The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Is copyright movable property under Nigerian law? Before the enactment of the new Act, the status of copyright as movable property under Nigerian law was uncertain, as the Nigerian Constitution lacks explicit definitions for "movable" and "immovable" property. copyright), can one call such a constitutional right?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. see also The Drama in the Definition of ‘Dramatic Works’ ).

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

AI affects the current structure of intellectual property rights, Artificial intelligence in the contemporary era AI is often considered as a subset of computer science that focuses on simulating intelligence in machines but this definition does not do justice with the AI scope and its vast features.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning). Case 1- Doe 1 v.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

So if you bring kids up speaking this language, you will definitely have lost control.] In most cases, the spouse doesn’t contribute copyrightable creativity. Argument: spouse’s contribution should not be seen through copyright law but through family law. A: her concern is divorce law, though comparison is worthy.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following legislative update on the new Ukrainian Copyright Law from Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk (both Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). The law introduced a definition of a work. The lawmakers went even further and introduced its definition.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As is known, originality has always been the essential requirement of copyright law, and only works that show some minimum amount of this attribute usually fall within the scope of protection. By contrast, the author of a simple photograph is not granted any moral right.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2021

9] Similarly, there is nothing implied by patent law more generally that would drive a construction of the Act as requiring a human inventor. [10] 10] This can be contrasted with, for example, copyright law which, by its very nature, involves the requirement for a human author and the existence of moral rights. [11]

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. iii] While intellectual property remedies are painfully slow, the internet is on the cutting-edge of fast paced communication. ” How Stagnant Copyright Law is Stifling Creativity , 27 J. 277 (2020). [iv] iv] Maxwell L.

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Garrigues Blog

MAY 11, 2021

In the case of architecture, holding copyrights in works enables authors to exploit their economic rights with a view to continuing their creative activity. The RAE’s definition of architecture as “the art of designing and constructing buildings”, is not alien to Peruvian copyright law. structural modifications).

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The last chapter in this section then outlines the various definitions and approaches to the term ‘artificial intelligence’, arguing for new terminology. Gaon also considers no-authorship possibilities as alternative rights models, such as ‘author in law’ and AI moral rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

In this sense, the case represents yet another evidence of the weak impact of the CJEU’s harmonizing efforts on national copyright flexibilities, and highlights, once again, the pressing need for a legislative intervention to realize a greater convergence between Member States’ copyright laws in action.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The illegal distribution and sale of t-shirts, magnets, keychains, mugs, stickers, and masks featuring a celebrity’s picture, face, or other connected qualities should not, she emphasised, totally strip these rights of their protection. In order to do this, the law is changing to stop the unrestricted use of the right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Pastiche is one of the newer harmonized user rights in EU copyright law. The exception for caricature, parody and pastiche was made mandatory as part of Article 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) in 2019. To fill this gap, German fundamental rights NGO Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V.

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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 central issue here was whether Section 3(i) is restricted to only in vivo tests practices on the human body.

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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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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Moderator: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Copyright Law and/or/vs. a ‘Brussels Effect’ for the Digital Services Act Jennifer Urban, Berkeley Law School The Brussels Effect claim is descriptive, not predictive—can it apply to the DSA?

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