IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

At the heart of Taylor’s decision was an often overlooked but significant legal distinction in the copyright law governing the music industry. All music can be subdivided into three categories of copyright: lyrical, compositional, and sound. Look What You Made Me Do.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. The image of the Crypto Punk linked to the NFT placed on to the blockchain is copyright protected. The art inside the gallery is protected by COpyright law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

to license works from the Music Specialist catalog. Use of that song was in turn licensed to several popular television shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance.” Nealy alleged that he held the copyrights to Music Specialist’s songs and that Warner Chappell’s licensing activities infringed his rights. 17 U.S.C. §

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The point is that two different artists can each have a copyright in their own sound recordings of the same music or lyrics. As the music industry evolves, artists are looking to negotiate deals that allow them to maintain ownership of their masters so that they can have more flexibility in monetizing the very music they created. [5]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

From the output side, it is hotly debated whether content produced by a generative AI satisfies the protectability requirement under copyright law to trigger the exclusive protection. Part 1 of the post discusses legislative proposals in this field and Part 2 will explore the potential statutory license solution.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

If so, you should consider the caveats and points highlighted in this brief article before finalizing your license or purchase. You may not get everything you think you’re entitled to get, and you may even be unknowingly exposing yourself and your company to costly litigation and unexpected competitors. Copyright Ownership.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Some screenshots depicting the framing (the first image shows Google’s superimposed frame on the right; the second shows what happens if users click on the frame in the first image): If this issue sounds familiar, it’s because framing generated huge discussion in Internet Law circles… 20+ years ago. Why is this so hard???

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2023

More recently, DISH favored claims under the Copyright Act, alleging various types of copyright infringement, depending on the defendant and circumstances. DataCamp faces secondary copyright infringement claims, none of which hold water, the company now insists. Copyright Law. Copyright Office.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

For instance, a seller could offer to turn the token into an actual transfer of copyright ownership of the original work. At this stage, it is however, hard to say whether a transfer of rights through NFTs would comply with the legal formalities required to transfer ownership under the copyright law.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

For instance, a seller could offer to turn the token into an actual transfer of copyright ownership of the original work. At this stage, it is however, hard to say whether a transfer of rights through NFTs would comply with the legal formalities required to transfer ownership under the copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Copyright Law The directive also instructs the Under Secretary and Director Vidal to consult with the Director of the Copyright Office to issue guidance by July 2024, or 180 days after the Copyright Office’s forthcoming study on AI and copyright issues.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Copyright Law The directive also instructs the Under Secretary and Director Vidal to consult with the Director of the Copyright Office to issue guidance by July 2024, or 180 days after the Copyright Office’s forthcoming study on AI and copyright issues.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Copyright Law The directive also instructs the Under Secretary and Director Vidal to consult with the Director of the Copyright Office to issue guidance by July 2024, or 180 days after the Copyright Office’s forthcoming study on AI and copyright issues.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If not, the court may have to address several other interesting, rarely-litigated issues concerning the proper scope of copyright in recorded interviews. Based solely on the complaint that was filed, there are six major issues raised by the case: First, were the recorded interviews a copyright-eligible “work of authorship”?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution. Firstly, intellectual property rights grant startups exclusive ownership over their innovative ideas and inventions.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

It took eight months, but the ownership question of the photographs has been settled. However, it is not what I expected for the first case to be finally determined: Section 512(f) and an ownership dispute between former business partners. It seems like it did. So, they started the CCB process. I then offered $500.00.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a result, the legal issues rarely are litigated any more. * * *. Underlying this litigation is an epistemological question: what does a “canonical” version of a web page look like? We need to know more about this license. WhenU concluded that trademarks was a dead-end. ” Wait, what? Trespass to Chattels.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. Was it a license on the world’s greatest terms?

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

So, clearly, the Cleveland Indians knew of the roller derby team’s ownership of the IP and exactly how it was used. This was announced without acquiring the IP from the roller derby team and without securing any sort of coexistence agreement or license. That’s an interesting fact to say the least.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Keep Calm and Fandom On: Copyright in Cosplay, Fanfiction and Fanart by Sabrina Macklai & Emily Chow. Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First? Copyright Law.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Courts make errors about the law of infringement, leading them to think that certain things are relevant when they are not. Open Source Smell Culture: perfumers can share formulas using CC licenses. A: resource constraints—but open source hardware only has a set number of licenses, and probably won’t create one for perfume.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A relatively new willingness to litigate, but lack of awareness/understanding of copyright law in Carribean is a barrier. Risk of strategic litigation; most restrictive jurisdiction prevails, leading to race to the bottom. Motivation for © owners to change how they view ownership? Contract instead of ©?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Key takeaways encompassed the illumination of India’s thriving innovation ecosystem, the accentuation of dialogues within the WIPO Tech Access Platform on voluntary licensing arrangements, and the recognition of India’s ambitions to revamp its IP framework for more efficiency.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The counterfeit website went so far as to include the same physical address and business license information for the investment firm. Using Copyright Law to Fight Fakes. Copyright law also provides an avenue of protection for brand owners. Ownership in copyrights vests upon creation of the work. [7]

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Copyright Lately

JULY 17, 2022

The termination provision at issue in Livingston is Copyright Act section 203(a) , which allows authors and their statutory heirs to terminate post-1978 copyright assignments and licenses as early as 35 years after they were originally made. Copyright Termination and “Estate-Bumping” It’s not just Tammy.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

994 (2020) , a decision holding that the sovereign immunity of individual states prevented a copyright holder from recovering damages for infringement, I was a bit disheartened. 2d 588 (1985) (“Section 106 of the Copyright Act confers a bundle of exclusive rights to the owner of the copyright.”); Cooper, 140 S.Ct.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

The firm was founded in 1999 [ sic ] and has since grown to become one of the largest IP law firms in the Midwest region of the United States. Marshall Gerstein’s practice areas include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related litigation, as well as IP licensing, counseling, and transactions.

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