Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A copy of something in the public domain can’t support a copyright unless it contains a distinguishable variation that reflects independent creativity. But that doesn’t mean you should have exclusive ownership over the result. And independent creation simply means you created it yourself, without copying.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

Sense of ownership. Patents give the inventor the security and confidence to share their invention in public domains. You can share your invention with the scientific community and investors without any fear of losing ownership of your invention. Patents as assets. Patents can act as a form of record of all inventions.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

Imagine building a house and by law, 20 years from completion, all ownership rights to the asset expired permanently whether retained by the original owner or obtained through purchase.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Thus, AR can be considered as a tool for boosting cultural heritage exploitation, helping achieve the educational mission of bodies governing cultural heritage, as well as enabling better participation in cultural life. i) Public domain works. Thus, ownership of such rights is crucial for exploitation purposes.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This burgeoning genre is not only pushing the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenging the established norms of copyright ownership. This blog post embarks on a comprehensive journey to unravel the complex issue of copyright ownership in AI-generated art. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As disclosed by KEI and The Intercept , the US government gave companies special authority to use another person’s technology, without permission, to produce Covid 19 vaccines. However, patent ownership controversy with the NIH is a separate story ( here and here ). Moderna was one such company that was granted a compulsory license.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2022

On the contrary, some scholars, including Osgoode Hall Professor Carys Craig, expressed disdain over CIPO registering AI as an author before the government released the conclusions of their public consultation on a modern copyright framework for AI and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Through IP licensing, IP rights holders grant third parties the exclusive right to use their IP while retaining their ownership. In contrast to IP assignments, which transfer the entire ownership of the IP asset, IP licensing provides only limited use. Bottom Line.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Bill would vest ownership of traditional knowledge with the appropriate government of the territory where it is practiced (a suggestion that has received some criticism ), and then allows for "knowledge societies" to apply to the government to be recognised as custodians of the knowledge. Image from Pixabay.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. NFTs are governed by smart contracts, which divide ownership and limit transferability. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The copyrights that subsist on an NFT are also governed with the help of a smart contract. In the NFT space, a buyer is granted ownership over a copy of a digital artifact. Several individuals have been held for falsifying copyright ownership over a work that exists in the public domain.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

Image Sources: Shutterstock] Basic understanding of Copyright Copyright is a legal theory that provides artists complete ownership over their creative works, preventing unauthorised use and copying. AI will play a rapidly expanding role in all aspects of our daily life and therefore the law must govern its applications.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 15, 2023

Collective ownership: In case TK is protected under trade secrets there is no requirement of specific right holder and the community is deemed to have collective personality. Perpetual ownership: Patent and copyright both have a limited period of protection, after which the traditional knowledge falls into the public domain.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

One aspect regarding the laws that govern copyright is that in the United States alone the copyright is only given by law to works that are created by human beings. For example, in many Bollywood films, visual effects and script writing contain AI which brings up the issues of ownership and copyright protection.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

At international level, Berne Convention was the first major convention established in 1886 to govern copyright, and USA became a signatory to Berne in 1989. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access first appeared on IPLF. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, 2023).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

The report complements the analysis of laws with a review of practices and contractual arrangements of claiming and attributing authorship and/or ownership by actors in the field of AI music creation. The study covers practices of for-profit AI-powered online music creation services (e.g., folk-rnn , Melomics ).

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2020

On 27 April 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ( Supreme Court ) handed down its decision in Georgia Et Al v Public Resource Org, Inc. The decision extends the United States “government edicts doctrine” which embodies the principle that “no one can own the law”. What did the Supreme Court find?

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SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

This was also the basis for his theory of private property (as laid out in his famous work, Two Treatises of Government – PDF ), which would go on to hold large significance for the world. Slato: A much-needed clarification here: the public domain here shouldn’t be taken merely as an opposite of IP protection or out of IP protection.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Man’s ideas are both public and private in their essence. The owners’ and people’s ideas and works are generated with uniqueness and creativity, and they are released into the public domain. In the case of Dassault System Solid Works Corporation & Another vs.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

NFTs revolutionised the concept of ownership and digital art. NFTs have sparked several discussions raising questions on how this would affect IP Rights and what ownership of artwork, especially digital copies of artwork entails. However, the buyer of the NFT now had ownership over one unique copy of the same GIF.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 13, 2024

Exceptions include materials in the public domain such as documents and materials the U.S. Federal government creates or any materials too old to qualify for copyright protection (currently those registered or published in 1926 or earlier, though this date gets one year later each January 1). ELA curriculum is illustrative.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Would it automatically place works compulsorily acquired in the public domain or only transfer ownership to the government? Would these be abolished, or would the government assume this right should it exercise its power under Section 44 of the Constitution?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. public domain.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2023

x] It is challenging to accurately identify and follow the knowledge holders [xi] , partly because complex group ownership. A “community rights regime,” in which Indigenous Peoples possess ownership rights to TK instead of a small number of capitalist proprietors [xvi] , is one concept. 61 (2010). [iv]

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

He points out that the Act enables increased control of the government over intermediaries by allowing it to act against intermediaries who are found to host pirated content. Or can the government take suo moto action against suspected content? Concerningly, there is no requirement within the rules to prove copyright ownership.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

135(e), 317(b) and 327(b) govern the filing of settlement documents for post-institution settlement, but not pre-institution. Disclosure of SEC-like ownership interests by petitioner and Patent Owner The USPTO is an expert agency, but it is not an expert agency in business relationships. Allow for binding term sheet to settle cases?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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The IPKat

JULY 17, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding copyright ownership of Nigeria’s re-adopted national anthem. Is the national anthem in the public domain?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on unreasoned patent grants and rejections, the One Nation One Subscription initiative by the government, and the DHC order on missing reasons for ex-parte injunctions. The plaintiff successfully proved his copyright ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 29, 2023

It is to be made sufficiently clear that the aforementioned creations ought to be original and independent, rather than a slightly altered version of the creation already in the public domain, to instill looking into the prospects of copyrightability. Re-Examining The Copyright Ownership Of Player Created Content, GNLU L.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

In India, the protection of copyright is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957. Prima facie Evidence: In legal proceedings for copyright infringement, the registration certificate serves as evidence in a court of law for prove the ownership of original work. The fee schedule is available in the Copyright Rules.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Olympic medalists and the right to publicity. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 11, 2025

As courts scrutinize how generative models are trained, a new legal frontier is shaping around copyright, fair use, and content ownership. Whats clear is that publicly available is not synonymous with public domain. Courts are drawing a clear distinction between access and ownership.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

The goals of patent law are generally recognized as seeking to foster and reward invention; promote disclosure of inventions to stimulate further innovation and to permit the public to practice the invention once the patent expires; and to assure that ideas in the public domain remain there for the free use of the public.

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