LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In effect, Sanhi was attempting to register the artwork as a derivative of his photograph. 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.

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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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Dear Rich IP Blog

MAY 12, 2022

That's because when an artwork is sold, the buyer only acquires ownership of the physical work, for example, the framed painting. There are exceptions to this rule, for example, if the artwork is a work made for hire , or if the artist assigns copyright to the buyer, but otherwise, the artist controls the duplication.

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Olartemoure Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

IT WASN’T UNTIL 1998 THAT MARIA ALTMANN, ADELE BLOCH-BAUER’S NIECE, INITIATED LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO RECLAIM HER FAMILY’S STOLEN ARTWORK. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Maria Altmann , affirming her right to reclaim the artwork under Austrian law.

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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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IPilogue

MARCH 17, 2023

million for legislation protecting indigenous intellectual property (IP). Other indigenous artists have also spoken about instances where their culture and IP have been appropriated for profit. This kind of uncertainty in the law has led to many indigenous artists asking for greater legal support for IP.

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IPilogue

JULY 22, 2022

IP Osgoode is pleased to announce the award of the IP Osgoode David Vaver Medal for Excellence in IP to? IP Osgoode founded this? Vaver’s influence on intellectual property law, is an original piece of artwork created by Toronto-based artist,? She spent her 3L Fall term in the IP Intensive program, taught by Prof.

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Dragons' Den

APRIL 4, 2024

Their artwork for outdoor spaces is UV, waterproof and weatherproof resistant and easy to install. Their artwork helps transform a boring fence, wall or courtyard into a place which is more inviting. It’s great that Tori and Carrie already thought about overseas protection because IP rights are territorial.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Pankhuri Malik is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On August 31, 2022, IP Osgoode held its first in-person event in over 2 years and the first instalment of the IP Osgoode Speaks series since 2020. Priortizing IP Rights over Freedom of Expression.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 12, 2023

Native American artists and craftspeople are weighing in on draft amendment proposals for the Indian Arts and Crafts Act as the federal government looks to update the legislation with more modern regulations, including new certification trademarks.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Copyright Office instituted an inquiry into a registration relating to a graphic novel that uses AI-generated artwork. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo talk about this case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here:

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IP Law 360

MAY 1, 2024

A New York federal judge has said the Los Angeles-based designer behind the "MetaBirkins" non-fungible token can provide permission to a Swedish museum to display his trademark-infringing artwork, despite an injunction barring him from promoting or selling the NFTs.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 16, 2024

Goldsmith, the Court upheld a ruling that Andy Warhol’s reworkings of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of the artist Prince into highly stylized silkscreens and drawings were not transformative, and thus were unfair, at least when images of the artworks were licensed to illustrate articles about Prince. In Jack Daniel’s v.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 24, 2023

Copyright Office instituted an inquiry into a registration relating to a graphic novel that uses AI-generated artwork. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo talk about this case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel here:

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 24, 2023

Copyright Office instituted an inquiry into a registration for a graphic novel that uses AI-generated artwork. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo talk about this case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. By: Weintraub Tobin

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hermès is suing an artist for trademark infringement over his series of digital artworks called MetaBirkins. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode here:

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Another December is here which means “The Africa IP Highlights” are here! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2022, here.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hermès is suing an artist for trademark infringement over his series of digital artworks called MetaBirkins. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. By: Weintraub Tobin

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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”). As previously reported, the copyright office rejected an application in 2020 that claimed AI (RAGHAV) who was only/sole author of the artwork. [i]

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

What started out as an allegedly threatening letter to a seller of picture hangers has turned into a federal court case in North Carolina asking a judge to declare that no one can hold a copyright or trademark on a certain type of hook.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 12, 2023

federal court's recent decision in Thaler v. Perlmutter casts serious doubts on the prospects for granting full copyright protections to the output of today's exponentially advancing artificial intelligence systems, but there are ways for applicants to prepare for hurdles, says Matthew Carey at Marshall Gerstein.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 14, 2023

Supreme Court case over Andy Warhol's artwork. A tattoo artist locked in an intellectual property battle with the maker of the NBA 2K video game series over computer-rendered tattoos told an Ohio federal judge that a trial doesn't need to wait for a decision in a U.S.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) this week finalized its refusal to uphold, in part, a registration it issued to Kristina Kashtanova for a graphic novel that contained generative artwork and human story and design elements.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The lawsuit claimed that the defendants intentionally mimicked League of Legends’s distinctive visual style, characters, and artwork, as well as other visual, audiovisual, and textual elements in I Am Hero: AFK Tactical. By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Is there still a way to get IP if you’re too late to patent your products? Copyrights to the Rescue: A Second Chance to Obtain IP When It’s Too Late to Patent It would help to be cautiously optimistic in these late situations. Need IP for a product that is too late to patent? Invariably, I get no good answers.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

1] However, this growth also brought an onslaught of new Intellectual Property (IP) issues. A person who employed the artist will be considered the proprietor of the artwork and can register for exclusivity for the same character. [3] 6] NFTs as of today don’t provide the exclusive right to the owner to commercialise the artwork.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

In this part 1, we tackle the first of three questions regarding the legal copyright landscape from an NFT purchaser’s perspective, as the extent to which the IP framework applies to NFTs remains uncertain. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Banksy's Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge A while ago The IPKat reported [ here and here ] on a string of cancellations of elusive artist Banksy ’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations relating to some of their best-known artworks. The reason?

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Copyright Office on Monday again denied an artist's attempt to register his van Gogh-inspired artwork generated by artificial intelligence, saying there's not enough human involvement for the artist to claim copyright.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 14, 2024

The Los Angeles-based designer behind the "MetaBirkins" non-fungible token is barred from displaying his artwork at a Swedish museum after a federal judge ruled there is a high probability he will use the platform to promote products that a jury previously said infringed trademarks held by luxury French fashion house Hermès International.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 10, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the U.S. Copyright Office’s refusal to register a copyright for a piece of artwork created by Artificial Intelligence. By: Weintraub Tobin

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s December and time for what is now an annual ritual for this Africa Correspondent – The Africa IP Highlights! The Africa IP Highlights is an initiative of this Kat and is a series of posts put together to highlight some of the key developments in IP in Africa each year.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 24, 2023

Copyright Office instituted an inquiry into a registration for a graphic novel that uses AI-generated artwork. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo talk about this case on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. By: Weintraub Tobin

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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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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the U.S. Copyright Office’s refusal to register a copyright for a piece of artwork created by Artificial Intelligence. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Come with this Kat for a stroll around this week’s posts from IP blogs. This week, a controversy involving a famous Hollywood actor damaging one of Banksy’s artworks has taken the news and Aaron Moss, on Copyright Lately, discusses the possibility of Banksy suing the actor based on infringement of his (?)

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

After the 2015 transaction between the team and the league closed, the team was sued by a third party who claimed that the Gull logo infringed his artwork entitled “San Diego Gulls”. Another point is, when drafting the scope of intellectual property being acquired, be sure to be as inclusive as possible.

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