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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

Consistent with the Copyright Office’s guidance in the Compendium, Third Edition, there is often “creative input or intervention from a human author” at multiple steps in the process. Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Aalmuhammed , at 1234.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

LexBlog IP

Consistent with the Copyright Office’s guidance in the Compendium, Third Edition, there is often “creative input or intervention from a human author” at multiple steps in the process. Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e.,

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The Contested Meaning of Web3 & Why it Matters for (IP) Lawyers

Kluwer Copyright Blog

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . user ownership of digital assets)?

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Book review: Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century

The IPKat

Here is what Rosie has to say about the book: It is a pleasure to review Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century, edited by Anthony Arundel, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and University of Tasmania, Suma Athreye, Essex Business School, London and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, World Intellectual Property Organization.

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How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Copyright in Photographs, Established in Late 1800s The age-old strife between new technology and old law is epitomized by a hundred-year-old story of how copyrights came to exist in photographs after the invention of the camera. 18 (see image at right). In Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. Sarony , the U.S.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 1- November 7, 2022)

SpicyIP

The judges for this edition of the competition were Prof. 1 filed an application seeking amendment to its written submission to withdraw admission regarding the Plaintiffs being the owner of the copyright in their subject work, and to dispute such ownership claimed by the Plaintiff. Shubha Ghosh and Prof. Srividhya Ragavan.

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The EU resolves doubts surrounding the protection of trademarks in relation to NFTs

Garrigues Blog

Given the speed with which Web3 technologies change and are re-invented, we cannot rule out new changes arising in the next few months. The EUIPO’s guidelines as from 2023. The term is not understood to mean the digital item itself, rather the means of certification.”. We will be watching carefully. Marta González Aleixandre.