Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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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.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

Let’s Talk About Derivative Works Subject to fair use and other defenses, a copyright owner has the exclusive right to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work. Drop me a comment below or @copyrightlately on social media. reproduction) of images in order to train the model. Stability AI Ltd.

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2022

WGACA also advertises its products using a combination of its marks and the marks of all of the luxury fashion houses that it sells. It used Chanel marks and indicia, such as Chanel artwork and images of Chanel runway shows, in advertisements and displays featured in-store and on its webpages, social media, and direct-to-consumer emails.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

The territory would ideally have to be the world, for an artwork or an article published online, and also, it would be difficult to practically take down the same after 5 years. When used in a manner that is commercial or public, the Output might not even qualify as fair use, unless it is sufficiently transformative.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs are unique tokens based on blockchain technology and used as digital assets. 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.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs are unique tokens based on blockchain technology and used as digital assets. 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.

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The IPKat

JULY 9, 2023

It emerges that brands should pay for the use of street artworks. The number of registrations with the US Copyright Office has been growing since the 1970s. The use of cease-and-desist letters is widespread too. It should also be noted that appropriating artists such as Jeff Koons have also won disputes based on fair use.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

26] The defendants denied many of the allegations in the complaint, and asserted several affirmative defenses, including that the NFTs fell under the fair use exception to the Copyright Act. [27] by other innovators that also use NFTs to track title to physical goods held in a vault, such as fine art, whiskey, and wine.” [43].

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

Even premium watch brands are promoting NFT auctions through the many social media platforms accessible. Since then, the fashion industry has grown far more careful. Gucci has offered new products as an NFT last year, including one-of-a-kind sneakers. is here to stay, and there’s no end in sight.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In addition to supporting gaming and social media, the Metaverse combines sectors of the economy, digital identity, decentralized democratic accountability, and other applications. Artists are using virtual reality and augmented reality to create previously unimagined artworks. Image source:Gettyimage].

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

As described here in a previous post: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected an artistic intent or purpose test for fair use on March 26, 2021, in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. ” Then, as I noted , the US Supreme Court decided a few days later, “in Google v. at 7-9) were transformative.,”

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