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Copyright Registration: Who, What, When, Where, and Why

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video “The 5 Ws of Copyright Registration” The five Ws: Who, What, When, Where, and Why. I want to apply that to copyright registration Who can register a copyright? What is a copyright registration? A copyright registration is a certificate.

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Why the USPTO Trademark Registration Process Is A Long and Winding Road

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of Chapter 8 of my book video Building a Bold Brand: The Trademark Registration Process: A Long and Winding Road The trademark application process at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is generally long, complex, and full of deadlines. Receive a registration certificate.

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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In addition to raising questions about ownership of outputs , infringement in training , and the future of copyright as a policy tool to encourage creativity , economists are in the early stages of analysing the effects of these technologies on human creativity. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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Crypto Group Buys Dune Book, Confuses it for Buying the Rights

Plagiarism Today

The fact that so few copies exist means that burning it may run afoul of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) if the editions are signed and numbered. Coupled with their registration service, they can also provide assurances that NFTs are authentic as well. In other nations, moral rights may prohibit that.

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Most Valuable Trademark Features of the USPTO Website

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Most Valuable Trademark Features of the USPTO Website. It can still be overwhelming, because it is packed with probably thousands of pages of significant information about trademark protection and the trademark registration process. Did you know that the U.S.

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. 13 are the only ones that deal with the ownership of copyright in works. Owning copyright is one thing; proving ownership is another.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The volume is a beautiful testimony to the work of late Shamnad Basheer, who co-edited the first edition.