Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Cattelan created artwork named “Comedian” in 2019. The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. Cattelan , 2023 U.S. ” Independently (?), VINDICATED!!!

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On October 30, Judge Orrick issued a written decision to that effect, dismissing all but one claim for direct copyright infringement by Stability AI on behalf of just one plaintiff. We may see soon what impact, if any, the Andersen decision has in the Silverman cases: a motion hearing is currently noticed for December 7, 2023.

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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. For those interested, written comments are due by October 18, 2023. Now, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

JULY 23, 2023

Upcoming Conferences The "CITMA Autumn Conference" will take place on 19 October 2023 at the Library of Birmingham, UK. Registration closes on 6 October 2023. The conference is free, but registration is required, which closes on 25 September 2023. More details, here. Spaces are limited, so register soon.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. Copyright Office (USCO) is seeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems. For those interested, written comments are due by October 18, 2023. Now, the U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a decision issued [1] November 27, 2023, a Chinese court ruled that AI-generated content can enjoy protection under copyright law. copyright law and may have far-reaching implications. The plaintiff sued for copyright infringement in May 2023. Background of Case The plaintiff used a U.S.-based

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

The fair use doctrine (the basis of AWF’s copyright infringement defense) allows use of a copyrighted work by persons other than the author for “purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching., scholarship, or research” [2] and is evaluated through multiple factors. .” 3d 312 (S.D.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times. AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Image produced by using a generative AI model ‘AI Generated Work’, ‘Computer Generated’ and ‘Work’ in Copyright: Whether AI Generated Work is a ‘Work’? by Dr. Anson C J As technology advances, the emergence of synthetic creativity has raised intricate questions about copyright law and the concept of originality ( Samuelson 2023 ).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff has registered its “Social” trademark and states to have invested considerably in its advertisement from 2001-2023. X wins copyright infringement case against 17 music publishers. The Court granted an ex-parte ad interim injunction order, finding a prima facie case in the plaintiff’s favor.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

The bottom line was to identify the alleged infringer or infringers, to prevent leaked content being made available online. The DMCA subpoena was issued on November 7, 2023. to hand over the information detailed below by November 22, 2023. On November 21, 2023, one day before X Corp. It required X Corp.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

DMCA subpoenas compel service providers, such as Discord, Twitter or Reddit, to hand over information they hold on users identified by rightsholders as copyright infringers. A full-blown copyright infringement lawsuit is one possibility, but the company may use the information to end or mitigate future infringement instead.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? The lawsuits brought by the owners of such works, including artworks in the case of image-generators and journalism in the NYT case, claim that this should not be allowed. Fair Use Precedent? 106A of the U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith , 598 U.S. _ (2023). [2] 2] Slip op. 3] Slip op.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Anish Jain Trading as M/s Navkar Cosmo on December 20, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The Plaintiff contended that the Defendants had adopted identical packaging of its products, including eyeliner, kajal and mascara, and had only replaced the Plaintiff’s ‘GET BOLD’ mark with ‘NEW BOLD’, keeping the writing style and artwork identical.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. ” 3) How to Distinguish Transformative Fair Uses From Infringing Derivative Works? by Pamela Samuelson “In March 2022 the U.S.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On 05 September, 2023 (Delhi High Court) In an appeal against the single judge order, the division bench of the Delhi High Court restrained Bhojpuri artist Khesari Lal Yadav from engaging with other music companies except the appellant for monetizing any new songs till September 30, 2023. Shatrughan Kumar AKA Khesari Lal Yadav and Ors.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s ’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith , 598 U.S. _ (2023). [2] 2] Slip op.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s ’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith , 598 U.S. _ (2023). [2] 2] Slip op.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Within days, stock image supplier Getty Images announced that it was one of the “folks” who disagreed – and disagreed so strongly that it had commenced legal proceedings in the High Court in London alleging copyright infringement.

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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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

Although none has reached a resolution, these private civil actions highlight various legal theories of liability that could arise when participating in the NFT market, including claims for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of contract and violations of securities laws. Damon Dash. Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

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