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Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. In contrast, the CIPO has arguably adopted a more liberal attitude to computer-generated works.

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[Guest Post] Long walk to copyright reform #9: The Copyright Amendment Bill ensures fair remuneration for South African creators and performers

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It was eventually passed on 29 February 2024 after a very tumultuous process (Okorie tells the story here ). The CAB contains stipulations that will ensure equitable remuneration and fair share in royalties for creators of literary, musical and artistic works as well as performers of audio-visual works (clauses 5, 7, 8 and 9 of the CAB).

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

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Case Summaries Therelek Machines Private Limited vs Therelek Engineers Private Limited on 28 February, 2024 (Karnataka High Court) The petitioner challenged the rejection of its interim application under Section 124 of the Trade Marks Act, seeking a stay in a suit for trademark infringement.

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Lidl v Tesco – Court of Appeal overturns copyright infringement finding

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 19 March 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision on the appeal in the Lidl v Tesco case ( [2024] EWCA Civ 262 ), holding as follows. Accordingly, the Mark with Text was a protectable copyright work as an artistic work.

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The Impact of REULA on Copyright Law: Navigating the Post-Brexit Landscape

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Rocco Dipoppa on Unsplash The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REULA) came into force on 1 January 2024 and has some significant implications for IP law. When considering whether this case could have been decided differently if it was brought in 2024, Arnold LJ did not indicate that he would have ruled otherwise.

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The Future of Copyright. In memory of Luigi Carlo Ubertazzi (Report 1/2)

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Roberto Pardolesi gave a talk that focused on the antithesis between the two possible visions of copyright, one more inclined to see the works of art as a tradeable good, the other that mainly sees the protection of authorship as the main purpose of copyright.

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Oh Dear, Piglet, They Kept My Shirt!

IPilogue

While the public was free to use and copy Winnie the Pooh’s image in Canada long before January 1, 2022, they had to be careful not to make their works accessible in the U.S. where the work was still protected by copyright. or other jurisdictions such as the U.K.