The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst (both Lewis Silkin) on protectability of AI-generated outputs under UK copyright. Does UK copyright law protection extend to computer-generated works which are not original?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 29 October 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a public consultation looking at how the copyright and patent regimes should deal with artificial intelligence. This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. Photo by Rock’n Roll Monkey on Unsplash.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

Copyright and maps is not a topic that I would have predicted as such, but what I found in this book, in this context, with Alexander’s style and delivery, was a new lens with which to view familiar concepts in a refreshing and fascinating way.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

CIPA Student Conference 2023 The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys will host this conference on 27th April 2023 in Birmingham, covering soft skills training, exam and post-qualification guidance, PCT for EQE candidates, mental health and wellbeing, and others to be confirmed. We’re two thirds there… through January!

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2022

A Kat preparing a full report of his naps Events OxFirst - "The Influence of Women in IP: Women and the Unified Patent Court" - 28 April 2022, online OxFirst will host an online event on 28 April 2022 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm CEST to discuss the role and influence women will have in the game-changing Unified Patent Court.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In a country where more than 770 burglaries go unsolved every day, it’s no surprise that some people consider free Sky streams the least of the UK’s worries. If the topic was switched to fraud, opinions would likely be quite different, and herein lies the problem.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo by Emily Wang on Unsplash The UK’s attempt to deal with generative AI, training data and copyright law has taken yet another turn. Copyright law has always been an emotional topic. For a full list, see here. Fuelled by AI concerns, it becomes borderline explosive.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The Ordinance came into effect back in 1997 and incorporates a substantial part of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 of the UK. This is an actively developing aspect of the law in other jurisdictions e.g. the UK and the EU. AI is currently the “hot topic” around the globe. 528) (“ the Ordinance ”).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 28, 2021

Patents A South African decision to recognize an artificial Intelligence system (DABUS) as an inventor was one of most discussed IP news items of the last several weeks [see The IPKat’s posts on the DABUS saga in various jurisdictions here , here , and here ].

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

The IPKat is pleased to host the following contribution by Katfriend Marianna Ryan (Edwin Coe and King's College London) on the topical issue of how Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are to be treated and what IP issues come with them. Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 12, 2022

They qualify as a metadata tag and aid the user to create, identify, follow, and contribute to a particular conversation or a topic on social networking sites and across other internet applications. Therefore, it would be appropriate to say that protecting a hashtag as a trademark can be a challenging task in the UK.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It seems inevitable that UK copyright law will change at some stage. It increasingly appears that judges are waiting for a case which requires the inconsistencies between EU and UK copyright law to be addressed. 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1994 (“CDPA”), when considered under either UK or EU copyright law.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In the UK, for example, many copyright holders have tested the waters in the past, sometimes with significant controversy. However, those earlier mishaps aren’t deterring US company Voltage Holdings, which recently obtained permission from the High Court to contact alleged pirates in the UK. That now appears to be the case.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

Hayleigh Bosher and Coran Darling giving evidence at the Inquiry Artificial intelligence is a highly debated topic in the intellectual property field currently. The Response to Consultation Report notes that the UK IPO planned to introduce a new copyright and database exception which allowed TDM for any purpose, including commercial use.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). The existing UK protection for computer-generated works.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Topical Highlight. Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Continuing our posts on the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report, I wrote a II-part post on the Report’s recommendations on patent law reform. Part I and II. Other Posts.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

InterDigital proposed that the total aggregate royalty burden equals the aggregate royalty burden of InterDigital divided by InterDigital’s share of the patents assessed as essential for that generation of technology ([821]). By consistently seeking supra-FRAND rates, InterDigital did not act as a willing licensor ([928]).

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The IPKat

JUNE 25, 2021

His first book “Inside the Patent Factory” was published by Wiley & Sons in 2008, and second book “Harvesting External Innovation” was published by Gower Publishing in 2011. The 1990 Bayh-Dole Act was a major milestone for intellectual property management in US universities.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

Topical Highlight. I argue that the Boards as owners of ‘government works’ under Sections 2k and 17(dd) of the Copyright Act should conduct a survey of all their works to establish costs of production and revenue. He also said that MSD wants to join the UN-backed Medicines Patents Pool (MPP) to expand access to the drug.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2021

For his parting post, he returns to Germany and patent injunctions. As readers may know, the German parliament recently adopted amendments of the German Patent Act (GPA) as the final step of a reform process that spanned nearly two years [final version (German) here , earlier Katpost here , news coverage here ]. here and here ].

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2021

A topic of interest in the UK courts at the moment (see the various applications to expedite trials because of it here ). But turns out the German patent litigators are also talking about it. It seems to be clear that the patent holder is better off. 83 of the German Patents Act (GPA) is of particular interest.

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The IPKat

JULY 7, 2023

Moreover, it could act as a useful tool to mix technology and policy, especially given its eventual accessibility and inclusivity. Indeed, nowadays, while the “basics” of the Metaverse are done and patented, it was suggested that the focus should be shifted to the user experience to ensure its success.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

7 February 2023 – Centre for Law, Society and Popular Culture, University of Westminster: “ Issues and Developments in Entertainment Law ” (Portland Hall, University of Westminster, UK) The seventh annual lecture delivered by Sir Richard Arnold will centre around issues and developments in entertainment law from an intellectual property perspective.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 4, 2023

By 2025, we will have replaced our existing processes with a single, integrated system for all registered IP rights (patents, trade marks and designs). The Transformation Consultation is aimed at the following questions: · Would you like more ways of illustrating your inventions when applying for a patent? More information here.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event to be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the topic: 'The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze'.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 7, 2022

European Commission and European Parliament, Digital Services Act (DSA). Together with the Digital Markets Act, the DSA is now expected to be put to final vote in a plenary session in the beginning of July 2022. Council of the EU, Data Governance Act. UK Intellectual Property Office, Response to public consultation on IP and AI.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2023

Top 3 Kluwer Copyright Blog posts 1) Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act by João Pedro Quintais “ Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. There have also been 52 automatic withdrawals due to requests for unitary effect of opted-out patents. Here are the most popular posts over the past few months.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

The book covers the rights of performers, particularly the rights conferred under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). An appendix provides extracts of relevant UK, EU and international regulation. The book is presented in 11 chapters.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2022

TRADE MARKS Following a public consultation that took place between June and August 2021, the UKIPO recently announced that the government is not proposing to change the current IPRs exhaustion regime in the UK. The requirements for copyright joint authorship and co-ownership were the main topic of a new lawsuit in the U.S.,

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

From an in-depth discussion on the terms of copyright and translations in India to the recent UK Supreme Court’s order regarding the patentability of inventions by an AI, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. vs The Controller of Patents & Anr. vs The Controller of Patents & Anr. Inventprise Inc.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This Kat was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with Tim Moss , Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO), on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). But, like you were saying, it’s all about this balancing act.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A prominent feature of the debate has been the comparison between the fair use provision contained in section 107 of the US Copyright Act 1976 and the more detailed exceptions and limitations contained in legislation such as the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2021

Voxer argued that a live broadcast feature offered by Facebook infringes its patent EP 2 393 259. Facebook initiated the present proceeding to revoke the patent. Voxer counter argued that the patent was valid and infringed. The present case has been tried under the Shorter Trials Scheme (a topic for another post, says Merpel.).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Our members are leading European scholars and academics from various European countries seeking to share their views with the public and decision makers and to pursue the overall public interest on all topics concerning the authors’ rights, neighboring rights, and related matters. sub c Satellite Directive 1993; Art. DSM Directive. [4]

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Just as Shakespeare noted in Winter’s Tale (Act 5, Scene 2, lines 14-15 ), there is such a full body of “language in their very gestures” that doing that topic justice goes beyond the space available in this piece). This was made possible through amendments to the Trademark Act B.E. 2560 (2017).

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