SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

He points out that the Act enables increased control of the government over intermediaries by allowing it to act against intermediaries who are found to host pirated content. Or can the government take suo moto action against suspected content? Concerningly, there is no requirement within the rules to prove copyright ownership.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Nor is it clear whether—or how—NFTs might trigger liability under the 76-year-old federal Lanham Act , which governs trademark infringement and unfair competition. NFTs are units of data stored on a blockchain that signify ownership of (supposedly) unique digital media items.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated. On the trademark side, relevant is this post by Bhavya Solanki and Medha Bhatt discussing the applicability of the fair use provisions of trademark law to the unauthorized use of trademarks in the virtual world.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Regulating terms of trade also permitted, including © ownership/exclusivity/restricting investment in local productions. To avoid the mistakes of interventionist policies of the past, national governments should promote cultural industry capabilities, but avoid picking winners in ways that make creative industries complacent.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

She would create a dataset of sound files consisting of Drake acapella vocals (stripped from the music tracks using a vocal separator) and run the data through software used to train the voice model. That is, in fact, the very nature of sound recording copyright and ownership.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

In this case, the Supreme Court of Texas held that a government entity may reproduce, display, and utilize a copyrighted work for its own benefit without paying any compensation to the copyright owner. University Of Houston System, No. 21-735 (2021). See Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Nation Enters., 539, 546, 105 S.Ct. 2218, 85 L.Ed.2d

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. Said: ownership records; interview a few repeat players. Would it allow fair use?

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fair Use: The Executive Order encourages data sharing and research. Fair use and licensing agreements become significant concerns, as AI developers utilize existing datasets and copyrighted content for training and testing. This raises questions about the ownership and fair use of AI-discovered orphan works.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fair Use: The Executive Order encourages data sharing and research. Fair use and licensing agreements become significant concerns, as AI developers utilize existing datasets and copyrighted content for training and testing. This raises questions about the ownership and fair use of AI-discovered orphan works.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Fair Use: The Executive Order encourages data sharing and research. Fair use and licensing agreements become significant concerns, as AI developers utilize existing datasets and copyrighted content for training and testing. This raises questions about the ownership and fair use of AI-discovered orphan works.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2022

The principles that govern the luxury fashion industry are similar to those that govern other industries. NFTs are created using “smart contracts,” which are software codes that govern actions such as validating ownership and regulating their transferability.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Things gendered female are privatized, not considered subject to government regulation of unfairness. Another use: branding function for purposes of parody/humorously assert rights or ownership. Implications: insight into understanding of TM by ordinary citizens; does it create misconceptions about ownership?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. 105 , as a “work of the United States Government”? Sixth, assuming Woodward published copyrighted material without Trump’s authorization, was he permitted to do so, either as a fair use, or by the First Amendment? 105, as a “work of the United States Government”?

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

At a more theoretical level, these algorithmically optimized registrations help show why applications have spiked so much—other important institutions, like Amazon and the Chinese government, are using the PTO for their own purposes. It uses “Punchbowl” because that is the Secret Service nickname for the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2024

That then plays off the rest of the title’s allusions to separating “subjects” from the “predicates” of copyright ownership, themselves words connoting the foundational elements of both “ any complete sentence ” and at times a court’s jurisdiction over infringement matters. ” 17 U.S.C. §§101,

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