Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The potential copyright changes involved one key, costly change: the extension in the term of copyright protection from the current international standard of life of the author plus 50 years to life of the author plus 70 years.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

In the Authors Guild copyright infringement suit brought against OpenAI, there were documents that stated that OpenAI later deleted the Books1 and Books2 datasets. Now comes one of the most consequential questions, which will turn a lot in terms of copyright infringement. A Word is Characterised by the Company it Keeps.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Caveat Emptor The common notion that acquiring ownership of an NFT representing a work in which copyright subsists equates to owning the copyright to the underlying work is clearly false. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A newly introduced article on “Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models” includes two distinct requirements related to copyright. More interestingly, the provision explicitly links the use of copyrighted works for training AI models to the text and data mining (TDM) exception in Article 4 of the CDSM Directive. .”

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Dear Rich IP Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Does the absence of the insignia mean that the film is public domain? Nowadays, the publication of a film without copyright notice won't effect ownership, but in 1964, the penalty was draconian. If the copyright owner failed to include a copyright notice on "The Naked Kiss," then it would likely be in the public domain.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

For instance, in accordance with this doctrine, the author would be entitled to copyright protection if someone collected different poems that were previously in the public domain and produced in a single document. Because they were created by the authors, the exam questions are unique in the sense of copyright laws.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If an institution can prove in a documented manner that it checked availability through these channels and the result was negative, then it can presume in good faith that the item in question is OOC. This model addresses the legal public domain status of both physical and intangible AI creations and inventions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. Photographs of mere documentation. Photographic works. . Simple photographs. .

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 13, 2024

However, adopting a more systematic program of creating or adapting curriculum materials for an entire district or school highlights some important questions about schools’ and school districts’ rights and obligations under copyright law. Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 28, 2022

The Narendera Publishing House case provided a more interesting view by regarding copyright as a “privilege” and user interests as the “ competing interest of enriching the public domain” The Rameshwari Photocopy judgment is interesting as it used differing descriptions for Section 52.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc.

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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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

Always exercise caution and, if in doubt, seek legal advice on copyright regulations. Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use. Document right to use. Document your own work. Record what you saw.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 16, 2024

If the license isn’t clear, check the dataset’s documentation or metadata, which may also contain relevant copyright information. Request Permission If a dataset is copyrighted and does not have a clear license or terms of use, reach out to the dataset creator or rightsholder for permission.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

There are also numerous benefits to AI-generated works remaining in the public domain, including including enabling low-cost access to those works by others and their use for the generation of new (scientific) knowledge’. Attaching to that output long term proprietary claims risks paralysing the public domain.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In this article, we delve into the intricacies of these advantages and explore the requisite documentation necessary for the effective registration of copyrights. What is Registered Copyright? How is it different from Unregistered Copyright? For translated or adapted works, additional details must be filled in.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 17, 2023

The first research-oriented-only flexibility introduced in EU copyright law – Article 3 CDSM Directive on text and data mining for research purposes – has also been implemented almost verbatim by Member States, with only a few divergences on permitted uses and beneficiaries, usually in favour of broader approaches. Public domain.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

In India, the general term of copyright protection is the lifetime of the author plus 60 years after their death. After the expiration of the copyright term, the work enters the public domain, and anyone can use it without seeking permission. The fee schedule is available in the Copyright Rules.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc.

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IP Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2023

copyright law protects human-authored expression, not works generated purely by generative AI. When a human author uses generative AI tools to create their work, the scope of copyright protection extends to the human-authored aspects of the work, not the AI-generated material within that work.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Nagel’s about to find out that earning a merit badge in copyright law can be tougher than climbing Eagle Rock with a full pack, and obstacles like the idea-expression dichotomy, scènes à faire, and the merger doctrine promise to make this lawsuit anything but a campfire sing-along. a documentary.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

In that case, the Court found that Google’s use of Java API naming conventions in its Android operating system was fair use under copyright law. Because its fair use decision decided the case, the court did not rule separately on whether the API was even copyrightable in the first place. Oracle America, Inc. ,

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2022

Last week, Kenya's government agency in charge of copyright matters, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) published an advisory via its Twitter handle. This post reviews KECOBO’s advisory in the light of Kenya’s copyright law and policy. This is so for several reasons but this post highlights two.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 18, 2025

The Tribunal relied on four judgements of the Supreme Court and the Madras High Court of which two consisted of completely fabricated case names and citations, one had a fabricated case name accompanied by the citation of a different case, and another led to a case for an irrelevant proposition of law.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

The petitioner accepted that an AI system could not under current law own property including the property rights in inventions the machine itself created. This further called into question whether an assignment document satisfied the requirements of the applicable law and the ability of the assignee to even file the application.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This type of expression should remain in the public domain available for everyone to use on expressive merchandise to convey ideas, information, and other messages. What traditional First Amendment test (if any) could be used to evaluate the constitutionality of viewpoint-neutral trademark laws? Tam ” (pages 433 n.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

Government by its officers and employees should not be subject to copyright” and fall “in the public domain.” ” Thus, there are some copyright arguments or policies in play beyond those most immediately considered in the motion papers. . “The basic premise of [S]ection 105.[is] ” H.R.

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