The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? Ownership of IP In a recent curious example, Spice DAO paid $3 million for an original 1975 copy of the Dune bible by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Such ownership sometimes arises “automatically” when a work has been created in the course of employment.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2024

“In assessing a generative AI product, it is critical to understand issues of data ownership and privacy.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 2, 2025

While the calculations to determine copyright expiration can be complicated by the availability (or lack thereof) of renewals, authorship/ownership, and publication information, works from 1929 can generally be expected to enter the public domain on Jan. By: Amundsen Davis LLC

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 1, 2024

This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators. the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. The Indian judiciary has to restructure the scope and extent of the Copyright laws in India. Unlike the U.S.A., WHEN DOES THE EMPLOYEE OWN THE COPYRIGHT?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 25, 2024

A company registered in New Jersey that sells nail polish has failed to persuade a federal appeals court to let it move ahead with its trade secrets case in a Chicago federal court against its former business partners in China until first resolving an ownership dispute "lurking just beneath the surface."

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Creative Law Center

AUGUST 29, 2024

Understand the legal implications of ownership and how they can be changed with contracts. The post Copyright and Tattoo Art appeared first on Creative Law Center. Copyright and tattoo. Plus a look at the historical roots of tattoo art.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

We have previously written an OnPoint about the law concerning ownership of social media accounts in light of the explosive growth in the use of such media for commercial advertising, product development and customer engagement. By: Dechert LLP

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. ANALYSIS OF THE DISPUTE According to the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, copyright ownership is contingent upon the nature of any agreements or the footage in place. The dispute shares a similarity with Ilaiyaraaja’s copyright case. [1]

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The timing of the law enforcement actions coincided with the Super Bowl, presumably to establish maximum impact. While ownership of the domains has changed, SSL certificates are not necessarily updated, triggering an error. New Owner: The IPR Center The changed ownership of the.APP and.DEV domain names is undisputed.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2022

While provisions exist in US law to punish those who abuse the system, legal action is extremely rare. A draft law tabled in Russia hopes to make denial of access to content less prevalent while also offering support to intermediaries. However, the draft law also aims to solve another problem affecting service providers.

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The TTABlog

MAY 15, 2024

The Board ruled that the band was entitled to challenge the registration, had not abandoned the mark, and had proved its claim of ownership of the mark and likelihood of confusion based on its prior use of the same mark for the same services. The Plimsouls v. Edward David Munoz , Cancellation No.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 26, 2025

The failure to properly manage IP rights can lead to the unintended loss of ownership, competitive disadvantages, or disputes with the government over licensing. Contractors navigating federal procurement must understand how IP is created, owned, and licensed under government agreements. By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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JD Supra Law

JULY 16, 2024

Social media has revolutionized the ways in which brands target and market to consumers and the value of successful social media pages has become increasingly recognized, resulting in disputes over the ownership of these “assets.”. By: ArentFox Schiff

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is a book review of Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

One of the main areas of intellectual property law development is the link between artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights (IPRs). Growing AI-related business activity, early case law, and legislative and international policy activities are making it more and more relevant in practice.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Registering a song’s copyright provides proof of ownership, an invaluable tool in resolving disputes or dealing with unauthorized use. With a clear understanding of copyright law, artists can safeguard their creations and ensure they receive the credit and acknowledgment they’ve earned.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2025

In reality, IP is a complex legal landscape governed by factors like value, ownership, jurisdiction and timing. Many assume that once they create something, they automatically own the rights everywhere, or that patents and trademarks offer blanket protection. By: International Lawyers Network

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law. The law defines "digital good" to mean "a digital audiovisual work, By: Allen Matkins

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Registering a song’s copyright provides proof of ownership, an invaluable tool in resolving disputes or dealing with unauthorized use. With a clear understanding of copyright law, artists can safeguard their creations and ensure they receive the credit and acknowledgment they’ve earned.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As folks prepare their estate documents, they need to consider who they want to receive their assets, house(s), vehicle(s), or that Bob Ross painting they found at a garage sale 20 years ago. What many people don’t think about is what will happen to their trademark after they pass away, assuming they own a business in whole or in part.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

New Categories of IP Protection: Perhaps the development of specific rules governing IPRs of AI-generated content can help to shed light on ownership and cases of infringement. Forcing innovation, while critical due to the integration of AI into all aspects of society, is not solely a matter of law compliance but also of ethics.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 27, 2022

There, they aim to have the site blocked by various local ISPs, as per local law. 3: Repudiation of Ownership Costs Pulp Fiction Photographer Copyright Claim. Esquenet at National Law Review reports that the photographer behind the iconic Pulp Fiction poster has had his case tossed after filing the lawsuit too late.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Miller claims that the Defendant displayed this image on its website on January 30, 2023, without the proper permission or licensing, thereby violating copyright law. Empire, LLC, is alleged to have profited from the unauthorized display, thus undermining the Plaintiff’s market for the photograph. Continue reading

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We are not in it for the money (hopefully), but mostly (hopefully) for the impact that we can make on our students and colleagues lives, as well as to contribute to the process of healthy law and policy-making. In copyright law terms, very often that data could correspond to individual human expression.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

One key issue is the ownership of the works generated using AI and the ability to register a copyright in such works. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the film and television industry in content creation raises many legal and business issues.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) 2. However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. NFTs as a profit center makes it so that the motivation is to churn out and sell as many as you can, in many cases, the law be dammed. One potential use is Safe Creative’s.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

That didn’t stop his investigations, as he realized that the law firm and the lawyer were both fake. Also, something that Dickson noted, it points to an Imgur link as the original rather than somewhere with greater proof of ownership. It broadly misuses terms, misunderstands how the law works.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Next up today, Christina Tabacco at Law Street Media reports that a half dozen movie studios have filed a lawsuit against the free streaming service Primewire alleging that the service is engaged in widespread piracy. Shopify has not responded to the lawsuit nor commented on the case.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with Kluwer Law International , publisher of the Information Law Series , has launched an online archive of older book volumes published in the series. More volumes in the Series will be added to the online archive in due course.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 19, 2022

claimed that they held 50% ownership in the work, given to them by a producer named Greg Mathieson who worked on the album. The case dates back to 2013 when Basil filed a notice of copyright termination on the album and her song. However, a UK company named Stillwater Ltd.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2024

Copyright Act preventing Thaler from claiming copyright in the AI-generated work, and that standard principles of property law enables ownership of the work to vest in Thaler, who created the AI system at issue in the case. The reply brief argues that there is no human authorship requirement under the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

Hons) student at the National Law University Delhi with a keen interest in the intersection of law and policy. Hons) student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore with a keen interest in various aspects of IPR and technology law. ] Khushi is a third-year B.A., Vishno is a third-year B.A.,

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 3, 2024

National Examination- In sending it to the country of designation for trademark examination, the trademark office in that country will rely on its laws in reviewing the said application. The substantive issues, like distinctiveness from the application, will not yet be assessed at this stage.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A Florida federal jury ruled Wednesday that the Miami rap group 2 Live Crew is entitled to the copyrights on dozens of songs, finding the group made a valid claim under a law that allows them to claw back ownership of their music after more than three decades.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

The relationship between copyright and generative AI (genAI) has turned out to be one of the most controversial issues the law has to resolve in this area. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license? ChatGPT , for example, defined inputs restrictively to mean prompt material and recognised the user’s ownership.

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