canada confirms all acts of making available are covered by Copyright Act: SOCAN v ESA [link] 2022-07-18. Supreme Court of Canada confirms all acts of making available are covered by Copyright Act: SOCAN v ESA | McCarthy… [link] 2022-07-18. National – One royalty, not two [link] 2022-07-18.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

A helpful definition by the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) identifies certain conditions for confidential information to be protectable: commercially valuable by being confidential; known only to a limited group of persons; and kept confidential by reasonable efforts. We’re talking about trade secrets.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

This is because most of the relevant intellectual property laws involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are federal laws, which apply uniformly throughout the United States. The same is true for the United States Copyright Office, which is a part of the Library of Congress.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2022

The defendants (Castorama Polska and Knor) are accused of infringing the copyrights of the claimant (a company called TB). TB claims it is the right holder of certain images that are protected by copyright under Polish law. Background of the case The facts of the case before the referring Polish court are quite straightforward.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The Constitution gives the United States Congress the authority to grant copyright and patent rights to artists, authors, and inventors. More specifically, Sections of Title 17, including chapters one through eight and ten through 12 in the United States code cover copyright law. Title 25 of the U.S.

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