Understanding How Generative AI Can Affect Your Business' Data Privacy And Ownership Is Crucial
JD Supra Law
MAY 13, 2024
“In assessing a generative AI product, it is critical to understand issues of data ownership and privacy.
The Interaction of Intellectual Property with Data Privacy in the Realm of Artificial Intelligence
Intepat
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
While AI-generated prompts streamline our daily lives, they also pose significant privacy risks. Challenges emerge when AI systems not only retain data but also process and potentially share it with third parties without consent, placing data privacy at the forefront of AI governance. Rajagopal v. State of Tamil Nadu.
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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.
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Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2023?
TorrentFreak
JULY 23, 2023
All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.
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Deepfakes and Personality Rights: The Need for codifying Personality Rights.
IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 5, 2025
1] And since, the creator, consumer and subject of the content are distinctly different-the potential lack of empathy or misapprehension by the consumers towards the subject, based on the creators potrayal, necessitate a discussion of the subjects privacy and personality rights.
Recent Privacy Regulations Concerning Automated Decision-Making Systems: Implications on AI Commercialization
IPilogue
JUNE 1, 2022
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, academic discussions indicated that artificial intelligence (AI) would signify the fourth industrial revolution with tangible economic benefits and potential privacy concerns. Nowadays, privacy concerns exceed personal information protection. .
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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
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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Social Media, Creative Theft, and Copyright: What Every Independent Artist Needs to Know
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 the ease of sharing online, independent artists must take proactive steps to assert their ownership and protect their creations from unauthorized use.
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Social Media, Creative Theft, and Copyright: What Every Independent Artist Needs to Know
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 the ease of sharing online, independent artists must take proactive steps to assert their ownership and protect their creations from unauthorized use.
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COPYRIGHT IN METAVERSE
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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Copyright and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Model Terms and Conditions?
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JULY 24, 2024
We analysed clauses affecting user interests regarding privacy or data protection, illegal and harmful content, dispute resolution, jurisdiction and enforcement, and copyright, the last of which provided perhaps our most interesting results and which is the focus of this blogpost. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license?
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Data Privacy in the Age of Intellectual Property
IIPRD
JANUARY 24, 2024
This literature will delve into the issues that surround the sensitive issue of how companies maintain privacy while also trying to foster innovation. While the security of personal data is the main focus of data privacy, intellectual property also includes innovations like inventions, literary and creative works, and trademarks.
Bracing for Impact 2022: AI for the Future of Health – Q&A
IPilogue
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Synthetic data as a workaround for privacy issues. As a potential means for government to provide easy access to data, Dr. Gaon proposed using synthetic data to facilitate access to data and solve privacy problems, citing a government-led project in Israel. David Vaver put forth concerns about IP ownership. Conclusion.
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“Well frens, it happened to me;” Actor’s Stolen NFTs Highlight Uncertainties for NFT Artwork
JD Supra Law
JUNE 10, 2022
Let’s break down that mouthful: NFTs are a blockchain technology that creates indisputable ownership records that the art world has embraced as a way to buy and sell digital artwork. By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider Bored Apes” are a specific line of NFTs depicting original characters based on – you guessed it – bored.
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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 26, 2022
“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?
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The Contents of Global Privacy Law Review, Volume 05, Issue 1, 2024
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 4, 2024
This case reveals the important differences between the US Law and the European Union (EU) (and United Kingdom (UK)) Law under several points of view: criminal law, privacy/data protection law, intellectual property (IP) rights (and sui generis rights), and even law of contracts.
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Who Owns a Disputed Social Media Account? – JLM v. Gutman
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 5, 2022
This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See We blogged this case twice before.
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Greece Prosecutes Owner of American VPN Service Over Fraudulent User Transactions
TorrentFreak
JULY 7, 2022
Amidst growing concerns surrounding online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. Van Pelt has always been transparent about the ownership of the VPN company because he wants people to trust the service. This can create serious problems. Despite the legal trouble, that won’t change.
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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 24, 2024
However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.” The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party.
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Texas LLC Formation: 4 Privacy Considerations for Entrepreneurs
LexBlog IP
JANUARY 16, 2024
However, at a time when personal privacy is cherished more than ever, privacy is a crucial consideration when starting a business entity. While establishing a business requires some public disclosure, several strategies can be used to preserve privacy and maintain anonymity. 1] [link]
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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 17, 2023
According to the complaint, these separate entities are just one big data-sharing family, leveraging their combined resources in non-standard ways such as Microsoft sharing hardware and cloud infrastructure resources in exchange for an ownership interest in OpenAI. Complaint at 31. But not so, says the court.
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Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
JUNE 23, 2022
Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. The post Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.
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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence in Music Creation
IP and Legal Filings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Legally, when we talk about “music under copyright,” we’re referring to the ownership of the composition or recording itself. This ownership grants the holder exclusive rights to its distribution and reproduction, as well as the ability to license it and earn royalties. Beyond copyright, data privacy raises its head.
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Copyright case: Sumrall v. LeSEA, Inc., USA
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 6, 2024
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has affirmed the dismissal of claims for copyright ownership brought by a trust asserting the rights of a son of the late evangelical pastor Dr. Lester Sumrall, finding those claims were barred by the Copyright Act’s three-year statute of limitations. LeSEA, Inc., 23-2833 (7th Cir.
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Reviewing SAAS Agreements in the Age of AI
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Businesses are understandably looking to realize competitive advantages from leveraging these new AI technologies, but adding AI to a tech stack can present serious risks related to bias, data ownership, privacy, accuracy and cybersecurity.
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Powering the Future: Insights on Energy Innovation from a Semester at Alectra (IP Intensive Reflection)
IPilogue
JANUARY 16, 2023
University IP policies vary, but they all grapple with similar legal issues such as disclosure, use, ownership, commercialization, and revenue sharing. Current privacy legislation dictates that corporations must obtain valid consent from the individual to collect, use or disclose their personal information.
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Innovating the Term ‘Inventor’: AI and Patent Law
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Interestingly, the court also distinguished between ownership and inventorship , emphasizing that only humans can be capable of ownership, but inventorship only requires the capacity to invent, which AI arguably possesses. Patent Law in Canada.
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Traditional Knowledge and Trade Secrets
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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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 17, 2024
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.
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Book review: Performers' Rights
The IPKat
JANUARY 21, 2022
Topics include the evolution of the performers’ rights in the UK, through to all key aspects of the rights, such as subsistence, duration, ownership, licensing, remuneration, infringement, and exceptions. Throughout the book, Arnold mentions the impact of Brexit on performers’ rights, noting that EU law will remain relevant for a long time.
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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)
The IPKat
MAY 29, 2023
The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).
Protecting Culture in an IP-centred World
IPilogue
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Formal IP laws in Canada tend to only recognize known individual creators or owners as holders of IP rights, which can be difficult to square with Indigenous outlooks of “ownership”. 1] Erica-Irene Daes, “Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples” (2001) 95 Am Socy Intl Proc 143 at 183. [2]
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Algorithmic Transparency and the Smart State
SpicyIP
JUNE 13, 2022
Change in titles su ggests a shift in focus – from protection of privacy to regulation of data as an asset. Given that the underlying algorithms may have multiple uses, the company that owns the algorithms may not want to give up ownership.
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Departing Employees Rename Their Former Employers’ Facebook Account. That May Be a Problem–La Baguette v. Tito & Tita
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 10, 2022
In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021. DLB-21-401 (D.
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Did a Court Really Authorize Internet Service Providers to Block Cloudflare?
TorrentFreak
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
With the prospect of future piracy taking place within encrypted networks designed for connectivity and enhanced privacy , the current concept of blocking may have limited shelf life. Showing common ownership or direction of pirate sites is mostly a thing of the past. Yet, the commitment to blocking shows no sign of retreat.
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Africa IP highlights 2022 #1: Copyright matters
The IPKat
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Amongst other things, the Act also establishes a National Rights Registry (NRR ) , which is the central repository collating details pertaining to the ownership of various copyright works. The NRR allows copyright holders to register and view/download copyright certificates digitally.
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Navigating the Patent Maze: Challenges and Controversies in Emerging Technologies
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 19, 2024
This would make it socially responsible to introduce technological break-throughs into services for the benefit of society, protecting intellectual property on one hand but allowing different voices that will shape the metaverse on the other, stipulating guidelines on data ownership and requiring consent by users.
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Kat Von D, Think Before You Ink
IPilogue
OCTOBER 1, 2022
More generally, the case raises an interesting consideration towards balancing the rights of copyright owners and the right of tattoo owners’ to privacy and bodily autonomy. . Further Reading. For more information on The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc.
Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 2, 2022
The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues. Eric’s Comments.
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John Doe Order Issued Against “Taarak Mehta” Infringers: Revisiting the Rights Vested in Fictional Characters
SpicyIP
AUGUST 26, 2024
Simply Life India (2023) (“Anil Kapoor”) (in paragraph 53), wherein the Court, had ruled in favour of safeguarding the distinct personality rights of celebrities, including the rights of endorsement and privacy, against widespread online exploitation and unauthorised commercial use.
Do You Need an LLC to Trademark?
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
” However, the better answer is it depends on some consideration about ownership and cost. The two benefits of LLC ownership are: (1) “domicile” privacy; and (2) no need to reassign the trademark recordation. However, if you sign a trademark application by yourself, then that privacy is lost. Conclusion.
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Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts?
SpicyIP
AUGUST 2, 2024
Currently, Bhaker is managed by iOS Sports & Entertainment, who released a statement calling such unauthorized advertising as “moment marketing free of cost,” and issued a legal notice to the above brands to take such commercials down, contending that such advertisements violated their ownership of Bhaker’s personality rights.
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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence
Intellectual Property Law Blog
MAY 2, 2023
Data Privacy : Systems should be developed with built-in protections from abusive data practices for individuals and the ability for individuals to have agency over how their data is used. The “generative” aspect of GAI implies that something new is being created. Both the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S.
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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Nepal
IP and Legal Filings
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The Nepal Privacy Act was passed in September 2018. The Privacy Act, which implemented the constitutional right to privacy, had a big influence on how personal information was used legally. And a public proof of ownership for the NFT can be provided via blockchain technology. Image source:Freepic].
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