2020 Artistic Work Copyright Infringement Registration 
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 17, 2024
Against that background, this blog post provides some tentative musings on the impact of text-to-image generators on human artistic creativity by analysing recent US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.
SpicyIP
OCTOBER 9, 2022
As reported, in 2020, the copyright office rejected an application which listed AI (RAGHAV) as the sole author for an artwork. This copyright office granted registration in this case. The basis of grant of registration is not clear. The basis of grant of registration is not clear. A worrisome paradox.
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IPilogue
AUGUST 16, 2022
On April 5 th 2022, the Federal Court released its decision for August Image LLC v AirG Inc , a copyright infringement action concerning images of singer-actress, Jennifer Lopez. However, the Court ultimately dismissed August’s case because they failed to prove all the necessary elements of copyright infringement.
Kashishipr
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Under Section 2(c) of The Copyright Act of 1957 , the label is an original artistic work. When SSPL was incorporated in 2004, SK Oil Industries had assigned it the label’s copyright. As per NTC’s statement, both SSPL and SK Oil Industries couldn’t claim copyright in the artistic work.
IP Whiteboard
AUGUST 30, 2020
In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020.
IP and Legal Filings
MARCH 28, 2024
1] The Copyright Act protects certain types of works, which are included in Section 13. 13 (1) states that original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works as well as cinematograph films and sound recordings are protected by copyright. These registrations aid in allocating precedence.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Trade mark infringement – Lidl’s trade mark for the Lidl logo was infringed by Tesco’s Clubcard Price(s) signs, which took unfair advantage of Lidl’s reputation for low prices and damaged the distinctive character of Lidl’s logo. Subsequent registrations of the Wordless Mark were also found to be invalid for bad faith.
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