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5 Copyright Stories to Watch in 2022

Plagiarism Today

5: The Public Domain Expands. Finally, with the new year comes new works that lapse into the public domain. Due to the Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998, nothing entered into the public domain in the United States between 1999 and 2019.

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Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

Intepat

It is time to think if our ideas are patentable if we share them in the public domain. There should not be any publication, videos, or articles about the idea. So, it is a big ‘No’ if you are looking to share your idea in any form of seminars, conferences, or social media platforms. The solution.

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Plaintiffs Benefit From SCOTUS Ruling There Is No Time Bar for Copyright Damages

JD Supra Law

Routine demand letters often allege that the company’s use of what it believed was a stock photo, public domain image, or music on websites or social media is in fact infringing use of copyrighted materials. Many companies are not strangers to receiving demand letters on behalf of copyright owners.

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A new emoji for the IP world—the emoji troll is born

The IPKat

Given the prevalence of social media trolls in the digital world, he came to the conclusion that an emoji that could be used to reference them would also be of use. Emoji image is from Unicode, Unicode Character ‘TROLL’ (U + 1F9CC), and is in the public domain. For more on the origin of trolls, see IPKat , here ).

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AI Training, Fair Use, and the Burdens of Being First

Copyright Lately

A copy of something in the public domain can’t support a copyright unless it contains a distinguishable variation that reflects independent creativity. ” If Rosss tool used the headnotes only to learn language patterns for producing quotes from public domain judicial opinions, that would weigh in favor of fair use.

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Kenya Copyright Board on "responsible use of memes": quasi-judicial powers and balanced perspectives

The IPKat

This advisory is coming in the wake of the proliferation of memes on Kenya's ongoing election campaigns and elections, trending on various social media platforms. the source work) would be an infringement of the rights of reproduction, adaptation and publication.

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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

Picture in middle is entited "A ship in need in a raging storm, by Willem van de Velde II, and is in the public domain. In the case brought before the IP Court by Cem Karaca’s heir, in requesting a preliminary injunction, claimed that the portrait of Cem Karaca was unlawfully used both in physical and in NFT form.