SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Highlights of the Week Image from here Microsoft Corporation V. Bhandari.

Cease and Desist 105

Cease and Desist Patent Prosecution Trademark Derivative Work 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

The plaintiff gets an expensive lesson in the law of derivative works. * * * UIRC offers bonds using a private placement memorandum (PPM) and an indenture of trust. This case expands the canon of copyright protection for lawyer-drafted documents such as legal briefs and contracts. Copyright Protection for Legal Documents.

Copyright 47

Copyright Copying Copyright Infringement Editing 47

IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works. The post NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks appeared first on Global IP & Technology Law Blog. NFTs also may embody or use trademarks.

Trademark 62

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Branding Brands 62

JIPEL Copyright Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

addition of written or pictorial elements) of a work not in the public domain and/or where the creator is still alive. infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e., For the most part, liability may be avoidable: museums could defend any copyright (e.g.,

Moral Rights 52

Moral Rights Fair Use Art Social Media 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Implied-in-Law Contract/Unjust Enrichment. First Amendment.

Licensing 89

Licensing Copyright Contracts Advertising 89

LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

As an example, the plaintiffs cite a GitHub blog post in which GitHub stated “in one instance, GitHub Copilot suggested starting an empty file with something it had even seen more than a whopping 700,000 different times during training—that was the GNU General Public License.”

Licensing 52

Licensing Copyright Notice Copyright Privacy 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

Copyright 52

Copyright Related Rights Copyright Law Publishing 52

LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

As previously reported on this blog , non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) recently emerged as one of the hottest new items on the art market—artists, auction houses, museums, sports organizations and others have jumped at the chance to create and sell their own versions of these unique tokens. Copyright Claims: Roc-A-Fella Records Inc.

Non-Fungible Tokens 52

Non-Fungible Tokens Social Media Contracts Branding 52

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

But those big questions are better suited for a constitutional law blog than this IP one. Probably not, as speech and press rights are not for newspapers alone, and what, when, and how to publish or whether to publish at all have always been parts of our First Amendment protections. As Professors Post and Rothman described it (at 106 and fn.

Ownership 52

Ownership Copyright Government Intellectual Property 52