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Copyrightability of a Programming Language

Patently-O

The focus of the case is copyrightability of the SAS statistical software and its outputs. SAS argues that it made a “plethora of creative choices” in developing its material, and that creativity is more than sufficient to satisfy the originality requirements of copyright law. The Federal Circuit’s Google v.

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AI and Copyright Wars: The New York Times Takes on OpenAI and Microsoft

Intepat

New York Times alleges that this unauthorised use of articles infringes on their copyright and threatens its business model by diverting web traffic from its site. They argue that the AI chatbots created by OpenAI and Microsoft, like ChatGPT and Copilot, also copy the unique and distinctive style of the Times’ articles.

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Canadian IP Scholars Submit their Recommendations to the Federal Government on AI, the Internet of Things, and the Modernization of the Copyright Act – Part 1

IPilogue

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 group highlighted their concerns regarding the regulation of text and data mining (TDM) activity under the Copyright Act.

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Artist Royalties: An exegesis of Resale rights in India

IIPRD

The general position in intellectual property laws states that upon the assignment of the copyright by the artist over his artwork to another legal entity, the artist cannot enjoy any economic benefits attached to the artwork. The Copyright Act, 1957 2. Rethinking Copyright and Personhood.” References 1.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. This personal intellectual creation is lacking if the photographs in question are “mere reproductions of other photographs” in which an original has been merely reproduced (copied) as closely as possible. 3, second sentence UrhG.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 2 of 4: Exploitation rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2015, the BGH rendered a judgment on the right of distribution in two cases concerning copyright protected furniture offered for sale from Italy. Nevertheless, the BGH applied the CJEU principles on posting links to copyright infringing content. The BGH thus transposed that CJEU decision into German law.

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