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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, de facto they merely owned proof of ownership without any proprietary value, as all copyright and any related rights were retained and not granted upon purchase. 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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UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Attempting to pre-empt the advancement of AI in the late 1980s, they reflect neither the contemporary technological reality of algorithmic and ML achievements nor our shared expectations from technological and market developments. A third alternative: the related rights approach.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Responses from the earlier call for views have raised the need to improve licensing mechanisms for TDM purposes.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. FIDE - The Metaverse As A Challenge To Classical IP - 29 June 2022 - Online The Metaverse steadily developed, and its role became even more central to the business.

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[Guest post] SIAE vs Meta: no more Italian music available on Facebook and Instagram?

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is happy to host this guest contribution by Deborah De Angelis (Studio Legale DDA) on the highly publicized halted licensing negotiations between Italian collecting society SIAE and Meta regarding the availability of the music repertoire administered by the former on the latter’s services. 17 (4), a).

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Unrequited love at the times of French maisons: the Museum vs Le Musée

Kluwer Copyright Blog

We have an artwork, displayed in a museum and which is in the public domain. However, no fees shall be paid for certain specific uses, such as in the case of personal use, use for study purposes or public entities’ use with the aim of enhancing the assets themselves. This is exactly the case here. Second, Art.

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Guest Post: Press Publishers’ Rights In Indian News Media Digital Space

SpicyIP

This blog examines how press publishers have claimed rights over their content on digital media platforms like Facebook, Google News, which give a preview of two-three lines along with a hyperlink to the press publication. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.