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[Guest post] Dua Lipa and Warner Music sued for copyright infringement

The IPKat

Dua Lipa and Warner Music are being sued by talk box inventor and singer, Bosko Kante, for breach of contract and copyright infringement in hit song 'Levitating'. This case was dismissed in June 2023 in an order by Judge Sykes, for failure to plead copying – primarily for lack of 'access'. Secondly, in New York, from L.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. Continued Debates over AI as an Inventor. Copyright Law.

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ISP Suggests That Record Labels Can Sue Torrent Client Developers

TorrentFreak

Specifically, the labels alleged that the company failed to terminate repeat infringers. A Texas federal jury found Grande guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement, and the ISP was ordered to pay $47 million in damages to the record labels. $47 This leaves the court with two options, Grande says. (1)

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Copyright Fair Use for Education

IP and Legal Filings

Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. Copyright Law Copy Right is a legal concept that gives creators exclusive rights over their original works and allows them to control the use and distribution of those works.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 30 – September 5)

SpicyIP

The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant a stay on the release of the film ‘Chehre’ starring Amitabh Bachchan in an appeal filed by Writer Uday Prakash alleging copyright infringement by Producer Anand Pandit and Director Rumi Jaffery. Delhi High Court in Dassault Systems v. News from around the World.

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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

The IPKat

Within days, stock image supplier Getty Images announced that it was one of the “folks” who disagreed – and disagreed so strongly that it had commenced legal proceedings in the High Court in London alleging copyright infringement. This exception provides copyright will not be infringed by the making of a: 1.

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Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). is being used as code. Case 2- Anderson, et al. v Stability A.I.