Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The former had contracted with Wali’s studio to redesign the station murals as part of an initiative to promote Egyptian civilization, heritage and culture. Thus, it is highly plausible, if not evident for some, that this case can fall more within the boundaries of inspiration and not pure imitation of protected artwork.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The former had contracted with Wali’s studio to redesign the station murals as part of an initiative to promote Egyptian civilization, heritage and culture. Thus, it is highly plausible, if not evident for some, that this case can fall more within the boundaries of inspiration and not pure imitation of protected artwork.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Background (NFT Copyright). The case focused around a comic image depicting a chubby tiger receiving a vaccine shot, which was one of many artworks from the popular cartoon series “ Fat Tiger ” released on Weibo, China’s principal social media site, by a Chinese artist. Shenzhen Qice Diechu Cultural Creativity Co.,

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

The case focused around a comic image depicting a chubby tiger receiving a vaccine shot, which was one of many artworks from the popular cartoon series “ Fat Tiger ” released on Weibo, China’s principal social media site, by a Chinese artist. It will be intriguing to follow up case law in this area as it makes progress.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

In a policy paper , copyright and art-law experts led by the author clarified the general copyright law principles applicable to stakeholders dealing with digital cultural heritage worldwide and formulated recommendations, addressed to policy-makers, to facilitate their digital activities. Proposal 4.

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Copyright Lately

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

People probably aren’t aware, but Spotify just as an example, has been involved in dozens and dozens of rights disagreements with rightsholders, be it on not only songwriting but also the master rights and even also artwork rights. So there’s a lot of nuances out there.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. .”

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

Chiusa also has a registration for a brochure, stating that he created “text, photograph(s), [and] artwork on p.1” While the copper websites looked more similar, “most instances of resemblance arise out of the use of the allegedly copyright-protected photographs. 1” therein.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. This book should not be perceived as a classic manual on the application of copyright to these art forms. It emerges that brands should pay for the use of street artworks. because of rain).

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 29, 2022

If you’re selling a digital rendition of a piece of artwork, you will mint an NFT, which will then attach to that particular piece of digital art. The NFT will link to what the owner is licensing: the actual digital work, the piece of artwork, the image, the video, the audio file, etc. BlockChains and Digital Assets.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

Social media influencers sign contracts with businesses to promote their products by providing original content for such brands. Whether NFT is their unique work or they prefer to mix copyrighted material with another artist, content producers are still protected by copyright law. Build your market reputation. Conclusion.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

However, the underlying digital artwork itself is not the NFT. For example, copyright law as it stands today may not sufficiently protect athletes or associations like the NBA from the unauthorized creation of NFTs. Essentially, an NFT is a digital token that can serve as a certificate of ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

The copyrights Act includes computer programmes and electronic communication, however this has been viewed as a grey area. Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 6, 2022

Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? For that, you’d need an assignment or license from the owner of the underlying copyright. The same rule applies to digital artworks sold as NFTs. That would require a copyright transfer via a signed writing from Yuga. Definitely.

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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. In its refusal of Thaler’s second request for reconsideration, the USCO reflected on decades of case law in both the Supreme Court and lower courts, as well as the Compendiums of U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Many aspiring artists have now started converting their physical and digital artworks into NFTs and putting it up for sale, with many making considerable profits. NFTs have sparked several discussions raising questions on how this would affect IP Rights and what ownership of artwork, especially digital copies of artwork entails.

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Copyright Lately

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Fundamentally, an NFT is just a transactional record and a link to a digital asset (often an image of artwork or a document) stored somewhere on the web. ” One potential way (though not the only way) to do this is by looking to the Copyright Act for guidance. This is, after all, supposed to be a copyright case.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

AI and Copyright: More Developments – Human Prompts are Not ‘Direct Instructions’ After the Thaler case, the US Copyright Office passed another interesting order on AI-generated works, this time refusing the registration due to the work’s failure to meet the de-minimis threshold. Manju Singhal v.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 13, 2022

If a person buys an art piece in the form of NFT from an organization he/she can re-sell the same, and there won’t be an issue but if the same person tries to reproduce the same artwork, then it can lead to legal issues as it depends on the licensing terms of that organization.

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