The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? A Dietz, ‘The protection of intellectual property in the information age - the draft E.U. The short answer is: yes.

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Intepat

JANUARY 8, 2024

Allegations and Claims by The New York Times The New York Times claims that these companies are trying to take undue advantage of the hard work and money put into creating such a high and superior quality of journalism. Undoubtedly, the results of these court conflicts will influence how copyright law and technology intersect in the future.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Oriakhogba’s work is a timely reflection on approaches to navigate the complex terrain of using copyright laws to address issues of ownership, control and management inherent in or arising from repatriated (and/or "should-be-repatriated") cultural heritage materials. See South Africa's Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Many, if not all, the readers of this blog will have sincere admiration for the academic world of intellectual property. The conference was attended by Italy's most authoritative professors who are experts in intellectual property and copyright law in particular, who gave a number of memories of Prof.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 6, 2023

The book, titled Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law. And, speaking of the book, we are happy to re-publish the review that Bill Patry (Mayer Brown) provided of it, as just published by the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In response to the call to submissions, thirteen scholars in Intellectual Property, including Osgoode Hall Professor Carys Craig and Queen’s Law Professor Bita Amani, penned their suggestions for how the government could address these concerns. The scholars rejected the notion of copyright protection for AI-generated works.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

ChatGPT and the Underlying Copyright Malady Can the output(s) generated by ChatGPT be protected under copyright law? Who is the owner of the underlying copyright (if any) the coder? Call for Papers: NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. The author of the input?

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2023

Image credits: Riana Harvey Events and publications The Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute joins forces with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in organising their annual IP event, this year tackling the hot topic of investigating the crucial narratives on the role of IP law and theory in promoting a sustainable world.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

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. , and Copyright in Graffiti and Street Art). The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

intellectual property laws, copyright protection only exists where there is human selection and arrangement of information; there is no copyright protection for material generated by a non-human. [4] 3] Berber Jin and Miles Kruppa, “The Backstory of ChatGPT Creator OpenAI,” The Wall Street Journal (Dec.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

According to Section 2(d)(v) of the Copyright Act, the producer of a cinematograph film is considered the work’s creator. [1] This preference for producers in copyright law has recently been questioned. Aplin, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trademarks and Allied Rights 471(Sweet and Maxwell, London, 2010).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

deemed that creative news articles written by Dreamwriter AI software are protectable under Chinese copyright law since “creative choices” were made by the software engineers who created the Dream writer software in the first place. copyright law which requires the author of the work to be a human being.

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 19, 2023

Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 157, Number 5: Copyright Board Rules of Practice and Procedure [link] 2023-03-12 Meta to end news access for Canadians if Online News Act becomes law [link] 2023-03-12 Wall Street Braces for the Next Silicon Valley Bank – The Wall Street Journal [link] 2023-03-12 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-03-11 (..)

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” copyright law. The report notes on page 11 that “In 2003, research estimates put the [U.S.] ” Id.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The problem arises because copyright law is written as an “opt-in” system (no copying without authorization), while the Internet is designed as an “opt-out” system (it allows copying unless it is prohibited). I think this ruling reinforces why the CJPA is preempted by federal copyright law. 882 (2006).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In a 2015 decision , the BGH repeated its criteria for differentiating between the relevant types of use under copyright law in the form of reproduction or adaptation on the one side and the exploitation of a work created in free use permitted under Section 24 (1) UrhG on the other. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

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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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

7 February 2023 – Centre for Law, Society and Popular Culture, University of Westminster: “ Issues and Developments in Entertainment Law ” (Portland Hall, University of Westminster, UK) The seventh annual lecture delivered by Sir Richard Arnold will centre around issues and developments in entertainment law from an intellectual property perspective.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 12, 2024

To protect the right of creators, Copyright law was introduced, fostering creative innovation. Copyright Law and Insufficient Injunctions The British Statute of Anne, 1710, was the first copyright statute. Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law, 11, 179-204. link] Sareen, M.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

24-25 November 2022 | ERA | " Annual Conference on European Copyright Law 2022 " (Tier, Germany and online) On 24 and 25 November 2022, ERA will host its hybrid annual conference that will update intellectual property lawyers on ongoing EU initiatives and recent ECJ case law in the field of copyright.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

‘AI Generated Work’, ‘Computer Generated’ and ‘Work’ in Copyright: Whether AI Generated Work is a ‘Work’? Can AI Generated works be regarded as “works” capable of protection under copyright law? Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

Mili is a graduate of Institute of Law, Nirma University, currently completing her LLM at LSE. Her areas of interest are Information Technology law, Intellectual Property law, Media & Communication Law, and human rights law. . Image from here. Introduction.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

17 of the DSM Directive, the Directive stipulates that online content sharing service providers like YouTube or Vimeo are now also responsible under copyright law for user uploads, if these providers fail to meet certain obligations. 8 UrhDaG); general responsibility under copyright law for user uploads is established in Sec.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

David Vaver is the Acting Director of IP Osgoode and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. The following is a preview of a paper to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. . 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c. 53(2); Circle Film, at 606-7).

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Our diverse IPilogue Team continued to blog throughout the summer and constitutes to be an important part of IP Osgoode’s team and vision of fostering diverse views on intellectual property and technology matters. David Vaver are hiring Research Assistants for the 2021/22 academic year , primarily for assistance in copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Despite the judiciary’s efforts to address the concerns under current intellectual property laws like copyright and trademark, the absence of relevant and specific provisions for the protection of personality rights has started to pose a serious threat. What the Right of Publicity Can Learn from Trademark Law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Claims under copyright law. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As the issue of whether to allow such reversions gets debated, the private and public benefits and costs of such a regime are often debated, as Heald has shown in his recent article in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law on the Canadian consideration of such rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law. Usually, judges with a specialist knowledge of copyright law issue the decisions because among German courts, decision making bodies specialised in copyright law have been created. Definition of a work (Sections 2-5 UrhG). 4, (2) UrhG.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

” The need for spring cleaning, and a sense of coming out of hibernation, seems especially acute this April for this intellectual property lawyer. Some say that to ‘spring clean’ means to wake up from a melatonin-induced slumber of spirit and mind.” ’ (Op. Neither Marano [v. at 24-28, Dissent at 15-17.

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