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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In fact, on 11 January 2024, Barcelona Commercial Court number 9 handed down what is indeed the first judgment in Spain in a case where NFTs and copyright are at a crossroads. Findings of the Court The long-awaited judgment of 11 January 2024 of Barcelona Commercial Court number 9 dismisses the Authors’ complaint in its entirety.

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Authors Get Mixed Results With Initial Skirmish in OpenAI Lawsuit

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On February 12, 2024, a District Court in the Northern District of California issued its Order and ruled on the OpenAI defendants’ motions to dismiss various claims in the two pending putative class action lawsuits. The Court began by noting that “while it may be unlawful to recreate another’s work (e.g., OpenAI, Inc.

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Is the Happiest Place on Earth About to Lose its Smiling Face?

LexBlog IP

copyright protection in 2024. Since only the “Steamboat Willie” cartoon version of Mickey is going out of copyright protection, every other version of Mickey Mouse that Disney has created since 1928 will still be protected on January 1, 2024. That also includes the version of Mickey Mouse we all know and love today.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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A new law entered into force on 11 January 2024 that aligns the protection of Italian artisanal and industrial products with the EU Regulation. Anna Maria Stein updated readers about Italy's implementation of the new EU Regulation on the GI protection for craft and industrial products.

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Court Dismisses Most Claims in Authors’ Lawsuit Against OpenAI

LexBlog IP

The court rejected the conclusory assertion that every output of ChatGPT is an infringing derivative work, finding that plaintiffs had failed to allege “what the outputs entail or allege that any particular output is substantially similar – or similar at all – to [plaintiffs’] books.” 12, 2024) (Dkt.

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Authors Get Mixed Results With Initial Skirmish in OpenAI Lawsuit

LexBlog IP

On February 12, 2024, a District Court in the Northern District of California issued its Order and ruled on the OpenAI defendants’ motions to dismiss various claims in the two pending putative class action lawsuits. .” The Court began by noting that “while it may be unlawful to recreate another’s work (e.g.,

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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. Secondly, the only protectable elements of a derivative work are those that are original over the antecedent work.