Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For the last few months, I have been wondering if our belief in “fair dealing” (or broadly, “limitations and exceptions”) has silently slipped into our “faith” in it – a faith that demands complete surrender to it while blinding us to the harm it covertly causes to the public domain. Or, as Prof.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

But the present draft clearly reaches such content. [2] No amendment offered in public session. If a 3 -step test is included, it could be designed to expand the flexibility, not shrink it. The use of the term “traditional” broadcasting was meant to restrict the treaty from regulating “webcasting” or other Internet-born content.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Graphic design is credited to award-winning graphic designer Jeremy Samples, so it's disappointing they would copy instead of producing original artwork. They have a lengthy and aggressive history when it comes to protecting their rights , even as many of their stories are based on public domain tales.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2024

ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Midjourney are some examples of generative AI tools that are presently in use. Protection under copyright usually lasts for the entire life of the owner along with a supplementary time frame, after which the work becomes within the public domain and is allowed to be openly utilised by anybody.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Constitution and the Patent Act prohibit design patents on ordinary innovations.” Justice Douglas goes on: It is worth emphasis that every patent case involving validity presents a question which requires reference to a standard written into the Constitution. 147, 156 (1950). John Deere Co. of Kansas City , 383 U.S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

On appeal from an earlier order, the present ruling affirmed the Court of Venice’s competence to rule on the infringing conduct, i.e., the use of the work’s image to produce and distribute puzzles faithfully reproducing it by all the companies of the Ravensburger group. Nonetheless, this case is anything but balanced. 633/1941, l.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2021

The title of this book clearly sets out its premise: trademark protection has encroached into what used to be solely copyright’s domain, resulting in an undesirable over-protection of works which impoverishes the public domain and restricts others’ creative endeavours.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This week the Copyright Office presents its conclusions, which are also shared with Senators Tillis and Leahy in two letters. Most parties agree that it’s impossible to design an error-free takedown process but disagree on what error rate is acceptable when takedowns are automated. Voluntary Technical Measures. Tweaking the DMCA.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. There will also be panels on CJEU and General Court case law, judicial approaches to parasitic competition, and international design protection strategies.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

More specifically, this post explores whether current EU copyright rules may have the effect of favoring the propagation of bias present in input data to the algorithmic tools employed for content moderation and what kind of measures could be adopted to mitigate this effect. Scenario (1): Public Domain.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

Predominantly, IPRs have been categorized as- Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. Section 2(1)(l) determines non-anticipation of any publication in any document in public domain.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The evolution of quantum computing technology presents many legal regulatory questions. The reason is that the latter is a part of public domain and will be open-sourced. These advancements are of great area of interest to societies, businesses, international organisations, governments etc. billion by 2027.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This thesis is supported by the curious failure of the United Kingdom’s Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988 ( CDPA 1988 ) to protect “computer-generated works.” In the most minimalist English definition, originality designated something originating from the author, which he can claim as his own expression (see Rahmatian ).

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

SAS created a suite of software programs, known as the SAS System, used in data access, management, analysis and presentation. SAS also claims WPL copied its ‘Output Designs,’ which are the result of applying Input Formats to user data.” Maybe the Input Formats and Output Designs are copyrightable. Maybe they’re not.

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The IPKat

MAY 3, 2022

The sheer number of ‘Metaverse-related’ filings already present on the register indicates that brands are determined to secure their protection early. Pictures in the lower middle are in the public domain. ESRT Empire State Building, L.L.C. Picture on top middle is by Riana Harvey, who grants permission for its use.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

It then allowed the defense to present its filtration argument to show a lack of copyrightability. SAS presented an expert witness on copyrightability, but the district court found it extremely unreliable and thus excluded the testimony. (The Newman , 959 F.3d 3d 1288 (11th Cir. ” Slip Op. .” ” Slip Op.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. In a 2020 consultation , the government sought to broadly understand the implications of AI for IP. Text and data mining (TDM).

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

With evolution and development in recent trends and creations, every person got the right to protect their artistic creativity by acquiring intellectual property rights to save their invention from being violated by the competition present in the market. Dr. Cluadio De Simone & Anr. DIFFERENT COMPONENTS IN FORTIFYING E-COMMERCE.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

The first issue raised in the consultation was whether the copyright protection for computer-generated works (CGWs)without a human author, in the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), strikes the right balance between incentivising and rewarding investment in AI creativity. The existing UK protection for computer-generated works.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the present case the Assignor (Defendant no. The Court agreed with the reasoning of the Appellant and passed this order with the caveat that any eventual objections to the mark should be considered without being influenced by the present order. Mahindra Roxor can face a permanent ban in the USA over design infringement.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

3) Implementation can present resource challenges for smaller platforms/platforms w/ few infringement challenges. Designed to be freely available licensed or public domain; we occasionally use fair use images where no free image is available, such as when a famous work has been destroyed.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Under this heightened standard, it seems likely that the output of the investments in creating care pathways, and other similarly situated stakeholders, would be considered by the Copyright Office to be public domain. 2018) (citing Design Data Corp. Rearden and Design Data , together with Torah Soft Ltd. Merkin , 791 F.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office. Defendant had not tried to find out why Amazon kept reinstating Plaintiff’s listing.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

SAS created a suite of software programs, known as the SAS System, used in data access, management, analysis and presentation. SAS also claims WPL copied its ‘Output Designs,’ which are the result of applying Input Formats to user data.” Maybe the Input Formats and Output Designs are copyrightable.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Under this heightened standard, it seems likely that the output of the investments in creating care pathways, and other similarly situated stakeholders, would be considered by the Copyright Office to be public domain. 2018) (citing Design Data Corp. Rearden and Design Data , together with Torah Soft Ltd. Merkin , 791 F.3d

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. billion) as this is the reason for its global importance.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

Prior art, the term mostly used during patent applications, is used to describe all information available in the public domain before the priority or filling date of the patent application. Academic researchers play an important role, as most of the time, they are concerned about publication, not patents.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

A business code communicating within a community designed to be closed. If public function, no, but if private, yes. A: author of Esperanto consigned it to the public domain. Authors have options: they can surrender to the public; they can assert complete control; or something in between. Merger is off the table.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The Ninth Circuit has adopted Rogers but tinkered with what counts as “explicit” falsehood, holding that some non-explicit content might qualify as explicitly false if there’s nothing else present that allows consumers to identify the true source of an expressive work. What to do next? As expert in the field, people come to her for advice.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

On the flipside, the internal market goal’s flexible mechanics have allowed the EU legislator to present (and pass) numerous copyright measures. Better Regulation The EU has committed itself to designing policies and laws with a greater level of transparency and evidence , backed up with the views of citizens and stakeholders.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

While copyright law is designed to protect the rights of creators, it must also allow for new and transformative uses of copyrighted material. It’s also generally understood that artists should acknowledge their sources of inspiration, especially when these are not part of the public domain.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 29, 2023

Companies are therefore required to take extreme caution while sharing technical know-how, confidential information, designs, concepts, innovative formulas, business strategies, drawings etc. As a result, employers are eager to take the necessary safety precautions to protect such confidential data and information from being misused.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

But in the present case, the court did not consider whether the concept was sufficiently elaborated upon or not in the concept note but rather held the note to be unoriginal on the basis of the similarity of Hulm Entertainment’s app i.e. its adapted work, with other apps.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

There are other proposed changes as well like the introduction of an omnibus extension for all the deadlines upon payment of fees (many discussed in Sabeeh’s post here ), change in the syllabus for the Patent Agent Exam to include Designs Act and Rules, however, we will not be discussing these for the purpose of this post.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 3, 2023

The Copyright , Designs and Patents Act of 1988 in the United Kingdom specifies in Section (1)(1)(a) that copyright exists in “original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works.” 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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