Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

This brings us to the discussion of their personality rights, which confer upon an individual the exclusive right to govern how their persona is depicted in the public domain, particularly for commercial purposes. 11] WHY THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION BEST BE DEALT WITH CODIFICATION OF PERSONALITY RIGHTS?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While creating AR experiences, so-called markers provide information on the real-world element of reference to be overlapped with digital images. The creation of AR experiences may involve acts of reproduction and communication to the public that have potential copyright implications. i) Public domain works.

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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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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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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

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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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Later, in 1914, Copyright Act was amended which was highly influenced with the Copyright Act, 1911 of Britain, such as both the legislation shared resemblance in the duration of copyright protection, focused on the protection of literary works, and had similar provisions regarding the concept of public domain and exceptions.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

For example, in many Bollywood films, visual effects and script writing contain AI which brings up the issues of ownership and copyright protection. Forming Exclusive Rights A sui generis intellectual property system based on AI-generated works might provide some degree of protection and also be a bridge to the public domain.

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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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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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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. Additionally, the courts also restrained the defendants from illegal use or exploitation.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Subject matter of a copyright is covered under section 13 of the Copyrights Act 1957 (hereby referred to as the Act) which subsists of the following: Literary Work. Ownership of Copyright. Ownership under employment. The picture was released in Public Domain without permission, which is the issue with this.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. The basic elements that a plaintiff must prove are: “(1) ownership of a valid copyright; and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.”

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Shades of Gray

MAY 20, 2016

where he asserted copyright ownership in the image, including by sending a cease and desist letter to Wikimedia for including the image in its database of public domain images. He left his camera unattended on the jungle floor, where a monkey grabbed it and took a series of handsome selfies, including this one.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 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 Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Citing the agreement, the defendant requested the suit to be referred to an arbitration. The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2023

A Short Description Of Traditional Knowledge Although the term “traditional knowledge” lacks a precise definition, it is commonly accepted that it refers to a wide range of information that has been created via traditional practises that are fundamental to Indigenous or traditional cultures.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2022

This revision is likely made in reference to the Act’s proposed Section 2(b)(3), which creates an option for online service providers to enter into private agreements with copyright holders in an “alternative noticing process” to supplement the existing notice system.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Hulm asserted ownership of copyright on the app on the basis of a copyright registration of a literary concept note detailing the working of its app, arguing that the app is an adaptation of the literary concept note. Microsoft without making any express finding in this regard.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

They further claimed that any similarities that did exist were derivative of Irish folk songs such as Danny Boy (aka Londonderry Air ), which was in the public domain. The basic elements that a plaintiff must prove are: “(1) ownership of a valid copyright; and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.”

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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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SpicyIP

MAY 22, 2022

By harmonising what they referred to as ‘minimum standards’ for different forms of IP, the ‘property’ rhetoric, even if not the narrative, did become cemented. Similarly, a thaumatrope refers to the perception caused when two distinct images appear as one conjoined image , see here ( drawing attention to the projector ).

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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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IP Whiteboard

APRIL 15, 2021

The remaining issue, which is yet to be determined at the time of writing, relates to ownership in the Letter (an issue which the Court considered to be of minor significance to the wider copyright claim). [7] The activity of writing the Letter was not an aspect of Meghan’s public role or function as part of the Royal family. [28].

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2025

Moreover, the identity of the author was not disclosed by the plaintiff, which the Court held is essential for claiming copyright ownership. It also ruled that customer lists in the logistics and freight forwarding business cannot be automatically deemed confidential as such information is available in the public domain.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Dismantling the Defense: Why Common Justifications for Publicity Rights Fall Flat Prof. Society as a whole plays such a significant role in creating and maintaining celebrity status, how can we justify giving individual celebrities exclusive control over their public image? At least a finding thereof is crucial yet missing.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 18, 2025

While the order itself was recently recalled and removed from the public domain (see the ITAT order below), these citations were reported to be instances of AI hallucinations occurrences where an AI model generates information that is incorrect, misleading, or entirely fabricated.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

In rendering the decision, the USPTO referred to a number of provisions in the U.S. It also referred to other provisions including 35 U.S.C. § Title 35 of the United States Code consistently refers to inventors as natural persons. The USPTO then referred to some other U.S. For example, 35 U.S.C. § 9 35 U.S.C. §

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

A: the point of comparison they had in mind was whether they’d push for more credit for themselves—it’s their reference point, but the consequences of proportional split are not certain. Also consistent with lay intuitions about self-ownership. Payoffs: Facts as part of larger public domain that needs to grow and not shrink.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

Potential additional justification for these doctrines: Non-source significance might be too stable to be easily moved by putative TM ownership: result: deadweight loss and no consumer protection function. Ramsey: BB is interesting because they used a public domain image on the shirt. Sounds like Gordon v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ” H.R.

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