Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Soon after, an entity called Bayside asserted copyright ownership of the photos and sent 512(c)(3) takedown notices to Twitter followed by a 512(h) subpoena to unmask CallMeMoneyBags. ” Second, Bayside said that copyright already accommodates First Amendment considerations via the fair use defense (citing the Reddit case ).

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JIPL Online

APRIL 9, 2021

Such uses are often methods of social commentary regarding the user’s own life, or more broadly, current events; they also often utilize copyrightable material. [i] ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. i] Memes are also a form of communication that distinguishes generations.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” ” (S.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As readers may be aware, Nigeria is also on the journey to amending its copyright statute and last week, the Senate organised a joint public hearing on 2 copyright amendment Bills currently tabled before it. Here is what Desmond says: Nigeria quietly, but surely, embracing balance, openness and flexibility in her copyright regime?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They do this to create works of fiction expressing the writers’ truths by using, altering, extending, or supplementing others’ reality, and sometimes even use what others have written about their own experiences. That question recently arose in Sonya Larson v. ” Let’s see why.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. emphasis original).

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2023

15, 2023) Simpson sued its competitor MiTek for using Simpson part numbers for structural connectors/fasteners for use in the construction industry in its catalogs/other promotional material; the court here, after a nonjury trial before the magistrate judge, rather comprehensively rejects its false advertising, trademark, and copyright claims. (It

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office published a Notice of inquiry (“NOI”) and request for comments, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, Docket No. We, who have been writing and teaching about copyright law and how it has responded to challenges posed by new technologies for decades, were among those who submitted comments, see [link].

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This post originally appeared in the Scholarly Kitchen on 11/28/23 Monday, October 30 was the final date for interested parties to submit comments to a comprehensive “ Notice of inquiry and request for comments ” issued by the United States Copyright Office entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright.”

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2024

This has created a market where the distinction between inspiration (homage=good) and copying (theft=bad) is sometimes difficult to apply. for private use) and selling customized watches directly to customers on a larger scale.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Remembering another lousy year with a countdown of the most ill-considered, unsatisfying and wrongly-decided copyright rulings of 2022. So what better way to commemorate 2022 than with a look at the worst copyright decisions from coast to coast? Remember: the smaller the numbers, the bigger the misses.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At the time, similar services were also being offered by several of Finland’s internet service providers but for the members of the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC, also known as TTVK), this was a serious breach of copyright law. domain and later through a.com variant.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

Is she weaponizing copyright? Rachel Dolezal, who now goes by the name Nkechi Diallo, became the subject of intense public scrutiny back in 2015 after it was revealed that she lied for years about being black. And if the photo was in fact taken by a third party, that person would own the copyright unless there was a later assignment.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2021

Jacob Victor, Copyright’s Law of Dissemination: trying to disaggregate dissemination from use of a work in new creativity/e.g., transformative fair use. Judicial: Google Books/utility expanding fair use; Sony v. Kylie Pappalardo, Copyright licensing and distribution in Australia’s screen industries Pop.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 10, 2022

In the aftermath of Brexit, many publishers were wondering if the UK — with its strong tradition of supporting the rights of publishers, authors, and artists — would provide another voice in defense of copyright. The options ranged from no change to UK law, to improving the licensing environment, to offering new copyright exceptions.

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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. Copyright Conundrums, Sovereign States, and IP Piracy (2020). Cooper, 140 S.Ct. ” Flynn, Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed!

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2022

Jacobs on the copyright side. Humor is also central to trademark infringement claims through notions of parody, and as part of copyright claims through satire. ii) For Laughs : Real Infringement Cases Impacted, In The US and Elsewhere, By Claims To Humor To Show Fair Use Or Non-Confusion. constitutional system.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that Trump owns the copyright in the sound recordings (or in the alternative, in his interview responses on the recordings), and that Trump is entitled to all or the lion’s share of the profits made from the sale of those recordings and transcripts, which the lawsuit (absurdly) values at almost $50 million.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

As described here in a previous post: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected an artistic intent or purpose test for fair use on March 26, 2021, in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. ” Then, as I noted , the US Supreme Court decided a few days later, “in Google v. at 7-9) were transformative.,”

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