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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Also, many have design errors due to their age. How a Copyright Mistake Created the Modern Zombie : The second in the Creepy Copyright Mondays series was an explainer on how Night of the Living Dead , one of the most iconic zombie films, fell into the public domain. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

On the occasion of the opening of a new store in NY, the well-known clothing brand created a collection of NFTs based on digital copies of works of famous artists such as Miró, Tàpies and Barceló, incorporating various outfits of the collection available at the store, to be displayed in the Decentraland Metaverse, at the coordinates 16.78

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Generative AI and Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

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. A linguistic model lacks the kind of human imagination required to develop logos or designs.

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Everyone Should Pay Attention to the USCO’s AI NOI

IP Intelligence

So if the consumer’s Midjourney birthday card is deemed public domain because an AI tool did the lion’s share of the work, so too will the product design created with that tool. Copyrighted works are used to train many AI models, and ownership of AI outputs might be crucial to certain industries.

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Why Should You Patent Your Invention?

Intepat

Any product, design, or process that does something using a novel methodology or solves an existing technical problem is an invention. Firstly, it prevents other organizations from copying the invention, thereby lowering the risk of competitors in the market. Sense of ownership. Why should I patent my invention?

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Foreign Works, US Rights: The 7th Circle of Copyright Hell?

Copyright Lately

Nineties grunge-rock band Nirvana, already embroiled in a long-running legal battle against fashion company Marc Jacobs over its “happy face” t-shirt designs , now finds itself on the less happy end of a new copyright infringement lawsuit worthy of Dante’s trip through the underworld. Welcome to the Seventh Circle of Hell.

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Dragons’ Den, Series 20 Episode 14

Dragons' Den

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. It can really help with getting funding as well as deterring and/or stopping competitors from copying your product. A patent will last 20 years.

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