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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

In this sector, intellectual property (IP) regulations are essential for defending the rights of inventors, artists, and producers. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork. Patents also provide inventors with temporary exclusive rights to their discoveries.

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US Copyright Office refuses to register AI-generated work, finding that "human authorship is a prerequisite to copyright protection"

The IPKat

Secondly, the doctrine is about ownership, not existence of a valid copyright. AI-generated Kats The Review also rejected Thaler’s argument that AI can be an author under copyright law because the work made for hire doctrine allows for “non-human, artificial persons such as companies” to be authors.

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Artificial intelligence, machine learning and creativity in visual art: what are the protectability requirements? Part 2: the US Thaler vs Perlmutter case

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This AI system — the so-called “Creativity Machine” — produced the artwork titled “ A Recent Entrance to Paradise ”. as an author where it otherwise meets authorship criteria, with any copyright ownership vesting in the AI’s owner.” After its creation, he attempted to register this work with the Copyright Office.

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An Idea Doesn’t Have to be Novel to be Stolen (In California)

The IP Law Blog

Even though an idea is not property subject to exclusive ownership, its disclosure may be of substantial benefit to the person to whom it is disclosed. In that case, David Wexler, a toy inventor, sued Hasbro, claiming that the toy company used two of his ideas without paying him royalties.

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An Idea Doesn’t Have to be Novel to be Stolen (In California)

LexBlog IP

Even though an idea is not property subject to exclusive ownership, its disclosure may be of substantial benefit to the person to whom it is disclosed. In that case, David Wexler, a toy inventor, sued Hasbro, claiming that the toy company used two of his ideas without paying him royalties.

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. NFTs are governed by smart contracts, which divide ownership and limit transferability. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

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A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A YOUNG…CODE(R)?: Why Understanding Artificial Intelligence & Real Creativity Shouldn’t Make The Artist A Dunsel

LexBlog IP

In my recent attempt at spring cleaning, I mentioned that “ the Copyright Office’s ‘refusal to register a two-dimensional artwork claim in the work titled ‘A Recent Entrance to Paradise’ (‘Work’).” However, the characterisation of a person as an inventor is a question of law.