JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The US Copyright Office (CO) Review Board rejected a request to register artwork partially generated by artificial intelligence (AI) because the work contains more than a de minimis amount of content generated by AI and the applicant was unwilling to disclaim the AI-generated material. 5, 2023) (S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2024

Copyright Office’s refusal to register copyright to an artwork generated by Thaler’s Creativity Machine. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, continuing the artificial intelligence (AI) technologist’s legal challenge to the U.S. The reply brief argues that there is no human authorship requirement under the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Copyright Office Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s refusal to register a digital artwork created with the Midjourney text-to-image GenAI tool. On September 5, 2023, the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 11, 2022

Copyright Office over its refusal to register artwork created by his artificial intelligence software. . Technology is changing, but is copyright law keeping up? Stephen Thaler clearly believes it is not and has sued the U.S. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 24, 2025

Key Takeaways: - Confirming the position of the Copyright Office and past precedent considering the possibility of non-human authors, the D.C. Circuit held this week that the Copyright Act does not protect works created entirely by AI. The D.C.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Allen (not protected by copyright) Last week I wrote about Stephen Thaler’s quixotic and determined approach to obtain copyright registration in the US for his AI generated artwork, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”, created (he claims) exclusively by his AI “machine”, the so-called Creativity Machine.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 10, 2022

Let’s break down that mouthful: NFTs are a blockchain technology that creates indisputable ownership records that the art world has embraced as a way to buy and sell digital artwork. Bored Apes” are a specific line of NFTs depicting original characters based on – you guessed it – bored. By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In short, AI artwork has emerged so quickly that there are significant practical, legal and ethical issues surrounding it and the battle lines on all three are being drawn as we speak. Proactive disclosure prevents people from feeling misled by the artwork. Set Reasonable Limits: Platforms need to set reasonable limits on uploads.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 8, 2021

3: PokerPaint Boss Brett Butz in New Copyright Theft Row over Artwork NFTs. Now, just a few months later, PokerPaint is back in the spotlight for offering NFTs of some of that artwork and at least one photographer is claiming that it includes work he previously filed a cease and desist order on.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 20, 2023

There, it was presented as an original Koons artwork of which three copies exist. Garrone subsequently contacted Koons several times (in 1997, 2007 and 2009) in order to obtain a declaration of authenticity from him and thus sell the artwork. Subsequently, the sculpture was shipped to Italy and held at customs in Milan.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Next up today, Hollie Geraghty at NME reports that the street artist Banksy is calling upon his nearly 12 million Instagram followers to shoplift from a London store following the unauthorized use of some of his artwork. ” Since then, the store has covered up the mural and posted security outside the shop.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Copyright Office denied copyright protection for Kashtanova’s Midjourney-generated artwork, the Office found their work lacked the critical component of a human author. The law of the copyrightability of AI-generated artwork is likely to continue to change, but the battle between new technology and old law will timelessly endure.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 20, 2024

On February 15, 2024, the United States Copyright Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking, proposing to create a new group registration option for published two-dimensional artwork. The proposed rule, which the Copyright Office calls “GR2D,” would allow applicants to register up to ten.

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IP Law 360

MAY 12, 2025

Circuit on Monday denied a computer scientist's request for a three-judge panel rehearing or en banc review of an order that found copyright law protects only human creations, nixing his appeal that attempted to obtain copyright for a two-dimensional artwork made by thecomputer scientist's artificial intelligence system.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2025

Stephen Thaler claims to have created a generative-AI system dubbed Creativity Machine, which Thaler says created a picture that Dr. Thaler titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise (the Artwork). By: MoFo Tech

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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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JD Supra Law

APRIL 1, 2025

Circuit affirmed the denial of Stephen Thalers copyright application, which included artwork generated fully by his AI model, the Creativity Machine, on the basis that it is not a human being as required by the Copyright Act of 1976. 2025) offers continued guidance on whether authorship can be attributed to AI systems (i.e.,

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Jason Allen, the author of the two-dimensional digital artwork, titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” which was rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office last year, has filed a request for declaratory judgment with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado asking the court to find that his work is eligible for copyright registration.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Specifically, users were upset that that their artwork would be used to train the new system and that, if they wanted to opt out, their options were limited. Many users took to Twitter, in addition to forums on DeviantArt itself, to express their frustration and to condemn the new tool.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 17, 2022

Copyright Office denied a second request for reconsideration regarding a refusal to register artwork created by AI. Importantly, the application for registration indicated that the artwork was created "autonomously" by "a computer algorithm running on a machine.". Background - On February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the U.S.

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Art Law Journal

JULY 15, 2021

If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? Steve Schlackman.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

First off today, Adam Schrader at UPI reports that New York artist Kris Kashtanova has received a copyright registration for a graphic novel entitled Zarya of the Dawn , representing the first known copyright registration granted to a work of AI-generated artwork.

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The IPKat

APRIL 6, 2025

And even if the artwork of Miyazaki was a visual work that could fall under the realm of VARA protections, moral rights in their current form would probably inadequately protect against the new frontiers of AI outputs. Thanks to extensive lobbying from studios, motion pictures were explicitly exempted from moral rights protections.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2021

Finally today, Jakob Thorington at the Post Register reports that, in Idaho, an Ammon-based business has filed a lawsuit against the nearby town of Rexburg over alleged copyright infringement of its child-friendly artwork and scenery.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

3: Immersive Experiences and Copyright: TeamLab Sues MODS for ‘Copying their Artwork’ Finally today, Jonny Walfisz at Euronews reports that the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based museum, the Museum of Dream Space (MODS) alleging copyright infringement.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Traditional auction houses have already started leveraging the technology, with one piece of digital artwork being sold for $69 million on Christie’s, and a visualization of the source code for the internet being sold for $5 million on Sotheby’s. Luxury brands, like LVMH, are collaborating to develop the world’s first.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 12, 2023

Native American artists and craftspeople are weighing in on draft amendment proposals for the Indian Arts and Crafts Act as the federal government looks to update the legislation with more modern regulations, including new certification trademarks.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office on Monday again denied an artist's attempt to register his van Gogh-inspired artwork generated by artificial intelligence, saying there's not enough human involvement for the artist to claim copyright.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Aldi was sued for copyright infringement of an artwork that appeared on the packaging of childrens snacks under the BABY BELLIES, LITTLE BELLIES and MIGHTY BELLIES brands, each aimed at different age groups. The brands (hereafter Bellies) were licensed to Every Bite Counts Pty Ltd ("EBC"), including a range of Puffs products.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Copyright Office (USCO) denying registration of a two-dimensional artwork generated by Creativity Machine, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm created by Dr. Stephen Thaler. In an opinion letter dated February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office (Review Board) affirmed a decision of the U.S.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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?

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

I first wrote about this case back in March , when Atari filed a complaint accusing State Farm and its advertising partners of improperly appropriating artwork from Atari’s 1983 arcade game “Crystal Castles” for a 6-second online video advertisement. Conversely, in Ringgold v.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 16, 2023

District Court for the District of Columbia in a lawsuit over copyright eligibility for artwork created by AI systems. Last week, artificial intelligence (AI) systems developer Dr. Stephen Thaler filed a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. Thaler’s motion for summary judgment argues that AI-generated works are copyrightable under U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Copyright Office has begun the process of revoking a copyright registration that was granted to the human author of a piece of artwork that was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). First off today, Franklin Graves at IPWatchdog reports that the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 7, 2022

Stephen Thaler has filed a lawsuit against the United States Copyright Office (USCO) hoping to overturn the USCO’s decision to not grant a copyright registration for an AI created piece of artwork. Previously, Thaler submitted the work A Recent Entrance to Paradise to the USCO for a copyright registration.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Left is my original artwork from my video. Graphic design is credited to award-winning graphic designer Jeremy Samples, so it's disappointing they would copy instead of producing original artwork. It was created by Seven Bucks Productions and The Nacelle Company. And this one.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the background of the photo was a piece of artwork by photographer Jora Frantzis, who inspired the work. On October 31, Cardi B posted an Instagram photo of herself dressed as a racy version of Marge Simpson, clad in a Thierry Mugler dress. The work in question was part of his series Marge Simpsons Style Icon.

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