LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2021

But that is just what his Honour Justice Beach has done in a recent judgment that a patent applicant can name as the inventor, not a human person, but an artificial intelligence ( AI ) system. [1]. 3] The application was filed in 2019 by Dr Thaler as the patentee, but named DABUS itself as the inventor. ” [7].

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Can a work entirely created by a machine be protected by copyright? AI-generated Kats The Review also rejected Thaler’s argument that AI can be an author under copyright law because the work made for hire doctrine allows for “non-human, artificial persons such as companies” to be authors.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Copyright Review Board issued a decision affirming the Office’s refusal of registration. The Board held that “copyright law only protects ‘the fruits of intellectual labor’ that ‘are founded in the creative powers of the human mind’,” citing the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices , §602.4(c)

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

CIPO has reached a conclusion after they recently issued copyright to a piece of art with an AI tool listed as a co-author (along with a human co-author). The legal debate of who or what gets to be an author ( or an inventor ) will continue. Countless more AI creations may be underway. . The Legal Conundrum.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2022

And, once a patent expires (or is refused or forfeited by public use), the balance allows “free access to copy whatever the federal patent and copyright laws leave in the public domain.” ” Compco Corp. Day–Brite Lighting, Inc. , 234 (1964). Hotchkiss v. Greenwood , 11 How. 248 (1851). ” In re Jackson , 972 F.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Emojis are an excellent device for trolling campaigns because they inevitably look alike and copyright law provides many powerful tools to copyright owners. Personnel note: the law firm Patterson & Sheridan led this lawsuit, with EIGHT lawyers from the firm listed on the caption. Some Related Blog Posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Moreover, to the extent that any ancillary copyright protections would lack traditional copyright limitations and exceptions, they would raise significant policy and Constitutional concerns… Any change to U.S. Hollywood Reporter : 12 Notorious Movies and TV Shows That Have Never Been Released. Vidal, 2021-2347 (Fed.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

Copyright The Kluwer Copyright Blog gave an update on EU copyright law developments for the second trimester of 2021, including insights into the cases and referrals coming up soon. TechnoLlama presented an overview of the creator's copyright fight to clean up Pepe's image - and how NFTs fit in.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The thread of employability-related skills is picked up in more detail in Part VI, where Mandy Haberman promotes “the value of a good story”, especially if the story is told by people who work with IP in the world of business – inventors and entrepreneurs. IP education needs to be brought to life so that its impact can be readily understood.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 5, 2021

An artificial intelligence system, which has been described as a device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience (DABUS), was named as the inventor by Dr. Thaler. DABUS was the inventor of two inventions, a type of improved beverage container and a type of flashing beacon meant to be used in emergencies.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.” Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance. We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI” 2.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

Analyzing the convergence of AI and IPR laws, it elucidates the challenges and ambiguities in recognizing AI as inventors or creators. Ai doesn’t understand what it’s doing in the way that a person does but functionally what it is doing is the same thing that an author or an inventor may be doing.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 13, 2023

After years of somewhat academic discourse,” reflects Dr. Ryan Abbott, “AI and copyright law have finally burst into the public consciousness—from contributing to the writer’s strike to a wave of high-profile cases alleging copyright infringement from machine learning to global public hearings on the protectability of AI-generated works.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Copyright The Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice published an Author's Take piece considering what the way forward for the press publishers' right might be under EU copyright law. The Kluwer Copyright Blog thought it over.

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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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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2021

In the context of the current pandemic and the constrained means to access educational material, this should have ideally translated into more proactive and robust measures to reform copyright law such that it does not attenuate the enjoyment of the right to education. “In State of Karnataka and Ors. and State of HP v. “In

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

We are consulting on three specific areas in patent and copyright law:? . Copyright protection for computer-generated works without a human author. These include whether an AI system could be named as an inventor on a patent application and who (if anyone) should own the IP generated by an AI system.?? . decision to?

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Product designers, inventors, and artists of all types need to understand the meaning of intellectual property and how to protect their creative contributions. . Products that derive from the human intellect that the law protects from unauthorized use are defined as intellectual property. Code covers patent law. .

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

I am working on the revised 3rd edition of my book on Intellectual Property Law (Irwin Law 2011, 2nd edition) , and with Professor Pina D’Agostino as co-author on the revision of the 2nd edition on Copyright Law (Irwin Law 2000). 5] Cheerio, n 1 at 220; Minerva , n 2 at 5-7. [6] 7] Minerva, ibid at 15. [8]

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this sector, intellectual property (IP) regulations are essential for defending the rights of inventors, artists, and producers. A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

IPR Protection of Software in India Legislations that do Software protection in India are: The Copyright Act of 1957 addresses copyright protection, safeguarding original literary, artistic, musical, dramatic works and computer programs. As per the definition, the computer program comes under copyright law.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Panel discussion: AI and copyright UCL's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law will hold a panel discussion tackling the complexities of copyright law in the context of AI-generated content. A total of 213 persons responded, including inventors IP lawyers, educators and policymakers.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Goldsmith was whether or not Warhol’s use of Goldsmith’s photograph as a reference and departure point for the creation of an image of Prince constituted fair use or copyright infringement under U.S. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S. copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Stephen Thaler was appealing a Federal Circuit decision that interpreted the Patent Act to require a human “inventor” for purposes of obtaining a patent. Extending to copyright law, where Thaler is fighting a similar battle, isn’t there a “modicum of creativity” leading to the AI-created work?

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The fact that the media experience (whether in a book, film, video, game, or interactive television) depends on both the creator, whose rights are protected by copyright law, and the viewer, who brings their own personal vision to the character, has become increasingly important in the context of interactive technology and user-generated content.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Copyright Review Board issued a decision affirming the Office’s refusal of registration. The Board held that “copyright law only protects ‘the fruits of intellectual labor’ that ‘are founded in the creative powers of the human mind’,” citing the Compendium of U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Intellectual property rights are statutory rights given to creators, inventors, and artists. Black’s Law Dictionary defines intellectual property as “a commercially valuable product of the human intellect, in a concrete or abstract form such as a copyrightable work, a protectable trademark, a patentable invention, or a trade secret.”

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). Below are my thoughts on what is interesting about these cases.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In his application, he identified the author as the Creativity Machine, and explained the work had been “ autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine ”, but Thaler sought to claim the copyright of the “ computer-generated work ” himself “ as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine. ” 102(a) ; U.S.

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IIPRD

MAY 9, 2024

This has led to the introduction of intellectual property rights which are a set of exclusionary rights as it excludes the world from enjoying a set of rights arising out an invention or creation, except the inventor or creator.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

deemed that creative news articles written by Dreamwriter AI software are protectable under Chinese copyright law since “creative choices” were made by the software engineers who created the Dream writer software in the first place. copyright law which requires the author of the work to be a human being.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 24, 2022

It’s just human nature: AI cannot be a patent inventor in Australia [link] 2022-04-18. A Mandatory and Exclusive Forum-Selection Clause in an Agreement May Prevent Lawsuits Outside That Forum for Matter… [link] 2022-04-18. WIPO The Direction of Innovation [link] 2022-04-18.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 28, 2021

The amendment to Patent Law makes a single office serve the whole UK for granting patents. Moreover, to make the system more accessible for inventors, the application process was simplified. The primary aim is to engage more customers and inventors in getting their IP registered in a fair and simplified manner.

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Intepat

JUNE 9, 2023

It intends to regulate the copyright law, which is managed by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development as well as the trademarks, patents, and designs act, which were overseen by Controller of Patents, Designs and Trademarks. The major focus is to promote “Make in India” products.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The inventions of any startups are protected through the Copyright laws. Many startups put the profusion of originality in developing the most attractive creative websites, softwares, and applications that are copyrightable under the Copyright Act, of 1957.

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