LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 14, 2022, the Review Board of the United States Copyright Office issued an opinion letter denying a claimant’s second request for reconsideration to register an Artificial Intelligence artwork piece titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” (“Work”).

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IPilogue

MARCH 2, 2023

This development has led legal commentators to observe that, unfortunately, the copyright law surrounding celebrity tattoos remains unclear. Copyright protection over tattoos has been a hot topic for some time. This is a far cry from the revenues earned on the WWE 2K games, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies each.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With tools like DALL·E 2 and Midjourney now able to produce unique, hyper-realistic images in a wide variety of different styles, the prospect of using these programs to create inexpensive set pieces and other artwork has suddenly become a viable option for all types of commercial productions. copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On December 11, 2023, the Copyright Review Board affirmed the Copyright Office’s decision to reject Ankit Sahni’s application to register the AI-generated work depicted above. In effect, Sanhi was attempting to register the artwork as a derivative of his photograph.

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IPilogue

JULY 18, 2022

There seems to have always been tension between artistic creativity and copyright law. Copyright, in the simplest terms, is “ the right to copy.” The purpose of the artwork was to call attention to the power hierarchy and elitism in the art world. In this sense, the act of copying is the very medium of Warhol’s art.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In many cases, NFTs are large files and, thus, a link to the actual photo, video, or audio file is what is stored on the blockchain rather than the actual piece of artwork. More specifically, NFTs are digital files such as photographs, videos, or audio files that can be bought and sold with cryptocurrency. By: Harness IP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 25, 2023

Register of Copyrights that an AI-generated work “absent any guiding human hand” is not protected by copyright, explaining that “[h]uman authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright.” By: Goodwin

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IIPRD

MARCH 1, 2023

The general position in intellectual property laws states that upon the assignment of the copyright by the artist over his artwork to another legal entity, the artist cannot enjoy any economic benefits attached to the artwork. Furthermore, the resold artwork should be sold for a sum exceeding at least Rs.10,000

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 9, 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. Traditional artwork is valuable because it’s unique and exclusive, and NFTs attempt to impose this uniqueness onto digital works.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law.

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Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

An NFT, or “non-fungible token” is a token added to a blockchain that links ownership to unique digital items (images, video files, audio files, artworks, etc.). Your work is protected by copyright law from the moment it is “created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device”.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Eleventh Circuit has backed a lower court's finding that a company that sells car dashboard climate control stickers flouted copyright law when it sent a notice to Amazon to take down a listing for a competitor's product.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. The Andy Warhol Foundation contended that the artworks were transformative and gave new meaning to Goldsmith’s photo.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

AI generated art is made autonomously by artificial intelligence without human creative input (see below for the artwork Dall-E 2 created in response to my suggestion “a machine painting a canvas”). Under the Indian Copyright Act , such works are classified as “computer generated works”. The basis for registration is not specified.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2022

Kat- quotation There is little doubt that one of the most (if not the most) significant exceptions in copyright law is the one relating to quotation, criticism or review. A final appeal to the Italian Supreme Court followed. It is important to recall that such appeals only concern the correct interpretation of legislative provisions.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously. To delve deeper into the question of ownership, we need to grasp the traditional concept of copyright. Copyright laws are designed to safeguard the rights of creators.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Code of the Cultural and Landscape Heritage’s legal force is separate from copyright laws and remains in effect when copyright protection does not. Photo Credits: The Fashion Law ; Jean Paul Gaultier ). Uffizi took issue with Pornhub’s online guide to erotic art which used the artwork.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Since the Second Circuit found the use of the song in the film fair and thus there was no direct infringement, the claims for secondary copyright infringement were also dismissed. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty. by Tito Rendas. €

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

The Second and Ninth Circuits have consistently led the way in establishing the scope of American copyright law. In the past few years, the Second Circuit in particular has had the difficult task of reconciling copyright law with appropriation art, an artistic style predicated on the intentional use of preexisting images and objects.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 31, 2023

This decision raises many issues regarding copyright ownership that will require further court involvement and/or policy reform. The primary challenge arising from AI-generated artwork pertains to copyright existence and ownership. Copyright law traditionally assigns authorship to individuals who create original works.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 1, 2023

Supreme Court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s orange silkscreen portrait of musician Prince, adapted from a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith, does not qualify as “fair use” under copyright law.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 26, 2023

In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. By: Weintraub Tobin

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court recalled the conditions of protectability of an artwork in a case involving a work created using software. Here below the artwork by Lindelokse. The Court of Genoa held that the architect was the author of the work and that RAI had infringed her copyright. Creativity under Article 1 of Law No.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Background Banksy’s graffiti artwork Laugh Now first appeared in Brighton, England, in 2002. Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. However, artists are required to reveal their identity when claiming copyright infringement. street artist Banksy.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. a collage, sculpture, photograph , or graphic work; 2. Industrial Design.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of copyright is human authorship. Perlmutter, et.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

1: Top EU Court Rejects Polish Complaint Over Copyright Law. First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 26, 2023

This incident has ignited a broader debate concerning the utilization of public domain artworks for commercial purposes. The Supreme Court ruled that the use and modification of photographs solely for commercial purposes does not qualify as fair use and therefore constitutes a violation of copyright law.

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Patently-O

APRIL 18, 2024

The parties have now filed their briefs, along with one law professor amicus brief in support of Thaler. Using this system, he autonomously generated a 2-D artwork titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.” ” In August 2023, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Copyright Office.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Such works qualify as ‘computer generated works’ under the Indian Copyright Act. For such works, copyright law confers authorship to the “person who causes the work to be created”. As reported, in 2020, the copyright office rejected an application which listed AI (RAGHAV) as the sole author for an artwork.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Cattelan created artwork named “Comedian” in 2019. The court displayed the respective artworks: Morford sued Cattelan for copyright infringement. ” Independently (?), VINDICATED!!! Case citation : Morford v.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. The decision affirms a previous ruling by the Second Circuit, which found that Warhol’s artwork shared the same commercial purpose as the original photograph taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Mexican copyright law placed Kahlo's works in the public domain 25 years after her death, so you don't need authorization to include a photo of her painting in your film. More importantly, deceased figures cannot be defamed or have their privacy invaded (the two common basis for lawsuits involving the use of real people in fiction).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office held a conference on machine learning and copyright law (see “ Copyright Law and Machine Learning for AI: Where Are We and Where Are We Going ?”). Copyright Office launched a study to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by generative AI.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this post, we’ll examine Copyright and Design Rights, two key forms in IPR. Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright.

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