Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

” Domain names are also intangible, as are the records documenting domain name ownership, yet the court held they were capable of being converted. Accordingly, the Kremen case has long vexed the trespass to chattels jurisprudence by collapsing the distinction between intangibles and tangibles for property law purposes.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case. The NFT isn’t the image.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Defendants argued that because information concerning the Second Holy Temple is in the public domain, Plaintiff’s copyrighted works are not original. As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

documents, or other files”, a definition that necessarily comprises source code, and hence the Licensed Materials. (As As of May 2023, GitHub has updated this provision on its website to explicitly read “any code, text, … documents, or other files”). Plaintiffs attach each of these licenses to the complaint.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. Transparency and Documentation: Maintain transparent records of your data sources and algorithms.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It highlights the importance of understanding copyright laws when using data for AI training or generating content. It debunks common misconceptions, such as assuming publicly available data is protected from copyright protections. Transparency and Documentation: Maintain transparent records of your data sources and algorithms.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. It does demand, however, that no part of the work be plagiarised. It must be the author’s original work. can have copyright.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Types of IPR for Software Protection in India Copyright – According to Copyrights Act, 1957; Copyright grants the exclusive rights, to perform certain actions regarding a work or its substantial part. In return, the patent owner discloses technical details in the published patent document.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Though the precise techniques deployed may differ for visual and audio works, the challenges of untangling specific works from a model similarly exist. Moreover, the impediments to effective data science caused by limitations imposed by those actors that do purport to offer TDM licenses are well documented. See e.g., Michael W.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 11, 2024

Copyright and technology are not enemies, but instead can work together when there is respect for the copyright laws that encourage creation of the trusted content that technologies require. GenAI systems use copies of content like books and articles, many of which are protected by copyright, for training their LLMs.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

An Overview of the Debate Some argued that translations should be granted independent copyright protection, separate from the original work, to recognize the creative effort and skill involved in translating. We do have the final version of the section as passed by both houses – Section 52 (r) of the Copyright Act of 1857.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

It also explained that Section 411(b) was intended to deter claims “in litigation that a mistake in the registration documents, such as checking the wrong box on the registration form, renders a registration invalid and thus forecloses the availability of statutory damages.” 110-617 , at 23 (2008) (emphasis added).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Though the precise techniques deployed may differ for visual and audio works, the challenges of untangling specific works from a model similarly exist. Moreover, the impediments to effective data science caused by limitations imposed by those actors that do purport to offer TDM licenses are well documented. ” (S.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Though the precise techniques deployed may differ for visual and audio works, the challenges of untangling specific works from a model similarly exist. Moreover, the impediments to effective data science caused by limitations imposed by those actors that do purport to offer TDM licenses are well documented. See e.g., Michael W.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Google responds that whatever it means, it’s preempted by copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Thus, in language very similar to that precluding copyright in the United States, the British recognize it. ” Thus, there are some copyright arguments or policies in play beyond those most immediately considered in the motion papers. But the debate continues. ’” Id.

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