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Will AI Copyright Claims Keep Standing After New Ruling?

Copyright Lately

Why a new court win for OpenAI and a tough Supreme Court standard could leave AI copyright claims on shaky ground. A relatively obscure Supreme Court case involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act might seem like an odd fit for the high-stakes world of copyright in the age of artificial intelligence. But it’s time to start paying attention to the Court’s 2021 ruling in TransUnion v.

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AG Szpunar suggests that statutory assignment of performers’ rights against performers’ will is contrary to EU law (C-575/23)

The IPKat

Last month, Advocate General (AG) Szpunar issued his Opinion in case C-575/23 , this being the first request for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Directive (EU) 2019/790. The referral, which originates from the Belgium's Supreme Administrative Court [see The IPKat here on the national proceedings], concerns the interpretation of Arts. 18 to 23, which govern fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers.

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Key Pirate Bay Figures Don’t Recognize Themselves in TV Series

TorrentFreak

The long-awaited Pirate Bay TV series premiered in Sweden on Friday, through official channel and (eventually also) on The Pirate Bay. There’s no doubt that the notorious torrent site has made history, but getting everything down on paper and converting it into a TV-series is no easy task. TorrentFreak has seen the first two episodes. While reviews are not our thing, we requested input from two founding figures, both of whom were featured in the show.

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[GuestPost] 59% of IPKat readers say its time to overhaul patent exclusions

The IPKat

At the end of August (remember those halcyon days?), the IPKat published a post by KatFriend, Peter Arrowsmith ( GJE ) on the Court of Appeal's decision in Emotional Perception , together with a poll asking if it was time for an overhaul of the exclusions to patent protection. Having given readers three months to cast their vote, Peter is back to share the results of the IPKat poll.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Fantasy Sports in India: Legal Challenges and the Way Forward

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction: Fantasy sports have become a sort of a recent obsession with millions of people online and in India, just within a few years, with billions of users. However, such sharp popularity came with a heaping helping of problems related to the legal landscape. Questions of a “game of skill” versus a “game of chance” have formed the core of numerous judicial debates.

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Coffee producers left with bitter taste in their mouths after shape mark infringement case rejected by Federal Court of Australia

The IPKat

Australians love their coffee, so this Kat was not surprised to see another trade mark dispute between coffee producers. This time, the case concerned the shape of the instant coffee jars that populate many homes and workplace kitchens. Example jar of “Moccona Classic Medium Roast” On Thursday, the Federal Court of Australia handed down its judgment in Koninklijke Douwe Egberts BV v Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 1277.

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Louisiana’s lawyers’ guild

Likelihood of Confusion

Originally posted 2014-08-07 16:31:46. Republished by Blog Post PromoterLast year we screamed and shouted along with a bunch of other people and prevented New York from passing “ethics” rules that would have essentially shut down New York lawyers’ blogs by regulating them out of existence. Unfortunately all the noise didn’t make it down to Louisiana, […] The post Louisiana’s lawyers’ guild appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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AIT v Salesforce – war story update

CoCal IP Law Institute

Patent suits can be like the War of the Roses, or Bleak House. Though most patent suits end pretty quickly, high value cases often pend for a long time. Our firm represents a patent owner in one such suit. Bleak House cover In November 2013, our client Applications in Internet Time, LLC sued [.

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Kim Dot Com Emerges from the Memory Hole

The Trichordist

Will Kim Dot Com roll over on Google and make a plea deal with the US Department of Justice?

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Section 230 Immunizes OnlyFans for User-Uploaded Video–Doe v. Fenix

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

[Trump came close to repealing Section 230 in the 2020 lame-duck Congressional session (while he was also busy fomenting the J6 insurrection). With him returning to the presidency, the odds are extremely high that he will finish this project and repeal Section 230 in the near future. I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy C

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.