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Copyright Office Denies Registration to Award-Winning Work Made with Midjourney

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office published a decision denying registration of a work created using the generative artificial intelligence (GAI) system, Midjourney, highlighting the complexities such technology is introducing to the U.S. copyright system. The decision issued this week found that Jason M.

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Registering a trade mark even if you think that copyright is for losers? Not bad faith, says (finally) EUIPO BoA

The IPKat

Banksy's Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge A while ago The IPKat reported [ here and here ] on a string of cancellations of elusive artist Banksy ’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations relating to some of their best-known artworks. The reason? Let’s see how the Board reasoned. (Ir)relevance

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Copyright Office Rejects Another Bid to Register Artwork “Co-Authored” by AI

LexBlog IP

In effect, Sanhi was attempting to register the artwork as a derivative of his photograph. 1] For more information on the Thaler decision, please see our prior article at Thaler v. ’”) [2] Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence , 88 Fed. 16,190, 16,192 (Mar.

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How to Copyright Product Designs and Shapes

Patent Trademark Blog

In addition to patents and trademarks, copyright registrations can be valuable in protecting certain products. Copyright registrations, therefore, may help to protect the 2-dimensional artwork of a design, the 3-dimensional shape of a product or a combination of both. Need copyright registrations for your product designs?

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U.S. Copyright Office Clarifies Limits of Copyright for AI-Generated Works

IP Watchdog

Copyright Office (USCO) this week finalized its refusal to uphold, in part, a registration it issued to Kristina Kashtanova for a graphic novel that contained generative artwork and human story and design elements.

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Banksy’s trade marks once again at the centre of attention, this time with repeat filings as bad faith

The IPKat

A while ago, the IPKat reported [ here , here , and here ] on a number of cancellation actions directed at Banks’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations representing his artworks.

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U.S. Copyright Office Partially Allows Registration of Work having AI-generated Images (“Zarya of the Dawn”)

LexBlog IP

Copyright Office originally granted copyright registration to a comic book titled “Zarya of the Dawn.” copyright office for registration. Kashtanova had previously applied for and obtained an original copyright registration for the Work, Registration # VAu001480196. PatentNext Takeaway: The U.S.