The IPKat

APRIL 4, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape) on one of the important but largely overlooked aspect of South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill: provisions aimed at ensuring fair remuneration for South African creators and performers.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 23, 2022

As Top Gun: Maverick passes Doctor Strange 2 to become the highest-grossing movie in the US this year, it’s attracted a copyright infringement claim by the heirs of the writer of the article that inspired the original 1986 Tom Cruise movie. By: AEON Law

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The TTABlog

JULY 13, 2023

The USPTO refused to register the mark PLAYBOOK for "Collectible trading cards; Sports trading cards," on the ground of likely confusion with the identical mark registered for "Magazines featuring sports information." Text Copyright John L. The marks are identical, but how strong is the registered mark? What say you? Welch 2023.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. The Board failed to see how applicant's services are related to Opposer’s magazines, information, and videos on a website limited to fitness, fashion, exercise, health, nutrition, or beauty. Text Copyright John L. Nitashia Johnson , Opposition No. Welch 2023.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

Supreme Court issued a long-awaited ruling clarifying one element of the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine. The Court held that because both Warhol’s art and the Petitioner’s photograph were used with magazine articles about Prince, the purpose and character of both works were the same.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

The photographer became aware of the use of her photograph in 2016 when Prince died, and the Andy Warhol Foundation licensed the use of Warhol’s “Prince Series” to use in a magazine commemorating his life. There was no image copyright credit or compensation to Lynn Goldsmith.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 4, 2024

Indianapolis, Indiana – Defendant Circle City Broadcasting, LLC d/b/a WISH-TV , is being sued by Plaintiff Christopher Sadowski over alleged copyright infringement. Sadowski is a photojournalist from New Jersey , who has been published in numerous popular newspapers and magazines.

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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. As in the present context, the initial concern of copyright holders was that their consent had not been acquired by Google prior to scanning their works.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

On June 6, Paramount Pictures got its tower buzzed for copyright infringement in the U.S. According to the allegations in the complaint, in 1983, author Ahud Yonay wrote a magazine story about the real-life exploits of two naval fighter pilots entitled, “Top Guns.” Fast forward a few decades.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 28, 2022

News and Views: Copyright Hues and Authors’ Dues. For instance, the EU has adopted a neighbouring right for press publishers under copyright regulations. Publishers, as a category of right holders under copyright law, have always been very prompt in claiming their share of revenues from new revenue streams. Aparajita Lath.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 2, 2024

My über-sharp friend Oliver Herzfeld, moving up in the world, has written an article in Forbes magazine on a recent Copyright Office policy statement that, as he puts it, “revises, and to a certain extent reverses, its prior position regarding the protection of compilations.” ” Oliver sums up the changes.

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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. AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Postcard: Malo-les-Bains - Avenue Kleber, sent 30 April 1915 Dear Rich: We are a specialized online magazine for postcard collectors. From 1983 to 1989 a print magazine, Postcard Collector, published many articles which we would like to republish. Each issue of the print magazine had a copyright notice ("© Krause Publications, Inc.")

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Supreme Court Tackles Andy Warhol Copyright Dispute. In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine. In 1984, Lynn licensed one of her photographs of the musician Prince to be converted into a painting by Warhol for Vanity Fair magazine.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

As reported on Entrackr , Pocket FM has filed a copyright infringement case against Kuku FM before the Delhi High Court. Pocket FM alleges that Kuku FM has violated its copyright by providing audio summaries of books to which Pocket FM has exclusive rights to create audiobooks. Image from here. The matter is still being heard.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

One area that often gets overlooked in the outsourcing and collaboration process is how to manage copyright compliance and the associated risks of non-compliance. While smaller companies without a librarian or information specialist onboard may be unaware of their obligations under copyright law, their lack of knowledge won’t help them. 

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Citing Professor McCarthy's view that that a threshold response in the range of 75% of the general consuming public is necessary to prove fame for purposes of dilution, while Opposer Advance Magazine's survey showed at most 45% aided awareness of the mark WIRED, the Board dismissed opposer's dilution-by-blurring claims. Text Copyright John L.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

On May 17th, 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences in the evolving landscape of copyright fair use, particularly for commercial works that reproduce copyrighted work. By: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 5, 2022

This includes some that are labeled as pirate sites or otherwise find themselves accused of copyright infringement. District Court for the Central District of California, Rosen accuses the websites idposter.com, nposter.com and celebposter.com of hosting his copyrighted works. This hasn’t gone unnoticed.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 5, 2023

He is a Chef in the Scholarly Kitchen and has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of copyright, licensing, open access, artificial intelligence, metadata, text/data mining, new media, artists’ rights, and art law.

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IPilogue

JULY 14, 2022

Ehud Yonay authored the 1983 California magazine article that inspired Top Gun. Shosh and Yuval claim that Paramount has infringed on the copyright to Ehud’s article which they own as of January 24 th , 2020. 203 of the Copyright Act , authors have the right to terminate grants of copyright after thirty-five years.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The New York Times Magazine's "Bad Art Friend" saga captured the imagination of the internet this week, detailing a juicy dispute in which a writer-turned-kidney donor accused a fellow author of cribbing details from her charitable journey for a fictionalized short story.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On March 26, 2021, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York found that the famed artist Andy Warhol violated photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright by using her photo of the singer Prince to create his “Prince Series.” The series was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair after it bought the license of the photo portrait from Goldsmith.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 26, 2023

The Italian magazine GQ Italia finds itself embroiled in a legal dispute stemming from the publication of an edited image of the renowned David sculpture. The Supreme Court ruled that the use and modification of photographs solely for commercial purposes does not qualify as fair use and therefore constitutes a violation of copyright law.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 11, 2023

My über-sharp friend Oliver Herzfeld, moving up in the world, has written an article in Forbes magazine on a recent Copyright Office policy statement that, as he puts. First published August 8, 2012. The post Best of 2012: The borders of Terpsichore appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Here, the specific use of Goldsmith’s photograph alleged to infringe her copyright is AWF’s licensing of Orange Prince to Condé Nast. As portraits of Prince used to depict Prince in magazine stories about Prince, the original photograph and AWF’s copying use of it share substantially the same commercial purpose.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 25, 2024

So, when Prince’s untimely exit prompted a resurrection of the original article alongside a commemorative Conde Nast magazine featuring the full Prince Series, Goldsmith saw red—and not just any red, but a vibrant, copyright-infringement red. Last summer, in the case of ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Read the full article on I ntellectual Property Magazine. Fish principals Hyun Jin (HJ) In, Ph.D. Ralph Phillips , and Daniel Tishman explore this growth and discuss considerations for companies protecting and defending their IP. PDF copy available.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The primary goal of copyright law is to safeguard the interests of creators of original, publishable works. The purpose of copyright protection is to make sure that the artist reaps the rewards of creating their original work and that no one else benefits unfairly from it. The Copyrights Act of 1957 regulates copyright law in India.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 8, 2023

But number 1 when it comes to number 2 is a new copyright infringement lawsuit filed this week over a jigsaw puzzle called “101 Pooping Puppies.” Unfortunately, this widely-taught legal principle isn’t actually very helpful in predicting how copyright cases will be decided in the real world. Columbia Pictures.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In 1981, Goldsmith licensed a photo that she took of the musician Prince to Vanity Fair magazine, with the intent that the magazine would have Warhol create a painting based on it. 3: Roanoke’s “Slumlord Millionaire” Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. Though a U.S.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

A detailed analysis of Goldsmith , however, yields little comfort to content owners when assessing the applicability of fair use to non-expressive uses of copyrightable content for use in AI learning models. See Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith , 598 S. 1258, (2023).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Introducing Article 14 of the Copyright in Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) , the EU legislator made it mandatory across the 27 Member States to ensure that faithful reproductions of visual artworks belonging to the public domain remain free to circulate and be used across the Union.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

At TorrentFreak, we write about copyright issues on a daily basis. The outfit accused us of using a photo in one of our articles without permission from the copyright holder. At TorrentFreak, we take copyright issues very seriously, but his email triggered a few alarm bells. Attribution Required. Robert Bradley.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 26, 2022

1: Music Archive Wolfgang’s Vault Resolves Copyright Fight Over Concert Recordings. 2: Google Drive Flags Text Files Containing ‘1’ as a Copyright Infringement. txt” was in violation of their copyright infringement policy, to which she responded that it was a file with only one character, the number “1.”

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 23, 2023

Managing Intellectual Property magazine named him as one of the fifty most influential people in intellectual property in 2019 and again in 2021. The post A Copyright Reboot for Robots appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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