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Copyright Fair Use for Education

IP and Legal Filings

The law is an important part of protecting intellectual property and protecting creators’ rights to their original works. Fair use provides some exceptions to copyright protection, allowing limited use of copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner.

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Use of Warhol’s Prince Image Found Not to Be Sufficiently Transformative for Fair Use 

LexBlog IP

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S.

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Protection Of Fictional Character’s Copyright And The Doctrine Of Fair Use In The Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Although it is obvious that someone has copied a fictional character if they use identical or substantially similar language to describe them, what happens more frequently is a copying of more abstract character traits and elements that only conjure up a mental image of that character for the reader. THE DOCTRINE OF FAIR USE.

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How to Protect Software as Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property and legal protections for software technology. When considering how to secure your software product from potential theft or infringement, it is essential to understand the key forms of legal protection offered under Intellectual Property (IP) law.

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Checklist of Issues on Generative IP

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The intersection of Artificial intelligence and Intellectual Property is complex. Fair use in US ( Google Books but reuse pattern different here. Fair dealing c. Singapore (computational data analysis; user must not “use the copy for any other purpose”) f.

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Infringement of copyright and fair usage of IP Laws

IIPRD

Copyright infringement & fair use. The term ‘Intellectual’ implies that it is specific to the mind or talent. Thus, Intellectual property refers to the creation of the human mind. It is a legal concept that confers the right to owners and creators of the work, for their intellectual creativity.

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“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

LexBlog IP

So, believing that the state’s usurpation of his right to control use of the copyrighted work essentially took from the photographer a valuable property right, the photographer made a takings claim, seeking just compensation for the state’s alleged taking, essentially an assertion of eminent domain over the intellectual property.