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Not Past the Post Yet

BYU Copyright Blog

Not Past the Post Yet Commercial Educational Materials,University May 20, 10:08 AM May 20, 10:07 AM In October 2021, we first published a blog post on a case filed by Post University against Course Hero.

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NFTs: New Frontiers for Trademarks

IP Tech Blog

Intellectual property owners need to add the metaverse to places to watch for possible infringement, specifically, trademark or copyright infringement in the form of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.

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The Training Wheels are Off: The Copyright Implications of Training Generative AI

LexBlog IP

Several recent, high-profile lawsuits raise the issue of whether such training algorithms violate copyright law’s restrictions on creating derivative works without the creators’ consent. What is a Derivative Work? What is Generative AI?

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Reader Survey: Tell Us Whether You Think Stability AI Outputs are Substantially Similar to Andersen Plaintiffs’ Original Works

LexBlog IP

Specifically, the judge said that for their vicarious copyright infringement claims to remain viable, the plaintiffs would have to at least allege that derivative works created using AI programs that generate images in response to user prompts are “substantially similar” to their original copyright-protected works.

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Intellectual Property: What Are the Differences between Patent, Trademark, and Copyright?

More Than Your Mark

Here’s an easy guide to understanding the differences between copyright, patent, and trademark. Copyrights protect creative works. Whether it’s a book, a piece of music, a sculpture, an architectural drawing, a movie, a fashion design, or even this very article, the intellectual property right in the work itself is a copyright.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions. Can other IP rights like trademarks play a role in protecting NFTs? Is this the same in the US and China? If yes, under what circumstances?

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Is the Happiest Place on Earth About to Lose its Smiling Face?

LexBlog IP

Disney should also be strategically liberal in its lawsuits—both under trademark law and under derivative works. While copyright protection expires, trademark protection does not. ” Disney has trademark protection for Mickey Mouse. .” ” Disney has trademark protection for Mickey Mouse.