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The FTC’s Misguided Comments on Copyright Office Generative AI Questions

Patently-O

granted defendants’ motion to dismiss in relation to the plaintiffs’ theory that the output of generative AI models were necessarily “all infringing derivative works” regardless of their substantial similarity to the plaintiffs’ original expression. Accolade, Inc., 2d 1510, 1514 (9th Cir. Connectix Corp.,

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Both engaged in fierce competition for Yellow Pages advertising. Hailshree Saksena, Doctrine of sweat of the brow SSRN (2009), [link] (last visited Apr 14, 2023). [1]