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A Changing Landscape: Business Information Modeling and Repercussions for Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Brief

The development of three-dimensional information is becoming ever more beneficial for the construction industry; yet, with this rapid expansion of technology comes an equally rapid expansion of legal issues over intellectual property, specifically over ownership, rights of use or reuse, liability, confidentiality, and derivative works.

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Checklist of Issues on Generative IP

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It involves several IP rights, some of which overlap in some cases: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets/confidential information, and the right of publicity (and similar rights with different names). Does the machine infringe when it produces a new “work”? Potential role of three-step test (Berne 9(2)/TRIPS 13) 2.

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Do I Owe Former Collaborator for a Song He Didn't Co-Write?

Dear Rich IP Blog

Is the new song a derivative work? Your former collaborator may argue that your new song is a derivative of your earlier collaboration. As a result, the case dragged on for three years and was finally settled confidentially in 2022. Get an attorney's opinion on your former collaborator's chances in court.

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Authors Get Mixed Results With Initial Skirmish in OpenAI Lawsuit

The IP Law Blog

The Court noted that the Copyright Act “grants the copyright holder exclusive rights to (1) `reproduce the copyrighted work and copies;’ (2) `prepare derivative works;’ and (3) `distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public’.”

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Limited Licensing: An introductory overview

IP and Legal Filings

It includes reproduction, the preparation of derivative works, distributing copies by sale or rental, and public performance or display. The term, termination, consideration, and most importantly, the obligation to legally abide by the confidentiality of information shared between both parties shall be duly complied with.

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Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers

TorrentFreak

Other claims in the complaint include the unlawful reproduction of copyrighted artwork and game files, plus inducing and contributing to the copyright-infringing acts of Ring-1 customers, who allegedly create unauthorized derivative works when they deploy Ring-1 cheats. Defendants Picked Off, One By One.

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

7] Before the court could decide if the subtitled version, a type of derivative work, could still be protected even if the underlying film on its own was available to be used by all, both parties settled. [8]. These settlement cases virtually always include a confidentiality clause, which does nothing to tarnish Netflix’s reputation.