IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

IP owners must plan and safeguard their unique creation from any prospective infringements because NFTs have a distinguishing trait. [ii] When someone mints an NFT on a public domain, they could falsely claim to be the owner of the original artwork’s copyrights. x] Person & Kelley S. Gordon Gregory J.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Here, merely automated and mechanical work that lacks originality is also protected by the said copyright doctrine. A publishing company called Feist Publications Inc.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Now that we are a month into the new year, and the fireworks have faded and the noisemakers are packed away, we take a moment to highlight a few notable developments in the IP world that made a somewhat quieter entrance on the scene when the clock struck midnight. the exclusive right to their respective writings.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

A recent report in the context of the reCreating Europe project addresses this question, building on previous work from some of its authors, namely a study on “Trends and Developments in Artificial Intelligence: Challenges to IP” (summarised in a previous post ) and this article. Example workflow diagram by artist duo Hyper Music.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In this post, we offer an overview of the project to date, stratified across CREATe’s core research themes : Creative Industries , the Public Domain , and Competition and Markets. Public Domain. In a wider sense, what is public and what is private has important innovation and societal effects. Creative Industries.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A significant aspect of this trend is the rise of song remixes, which, now accessible to anyone, have also led to an increase in IP infringement issues – particularly copyright implications. Here’s the To-Dos for the Creators before working on a remix! What licenses are required? Then the situation becomes tricky.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

13] Instead, the Second Circuit held that the differences between the works are more akin to the differences between a novel and an adaptation of that novel—“a paradigmatic example” of a derivative work that would require a license. [14]. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12] Goldsmith , 11 F.4th

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

Disney should also be strategically liberal in its lawsuits—both under trademark law and under derivative works. While copyright protection expires, trademark protection does not. ” Disney has trademark protection for Mickey Mouse.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The simple answer: public domain came to the rescue. When 1974 (28 years after 1946) came around, NTA failed to file for renewal, which meant It’s a Wonderful Life entered the public domain. This resulted in the production company producing the film at a pretty significant loss.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Goldsmith Could Reshape the Copyright Landscape Inspiration, Derivative Works, Appropriation, and Infringement: Understanding the Differences Empowering Artists: Benefits and Considerations Navigating the Aftermath: Key Takeaways from Warhol v. Goldsmith Navigating the Future Legal Landscape Warhol v. .”

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The digital representation of the work could mean the reproduction of the work itself. New Verities Of Hybrid IP Infringements aside from conventional infringements of intellectual property , pose a high challenge to the enforcement authorities. MP3 REVOLUTION (DERIVATIVE WORKS) MP3 stands for MPEG audio layer 3.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

While the court’s finding on the second ground alone would have sufficed, the first ground is especially interesting because the originality of the concept note was eventually determined on the basis of the originality of its derivative work i.e. Hulm Entertainment’s app.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Complications: what is being cancelled/updated: “classic” works for children; copyrighted v. public domain. Most hackathon agreeements don’t address IP rights that could arise in the event. The solution they’re working on is not shared in most cases, so it would be hard to find intent to merge. Derivative work?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

Next, one would, like the Morford court, look at the filtration step, a step trying to decide each “particular element of a work [that] should be filtered out during this stage” because is part of the underlying idea of the piece or derived from the public domain rather than an example of the work’s protectible expressive elements.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Unfortunately, IP law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which types of IP (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work. That’s understandable. Trademarks.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Dear Rich: Ian Fleming's Casino Royale entered the public domain in Japan in 2015, 50 years after his death. The same 50-year rule applies in Canada, where Fleming's character of James Bond is also in the public domain. Do you have a list of countries where Casino Royale is in the public domain?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

But, in this space, headlines are usually a source of inspiration (so we can write about intellectual property issues that may interest more than just IP attorneys), and titles a bit of fun (so we can draw in those looking for a bit of lightness amid more serious legal analysis). is] that works produced for the U.S. ” H.R.

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