IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

To address these issues, the government has created the Takedown Services for Copyright Protection idea, which allows copyright owners to issue takedown notifications to platforms that are infringing on their rights. Legal Framework governing take down notice. He has 36 hours to act, or he will face severe sanctions.It

Copyright Law 74

Copyright Law Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 74

Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The comments from Michael Nash quoted above really only speak to the input phase, during which audio recordings are copied to a dataset that’s then used to train a voice model. It isn’t human-readable and does not contain copies of any audio recordings. But once created, the voice model is just a set of parameters.

Music 84

Music Copyright Copying Copyright Law 84

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, Monsanto’s matter had several layers including the State Governments seeking to regulate IP licensing fees, and the Indian seed companies who previously licensed technology from Monsanto, refusing to pay royalties to Monsanto. However, the Government later withdrew these guidelines. Feels like history is repeating itself.

Personality Rights 59

Personality Rights IP Licensing Copyright 59

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

GitHub, Rose Coogan: More than 73 million creators—students, developers, startups, NGOs, governments using GitHub to collaborate on open source. Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed.

Copyright 45

Copyright Fair Use Music Licensing 45

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Despite a number of solid affirmative defenses—including implied license, de minimis use and waiver—the jury was only asked to determine whether defendants had proven that their conduct qualified as a fair use under the Copyright Act. This left only the fair use defense remaining for the jury.

Fair Use 81

Fair Use Designs Design Licensing 81

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

In general, the content of noncommercial speech may be regulated only to further a compelling government interest, and the regulation must be narrowly tailored and the least restrictive means of accomplishing that compelling interest. Next thing that happened: Omaha Quilt Guild copied Just Wanna Quilt’s logo for its show.

Trademark Law 72

Trademark Law Trademark Art Branding 72

Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

By way of background, the EU, as part of its Digital Single Market Copyright Directive , looked at the then-extant UK copyright exception for the making of copies of copyrightable works to perform text and data mining (TDM) in a non-commercial context. The need remains for high quality, validated news unavailable from social media.

Law 116

Law Licensing Publishing Intellectual Property 116

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

by the exclusion of the applicability of the doctrine of exhaustion, that is, the resale of lawfully acquired digital copies), but, more importantly, the examination of selected EULAs evidenced that platforms also tightened the grip on the potential uses of their services. For example, users of social media platforms (e.g.,

Art 98

Art Social Media Licensing Copyright Law 98

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Easiest way to make money was to make a film likely to succeed, and copying a successful foreign plot was a good way to do so. Around 2010, some studios started enforcing, e.g., Twentieth Century Fox sued over copying of plot of Phone Booth and was successful. In this case, certain gags had been copied from Knock on Wood.

IP 72

IP Copying Marketing Marketing 72

IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

The principles that govern the luxury fashion industry are similar to those that govern other industries. NFTs are created using “smart contracts,” which are software codes that govern actions such as validating ownership and regulating their transferability. is here to stay, and there’s no end in sight.

Non-Fungible Tokens 40

Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Ownership Branding 40

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Fantasy Sports [Delhi High Court] In a suit alleging copyright infringement, HULM Entertainment argued that Fantasy Sports’ “MyFab11” sports fantasy app copies the trading and stock features and GUI of its “Exchange 22” app. HULM Entertainment v. d) Other IP Developments 1. Meticulous Market Research Pvt. Acko General Insurance.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 113

Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Aside from the good ol’ “things happen” truism and an attack on the validity of Grant’s sound recording registration, Trump’s principal defense in the lawsuit is fair use. Drop me a note in the comments below or on social media @copyrightlately. He can’t have it both ways.

Copyright 96

Copyright Fair Use Music Copyright Infringement 96

LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

As described here in a previous post: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected an artistic intent or purpose test for fair use on March 26, 2021, in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. ” Then, as I noted , the US Supreme Court decided a few days later, “in Google v. at 7-9) were transformative.,”

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Intellectual Property Music Copyright Fair Use 52