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

Traverse Legal Blog

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. Your NFT drop will license your copyright-protected digital asset (i.e., What Rights Are Licensed To Purchasers Buying NFTS? When you buy the Bored Ape NFT, you receive a license to the image.

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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. This technology was also licensed by Apple to use on their website and iTunes. However, Amazon sued them for infringement.

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Prompt Authorship and Ownership: Clarifying Rights and Responsibilities

Intepat

The other two copyright rejections were the images in Kristina Kashtanova’s graphic novel (Zarya of the Dawn) and Jason Allen’s artwork which had substantial human input through the crafting of hundreds of prompts using the Midjourney text-to-image generator. In such cases, it amounts to licensing of copyrightable works.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. lakhs for costs and expenses, including Court fees and an estimated revenue loss of Rs.

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The stubborn memory of generative AI: overfitting, fair use, and the AI Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In an ever more fragmented digital landscape, this provision has become a key instrument of self-regulation, playing a crucial role in the allocation of rights and obligations around the licensing of copyrighted works as training data (see here ).

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

Sticking to this resolution would include a review of standard independent contractor and employment agreements to confirm they have proper assignment language and confidentiality provisions. Lastly and most importantly, the company should understand who they are doing business with.

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (December 11 to December 17)

SpicyIP

Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India Can AI (co)author art? Delhi High Court restrains One8 Commune from playing PPL songs without license. Open AI enters into a licensing deal with Axel Springer, will receive summaries of selected articles from the publisher.

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