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The WaterRower: A Work of Art “Oar” Not?

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A decision dated August 5, 2022 from the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice has the potential to expand the definition of “artistic works of craftmanship” under UK copyright law. Liking admitted to copying the eighth iteration of the WaterRower in creating its rival rowing machine, the TOPIOM Model 1.

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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

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While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. What is AI image generation software?

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Oh Dear, Piglet, They Kept My Shirt!

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Photo from Cooper Hewitt , Smithsonian Design Museum, 1926. While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day. While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day.

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COPYRIGHT AND TATTOOS

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The word ‘copyright’ in its simplest sense is an amalgamation of the two words ‘copy’ and ‘right’ which leads to the meaning— ‘right to copy’. The section 2(c) of the 1957 Copyright Act of India defines ‘artistic work’ as any work that includes engraving, sculpture, painting, or a photograph. In Alexander v.

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Tricky Tattoo

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The word ‘ copyright ’ in its simplest sense is an amalgamation of the two words ‘copy’ and ‘right’ which leads to the meaning— ‘right to copy’. The section 2(c) of the 1957 Copyright Act of India defines ‘artistic work’ as any work that includes engraving, sculpture, painting, or a photograph. In Alexander v.

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[Guest post] The NFT Hermés Case: Mainly Relevant for Large Collection of NFTs

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Grimaldi ) whereby the right to protect a registered trade mark (a protection given in the USA law essentially by the Lanham Act ), under some circumstances, cannot be enforced to detriment of “the right of others to express themselves freely in their own artistic work” (from the Rogers v. Grimaldi case).

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WIPIP 2022, Session 6 (TM)

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Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artisticworks as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es Next thing that happened: Omaha Quilt Guild copied Just Wanna Quilt’s logo for its show. What do you do to deal with that as a community?