Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Image via Pixabay The AI Law Proposal: general context and subject matter On 23 April 2024, the Italian government published the text of a draft law introducing regulatory provisions concerning the use of Artificial Intelligence systems to the Italian legal system (“AI Law Proposal”) ( here ).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The deal reached on Friday night now paves the way for the adoption of the AI Act in the first half of 2024, bringing to an end a legislative process that has lasted more than two and a half years and during which the scope of the Act has been significantly expanded.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

Kat news Eleonora Rosati commented in a Politico article on the refusal of the trade mark application for the figurative sign by the EUIPO (no. Events 18-19 April 2024: AIPPI Trilateral Seminar The Polish, German and French Groups of AIPPI organise the traditional joint seminar on IP related issues. Read more about this course here.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight* The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on February 21 in an important copyright case – Warner Chappell Music v. ” Copyright’s statute of limitations bars claims not “commenced within three years after the claim accrued.” ” 17 U.S.C. § See 38 U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image from DALL-E 3 Part 1 of this post introduced the challenges for copyright associated with generative IP and the legislative developments in this field. The payment is integrated into a levy that is imposed on the cost of a physical medium or a device which allows the user to duplicate copyright protected works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The purpose of copyright, at its very basic level, finds its normative implementation in the interplay between access to protected works and the protection of the moral and material interest of creators (see Geiger, 2017 ). From this constitutional dimension of copyright emerged the notion of ‘user rights’ ( Geiger, 2020 ).

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

She will start a fellowship in March 2024 and be on leave from the IPKat until early 2025. Antonios Baris joins the team As of March 2024, Antonios will be joining the team as a book review editor. He is pursuing an LLM in European Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University. Click here to register (until 22 April 2024).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash On 7 May 2024, Open AI published its approach to data and AI (ADAI). In its second paragraph the statement makes strong allusions to copyright law – the term ‘copyright’ is used only once throughout the entire text. For that purpose (i.e.

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The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? Just a few examples: in 2010, the Wittem Group of academics released a model EU copyright code. The short answer is: yes.

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Patently-O

APRIL 18, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The leading case on copyrightability of AI created works is now pending before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. 2024), centers on Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to register a copyright for an artistic image autonomously generated by his AI system that he has named the “Creativity Machine.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

years after the implementation deadline, Poland still had to implement the provisions of the 2019 Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive into national law. This “explicit clarification” can be found in the text of the proposed implementation for both articles 3 and 4 of the CDSM directive.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Ubertazzi was one of the leading intellectual property academics in Italy (as well as a great lawyer), founder and editor of the most important Italian copyright journal (AIDA) and editor and author of the most widely used Commentary on Italian intellectual property laws. In fact, one of Prof.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 6, 2024

4 Other anti-piracy work reported for the period includes legal action against pirate site operators and translation groups, civil/criminal action through local subsidiaries and overseas affiliates, establishing response strategies in accordance with local copyright laws, and overseas administrative actions. Fascinating.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2024

A new law entered into force on 11 January 2024 that aligns the protection of Italian artisanal and industrial products with the EU Regulation. You can read her full article in GRUR International here. Marcel Pemsel outlined a recent decision on the independent distinctive role of an element of a complex trade mark.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Indeed, in a world where “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed “, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let alone in copyrighted art works. Commentary & Conclusion Kurasov v.

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Velocity of Content

MAY 1, 2024

This article appears in the Information Today May 2024 print issue. Do the creators and users of large language models (LLMs) and as sociated generative AI applications infringe the copyrights of content creators? Legal & Copyright Issues With that technical background, the discussion moved to legal and copyright issues.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

Winnie-the-Pooh is likely the most culturally relevant character to enter the public domain since 2019, when works started entering the public domain again in the United States due to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. What this means is that the Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh book is now free of copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Indeed, in a world where “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed “, it is a rather daunting exercise for any court to draw the line between inspiration and imitation in copyrighted works, let alone in copyrighted art works. Commentary & Conclusion Wali v.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

” An image accompanying a Polizia Penitenziaria article raises more questions than it answers. Calcio.re, Piracy Shield’s First Official Target On January 29, 2024, broadcaster DAZN filed what appears to be the first official application for enhanced Piracy Shield site blocking.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

is flexing its copyright muscles once again, this time targeting the developers of hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular word game the Times purchased in 2022. purchased the copyright in Wordle in 2022 from original developer Josh Wardle. ” The New York Times Co. The aforementioned Lingo first premiered in the U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 9, 2024

After almost a decade of fine-tuning, including amendments to copyright law, the administration of Australia’s pirate site-blocking system looks organized and reliable. Justice Halley’s order dated May 8, 2024, was handed down Wednesday. The summary reads as follows: 0gomovies.ws, watchseries1.video, 172.67.170.34

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 15, 2024

UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The forthcoming article “Creation and Generation Copyright Standards” to be published in NYU JIPEL 2024 (see pre-publication version here ) analyses and critiques the different standards for copyright eligibility between expressive works and generative products in the U.S.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Both the e-platforms and sellers have to take initiatives wherein the sellers need to register their products for trademark, copyrights and patents while the platforms have to exercise strict no-tolerance policy in case of infringements. 4Published by : Indian Law Institute Stable URL : [link] , 28 497 (1986). 5] Kirsty Phillips et al.,

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Patently-O

MAY 6, 2024

The most interesting portion of the opinion focuses on the printed matter doctrine. Professor Kevin Collins has written several articles that focus on the printed matter doctrine and its overlap with eligibility, anticipation, and obviousness. IOEngine, LLC v. Ingenico Inc. 2021-1227 (Fed.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2023

Additionally, the Biden Administration’s 2024 proposed budget includes an increase of approximately $6.5 Be sure that your document delivery provider gives you full details about the rights you have access to so that you can ensure compliance with copyright laws and regulations. increase from 2021. Our advice?

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Considering section 124, the court clarified that in such a case where rectification and an infringement suit are filed against the impugned mark, the rectification petition has to be decided first, before proceeding with the trial of the suit and listed the rectification for hearing on January 9, 2024. Read on to know more!

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2024 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

2] In particular, it has been reported that France, Germany and Italy – who have previously been critical of strict rules on foundation models – may seek alterations to related rules in the final text (which could further delay, or possibly prevent, passage of the law). [3] See Open Future – GPAI Compromise proposal. [11]

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

This third part of our four-part series on using synthetic data to train AI models explores the interplay between synthetic data training sets, the EU Copyright Directive and the forthcoming EU AI Act. Stated another way, how can a person wishing to use such content reasonably discover and avoid materials subject to an opt-out?

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Copyright Office and U.S. Patent Law President Biden’s directive instructs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. These recommendations are to focus on potential executive actions related to copyright and AI. If an AI creates a masterpiece, who is the rightful owner of the copyright?

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MARCH 15, 2024

March 15, 2024 CAndrade@doc.gov Fri, 03/15/2024 - 15:01 The beautiful Reading Room at the Commerce Research Library. Q: What do alligators, Adam Smith, and Robinson Crusoe have in common? Case in point, this 1932 Washington Post article about the alligators loose in the Herbert Hoover Building. Alligators in the basement!

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Copyright Office and U.S. Patent Law President Biden’s directive instructs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. These recommendations are to focus on potential executive actions related to copyright and AI. Intellectual property is a key focus. The Order calls on the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Copyright Office and U.S. Patent Law President Biden’s directive instructs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. These recommendations are to focus on potential executive actions related to copyright and AI. Intellectual property is a key focus. The Order calls on the U.S.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

US Copyright Office says no to “RAGHAV”s work, even as the same work remains registered as a copyright in India. AI Generated Work’, ‘Computer Generated’ and ‘Work’ in Copyright: Whether AI Generated Work is a ‘Work’? Can AI Generated works be regarded as “works” capable of protection under copyright law?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Despite the instructions in the Commission’s Guidance on Article 17 of the Directive , the new national provision does not restrict blocking to “manifestly infringing uploads”. 19 of the Directive was deferred until the 3rd of December 2024. 17 of the Directive. 17(9) in fine. 18 to 23 of the Directive.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Thus clarifying that copyright in the screenplay exists independently of the copyright in the film. HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. the licensee.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

2024 has arrived. We have traversed through Junes , Julys , Augusts , Septembers , Octobers , and Novembers and shared some stories like 10 years of the Google Books Library Project, the Presumption of validity of patents, Corruption in IP Offices, the Serial Crisis in India, Law Making via Leaked Documents, etc. As noted in Prof.

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