IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

Federal prosecutors may suffer a setback in a case accusing a magnet manufacturer of sharing sensitive military data with China after accidentally publicizing the same information, but they may have an out under a regulation governing publishing in the public domain.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

After 20 years, as the house passed into the public domain, you might continue to live there, but its investment or resale value would effectively become zero. Notwithstanding rising real estate values, the ability to reap the benefit of that asset’s appreciation would decrease rapidly for every year the property was owned.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. It’s an interesting look at how a public domain source and a modern interpretation can clash.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

As a result, I hope these remarks spark some discussion and reflection among the advocates for more regulation/”governance” of Generative AI. Materials from my talk: The paper The video The image repository (all in the public domain per prevailing copyright law !)

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Michael Geist

APRIL 13, 2022

As a result, there will be a two decade moratorium on new works entering the public domain, creating an enormous negative impact on access to Canadian culture and history for a generation. To withhold their works from the public domain for decades represents an enormous collective loss to our culture and heritage.

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 19, 2023

copyright is a form of protection provided by the government to the authors of “original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.” While you may know the basics of copyright, your colleagues and staff may not. What is copyright? In the U.S., Here is a breakdown of where U.S.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2024

PermaKat Eleonora Rosati will address how IP rights protect fictional characters through several case law examples, aiming to “answer whether, in the end, the only fictional thing is the notion of public domain”. More information here. Retromark: the conference is back! The prize consists of USD 20,000. More information here and here.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Much like regular websites operated by governments, companies, organizations, and the general public, most internet-based piracy services can be accessed using a domain name. Domain names also play an important role in conveying branding and as a result can be worth considerable sums of money.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2022

My previous posts in the series examined the incredible array of authors and political figures that helped shape Canada for decades who will have their works locked out of the public domain. The best approach for the government to address these concerns is the implementation of a registration requirement.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Relying on Twin Books Corporation v Walt Disney Company ( Twin Books ), Bundy argued, “a foreign publication of a foreign work, before January 1, 1978, without notice of United States copyright, did not put the foreign work into the public domain in the U.S.”. They brought evidence of U.S. Copyright Act of 1909. The Outcome.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, there is information available in the public domain (including press releases issued by the European Union) as to the likely format of the AI Act. The text is still not publicly available as it is subject to certain further refinement over the coming weeks.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

That the extension did not get much attention was seemingly by design as the government buried it in a budget implementation bill and posted no news releases on it. He joins the Law Bytes podcast to talk about Canada’s approach to copyright term extension, the impact on the public domain, and what could come next.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Bill would vest ownership of traditional knowledge with the appropriate government of the territory where it is practiced (a suggestion that has received some criticism ), and then allows for "knowledge societies" to apply to the government to be recognised as custodians of the knowledge. Image from Pixabay.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And they have good margins—remember, this mostly public domain content except for the forewords.”. The Digital Public Library of America has also announced plans for a free e-book edition. It’s 2022: the Government Publishing Office needs to publish everything it touches in a readable e-book edition.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While trade disputes are not particularly noteworthy, the Canadian government response certainly is. The additional 20 years could cost Canadian education millions of dollars and would delay works entering the public domain for an entire generation.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 19, 2022

Last week the European Commission published a call for proposals , which also describes in detail what features the government-controlled DNS resolver should offer. The current DNS solutions work fine and adding government-run filtering and blocking tools is dangerous. ” This type of collateral damage is not just hypothetical.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

No amendment offered in public session. Rather than a flexible duty to regulate of government, it mandates “Broadcasting organizations shall enjoy the right to prohibit.” No amendment offered in public session. 5- National Treatment Paragraph 5.2 Delete Article 8. USA requested deletion of article. Delete Article 9.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As expected, many rightsholders are in favor of far-reaching, government-backed anti-piracy measures. On the other side, tech companies and the public at large warn against the potential negative consequences, including the potential impact on freedom of expression. The Copyright Office is more cautious, however. Tweaking the DMCA.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain. The guide is an amazingly thorough overview of copyright, written in a way to be understood by lay people and it includes nearly all of the important information one needs to know in just 10 pages and 4,000 words.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Thus, AR can be considered as a tool for boosting cultural heritage exploitation, helping achieve the educational mission of bodies governing cultural heritage, as well as enabling better participation in cultural life. i) Public domain works.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There are other book datasets as well, which are too large to have been created from public domain content. The government previously floated the idea of introducing a copyright exception for text and data mining for AI, but after objections, quickly walked it back.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 13, 2023

and 20th Century-Fox Records argued that, because King had distributed advance copies of the speech to the press without restricting them from reproducing or distributing it further (and without the copyright notice required under copyright law at the time), the speech was in the public domain. The defendants, Mister Maestro, Inc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The patent law in India is governed by The Patent Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). A patent is territorial in nature, which means that it can be granted by the Central Government of India and can be enforced only within the Indian territory. A patent protection is generally conferred for a period of 20 years.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Copyright that is transferred upon selling an NFT may explicitly be outlined in the self-executing smart contract governing the sale. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2022

On the contrary, some scholars, including Osgoode Hall Professor Carys Craig, expressed disdain over CIPO registering AI as an author before the government released the conclusions of their public consultation on a modern copyright framework for AI and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Open arrangements/commons-based accounts are largely devoid of law and more about institutional structures/governance and self-ordering that is more than just in the shadow of the law. public interest opposed in those cases and in Kirtsaeng. IP law of creation isn’t telling the whole story. Individual interest v.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. 1125(a)(1)(B) (Section 43 of the Lanham Act).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Her chapter explores how the Indian central government sought to address biopiracy with the creation of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library and its implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

Patents give the inventor the security and confidence to share their invention in public domains. It enables the Government to develop strategic administrative policies that strengthen the intellectual property sector from time to time. Sense of ownership. Patents as assets. Patents can act as a form of record of all inventions.

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IP Whiteboard

JULY 19, 2020

On 27 April 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ( Supreme Court ) handed down its decision in Georgia Et Al v Public Resource Org, Inc. The decision extends the United States “government edicts doctrine” which embodies the principle that “no one can own the law”. What did the Supreme Court find?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Regarding “government works” as specified in Section 2(k)(iii) , which include works which are made or published by or under the direction of control of “any court, tribunal or other judicial authority in India”, the government is the proprietor (first owner) of the copyright. This is also not specified in the Copyright Act.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Recent advances in the technical field of quantum technologies have not only experienced high amount of attention in information science and software engineering disciplines but also gained a wide interest of government due to its complexity and global significance. billion by 2027. billion by 2027. Image Source: IStock].

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

In India, the protection of copyright is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957. After the expiration of the copyright term, the work enters the public domain, and anyone can use it without seeking permission. Copyright Registration in India ensures legal protection to the creators of original works.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Man’s ideas are both public and private in their essence. The owners’ and people’s ideas and works are generated with uniqueness and creativity, and they are released into the public domain. In the case of Dassault System Solid Works Corporation & Another vs.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. Article 1360 enumerates situations in which the Russian government can allow use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner’s authorization.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Canadian copyright lobby groups effort to persuade the government to restrict fair dealing has often focused on a particular use case: the course pack. For many years, course packs were used by university and college professors to pull together a customized collection of reading materials for their courses. between 2002 and 2021.

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