SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

In his recent work published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice , Dr. Mo Abolkheir argues that the prevailing interpretation of ‘inventive steps’ places emphasis on the inventor’s imaginative capacity rather than the invention itself. student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

copyright law. In a highly watched copyright case, a federal district court has ruled that an AI companys unauthorized copying and use of original case annotations and editorial content from a leading legal research platform to train and develop a competing legal research tool runs afoul of U.S. Ross Intelligence Inc.,

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Robert Diab , a law professor at Thompson Rivers University, raised similar thoughts in his own piece on the lawsuit. Robert joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the case and its implications for copyright and AI in Canada. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

Traditionally, the purchase of the tangible copy of a work afforded the buyer or every lawful acquirer of the tangible copy the possibility to enjoy the work as long as the physical object incorporating the work exists. However, the shift from a market of goods to a market of services has changed this paradigm.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Canadian Press has an in depth report about the ads that appeared in digital editions of such publications as the … Continue reading "It’s a Copyright Violation, But Also Much Worse… Fraud, Negligence, and “Misappropriation of Personality”…Plus Being a Gross Insult to Anyone’s Intelligence: The Jagmeet (..)

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Patently-O

MARCH 24, 2025

In the case, the Second Circuit had sided with Sheeran -- affirming dismissal of the infringement claim based largely on a technical limitation of pre-1976 copyright law. Structured Asset Sales, LLC v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 13, 2025

This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. As a reminder, full extracts from laws, with links to original texts, are available here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 12, 2025

This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. There is already an argument under copyright law that there is an implicit right of access. This is not to say that this process has been easy or painless.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 13, 2025

… The post Privacy Internet Scraping and Canadian Privacy Law: Clearview AI appeared first on Barry Sookman. In so ruling, it essentially found that PIPAs blanket restrictions against collecting publicly available information from the Internet without obtaining individuals consent were unconstitutional.…

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SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2025

Varsha is an LLM candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology Laws. A R Rahman Controversy: Is the Law Out of Tune with Indian Classical Music? You can view her previous posts on the blog here. Long post ahead!] Image from here Dagar v.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 7, 2025

In a significant move to address the tension between copyright and generative artificial intelligence (AI), the UKs Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), Authors Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), and Publishers Licensing Services (PLS) have announced plans to launch a collective licensing framework for AI training.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Image: Shutterstock (AI modified) Singapore already has one of the most permissive text and data mining (TDM) exceptions in copyright law found anywhere, allowing AI developers to ingest copyrighted content for AI training purposes subject only to a very few limitations, all of which are pretty minimal.

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Hugh Stephens Blog

MARCH 29, 2025

Image: Shutterstock (AI generated) As we complete the first few days in what is the shortest election campaign in Canadian history, the minimum 37 days required by law, where do the copyright and cultural industries stand with respect to electoral platforms and public consciousness?

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We are seeking a law student for a paid IP/Trademark internship ($25/hr) from May 2025 to August 2025 (dates are flexible, minimum 10 weeks is required). Our intern will have an interest in Intellectual Property law; solid research and writing skills; and attention to detail and deadlines.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2025

The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement. While site blocking is claimed to exist in more than 60 countries, DNS resolvers are typically not included in site blocking laws and regulations. Copyright Law.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 16, 2025

Three states passed comprehensive AI legislation, with others passing multiple laws that regulate certain AI uses. By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

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JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2025

In this episode, Austin Padgett and Rusty Close discuss the legal implications of Mike Tyson's face tattoo in the context of intellectual property law. The conversation covers the originality and fixation requirements for copyright, the impact of preliminary injunctions, and the broader implications of copyright law.

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Erik K Pelton

APRIL 22, 2025

Journalists consistently struggle with some of the nuance, terminology and language of trademark law. This is a challenge and somewhat upsetting when I’m trying to teach law students about proper terminology, concepts and issues, and the stories that their friends ask them about because they know they’re studying trademarks.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 10, 2024

If USPTO registration is not a viable option now, are you prepared to move forward quickly if the laws and regulations change? Since 2018 Farm Bill law made many hemp and CBD products and services legal under Federal law, and could be eligible for USPTO trademark registration.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We’re pleased to announce that National Law University, Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue (Volume IX, Issue I). NLU Jodhpur has constantly been ranked as one of the top law schools in India.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

” Problematic Reporting Obligations In addition to matters directly related to blocking, the tech industry is concerned about recent amendments to Italian copyright law that introduce obligations that contradict the principles set forth in the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it brings with it numerous questions regarding the application of intellectual property (IP) laws.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Thus, fundamental questions arise, such as whether such copying amounts to infringement under copyright law or whether it falls under the purview of fair use.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectual property law issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This maneuver blurs the lines between defamation and copyright law, raising questions about the appropriate remedies for defamation and the jurisdictional authority of courts in such matters. Copyright Remedies Defamation and copyright law are distinct legal frameworks with separate objectives and definitions.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 30, 2025

He explicitly stated that the case poses “novel and unsettled” issues of Ohio law, noting that “no Ohio court has ever applied its law as OCLC would have this Court do.” ” The judge is concerned that a new state law could be created through a federal court.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Commenting on the French action, Quad9 describes the latest blocking order as yet more “DNS censorship” The company believes that the ruling is based on an “absurd” application of copyright law, which has far-reaching consequences. This is in line with European and Swiss privacy laws.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Marijuana is currently a Schedule I substance and illegal for medical or recreational use under federal law. This is true for both forms of cannabis, including marijuana and hemp. By: McGlinchey Stafford

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The litigation that has unfolded in the past year foretells the downstream implications of the Supreme Court ruling, particularly for trademark dilution law. It continues on remand in Arizona federal court, where this case first began a decade ago in 2014.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent. 1 (2022). [5] 7] Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

One of the main areas of intellectual property law development is the link between artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights (IPRs). Growing AI-related business activity, early case law, and legislative and international policy activities are making it more and more relevant in practice.

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Copyright Lately

APRIL 27, 2025

The court disregarded copyrights core principle of territoriality, misread the Copyright Acts clear limits on termination rights, and fundamentally misunderstood the choice of law rules that govern the scope of copyright assignments. law, and not because of any U.S. Last week, Resnik filed his opening appellate brief (read it here).

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The conclusion of that lawsuit declared that an emulator like Yuzu, that circumvents Nintendo’s technical measures, decrypts Switch games using unauthorized copies of Switch cryptographic keys, allowing games to be played on anything other than a Switch, violates copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 24, 2024

LifeWise reaches settlement with critic, proposed copyright law could help Canadian artists and Rojadirecta ordered to pay $33 million. The post 3 Count: Wise Settlement appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The past year has included some monumental developments in the world of IP - and adjacent to IP - that will affect law and practice for years to come.

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The Illusion of More

APRIL 16, 2025

The purpose of cultivating works of authorship is to shed light on human experience, and the foundational purpose of the fair use doctrine in copyright law is to shed light on works of authorship. From its 18th century, English roots to the U.S. Supreme Courts 2023 decision in AWF v.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Art 709 provides that “a person who intentionally or negligently infringes another’s rights or benefits to be protected by law shall be liable for the losses caused” (Art 709). the “unlawfulness or illegality” of the defendant’s behavior), (iii) a causal link, and (iv) losses.

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