Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Such apparently creative outputs are not protectable as a matter of the American copyright law – or the law of the European Union (see Blaszczyk ). This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.”

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

This two-part blog post offers a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. Second, although mere facts and data as such are not protected by copyright, their extraction from protected subject matter (works, non-original databases, etc.) Scenario (1): Public Domain.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

As I dug down further on the topic, I ended up tumbling down a bit of a rabbit hole concerning certain nooks & crannies of copyright that I hadn’t known much about; at that point, I thought it might be useful (to some) and interesting (to others) to share them here. Public Domain work. Image Attribution: John Tenniel (1865).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Recently, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks granted a patent to a ragi walnut soup mix prepared by the 52-year old woman, Shubhangi Patil. A patent is a set of rights granted by the government to the inventor for his invention. Introduction. Conclusion.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

3: Copyright and the Takings Clause. One of the more confusing areas of copyright law in the United States is how it impacts states. Under the current law, all copyright matters are federal. According to Unicolors, the retailers infringed on one of their designs and sold various goods with it.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

4] To bridge the transitional period, the Commission has initiated an AI Pact – a scheme to encourage companies to voluntarily communicate the processes and practices they are putting in place to prepare for compliance and ensure that the design, development and use of AI is trustworthy. [5]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Voices emerged questioning whether current EU copyright laws should be amended in light of the many AI-generated works that have come about. One important question has been whether copyright law should be extended in order to protect such works. Importantly, copyright law is equally about culture.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Olympic medalists and the right to publicity. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Whether one focuses on the word’s connotation of silliness or excitement, or maybe even anger , or analogizes to the raucous and rhymingly-named team from Savannah that makes up its own baseball rules , US copyright law is currently going a little “bananas.” ” Said, Reforming Copyright Interpretation, 28 Harv.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Moreover, at oral argument , Elster’s attorney was unable to point to any evidence that USPTO trademark examining attorneys apply the law in a manner that discriminates based on the viewpoint of the applicant or the proposed mark. After the Supreme Court granted cert in Vidal v.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Although Tam rejected that argument, some of the Court seemed to have buyer’s remorse in Brunetti, recognizing that almost all of TM law is content based; if we’re going to have a registration system at all, we need to make some content based distinctions. A: Agreed on point of sale.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 13, 2022

That’s why the 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” didn’t enter the public domain until 2021. But Hawley’s bill has nothing to do with forcing that 1928 short film into the public domain. There’s no question that Hawley’s legislation is specifically designed to punish Disney.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

In this week’s judgment the Court rejected the argument brought forward by Poland and concluded that the design of Article 17 includes sufficient safeguards protecting the right to freedom of expression and information of the users. The judgment comes almost a year and a half after the Court heard the parties to the case in November 2020.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

A further contribution can lie in the abstraction of a specific solution provided by the 5 AI, e.g. a specific design of a mechanical part, to a general concept, e.g. a design principle for certain mechanical parts. ” See Design Data Corp, 847 F.3d 92 review of the Copyright Act. Unigate Enter., Drosnin, 136 F.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”? Second, if so, who is the initial owner of the copyright(s)? 105 , as a “work of the United States Government”? 1960), vacated and remanded , 369 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

So, question one is whether the “government works” doctrine applies. not available for any work of the United States Government,” which is defined as any “work prepared by [1] an officer or employee of the United States Government [2] as part of that person’s official duties.” ” H.R.

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