IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Copyright protection is extendable to any artistic work that is original and is creative. Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act defines what “artistic work” is. This “artistic work” includes any drawing regardless of whether it possesses any artistic quality, and also includes any other works of artistic craftsmanship.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

Section 2(qq) of the Indian Copyright Act, through an inclusive definition, illustrates a list of people who could be regarded as “Performers” , and it includes a “Singer”. Under Rome Convention also, we can find that there is a specific reference made to “performance of Literary and Artistic Works.” Fixation in Musical Work.

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IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. In looking at this question, you first need to consider what work is being used as a tattoo.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Copyright law thus in this case brings into play the word “performer”; Section 2(qq) of the said Act through an inclusive definition and illustrates a list of people who can be contemplated under the tag of the performer. Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works; 2. Cinematographic films; 3.

Personality Rights 52

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Given the fact that the copyright law was originally framed to protect literary and artistic works, it needs to be seen how much the law has evolved to grant protection to digitalized works. Copyright is basically the legal protection given to any creator of an original literary or artistic work. Online Piracy.

Copyright Law 52

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the European Union, AI-generated work is generally considered to belong to the human creator if there is sufficient human oversight in the creation process. However, the definition of what constitutes “sufficient” human oversight remains ambiguous.

Copyright 49

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2022

The court did not elaborate on the technical features of the NFTs, nor did it comment on the legal definition of same in rendering its decision. This decision is significant as being the first court judgment in Turkey related to NFTs and recognizing that NFTs can be subject to a preliminary injunction.

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IPilogue

MARCH 31, 2023

assisted works could be given protection and whether I could get an image I had made with an A.I. as an artistic work in Canada on December 1 st , 2021, for “ Suryast ” with CIPO (Registration no. As Raghav contributed its own creativity, it fulfilled the definition of joint authorship under section 2.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

Copyright law, with its protection of materials ranging from literary, musical and artistic works to cinematograph films and computer programs, etc. Authorisation is also (mostly) straightforward to the extent that one may approach the relevant copyright owner and procure a licence to use the work.

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IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

Copyright vests in original, literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, and when such an idea is converted into a concept, it becomes copyrightable. Most importantly, a distinct definition of “fashion design” should be included in the Designs Act, 2000. Protection under the Copyright Act, 1957.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

C-42 , the following conditions must be met for a copyright to be conferred to an author of an artistic work:(1) the work must be original; (2) the person must be the author of the work; and (3) they must, at the date of its creation, be either a Canadian citizen or a citizen of a signatory country on the Berne Convention (para 26).

Copyright Infringement 104

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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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Intellectual Property Invention Artistic Work Copyright 56

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. Photographic works. . To qualify as a photographic work, a photograph must meet the general “creativity” ( creatività ) threshold.

Copyright 56

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The courts need to understand the degree to which such usage may harm the work or decrease the profits for the owner of the copyright. Definition. Usually, any type of infringement of copyrighted work goes against the law of the land. However, certain cases of usage of copyright work for various reasons are allowed.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2023

Those Allied and Associated Powers, which were parties to the Paris Convention on Industrial Property or the Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, also suspended their obligations vis-à-vis Germany under these conventions. However, they never formally withdrew from either of the conventions. First, under art.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 23, 2021

The Andy Warhol Foundation (AWF) is asking the Second Circuit to reconsider its recent fair use ruling over Warhol’s “Prince Series,” arguing that the decision “threatens to render unlawful many of the most historically significant artistic works of the last half-century.”.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The lack of organisation and ambiguity make the protection problematic even if the work is copyrighted. According to section 13 (1)(a) of Copyright Act of 1957 copyright subsists in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. However, the issue of concept protection still exists. right to copyright will exist.

Art 52

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

In India, Section 2(d) of the Copyright Act, 1957 defines, “author” as, “ concerning any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is computer generated, the person who causes the work to be created”. [9] 9] This definition particularly does not specify whether this person is a natural or a legal person.

Art 52

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

A diagram, map, chart, or plan, an engraving, photograph, a work of architecture, or any other work of creative workmanship is defined as an artistic work under Section 2(c) of the Copyright Act. The organisation, system, strategy, or method for doing a certain thing or procedure is not protected by copyright.

Intellectual Property 52

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.” Namely, in works which are computer-generated, the author “shall be taken to be the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work.”

Copyright Law 64

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Copyright is a term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works. Definition Of use In It Age, the authors hold exclusive rights in their works for a particular term subject to the right to use work for fair use. Copyright is essentially a right to copy.

Copyright 52

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If we got rid of the bizarre idea that Rogers was about artistic works and correctly labeled it as being about commercial speech, courts would do much better. The dictionary definitions of the words “Peaky” and “Blinders” were not dispositive. Did Mandabach have valid marks?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 24, 2023

Even though no legal definition has been ascribed to the term as of yet, but broadly it is perceived as the ability of the machines to perform work which require human intelligence. [1] Introduction The usage of artificial intelligence has been increasing over the years. 5] In USA, the court in the case of Fiest Publication Inc.

Copyright 93

Copyright Ownership Artistic Work Intellectual Property 93

IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

I would tell other small businesses that if you are serious about your brand and business, definitely look into protecting what’s yours. ” Kaitlin (K): “My advice would be to not undervalue your work, no matter its scale or the size of your platform. It definitely got my accounts where they are today.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

You might assume that the concept of a “derivative work” under copyright law would be simple to define. Sure, there’s a definition included in the 1976 Copyright Act itself, but barrels of ink have been spilled by copyright lawyers, scholars and judges trying to make sense of what it actually means. You’d be wrong. 17 U.S.C. §

Derivative Work 108

Derivative Work Art Copying Fair Use 108

Velocity of Content

JUNE 8, 2022

As far back as the Berne Convention on Copyright (originally agreed to in 1886 by about a dozen mostly European countries and subsequently revised and acceded to by over 180 countries today), there have been legal definitions of the exclusive rights of the author to prepare “adaptations “ or “derivative works” under copyright: “ Translations, (..)

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

Copyright is a legal protection afforded to an original, creative literary, musical, or artistic work. The protection under copyright is instantaneous and immediate to the works being created, and therefore, it is not necessary to have such rights registered. Copyright and Blogs.

Intellectual Property 98

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2022

An analogy may be drawn to a case decided before the Supreme Court of Canada , in which it was held that the copying of code originally written in assembly language (which is expressed in the form of text) as hexadecimal code (expressed in the form of alphanumeric code) violated the reproduction right of the copyright owner.

Copyright 133

Copyright Copying Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 133

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

With the Beijing Treaty, any performance of literary or artistic works or expression of folklore is covered by intellectual property, independently from its nature or medium, including both fixed and unfixed works (live performances), acknowledging the creative activity of these performers in the same way as with regard to musicians and authors.

Related Rights 97

Related Rights Moral Rights Contracts Intellectual Property 97

IIPRD

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Though the definition of Trade secret according to the jurisdiction varies, there are three common factors to all jurisdictional definitions: A trade secret is unknown to the relevant portion of the public in that particular trade field. It is capable enough to provide some sort of economic benefit to the holder.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Summary of current treatment: Although courts have often referred to “expressive” or “artistic” works as shorthand for the scope of Rogers, they have applied it to speech that quali?es The key here is that when I say fraud, I do not mean fraudulent intent, but materially deceptive effect. Mazzuco: a linedrawing problem does exist.

Trademark Law 72

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It would seem unnatural, for example, to read “maker” as referring to both a “sound recording” and a “work”. 2 of the Act defines “maker” as referring to both a work and a sound recording. Does that definition apply here so as to disturb the apparent pattern of paras. (a) That however overlooks the fact that s. a) and (b)?

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Introduction Originality in copyright works is the sine qua non of all the copyright regimes of the world. The definition of “ original ” as most people understand it refers to something that has never been done before by any person. The Act, however, omits any definition or methodology for judging a work’s originality.

Copyright 90

Copyright Public Domain Copying Publishing 90

SpicyIP

JANUARY 16, 2022

Finding that Novex Communications (the assignee of the copyright) did not fall within the definition of the copyright society, the High Court dismissed its petition seeking for damages and injunction. The High Court held that the business of granting copyright licenses can be carried out only through the copyright societies. paragraph 48).

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Technology Licensing Artistic Work Copyright 91

azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

Literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works are only protected by copyright if they are “original”. In 1988 when these laws were introduced, “original” meant a work must be the product of the “skill, labour or judgement” of its author. It is unclear how these concepts apply to some of the AI generated works.

Copyright 97

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Well, there is no conclusive answer to the definition of ‘intelligence’ and over the years there is no agreement even among AI researchers on the definition of ‘intelligence’. Simply put Artificial intelligence (AI) is non biological intelligence. But what is ‘intelligence’?

Copyright Law 52

Copyright Law Copyright Law Intellectual Property 52

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office (“USCO”) in which the USCO denied an application to register a work authored entirely by an artificial intelligence program. The court in Thaler focused on the fact that the work at issue had no human authorship, setting a clear rule for one end of the spectrum. The case, Thaler v. Kristen Maaherra , 114 F.3d

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