Derivative Work Public Domain Reporting 
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 3, 2022
First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly Reports that a collection of publishers and authors have secured a default judgement against a piracy service named KISS Library, this one awarding them $7.8 3: ‘Pooh,’ ‘Sun Also Rises’ among literary and film works with copyrights expiring in 2022.
JIPL Online
MARCH 15, 2021
The Conan Doyle estate, heirs to the author of the works about the famed detective Sherlock Holmes, alleged that Netflix infringed on the character Sherlock Holmes in its portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the 2020 movie “Enola Holmes.” [2] 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6]. 5] Netflix and the estate quickly settled. [6].
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.
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.
Copyright Lately
AUGUST 25, 2023
An article in the Hollywood Reporter earlier this week suggested that there’s finally been some movement between the parties with respect to generative AI, as studios recognize that copyright protection in AI-generated scripts is only possible for those works if they’re revised by human writers.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 22, 2022
Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs. 1] (On the topic of AI outputs and derivative works, see here.). This begs the question of how EU law can and should meet this challenge.
Trademark and Copyright Law Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
We are pleased to report that the promised smooth transition has indeed come to pass: As of January 1, every valid EU trademark registration has spawned a UK “clone” with the same scope of protection and same priority date, preserving the owner’s existing rights in the UK. the exclusive right to their respective writings.”
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