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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. For simplicity, I will label this ‘commercial significant artistic creativity’.

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Shielding Innovation: Understanding Copyright Protection for App Developers and Their Software

Intepat

However, this flourishing industry brings forth a multitude of legal challenges, encompassing privacy concerns and intellectual property protection. In the context of the Copyright Act, computer software is categorized as a ‘literary work’. What is copyright protection?

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Industrial Design through AI: Impact and Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

All kinds of designs including Industrial Designs can be protected by way of copyright under the said statute since designs are considered as a form of artistic expression. Subsequently, it shall be granted copyright protection for a period of 10 years from the date of registration. To protect a design, first it needs to be registered.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 28 – July 4)

SpicyIP

However, he concludes that the recent stand of the Delhi High Court highlights that the judgment does not reflect an absolute bar over the arbitrability of disputes concerning trademarks, but rather it imposes a limitation only in relation to those matters which are concerned with the grant or registration of trademark. Thematic Highlight.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 13-19)

SpicyIP

Further details, including the link for registration, are provided in the post here. The deadline for registration for the webinar is September 20, 2021. The deadline for registration for the webinar is September 20, 2021. Further details, including the link for registration, are provided in the post here.

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

15(1) of the Berne Convention on the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1971 [ Berne ], which requires the author to prevail if their name appears on the work in the usual manner. The only exception is where material is anonymous or pseudonymous: for reasons of privacy, s. The relevant part of s. 5 reads: .

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 29- May 05)

SpicyIP

The Court held that plaintiff has made out a clear prima facie case; that the plaintiff has the necklace registered in Italy and since India is a member of Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, under Section 40 of the Copyrights Act, 1957 the registration in Italy can prove copyright infringement in India.