Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

copyright subsists automatically in an original qualifying work. Copyright registration may be obtained to create a public record of the work and to assist the copyright owner in enforcement of their rights. Copyright registration in the U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Office and the U.S.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-Generated Art: Where Artistry Meets Algorithms Before diving into the intricacies of copyright registration /ownership, let’s set the stage by understanding the birth of AI-generated art. To delve deeper into the question of ownership, we need to grasp the traditional concept of copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This AI system — the so-called “Creativity Machine” — produced the artwork titled “ A Recent Entrance to Paradise ”. After its creation, he attempted to register this work with the Copyright Office. Copyright Office, Compendium of U.S. Hence and copyright law was therefore not designed to reach them.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times. Registration was refused in August 2019, in line with previous US case law and guidance.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. The purpose of copyrights is to protect creative works, including writings, from infringement. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Registration was sought as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine. In 2019, the Copyright Office rejected the application, holding that human authorship is necessary to support a copyright claim. The application stated that the Work had been autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. says the author.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. says the author.

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Patentably Defined

AUGUST 28, 2022

A copyright, on the other hand, protects original works of authorship, such as books, articles, music, and films. . Trademarks A trademark is a symbol, name, or design that is used to identify the products or services of a particular company. It can be a word, phrase, logo, or even a sound.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

CC has a recent trademark registration for a design mark “consist[ing] of the stylized wording ‘COLOR COPPER.COM”, [with] a diamond shape between the wording ‘COLOR’ and ‘COPPER’ made up of four smaller diamonds, each diamond having a pattern inside of it,” COPPER.COM disclaimed. There’s a similar copyright registration for this site.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a decision issued [1] November 27, 2023, a Chinese court ruled that AI-generated content can enjoy protection under copyright law. copyright law and may have far-reaching implications. In that scenario, it is universally understood that the photographer is the author of the resulting copyright-protected photograph.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. A trademark can be any word or phrase symbol design combination of things that identifies your goods and services in the marketplace. The art inside the gallery is protected by COpyright law.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. The purpose of copyrights is to protect creative works, including writings, from infringement. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Copyright Law Why are we so sure facts are excluded from the statute when the statute doesn’t use that word and uses a lot of other words. Fact also delineates specific categories—1960 report of meaning of “writings” that is a precursor to 102(b) lists ideas, dress designs, reports of current events, names/titles.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

Copyright is applied to fresh and unique work as soon as it is created. However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. For modern designers, this may be both a blessing and a curse. Trademarks. Conclusion.

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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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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. The jury found in Unicolors favor and H&M moved the court for judgment as a matter of law, which the trial court denied.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Unicolors, Inc. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. . pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2022

Unicolors is the owner of copyrights in various fabric designs, including a 2011 copyright registration that consisted of 31 separate designs. The jury found in Unicolors favor and H&M moved the court for judgment as a matter of law, which the trial court denied.

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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. Dr. Reddy’s Labs Ltd. Promoshirt SM SA v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused registration of “Trump Too Small” under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act ( 15 USC 1052(c) ) because the phrase includes a living individual’s name without his written consent. Tam (2017) and Iancu v. The text of Section 2(c) is viewpoint-neutral.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

Oracle , that ‘fair use’ is an ‘equitable rule of reason’ requiring ‘judicial balancing’ of ‘the sometimes conflicting aims of copyright law’ so that copyright does not ‘stifle the very creativity which the law las was meant to foster.’ ’ (Op.

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