The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

After discussing traditional legal methods in Parts I and II, the second half of the book introduces readers to empirical research methods. After introducing readers to the three main stages of content analysis, Bar-Ziv applies this methodology to a case study: content analysis of online copyright law cases.

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IPilogue

MARCH 29, 2023

The Office provided an example where a user instructs an AI tool to “write a poem about copyright law in the style of William Shakespeare”. Given that the user contributes little to no expressive elements to the AI-generated output, the output is not a product of human authorship or protected under the US Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2024

The book that is going to change copyright law? After the referrals in Mio [IPKat here and here ] and USM Haller [IPKat here ] , another referral asking about the meaning of originality in EU copyright law has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): it is the referral from Romania in Institutul G.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

In doing so, it calls into question a fundamental assumption of many traditional intellectual property (IP) frameworks as copyright laws only protect works created by humans and not AI. And if someone substantially edits AI-generated data and claims copyright on the edited work, they could potentially qualify for copyright protection.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2023

Becket , thus confirming the English line of descent for American copyright law. Property is not an inalienable right in the American Declaration of Independence. We talk about authors when we talk about copyright. Or Schiller: “What is a book?” The Enlightenment has given its answer.

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IPilogue

MARCH 29, 2023

The Office provided an example where a user instructs an AI tool to “write a poem about copyright law in the style of William Shakespeare”. Given that the user contributes little to no expressive elements to the AI-generated output, the output is not a product of human authorship or protected under the US Copyright Act.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

Regardless, as of this writing there are now five cases that may provide some clarity on this less frequently discussed but foundational issue of the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for AI (I use “AI” here as a shorthand which also includes text and data mining and machine learning). Case 1- Doe 1 v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Google Books and Transformative Use The past two decades have seen a wealth of technological developments, but generative AI is qualitatively different from everything that has come before. As such, it was permissible under United States copyright law.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Spadika Jayaraj discussed a case where the Delhi High Court dismissed a suit by a media house accusing copyright infringement on its database of users. The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law. E.g., see Prateek Surisetti’s post here and Niyati Prabhu’s post here.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. C’s first subject matter—maps, charts, and books—may help us think about what facts are (as distinguished from works?). Natural or moral right to own fruit of labors.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Now in its second edition, the book offers a perspective on how one can address the overlap between intellectual property (IP) rights, either to reconcile them in whole or in part, or to pre-empt one over the other. The book closes with Chapter 21 by Susy Frankel, focusing on the interactions between IP and traditional knowledge (TK).

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And, if so, to what extent and what does this mean for the concept of authorship in copyright? Gaon (Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, Israel) considers these and other questions. The book is presented in three parts. In particular, by considering how and when IP protection for computer programs evolved.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Development of Copyright Law Protection of Intellectual property rights has always been in existence among various sections of the society. The first codified statute dealing with copyright protection of printed books dates back to 1710, known as British Statute of Anne.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

To that end, this blog addresses how the Egyptian copyright law (ECL) regulates intermediaries’ liability when it comes to copyright-related infringements. What lessons, if any, should the Egyptian copyright legislator retain from the CJEU’s last words on the liability regime of the ECD? 147 ECL) and moral rights (art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

In this sense, the case represents yet another evidence of the weak impact of the CJEU’s harmonizing efforts on national copyright flexibilities, and highlights, once again, the pressing need for a legislative intervention to realize a greater convergence between Member States’ copyright laws in action.

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