Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The advancement of technology has brought sweeping changes to the broadcasting industry. This sector has vast potential as they observe the behaviour and choices of their consumers through their programming that uses cutting-edge technologies like- Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Introduction An artist’s ideas, be it for a renowned painting, sculpture, novel, technological design, jewelryor fashion are his own. They must not be used by anyone other than the artist himself. However, many a times, we witness these designs being copied or recreated. Literary Works Other than Computer Programs.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Introduction Technology is no more separated and has become the integral part of our lives. Copyright And Copyright Law Copyright is one of the crucial parts of Intellectual Property Rights which helps the owner of any creative work to have a legal right over the possession of such work or art. Kim cartoon and Ors. ,

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Here’s what they write: Generative AI, originality, and the potential role of contract in protecting unoriginal works by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst Artificial Kat Over the past two years the IPKat has hosted debate on the question of whether the outputs of generative AI tools are protected under copyright law.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Copyright is essentially a right to copy. Copyright is a term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. It’s an intellectual property, if an individual owns the copyright to something, then he’s the only owner of it and also the decider that who can copy it.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

A new breed of artists is using generative artificial intelligence tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Firefly, and ChatGPT to create artistic works. Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? Over time, courts began to accept that cameras and even computers can be used as tools for artistic creation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

The NFT may be encoded in one of two ways: either by the creation of an alpha-numeric signature , or ‘hash’, by passing the underlying work through an algorithm or by including an URL that contains the underlying work. The reproduction right includes the right to prevent the copying of the underlying work in any manner.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

However, many of these early technologies’ patent protections have expired. Consumers now have access to low-cost, high-performance 3D printers, which has fueled great expectations for what the technology can accomplish. It’s up for debate whether it should be classified as a literary or aesthetic work.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) establishes the entitlement to enjoy the protection of moral and material interests arising from scientific, literary, or artistic creations. This applies to literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, computer programs, cinematograph films, and sound recordings.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

(If you’re interested in doing a deeper dive into how all of this works, I recommend following Andres Guadamuz’s blog on the topic.) With a proper understanding of the technology, we can see that the complaint’s repeated description of Stable Diffusion as a “21st-Century collage tool,” while perhaps catchy, simply isn’t accurate.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2022

The Copyright Act, 1957 protects creative and artistic works in India granting exclusive rights to the author. Damages for conversion/delivery up: The infringing copies of any work in which copyright subsists and the method of production of such infringed material is considered to be the property of the copyright owner.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Copy Right Law in the Entertainment Industry The cornerstone of intellectual property protection in the entertainment sector is copyright law. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

With new advancements in technology, new challenges come forward. As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

According to the well-settled laws of copyright, it is a blatant mutilation of the rights of an author over their works and the characters they have developed. IP ISSUES CREATED BY THE MANGA FAN BASE Due to the growing interest of the world inMangas several rights of a manga-ka are challenged. million JPY ($13,500 USD).

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Intepat

JUNE 15, 2023

Copyright is a form of intellectual property law designed to safeguard original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, and artistic works such as computer software, novels, architecture etc. In the context of the Copyright Act, computer software is categorized as a ‘literary work’. What is copyright protection?

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We also explain the most effective approach: using Corsearch’s AI-fueled technology and dedicated experts to save you time and deliver a sustained reduction in infringement across Alibaba’s marketplaces. Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized utilization of safeguarded creative works.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 14, 2023

With the advent of technology and proliferation of Internet, infringement of IPR has lost its nature of territoriality. Person A makes a copy of the movie on his phone and shares it with his friends. Going back to the same example again, the first point of infringement would be where A illegally copied the film.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

In order to protect the same the laws should in tandem with the pace of technology. COPYRIGHTS: Term copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights provided to the creator/owner of original works of authorship, which includes literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, cinematographic films, and sound recordings.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In the conventional sense, copyright law requires that the concerned work must, in its entirety, be an outcome of the intellectual labor of a human being. However, at the dawn of the digital era, computer software is being used in abundance to help create literary and artistic works. systems to have such works generated.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

For example, if a third-party poster copies a newspaper article and posts it to their social media page, the court implies that the social media service can never assert Section 230 protection for that article–even if the third-party poster isn’t infringing copyright because of, say, fair use. Publicity Rights. Whitepages.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. Licensing It denotes that the film is based on a previously published novel, book, or artistic work.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In his motion, Rothschild argued that he used “MetaBirkins” as a title to an artistic work as opposed to a source-identifying trademark. Although the order does not resolve any of Hermes’ claims on the merits, it does offer a first glimpse at how courts may treat trademark claims involving NFTs moving forward.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 20, 2023

Introduction Any literally or artistic work that is original and creative i.e.; not copied from anywhere by the owner is protected under Copyright Act, 1957. Image Sources : Shutterstock] the work created by AI can be classified into two parts. From here it can be said that.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Abhi Traders vs Fashnear Technologies Private Limited on 29 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiff, a popular e-commerce seller, filed a suit against defendants on www.meesho.com for unauthorized use of copyrighted images and selling counterfeit goods. Dr Reddy S Laboratories Limited vs Neutec Healthcare Pvt.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

8] Line between Copying and Inspiration Recently, VTuber Pekora’s look-alike was seen in an animated series without any consent from the creator or the company. [9] The law doesn’t specify 3D or 2D characters as copyrightable, but they can be covered under artistic works as per Section 13 of the Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. temporary copy which is; 2. temporary copy which is; 2.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

The domain of copyright deals with the literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works, and cinematograph films. Before the digital era, copyright protected tangible art or works, allowing authors to easily regulate usage, copies, and earnings.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

For obvious reasons, the copyright in a photograph does not include the right to publicly perform the copyrighted work. 103(a) (“protection for a work employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists does not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used unlawfully.”).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and other courts of appeals have held), or whether a court is forbidden from considering the meaning of the accused work where it “recognizably deriv[es] from” its source material (as the U.S. Although Andy Warhol is dead, his art, legacy, copyrights, and potential copy-wrongs live on.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Literary, dramatic, and artistic works are recognized as protected works under Thailand’s Copyright Act B.E. An NFT is viewed from the viewpoint that buying one grants the buyer a proprietary right to each and every copy or iteration of the underlying work. 2537 (1994).

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

Novartis appeal and the MHC’s decision in Microsoft Technology Licensing v. The MHC in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (PSITA) in determining non-obviousness. Fashnair Technologies Pvt. Controller of Patents.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2023

[i] The very first accords to recognise why IPRs are important were the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886). Both agreements are governed by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

PDF copy available. Compared with older battery technologies, the lithium-ion battery was lightweight and compact, had high energy density, and required little to no maintenance, making it the ideal battery for mobile devices. The lithium-ion battery, introduced commercially in 1991, revolutionized the consumer electronics industry.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

You then upload a copy of the digital work that you want to represent in NFT-form to the NFT marketplace, pay a transaction fee and click ‘create’. It’s hard to identify and verify the true owner of content when an identical copy of that content can be created with a few clicks of a mouse. What are the benefits of NFTs?

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