Derivative Work, Fair Use, Inventor and Licensing

Use of Warhol’s Prince Image Found Not to Be Sufficiently Transformative for Fair Use

LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S.

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Warhol “Fair Use” Case is Heard at the Supreme Court – Implications for Inventors, Too?

IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments for the Warhol v. Goldsmith copyright case, which will have a dramatic impact on content providers and the definition Continue reading.

Fair Use

Fair Use Inventor Copyright Derivative Work

Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). I speculated that this was an attempt to avoid a messy fair use dispute.

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Use of Warhol’s Prince Image Found Not to Be Sufficiently Transformative for Fair Use

Warhol “Fair Use” Case is Heard at the Supreme Court – Implications for Inventors, Too?

Some Thoughts on Five Pending AI Litigations – Avoiding Squirrels and Other AI Distractions

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