IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

ABSTRACT Technology advancements are linked to copyright, which gives authors of original works of literature, music, drama, or art, as well as audio recordings and cinematic films, a legal claim over their creations. Every day, there are several ways that someone’s copyright is violated on social networking sites.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2025

Copyright Office has released Part 2 of its multi-part artificial intelligence (AI) report, this one focusing on copyrightability of works made by or using AI. Part 1 of the report was published in July 2024 and addressed digital replicas created by AI.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Heres what they write: The UKs AI and copyright consultation will data protection law render any commercial TDM exception ineffective? This can include information such as the name, address or the IP address of a person, their appearance or voice.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, the IP history behind it is a sad but familiar tale of a creator missing out. The post The Bizarre IP History of Clue/Cluedo appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Clue/Cluedo is a timeless game that is nearly 75 years old.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Piracy Shield Blocks Another CDN IP Address In what appears to have been an attempt to prevent people from watching pirate streams of Serie A match Monza vs Udinese , a blocking ticket was filed last night at 21:19 targeting the IP address 84.17.59.117. ” From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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The IPKat

APRIL 7, 2025

This can make it difficult to determine if an IP right is infringed, particularly when the contested use takes place online. Background The plaintiff produces clothing and owns the copyright to photographs of such clothing. The judges held that these principles also apply to copyright law because of the territoriality principle.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2024

On November 25, economist Will Page, formerly Chief Economist of streaming music company Spotify, published a report on the global value of music copyright, finding that worldwide music copyright revenues had increased 11% to reach $45.5 billion USD during 2023.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2025

In the race to build the most capable LLMs, several tech companies have sourced copyrighted content for use as training data, without obtaining permission from content owners. Many of those companies are now being sued for alleged copyright infringement. downloading for personal enjoyment). downloading for personal enjoyment).

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Copyright Office today issued its final rule adopting exemptions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits circumvention of technological protection measures (TPMs) that control access to copyrighted works. The Office engages in such rulemaking every three years.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran over his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud.” Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Structured Asset Sales, LLC v.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

Moreover, does equating IP with tangible property risk distorting its fundamental purpose? The couple petitioned the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) to seek compensation for the loss caused due to the damage to their intellectual property (IP). Data and Intellectual Property What was the IP involved in this case?

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As digital spaces grow in popularity, so do the stakes around intellectual property, particularly copyright. Copyright governs the rights of creators over their digital works, ensuring they are protected from unauthorized use. For instance, who holds the copyright to a virtual item collaboratively created by multiple avatars?

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this episode of Trending Now - An IP Podcast, Rakesh Parikh, Aaron Fadden and Janet Cho provide their insights into some of the nuances of corporate transactions involving intellectual property.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Complete Guide to Copyright Registration in India Online : Protect Your Creative Work In todays digital era, copyright protection has become essential for creators across the world. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957 governs the registration and protection of creative works. What is Copyright?

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

AT A GLANCE - Post-merger IP integration poses critical tax and IP risks, which require a pre-closing assessment to mitigate. In this Legal Update, James R. By: Mayer Brown

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The controversy surrounding AI and copyright extends beyond the courtroom to the art market, where AI-generated works are increasingly contested. The ruling in Thomson Reuters v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A growing consensus suggested that the problems only affected a specific Cloudflare IP address or addresses. “I leave you here a tracert to a Cloudflare IP launched from 230 different points in the country, from different operators. That claim also faced challenges.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The post Blockchain’s Very Big (and Very Bad) IP Day appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Yesterday, two major rulings came out that impact Bitcoin and other blockchain-based technologies. Here's what happened.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The European Parliament asserts without the slightest ambiguity that “the body of EU law on the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs and trade secrets, fully applies to virtual worlds”.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 22, 2025

Recognizing these challenges, the Copyright Office issued Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence (Guidance) in March 2023, clarifying. This rapid evolution in art generation challenges global intellectual property law. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Can a recipe be copyrighted? This Thanksgiving, we’re diving into the world of intellectual property and recipes. Can chefs own their culinary creations? From Turducken trademarks to creative cookbooks, we’re discussing the legal side of your favorite holiday dishes.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. For business owners, publishers, and sellers, understanding copyright can prevent legal issues and ensure fair use of content. Copyright grants the author or creator exclusive rights to use, distribute, and sell their work.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

Shivam is an LLM candidate at NUS Law specializing in IP and Tech Laws and a Research Assistant at the Lumens Machine Learning Project. Part I- Applying Natural Intelligence (NI) to Artificial Intelligence (AI): Understanding why training ChatGPT transcends the contours of copyright Shivam Kaushik The hearing in the ANI v. 8 onwards).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

Image by Martina Bulkov from Pixabay In March 2025 the New Zealand Supreme Court confirmed that copyright is relationship property, to be divided accordingly when a qualifying relationship ends. First , the Court confirmed copyright is personal property. It addressed these questions as follows. Doing so would not deter creativity.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

As organizations increasingly integrate AI into their creative processes, its imperative to understand the ins and outs of intellectual property (IP) issues particularly concerning copyright protection. This Insight will provide HR managers and in-house counsel with five key.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

After the brand is registered, the user then registers various intellectual properties including trademarks, copyrights and patents, The form does ask if the property is registered or not and, if it is, requires that the user provide the registration number and location.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

To effectively tackle live sports piracy, broad blocking powers aim to block piracy-related domain names and IP addresses within 30 minutes. However, they argue that the ‘blunt’ DNS and IP blocking measures represent a threat to other companies and the public.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Copyright Office in this era of rapidly expanding generative artificial intelligence technology. Human creativity has been the cornerstone of copyright protection for original works of authorship ever since the U.S. Constitution recognized copyright as a fundamental right to be protected for limited times.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2025

This lingering remnant of the SOPA debacle drove copyright holders to focus on the introduction of blocking efforts in other countries instead, mostly successfully. The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

MARCH 31, 2025

Trier in summer As readers know, the Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier are always busy organizing programmes and courses on all aspects of European law, including IP and digital and IT law. For those looking to get a deep dive in either subject, ERA is organizing two distinct summer courses this year.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In 2024, there were several federal bills introduced and various studies and discussion about potential copyright-related regulations and legislation, but most remain pending or forthcoming.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

In India, the protection of architectural designs falls under three main categories of the Indian IP regime, namely copyrights, designs and trademarks. However, the bar to secure copyright protection over an architectural design is very high. However, unlike copyright which recognizes even building plans, layout drawings, etc.,

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2025

Poster of the film “ Naanum Rowdy Dhaan “ Image from here Nayanthara and Dhanush Copyright Controversy – De Minimis Rule to the Rescue? The first question is which work’s copyright has been infringed and who is the owner of that work. Deepali is a 3rd year law student at NLSIU Bangalore.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In the realm of intellectual property, copyright and moral rights play pivotal roles in safeguarding the interests of creators. While copyright primarily focuses on the economic rights associated with creative works, moral rights emphasize the personal and reputational interests of the creators.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a recent chapter, Ryan Abbott and Elizabeth Rothman present the utilitarian argument for granting copyright in AI-generated works (hereafter AIGW). The utilitarian arguments supporting copyright in AIGW are empirically speculative and theoretically dubious. But copyright has beneficial effects too.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Under the agreement, Internet providers will voluntarily block sites that are deemed to be copyright infringing; no court order needed. MPA Complaint Results in First Blockades In March, the MPA was the first rightsholder representative to file a copyright infringement complaint under the new administrative site blocking rules.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it brings with it numerous questions regarding the application of intellectual property (IP) laws.

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