The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

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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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

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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Corsearch

MARCH 13, 2023

The copyright for one of the first depictions of Mickey Mouse will expire in 2024. Following a dispute between Walt Disney and his business partner working at Universal, Disney lost the rights to the character – and thus Mickey Mouse was born. So, why aren’t Disney concerned? Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The short answer is no.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 24, 2023

La Dart claimed that Swift’s book copied “a number of creative elements” from her work , alleging that both have cover formats in which the author is in a “downward pose” and which feature “pastel color schemes.” They also have similar inner book designs because—wait for it—photographs and writings are “interspersed.”

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