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. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

21, 2023) (Hector Gonzalez), the District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment regarding the validity of its copyright. Defendants argued that because information concerning the Second Holy Temple is in the public domain, Plaintiff’s copyrighted works are not original.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Upon failure to resolve the matter privately, AWF filed suit against Goldsmith, seeking a declaratory judgment that Warhol’s works did not infringe Goldsmith’s copyright in the original photograph, or, in the alternative, Warhol’s works constituted fair use of the subject photograph. [1] Oracle America, Inc.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

billion in the first quarter of 2023 , largely driven by successful releases from Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, and the aforementioned Drake. sophisticated generative AI that’s enabled by large language models, which trains on our intellectual property, violates copyright law in several ways. year over year to $2.71

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. July 17, 2023).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

5] Prince used both photographs in his New Portraits series, which featured works that Prince created by copying and magnifying posts from Instagram (including “likes” and user comments), then adding a comment of his own. ” [17] On May 18, 2023, in a decision penned by Justice Sotomayor, the U.S.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

1258, (2023). But AI models are not interested in any work qua work, but rather they need a massive collection of as many works as possible to get at the patterns lurking within the vast combination of works. See Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 31, 2023

Goldsmith in a 7-2 decision issued May 18, 2023, authored by Justice Sotomayor. This strategy sidestepped larger questions regarding whether the creation of the Prince Series itself or the display or sale of those works qualify as fair use, which AWF had urged the Court to consider. for Visual Arts, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The question then arises as to whether the fiction writer alone owns the copyright to work drawn in whole or part from another’s writings or experience. Dorland counterclaimed for copyright infringement, claiming that Larson’s use of Dorland’s letter was a violation of intellectual property law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

21-869 (May 18, 2023). Legal Background: Copyright and Derivative Works Copyright law protects original works of authorship, including “pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works,” 17 U.S.C. For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work.

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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 The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work. The effect upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. [8]

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

2023-6 on August 30, 2023, calling for comments from interested parties addressing dozens of questions. The Office received roughly 10,000 comments on October 30, 2023. More specifically, we recognize the usefulness of examining intellectual property issues through the lenses of competition and consumer protection.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

1258, (2023). But AI models are not interested in any work qua work, but rather they need a massive collection of as many works as possible to get at the patterns lurking within the vast combination of works. See Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

598 U.S. _ (2023) (Citations are to the Slip Opinion (“Slip Op.”)). In a narrower sense, a use may be justified because copying is reasonably necessary to achieve the user’s new purpose.” “Such licenses, for photographs or derivatives of them, are how photographers like Goldsmith make a living.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

1258, (2023). But AI models are not interested in any work qua work, but rather they need a massive collection of as many works as possible to get at the patterns lurking within the vast combination of works. See Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith , 598 S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

The case focuses on whether Ed Sheeran consciously copied Sami Switch’s chorus. Accordingly, this case is a useful example of how a court will: (1) assess the derivation requirement (of actual copying) of UK copyright; and, (2) as part of that, consider similarity between musical works for the purpose of copyright infringement.”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Plaintiffs hit back, noting that OpenAI hasn’t moved to dismiss the “core claim” in the lawsuits—direct infringement by OpenAI—and arguing that “substantial similarity” is irrelevant because OpenAI copied their works wholesale, without permission, in order to make ChatGPT work.

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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 The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work. Goldsmith , 598 U.S. _ (2023). [2] 2] Slip op. 3] 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 The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work. Goldsmith , 598 U.S. _ (2023). [2] 2] Slip op. 3] Slip op.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

She is keenly interested in Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law, and Corporate Law ]. Hulm Entertainment alleged Fantasy Sports had substantially copied its ‘original trading and stock features’ along with the graphical user interface (GUI) of their fantasy sports mobile application “Exchange22”.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. The papers were taken from copies of the examination papers that students provided, not from publications by the University of London Press Ltd. 1] [1916] 2 Ch 601. [2]

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

In January 2023, the same lawyers who brought the class action suit against Copilot on behalf of the Doe plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Northern District of California ( Andersen v. Getty Images filed a similar lawsuit in January 2023 in the UK High Court and in February 2023 in the District of Delaware ( Getty Images (US), Inc.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 23, 2023

.” From ongoing debates about the human element (or requirement) of authorship to debates over what constitutes a transformative work to the gauntlet laid down in footnote 2 of Justice Kagan’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s May 18, 2023 decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc., ’” Id.

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