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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The Offices agreed with these assessments and did not believe that changes to intellectual property laws, or to the Offices’ registration and recordation practices, are necessary or advisable at this time. NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S. artists to obtain remuneration from downstream resales of their works (a.k.a.

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Copyright Laws & Trademark Infringement for NFTs

Traverse Legal Blog

Intellectual property or IP is a creative work or invention that one holds rights to. Copyrights are a form of intellectual property law and they protect original authorship works including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.

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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. Copyright Office denied Thaler’s application on the grounds that the work lacked human authorship.

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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. Copyright Office denied Thaler’s application on the grounds that the work lacked human authorship.

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AI as Author: Thaler v. Perlmutter Now Before the DC Circuit

Patently-O

Stephen Thaler’s attempts to register a copyright for an artistic image autonomously generated by his AI system that he has named the “Creativity Machine.” Copyright Office refused registration on the basis that the work lacked the required human authorship. ” The U.S. Thaler appealed to the D.C.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Image via Pexels Eleonora Rosati discussed the recent assessment of originality in copyright law as considered by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the case THJ v Sheridan [2023] EWCA Civ 1354. The post highlights the reasoning adopted by Arnold LJ considering the post-Brexit implications on the UK copyright law.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

If these materials show the use of trademarks, logos, or slogans that are not already the subject of a trademark registration or application, then these marks should be cleared for use to prevent unintended liabilities, and they should be considered for possible registration. . pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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