Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. A previous trend in the music industry is confrimed – streaming is the leading revenue source in nearly all markets. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

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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Larson & Larson

JUNE 21, 2021

Copyright law provides a safeguard against copyright infringement. That being said, here is a brief elucidation of all you need to know about copyright and copyright infringement. How Long Does Copyright Protection Last? The duration of copyright protection is often date and fact-sensitive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

Registration is free and available here , where it is also possible to find the detailed programme. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty. The event may be also followed in live streaming on the YouTube channel of reCreating Europe.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Welcome to the second trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. This is perhaps one of the most awaited judgemnts in the history of EU copyright law. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. On the copyright/trade mark front, a case on the registrability of the marks ‘ ANIMAL FARM ’ and ‘ 1984 ’ is still pending before the EUIPO’s Grand Board of Appeal.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Welcome to the second trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Apologies to readers that this one comes a bit late.

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IP Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2023

copyright law protects human-authored expression, not works generated purely by generative AI. When a human author uses generative AI tools to create their work, the scope of copyright protection extends to the human-authored aspects of the work, not the AI-generated material within that work. 88 FR 16190.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Legal Background: Registration.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Here are a few productive questions to ask: Do your registrations cover your reality? Or perhaps your business has expanded or evolved, and the scope of your registrations ignores some now-crucial products or services. Maybe your filings are all in the US, but the EU and Brazil have become major markets for you. It misses you!

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The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

Should the EU unify copyright laws? The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. see Katpost here ) When finally addressing the question, "Should the EU unify copyright laws?" the PermaKat stated loud and clear, and I quote: “The short answer is: yes!

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2021

2021 is a momentous year for EU copyright law: it is the 30th anniversary since the adoption of the first ever copyright directive (the Software Directive 1991/250) and the 20th since the passing of the seminal InfoSoc Directive 2001/29. To celebrate the publication of Copyright in the Digital Single Market.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That same week (on 6 November), another copyright-focused event - EU Copyright at a Crossroads: The Impact of the CJEU on National Copyright Systems - will also take place, this time in Stockholm and online. It will focus on the broader role that the CJEU has been having in shaping EU Member States' legal systems.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Here are a few productive questions to ask: Do your registrations cover your reality? Or perhaps your business has expanded or evolved, and the scope of your registrations ignores some now-crucial products or services. Maybe your filings are all in the US, but the EU and Brazil have become major markets for you. It misses you!

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The IPKat

APRIL 12, 2022

This case concerns the request to invalidate Article 17(4) (b) and 17 (4) (c) of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (DSM Directive). At the webinar, the verdict and its consequences will be discussed, alongside the potential impact on (the still ongoing) implementation of the directive into Swedish law.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Image: flickr.com Katfood SMEs and Chinese market opportunities webinar 4IP council is organising a webinar session titled "SMEs and patent holdouts: how European SMEs fight back", dedicated to European SMEs and startups interested in the opportunity that the Chinese market can bring to their businesses.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

As we know, limited edition goods come into the market only for a short period, are marketed by the brand upon the launch, and the logos are hardly ever put into use by the proprietor because they have already been sold. How about Copyright or Design Protection? In essence: ‘use it or lose it.’

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 18, 2023

The Court refuted the Plaintiff’s incongruous argument that infringement should be judged solely from the viewpoint of an average consumer, who is ignorant of prior art and judges based on visual impact alone, despite registration and novelty being adjudicated based on the instructed eye. The implications of this are uncertain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Pyrotechnics registered a copyright in its protocol and sued FireTek for copyright infringement. Let’s take a closer look at Pyrotechnics’ registration. ” Pyrotechnics’ copyright registration then starts to fall apart. .” XFX appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Conferences, webinars On October 18, the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (Stockholm University) will hold an online conference devoted to ‘ The Making of EU Copyright ’. The occasion of the conference is the publication of Eleonora Rosati’s book, " Copyright in the Digital Single Market.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apart from revolutionizing the creative markets, the ability to obtain new artworks with an increasing marginalization of human contribution has inevitably tested the fitness of copyright legislations all over the world to deal with the so-called “artificial intelligence” (‘AI’). ChatGPT , Smodin ), to perform music (i.e.,

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

No matter if the jewellery is covered by copyright law or design legislation since the underlying work is covered by copyright law, reproduction or adaptation, depending on the specific item of jewellery, would still be applicable. Adaptation would have denoted slight alterations from the initial sketch on paper.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Now, we will examine Copyright and Design Rights, two fundamental forms of IPR. Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

On September 5, 2023, as explained here , the US Copyright Office (USCO) issued an interesting decision in a copyright registration matter that involved AI-generated work. Previously, in the Thaler case , the US Copyright Office had refused to register an AI-generated work since the application named the AI-system as the author.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Wal-Street.com, LLC , required the dismissal of VHT’s infringement claims since the Copyright Office had not completed the registration process for VHT’s images at the time VHT filed suit. VHT did apply for registration prior to filing the lawsuit.) Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Court v.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The challenge becomes even bigger if NFTs are to be commercialized, exploited, and protected in different jurisdictions and at the same time — particularly when those markets include China, where protection for a foreign NFT creator or exploiter may face unique challenges. Therefore, DCs cannot be freely transacted in the Chinese market.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this post, we’ll examine Copyright and Design Rights, two key forms in IPR. Copyright laws protect the expression of creative ideas and not just the idea. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright. The following types of original artistic work are protected by copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. In the EU, a crucial legal issue is whether using in-copyright works to train generative AI models is copyright infringement or falls under existing text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in the Copyright in Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive.

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The IPKat

APRIL 17, 2024

The court's analysis focused on trademark law, finding Irma's figurative trademark registrations of the Irma Girl and the "Irma" and "Coop" word marks undoubtedly well-known and owned by Coop, thus fulfilling the first condition for an injunction.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Before mid-2022, the Copyright Office will deploy a new adjudicatory function called the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). The CCB will be dominated by claims over alleged online infringement, so it’s a major development for online copyright law. Overview of the CCB. 411 and Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. 881 (2019)).

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Typically, artists protect their artwork using only copyright law. However, artists are required to reveal their identity when claiming copyright infringement. Trademark law allows Banksy to remain anonymous and maintain his mysterious artistic persona. street artist Banksy.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

However, those familiar with copyright law, immediately began to point out flaws in the plan. The issue got so bad that Cent, one of the largest marketplaces for NFTs, shut down nearly all NFT sales over “rampant” issues with copyright infringement and plagiarism. Copyright Office.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries. pending or issued registrations) and those that are not.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Though it might surprise you, copyright can protect individual emoji depictions. However, determining when they are copyrightable is a subtle art. This summer, the Copyright Review Board issued an interesting decision about the registrability of emojis. Note: you may not have heard of the Copyright Review Board before.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2022

Longchamp owns EUTM registrations for the shape of Le Pliage (Nos 013928528 and 014461958 ). Besides enforcing said registrations, Longchamp also argued that the shape mark would enjoy protection in accordance with Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention and be protected by copyright under Article 2, No 10 of the Italian Copyright Act.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2022

The full agenda and registration can be found here. The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University will host an online conference on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, from 14:00-16:00 CET to discuss the current state and future of patent law and regulatory rights in the field of personalised medicine.

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