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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this part 1, we tackle the first of three questions regarding the legal copyright landscape from an NFT purchaser’s perspective, as the extent to which the IP framework applies to NFTs remains uncertain. We address these questions in a two-part post.

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Uffizi museum sues Jean Paul Gaultier over unauthorized reproduction of Botticelli’s Venus on fashion garments

The IPKat

Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).

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UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). A third alternative: the related rights approach.

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Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 3 of 4)

LexBlog IP

This third part of our four-part series on using synthetic data to train AI models explores the interplay between synthetic data training sets, the EU Copyright Directive and the forthcoming EU AI Act. 1] Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, OJ 130/92, pp.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

While enjoying (or not) this heatwave, check the latest IP events and opportunities to be cool for the summer! Experts from different countries and regions will be sharing and exchanging insights on various areas of IP. closing dinner), IP Lunches (incl. Diversity and Inclusion Today, Would you like some IP with your Wine?,

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.

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The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

Kluwer Copyright Blog

European and international policymakers have raised how artificial intelligence (AI) interacts with intellectual property (IP) law on several occasions. Nonetheless, before any policy and law-making endeavour can be undertaken, a fitness test of the existing IP framework is indispensable.