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Copyright in the Bitcoin File Format: a question of content over structure

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Summary In the case of Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 the High Court was faced with a technical copyright question about whether literary copyright can subsist in the file format used for the Bitcoin System (the “ Bitcoin File Format ”). 3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”).

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A Big Win for Dalit Researchers: Implications for IP

SpicyIP

The obvious first place to look at would be copyright. Can data collected during a survey or research project be copyrighted? Under the Copyright Act, facts do not enjoy copyright protection. To enjoy copyright, a work must meet the standard of modicum of creativity. Various Indian case laws exist on the same.

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[Book Review] 25 things you should know about artificial intelligence, art and copyright

The IPKat

This Kat is happy to review “ 25 things you should know about artificial intelligence, art and copyright ” by Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero (Aranzadi, 2023, 160 p.). Now in its second edition, the book offers a primer on copyright-related challenges that artificial intelligence (AI) presents.

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The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As previously reported , between October 2021 and January 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office held a public consultation on the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property laws (more specifically, copyright and patents). Ownership for patent inventions. This is now set to change. All-purpose TDM.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

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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New Vatican AI Guidelines for the development and use of AI models: from AI training to Vatican’s authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs (at least within the Vatican City State)

The IPKat

The Guidelines are overall quite intriguing, including having regard to copyright under Article 7. But, before we jump onto copyright, a small yet key notation is warranted. So, lets see what the Vatican AI Guidelines say regarding copyright. the sui generis database right). CXCVII, Sept.

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