The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Thus, here, given that the plaintiff has Copyright Registrations, the burden shifts to Defendants to come forward with “evidence that the work[s] [were] copied from the public domain.” As a result, Defendants contend that Plaintiff’s Second Holy Temple Product can be copied and used in derivative works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

From this perspective then, where an output does not qualify as original in the sense that it reflects the author’s free and creative choices, that output is – from the perspective of copyright – in the public domain. 1] (On the topic of AI outputs and derivative works, see here.).

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. With the information in the public domain, the Rural Telephone Service issued a phone book. A publishing company called Feist Publications Inc.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Data mining legal documents, work product, court cases, and then create work based on previous work. Taken copyright-protected material and transformed it into public domain material—dangerous for law firms. perhaps you should also reframe the first part of the inquiry to analyze the use and not the work?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Wants to document and explain some of the changes publishers have made, in books, films, and dramatic works. Complications: what is being cancelled/updated: “classic” works for children; copyrighted v. public domain. Derivative work? Not focusing on creators. Peter Pan: removing Tiger Song (?).

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