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Spanish Court finds that virtual exhibition of NFTs based on paintings is "harmless use"

The IPKat

Background As previously reported by the IPKat last year, VEGAP, a collective management organisation for intellectual property rights in Spain, brought a claim against Punto Na SA, the IP holding company for the well-known clothing brand Mango, seeking compensation in respect of the alleged infringement of copyright in certain artworks.

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Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Such uses, they argue, constitute copyright infringement. Fair Use Precedent? Google Books and Transformative Use The past two decades have seen a wealth of technological developments, but generative AI is qualitatively different from everything that has come before. However, the U.S.

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IPSC Panel 14 – Copyright Authorship & Ownership

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Unsettled; hard to say Cord & family intentionally or even negligently sat on their rights. Did Twain make fair use? There’s some transformation in organization; used entire work/market substitute so Cord wouldn’t be able to sell her narrative a publisher. Crux: was Cord an author? They’re incommensurable.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

On one hand, those who view intellectual property rights as a limited monopoly would suggest that even derivative use of the content in a meme is infringement on the rights holder’s interest. ix] Just a brief glimpse at a meme can demonstrate just how little copyright protected material is used. [x] 29, 2013), [link]. [ii]

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected Jeff Koons’ fair use argument ( section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 ) based on parody ( Rogers v. Moulinsart, the Belgian company that holds the rights to Tintin, and the heir of the author, Hergé, holder of the moral rights, brought a copyright infringement case against Marabout.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 5-11)

SpicyIP

Varsha reported the significant development that the Delhi High Court issued a press release stating its plan to create an Intellectual Property Division (IPD) in the Delhi High Court. Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights. Other Posts.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

The third category lists notable developments on the legislative and policy side and includes important amendments, proposals for amendments, release of policy notes and reports etc. In a detailed judgement, the Court elaborately discussed the legislative and judicial history of the rights of the authors of the underlying works.

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