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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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Copyright Infringement in edited photographs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection. This act is often done without the prior consent or permission of the copyright holder or the photographer of the picture. Firstly, the exception of fair use.

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WaterRower: Has the UK’s approach to ‘artistic works’ in copyright changed?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

It increasingly appears that judges are waiting for a case which requires the inconsistencies between EU and UK copyright law to be addressed. The claim relates to alleged copyright infringement of the Claimant’s WaterRower rowing machine by the Defendant, Liking Limited (t/a Topiom). Works of Artistic Craftsmanship.

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Protecting Your Brand: How to Remove Counterfeits from Online Marketplaces

Corsearch

Identify the type of infringement • Step 2. Gather intellectual property information and infringement evidence • Step 3. Notify the platform – Reporting infringements on Amazon – Reporting infringements on eBay – Reporting infringements on Alibaba – Reporting infringements on Etsy • Step 3.

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Fashion Copyright and Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

However, even then, the degree of novelty required in work was not so low as to allow everyone to get copyright protection for their artistic work. In this paradigm-shifting judgment, the Court introduced the principle of “ minimum requirement of creativity ” in order to acquire copyright protection over an artistic work.

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[Guest post] Lidl on price, big on copyright

The IPKat

Here’s what Alessandro writes: Lidl on price, big on copyright by Alessandro Cerri In a judgment issued a few days ago, the High Court of England and Wales (the Court) granted a final injunction in respect of Tesco’s infringement of Lidl’s copyright in its blue-and-yellow logo.

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AI art and Indian copyright registration

SpicyIP

There is also no policy guidance from the Indian Copyright Office on whether only humans can be considered authors. The Indian Copyright Office is also unsure how to deal with such applications. As reported, in 2020, the copyright office rejected an application which listed AI (RAGHAV) as the sole author for an artwork.