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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Confidential Information Image by Riana Harvey Annsley Merelle Ward discussed the recent decision Mimo Connect v Burley & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 909 and in particular the fact that facts are everything in confidential information cases. Here is a brief recap of the topics covered last week on The IPKat.

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Artifical Intelligence Vis-À-Vis Ownership and Authorship Right under Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

In addition, concerns have been raised regarding the authenticity and possession of the artwork, the involvement of the artist, and the authorship and ownership of its copyright in relation to the integration of artificial intelligence into the artistic process. Two major obstacles can be recognized in this context.

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Bungie & Ubisoft Reach $300,000 Settlement With Ring-1 Cheat Sellers

TorrentFreak

Other claims in the complaint include the unlawful reproduction of copyrighted artwork and game files, plus inducing and contributing to the copyright-infringing acts of Ring-1 customers, who allegedly create unauthorized derivative works when they deploy Ring-1 cheats.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

As for JC Bamford Excavators Ltd v Manitou UK Ltd , the Court addressed legal questions about confidential information and the public interest in open justice. In the case of Dr Craig Steven Wright v BTC Core, the Court found that the bitcoin file format had been fixed when the first bitcoin blockchain was written.

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Fatal Mistakes Made By The ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ & ‘Crypto Punks’ NFT Projects

Traverse Legal Blog

Copyrights protection for the artwork itself is also critical. Any NFT project offering Apes are derivative of the artwork for the Bored Ape yacht CLub are potentially infringing the BAYC’s copyrights. The senior rights holder can stop any identical brand name use and any name, words, or logo that is confusingly similar.

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Aicon Art LLC v. Aicon Contemporary LLC:  A Reminder About the Importance of Knowing Who the Client Is

LexBlog IP

8] However, the court balanced these rights against the long-standing prohibition on an attorney acting adversely to a current client or a former client in the same or a substantially related matter, part of an attorney’s obligations to preserve client confidentiality. [9]

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Can a website be patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The domain name of the website may be protected by Trade Mark laws, whereas the contents of the website- the text, artwork, photographs, audio-visual content etc. A website can be seen as a collection of webpages comprising of a wide variety of information such as text, media files, sometimes even software.

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