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Are Fictional Characters Protected Under Copyright Law?

Creative Law Center

The post Are Fictional Characters Protected Under Copyright Law? appeared first on Creative Law Center. The independent life of fictional characters. Consider them an additional creative asset in a writer’s intellectual property portfolio.

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AI and Copyright Law in 2023: Federal Government Activities

Copyright Alliance

That was especially true for copyright issues related to AI, which sparked several Congressional hearings, a study by the U.S. […] The post AI and Copyright Law in 2023: Federal Government Activities appeared first on Copyright Alliance. 2023 was an extremely busy year for artificial intelligence (AI).

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Book Review: Music Borrowing and Copyright Law

The IPKat

This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis , edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). An ambitious aim that Barrett achieves in an engaging and candid chapter.

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'Success Kid' Meme Fight Tests Limits of Copyright Law

IP Law 360

An Eighth Circuit panel considered Tuesday the question of how far federal copyright law stretches to cover the use of memes while debating the effect of last year's landmark Warhol ruling on a suit against a former U.S. representative's use of the "Success Kid" meme in a fundraising post.

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.

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Recent Developments Related to Generative AI and Copyright Law

JD Supra Law

The increasing sophistication of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had widespread effects on fields ranging from art and film to law and healthcare.

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[Guest post] Works of applied art – the difference between design and copyright law

The IPKat

Here’s what Henning writes: Works of applied art – the difference between design and copyright law by Henning Hartwig I. USM Haller modular furniture In 2011, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), for the first time, had to decide on issues revolving around the protection of different categories of works under European copyright law.