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Introduction to Copyright Law

Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Journal Blog

Introduction to Copyright Law Every day, millions of people interact with copyrighted material. Copyright law has been around since at least 1710, when Britain enacted the Statute of Anne. [1] Copyright law has been around since at least 1710, when Britain enacted the Statute of Anne. [1]

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A Recent Entrance to Copyright Protection: Can AI Qualify as an Author Under U.S. Copyright Law?

LexBlog IP

Should copyright protection be given for AI-generated inventions? In 2018, Thaler filed an application to register a copyright for an AI-generated work produced by one of his AI systems, the Creativity Machine. The Copyright Act affords protection to “original works of authorship.” The Complaint.

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A Recent Entrance to Copyright Protection: Can AI Qualify as an Author Under U.S. Copyright Law?

IP Intelligence

Should copyright protection be given for AI-generated inventions? In 2018, Thaler filed an application to register a copyright for an AI-generated work produced by one of his AI systems, the Creativity Machine. The Copyright Act affords protection to “original works of authorship.” The Complaint.

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

This is a major point of contention in the realm IP laws today whether or not AI can be given the said rights and protections under law. This question even after a broad reading of the Indian Copyright law remains unanswered, demanding an amendment in the present law or more clarity on the same by the way of judicial decisions.

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Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23]

SpicyIP

Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”) law empowers such techno-entrepreneurs to protect their ideas and inventions from misappropriation and encroachment by others, and thereby, enables them to unlock the true potential value of their intellectual property.

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Canadian IP Scholars Submit their Recommendations to the Federal Government on AI, the Internet of Things, and the Modernization of the Copyright Act – Part 1

IPilogue

The scholars acknowledged the government’s commitment to “keep pace” with technological developments in AI while protecting the public interest through Federal statute (the Copyright Act ). The group highlighted their concerns regarding the regulation of text and data mining (TDM) activity under the Copyright Act.

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Are Humans Ready? Is the Law Equipped to Handle Artificial Intelligence?

LexBlog IP

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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