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An “Evel” Outcome? Evel Knievel’s son unsuccessful in trademark suit against Disney

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Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . . Notably, the threshold for this is “very low” and the artistic relevance “merely must be above zero”. Photo by Tyler Nix ( Unsplash ). What happened? . The Rogers v. K&K Promotions Inc. Pepsi Cola Canada Ltd.

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What Do You “Meme” That’s Copyrightable?

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Although originality seems like a low threshold to meet, memes may not exactly make the cut. Although the term “ author ” is not defined in the federal statute , the first owner of copyright is presumed to be the person who creates the work. Copyrighting a Meme. Artistic Work. Authorship. The next component to copyright is authorship.

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UK’s short-lived dream for a code of practice on genAI and copyright law

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Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn. The author would like to thank João Pedro Quintais, Thomas Margoni and Dheemanth Vangimalla for comments on earlier drafts of this post.

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IPSC Breakout Session #4 Innovation/Copyright

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There are also cronyism and quota problems: when you have a quota, people may take advantage of that to make quickies on the cheap w/low production values. The Emily in Paris problem: The dodge where you make the content in the country but not for the country. Objection 2.5: