IPilogue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The scholars acknowledged the government’s commitment to “keep pace” with technological developments in AI while protecting the public interest through Federal statute (the Copyright Act ). The Supreme Court concluded that the creation of electronic copies through “cashing” did not implicate the interests of copyright owners.

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Government Copyright IP Intellectual Property 111

43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

The copy of the brochure deposited with the copyright office is 50 pages long and consists primarily of photographs depicting products and product features purportedly available from ‘ColorCopper.com.’” Our Commercial-grade epoxy is engineered specifically for Bar Tops, Tabletops & Countertops. 1” therein.

False Advertising 72

False Advertising Ownership Registration Designs 72

IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Keep Calm and Fandom On: Copyright in Cosplay, Fanfiction and Fanart by Sabrina Macklai & Emily Chow. Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? Trademark Law.

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IP Copyright Infringement Inventor Intellectual Property 106

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The book which is presented in four (4) parts and a total of 25 chapters touches on many areas of IP law taking into account the developments in both domestic and international IP frameworks. Part One: In this introductory part, the authors carefully laid out definitions and conceptual clarifications of the subject matter of IP.

Intellectual Property Law 79

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law IP 79

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The primary goal of copyright law is to safeguard the interests of creators of original, publishable works. The purpose of copyright protection is to make sure that the artist reaps the rewards of creating their original work and that no one else benefits unfairly from it. Ownership of Copyright.

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Art Copyright Artistic Work Public Domain 52

Copyright Lately

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a 91-page report and recommendation, a magistrate judge finds that the new version of the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot falls within the “derivative works exception” to copyright termination. H/E), a creative design firm, which in 1984 assigned the copyright in the mascot for a term of “forever.”

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Derivative Work Copyright Settlement Reporting 101

Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

As long as the owner continues to sell products or services under a particular mark, then trademark rights do not have a definite expiration date. Failure to renew a trademark registration can lead to a canceled registration, but the owner may still have common law rights by continually using the mark.

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Intellectual Property IP Confidentiality Patent Application 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The definition of the concept of ‘cable transmission’ was at the centre of the analysis. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Austro-Mechana, C-433/20.

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Copyright Law Copyright Law Music 57

Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

From an archived copy of HitPiece’s FAQ. And now there’s a huge disagreement with the comedian population around what rights do comedians get for writing a joke because I don’t think that actually exists in copyright law yet. So there’s a lot of nuances out there.

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Music Social Media Artwork Intellectual Property 94

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

In a framing case, the plaintiffs’ web servers aren’t the affected chattel because the plaintiffs’ web servers delivered the web pages directly to users’ devices, after which the framer (Google) superimposed its frame on the web pages once the copies were in users’ RAM. ” Even this correction is suboptimal.

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Copying Ownership Derivative Work Contracts 77

Copyright Lately

APRIL 30, 2021

The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. and Germany.

Public Domain 85

Public Domain Copyright Copyright Notice Publishing 85

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With respect to copyright, the court says: “Plaintiffs do not rely on copyright protection for their websites in pleading their claim…Plaintiffs are not asserting infringement of any right to the reproduction, performance, distribution, or display of their websites. ” Wait, what? physical property), not intangibles.

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Licensing Copyright Contracts Advertising 91

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

In my blog post on the case , I praised the decision and predicted “that the Supreme Court will eventually grant a petition … and render a definitive decision regarding the discovery rule.” One Music Specialist work (“Jam the Box”) was interpolated into Flo Rida’s hit song “In the Ayer,” which sold millions of copies and reached No.

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Music Blogging Copyright Ownership 96

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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Copyright Copyright Law Fair Use Law 134

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. 22-cv-7074-JST, ECF No. 1202(b).

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Blogging Licensing Privacy Copyright Notice 129

Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? Buying Copyrights. The first thing that’s important to understand is that buying a copy of a creative work, even if it happens to the only copy in existence, doesn’t give you any copyright interest in the work. Definitely.

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Derivative Work Licensing Artwork Contracts 88

Velocity of Content

AUGUST 13, 2024

However, adopting a more systematic program of creating or adapting curriculum materials for an entire district or school highlights some important questions about schools’ and school districts’ rights and obligations under copyright law. While uncommon, publishers have sued school districts for copyright infringement.

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Copyright Public Domain Fair Use Licensing 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it.

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Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Copyright Law 52

Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

NFTs Are Not Copyrightable. The confusion only seems to increase when you introduce copyright into the mix. Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. If they don’t embed an underlying asset, they likely don’t even fall within the subject matter of copyright. You can buy one right now on Amazon. (A

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Copying Non-Fungible Tokens Contracts Copyright 123

Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Hard copies of the documents uploaded in the online application are sent along with the UTRN to the Customs Office. Documents required to be filed online along with the application are as follows: Proof of ownership of the IPR and copies of the corresponding registration certificate. Demand draft of Rs.

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IP Intellectual Property Registration Registering Trademarks 105

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hulm Entertainment alleged Fantasy Sports had substantially copied its ‘original trading and stock features’ along with the graphical user interface (GUI) of their fantasy sports mobile application “Exchange22”. The SB then assessed whether Hulm Entertainment’s GUI can be protected as a work in itself.

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Copyright Marketing Marketing Copying 59

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

among others, temporary reproduction, some lawful uses, private copy/reprography, private study, illustration for teaching and research), which are either classified or labelled differently in different Member States, or are qualified as acts outside the scope of copyright instead of L&Es. Private copy and reprography.

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Reporting Copyright Public Domain Copying 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

In this case, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a government entity may reproduce, display, and utilize a copyrighted work for its own benefit without paying any compensation to the copyright owner. 2d 588 (1985) (“Section 106 of the Copyright Act confers a bundle of exclusive rights to the owner of the copyright.”);

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Government Invention Copyright 52

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. Prutton admitted to copying and said that his adult daughter had helped him with his website. (A

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Blogging Fair Use Copyright Copyright Notice 97

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Although cloud offerings are often global and multi-jurisdictional, the IP laws governing services generally remain territorial and national. Copyright laws, for instance, vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. What constitutes copyright infringement in one country may not be in another. Thus, in Tiffany(NJ) Inc.

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Intellectual Property IP Government Technology 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

As promised in an earlier contribution , I will provide a more reasoned exploration of the Swedish proposal to Article 17 DSM Directive in view of the fact that the Ministry of Justice did not opt for the copy-paste implementation technique. 1. Hors d’oeuvre: deconstructed Article 17 served on traditional copyright law principles.

Copyright 62

Copyright Government Law Intellectual Property Law 62

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 112

IIPRD

JUNE 8, 2024

Not only this, this phenomenon also works in a bidirectional manner as these high-end brands copy from the local or thriving brands and new fashion designers who yet not have a holding in the industry. The prevalence of counterfeits and knockoffs can be attributed to the ease with which designs can be copied and shared online.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Designs Design Branding 52

The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law. Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions?

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Copyright Moral Rights Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law 93

Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

The company also asserts copyright ownership in two “director’s statements” written by Coakley about the alleged on-set bullying, as well as in Coakley’s planned derivative project about the making of Runt.

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Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Social Media 80

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”? Second, if so, who is the initial owner of the copyright(s)? Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Rural Telephone Service Co. ,

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Copyright Blogging Publishing Fair Use 121