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Contradictions of Computer-Generated Works’ Protection

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Such apparently creative outputs are not protectable as a matter of the American copyright law – or the law of the European Union (see Blaszczyk ). This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.”

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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Agreement reached on the EU AI Act: the key points to know about the political deal

LexBlog IP

2] In particular, it has been reported that France, Germany and Italy – who have previously been critical of strict rules on foundation models – may seek alterations to related rules in the final text (which could further delay, or possibly prevent, passage of the law). [3]

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Copyright for AI-generated works: a task for the internal market?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Voices emerged questioning whether current EU copyright laws should be amended in light of the many AI-generated works that have come about. One important question has been whether copyright law should be extended in order to protect such works. Importantly, copyright law is equally about culture.

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European Copyright Society letter to Commissioner Breton on a future agenda in the field of copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.

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Guest Post: Press Publishers’ Rights In Indian News Media Digital Space

SpicyIP

The provision does not apply to individual words, very short abstracts, scientific and academic blogs, journals and publication, mere facts reported in the publication, or works that are already in the public domain and hyperlinked.The right does not have an originality threshold.