The TTABlog

MARCH 1, 2023

The Trademark Reporter has published its latest "Annual Review" of U.S. In his introduction, Ted Davis notes the decline in litigation under the Lanham Act, related state statutes, and the common law of unfair competition. Text Copyright John L. and yours truly, John L. download pdf here ]. Welch 2023.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Very few jurisdictions expressly provide for copyright in computer-generated works.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst from Lewis Silkin report on recent litigation in the UK against the developers of AI generation software. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works. What is AI image generation software?

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The IPKat

JUNE 9, 2023

This is the first of a series of posts reporting on the conference proceedings. After that, he discussed changes in the: court system; judiciary, both full-time and part-time; procedure and practice; alternative dispute resolution; court technology; and IP litigation itself. copyright cases of the past 20 years.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Intellectual Property and Litigation – Patent in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2023 edition. Litigation – Intellectual Property . Litigation – Patent .

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

5) issue of the Trademark Reporter has hit the newsstands. returns to The Trademark Reporter with this cutting-edge article challenging the continued reliance by some survey experts and courts upon “Why do you say that?”-style Text Copyright John L. The September-October 2023 (Vol. pdf here ]. type questions in surveys.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And here is the second part of the report about the intense day of study dedicated to the memory of Prof. Rosaria Romano underlined how ‘copyright’ has become over the years a tool for providing a legal framework to works that are all but homogeneous but that still present common characteristics. In particular stated that new Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Over the same period, however, the government’s messaging around Canada’s AI- copyright policy has been anything but consistent. It is unclear whether the use of copyrighted works for training an AI system is considered copyright infringement if the…owner’s permission is not obtained.…

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In order to train their technologies, should AI companies be allowed to use works under copyright protection without consent? Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. In this regard, an important precedent lies in the history of US litigation involving Google Books. Fair Use Precedent?

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The IPKat

APRIL 30, 2024

This Kat closes the reporting on the EUIPO’s 5th IP Case Law Conference, hosted in Alicante by the EUIPO Boards of Appeal (BoA). Antonios Baris, our Book Review Editor, received the prize for best question for his question on pertinence of legally allowing overlaps between trade marks and copyright!

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Copyright Office published its report on copyright infringement by states and state actors in response to the present circumstance whereby states are immunized against litigation for unlicensed use of protected works. The post State Copyright Infringement Should Be About Justice appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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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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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 22, 2023

Auckland lawyer Phil Creagh, who according to his bio was involved in all Kim Dotcom-related litigation matters since 2014, was a Bitcache director until September 2020. NZ Herald reported that Creagh’s law firm, Anderson Creagh Lai, said the application was filed over “unpaid director’s fees in the sum of $231,653.”

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The IPKat

MAY 15, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following report by Katfriend Jack Cooper (Addleshaw Goddard) on the recently held Fashion Law London’s event ‘ Fashion Reborn: The Age of AI’. Considering output, the panel reviewed recent litigation looking at the question of how authorship can affect the subsistence of rights.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 25, 2023

These events are just a fraction of the punishments allegedly suffered by Hansmeier, at least according to Hansmeier’s own reporting of events. These concerns were recognized by journalist Joe Patrice from Above the Law, who previously worked as a litigator and has an extensive legal background.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

I also call your attention to a new article, “ The Copyright Claims Board: Good News or Bad News for Communication Scholars? ,” by Patricia Aufderheide and Aram Sinnreich, reporting on a survey of communications scholars about how they would respond to a CCB claim against them. About 71% of U.S. Are You Excited?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings. In this post, SpicyIP intern Niyati Prabhu discusses the issues surrounding access to law and the dilemma surrounding copyright. Niyati Prabhu is a second year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.

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The IPKat

JUNE 9, 2023

It was dedicated to the best and worst copyright and design cases of the past 20 years. Lord Justice Arnold, opening the first panel (photo: Neil Graveney) Lord Justice Arnold opened the panel, suggesting Infopaq ( C-5/08 ) as both the best and the worst copyright case (and certainly the most influential).

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Charming Beats, claims to control the copyright in the registered musical work Lights Dim (U.S. Copyright Registration No. SR 713-284) (the "Song"). The company asserts that Wasatch Academy reproduced, synchronized, distributed, and publicly performed the Song in the Video. Wasatch Academy has yet to file an answer in either case.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 3, 2022

1: Dua Lipa Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement Over Hit Single Levitating. First off today, Murray Stassen at Music Business Worldwide reports that musician Dua Lipa has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her 2020 hit Levitating is an infringement of an earlier song.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

1: Damon Dash Loses $805K Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. First off today, Preezy Brown at Vibe reports that Damon Dash has been ordered to pay over $800,000 in damages over the movie Dear Frank and allegations that Dash was attempting to shop the film around without the permission of the rightsholders.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

had a dream—and a copyright. Dr. The answer, my friends, is copyright. Yes, in addition to being a noted clergyman and civil rights leader, Dr. King was a copyright litigant. The New York Times reported on Dr. Martin Luther King’s copyright lawsuit over “I Have a Dream” in 1963.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 5, 2023

Sharing one fascinating story here, a law student sued a law college, two of its professors and the editor of a journal alleging copyright infringement. Many face it, but only seldom do we hear stories where someone does something about it. The suit was instituted by Aathira Mannath A.

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SpicyIP

MAY 2, 2022

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post from Akshat Agrawal on a recent order that raised questions on the extent / limitations of the exemptions and limitations to Indian copyright law. Akshat is a lawyer, interested in IP policy, currently litigating at the Patna and the Delhi High Courts. Akshat Agrawal.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Remembering another frustrating year with a countdown of 2021’s most unsatisfying copyright rulings. Here are my personal picks for the copyright opinions from 2021 that, much like the year itself, leave a little something to be desired. Walt Disney Company. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

1: Netflix Slams Unofficial ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Creators in Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. First off today, Larisha Paul at Rolling Stone reports that Netflix has filed a lawsuit against a duo of musicians alleging that they violated an agreement and staged live performances of their album the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 14, 2023

Meta , the parent company of Facebook , and OpenAI , creators of ChatGPT , are facing numerous copyright infringement lawsuits from authors and artists. In a June 29 statement, the US-based Authors Guild applauded the filing of this litigation. Click below to listen to the latest episode of the Velocity of Content podcast.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Veteran investigative reporter Bob Woodward conducted an audio interview of former President Donald Trump for Woodward’s book, Rage. Trump claims that Woodward did not have his permission to release these audiotapes as a separate audiobook, and sued Woodard and his publisher for, among other claims, copyright infringement.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 31, 2021

The focus of the case is copyrightability of the SAS statistical software and its outputs. SAS argues that it made a “plethora of creative choices” in developing its material, and that creativity is more than sufficient to satisfy the originality requirements of copyright law. Copyright Alliance Brief – Supporting SAS.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Fuxi, the putative copyright owner, has a registration for an image of printed sage leaves (the left image): The alleged infringer, the Sunny Factory, sells the candles on the right on Amazon. So extending the litigation privilege to DMCA takedown notices seems like an overreach. Defamation. ” This is clearly wrong. Implications.

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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’). 11 and 13 EUCFR , 19 UDHR , 27.1 UDHR, and 15.1

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Copyright Lately

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Exploring Section 113(c) of the Copyright Act, an underutilized defense that could have changed the outcome of a recent infringement case. There’s a provision of the Copyright Act that provides a simple and straightforward defense to an entire category of infringement claims. 17 U.S.C. § 17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. The letter to Discord simply states that AI Hub is dedicated to copyright infringement of its members’ works. The reported links don’t reveal the nature of the content.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 19, 2021

First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the musician Cher has filed a lawsuit against Mary Bono, the widow of Cher’s late music partner Sony Bono, to try and prevent the Bono estate from terminating her rights to the duo’s music. 3: KLF Assert Justified and Ancient Copyright Claim to Block Documentary.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 25, 2022

1: Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber Sued for ‘10,000 Hours’ Copyright Infringement. First off today, Mathew Lemkuehler at The Tennessean reports that a new lawsuit claims the song 10,000 Hours , performed by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber, is a copyright infringement of an earlier work.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Historical lookback The amendment to the existing copyright law act of 1957 was carried out owing to the sensitization of issue of copyright management and revenue sharing structure that is fair and reasonable to all owners and writers of filmed and recorded works. [i] from the copyright holder) licencing or compulsory licencing (i.e.,

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’ve seen numerous media reports that various Iowa school districts have already reportedly pulled hundreds of titles from their shelves , including books that contain LGBTQ+ characters, historical figures, or themes,” reports Andrew Albanese , Publishers Weekly executive editor.

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