The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

Calling it a “ball of confusion,” the Ninth Circuit recently considered a case involving the music of the Turtles, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, and whether royalties are owed under California copyright law for music dating prior to 1972. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit reviewed nearly 200 years of copyright law to reach its conclusion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But if you really want Kiwi Farms gone, have you considered using copyright law for its censorial power? As a result, the opinion only discusses common law contributory infringement claims. But does a statutory notice satisfy the common law knowledge requirement? CloudFlare’s block ). ” Ugh.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2021

WPL) is a British company that decided to build a clone of SAS’s popular analytics software and, as several courts have found, broke the law to do it. After a decade of litigation across two continents and an unpaid multi-million-dollar judgment, the parties are once again in court. World Programming, Ltd.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 8, 2025

in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) are now open! From Law to Leadership: How the MIPLC LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Competition Law isnt just about gaining legal knowledge. Patent Law , European and U.S. Copyright Law , European and U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

McDermott, represented by the Sanders Law Group, sued KMC for copyright infringement. McDermott argued that KMC was sophisticated about copyright law because the person who attached the photo to the bio had a journalism background. However we get there, the overall litigation enterprise here makes no economic sense.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Image from here Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws? Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP. Arul Scaria in The Hindu (Sept.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 5, 2022

When it comes to copyright, the photography space has been especially fraught with litigation and legal threats over the past decade plus. Getty Images, along with several other stock photography companies, engaged in a massive copyright campaign that began in the 2000s. It’s a grim landscape. Bottom Line.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 11, 2022

copyright law that exempts churches from facing potential litigation for performing copyrighted works during religious services, legal experts say. A Texas church's unauthorized rendition of the Tony award-winning musical "Hamilton" this month is likely not covered by a provision of U.S.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Just three short years ago, copyright litigation discussions centered around whether it is fair use to copy declaring code or make unlicensed use of Lynn Goldsmiths photographs of Prince. How AI technologies intersect with copyright was but a twinkle in most judicial systems eyes.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. Unlike the US, however, Indian law is rather ambiguous. Different jurisdictions have different copyright laws.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2025

On the issue of fair use/fair dealing, as Akshat and Sneha Jain discuss here, the transformative use defence is not available specifically in the statute, even though it is available under judge-made law. If the Court states it does not have jurisdiction, it might prevent the Court from dealing with the substantive issues.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 6, 2023

After almost five years of litigation, British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran pulled out all the stops (and his guitar) to obtain victory over claims his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud” infringed on the copyrights held by the estate of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit “Let’s Get it On”.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Court of Appeals further concluded that the Prince Series works were substantially similar to the Goldsmith Photograph “as a matter of law.” The Second Circuit held in March that “the district court erred in its assessment and application of the fair-use factors and the works in question do not qualify as fair use.”

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Intellectual Property and Litigation – Patent in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2023 edition. Litigation – Intellectual Property . Litigation – Patent .

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Fair use a critical defense in copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission has emerged as a key battleground in the wave of artificial intelligence (AI) copyright litigation.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] Magic Mantra Vision. [ii] Author: Harjas Gulati.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Kat enjoying a Belgian waffle Copyright law has always played a substantial role in responding to and shaping the developments of new technologies. At the EU level, several pieces of legislation have been adopted over time, which have harmonized different aspects of copyright law.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training. On March 16, 2023, the U.

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The Illusion of More

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

WPL) of the UK have been litigants for more than a decade. WPL Litigation is of Great Importance to the Smallest Creators appeared first on The Illusion of More. Software companies SAS Institute of the U.S. and World Programming, Ltd. The post SAS v.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 4, 2024

Law Society of Upper Canada , a decision that stands as perhaps the most consequential in Canadian copyright law history as it would firmly establish fair dealing as a users right and serve as the foundation for copyright law in Canada for decades to come. Credits: CPAC, Law Society of Upper Canada v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and Machine Unlearning and the ANI vs OpenAI case. Anything we are missing out on?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst from Lewis Silkin report on recent litigation in the UK against the developers of AI generation software. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works. What is AI image generation software?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

[The 2021 edition of my Internet Law casebook is coming soon. Before mid-2022, the Copyright Office will deploy a new adjudicatory function called the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2025

As perhaps all readers are aware by now, the GenAI Copyright litigations have made their presence known in India. As discussed earlier , ANI had filed a copyright lawsuit against Open AI in the Delhi High Court. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 8, 2022

Furthermore, the statute of limitations for copyright infringement is three years after the infringement is discovered. Another element is the pandemic, which put a hold on a great deal of litigation. Though the Blurred Lines case wasn’t a major shift in copyright law, it was a major shift in the way people thought about copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2021

3: KLF Assert Justified and Ancient Copyright Claim to Block Documentary. Finally today, Jim Waterson at The Guardian reports that the band KLF has threatened a documentary filmmaker with possible litigation over the lack of cleared samples of their music. According to the band, Atkins does not have any clearances for their music.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 30, 2022

Note: The case is being litigated in Iran. However, I know very little about Iranian copyright law. and European copyright law. Though much of copyright law is fairly standardized internationally, it may or may not apply to Iran. That alone make it worth taking a closer look at. A Difficult Question.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The ability of copyright owners to experiment with different marketing strategies is fundamental to copyright law. Copyright Act promotes the public good by granting exclusive rights to copyright owners that incentivize the creation and dissemination of new works on their own terms. Indeed, the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

with a judge refusing to allow them to file a motion for preliminary injunction, lift the litigation stay and get expedited discovery. 3: Magic: The Gathering-Loving Crypto Losers Fail To Understand Copyright Law. The case revolves around Warner Bros. releasing many popular films in theaters and HBO Max at the same time.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

Under EU trade mark law, there is no express freedom of expression-based defence. The referring court notes that: In Deckmyn , the CJEU gave a broad definition of parody under EU copyright law: the notion also encompasses parody ‘with’ a work, not merely parody ‘of’ a work. IKEA's famous logo.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bell is the author of Winning Isn't Normal, but he's made a name as a regular litigant. Author Keith F. Now, he's coming to the CCB. The post ‘Winning Isn’t Normal’ Author Files First Cases with the CCB appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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The IPKat

JULY 14, 2022

The always-busy Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier have thus informed The IPKat that they are launching – in collaboration with Maastricht University – a new European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC) , which will run in person (in Trier) and online between September 2022 and July 2023.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn. Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. Of course, their ongoing litigation makes them valid and attractive candidates to join these talks.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The training of artificial intelligence models using copyrighted material continues to stir debate and prompt litigation. In the latest salvo, the New York Times Company sued Microsoft and OpenAI – the creator of ChatGPT – for infringement under the federal Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2025

The Committee for Design Law of the German Association for Intellectual Property Law has recently submitted its comments on the request for a preliminary ruling made by the Juzgado de lo Mercantil Nmero 1 de Alicante, Spain concerning the CDR. In the latest Tuesday Wonders post, St Atilla informed readers about IP news and events.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The Constitution empowers Congress to enact federal copyright laws because the Founders recognized that the best way to advance the public interest is by enabling creators to pursue their own private interests. Of course, that doesn’t stop the detractors from throwing as many monkey wrenches as they can.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Read an English translation created by GWU Law Students Yuqian Wang and Jiaying Zhang supervised by Prof. More AI related decisions are available at the GWU AI Litigation Database.] Judges emphasized that copyright law aims to encourage human creativity.

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