Insights
Copyright Office Offers New Guidance on AI
July 25th, 2023
In June, the US Copyright Office hosted an online event focusing on the registration of works containing generative artificial intelligence (GAI) content. We previously wrote in this blog about how a comic book creator sought and initially received c…
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Categories: Copyright
Federal Circuit: Digital Image Patent Claims are Abstract
July 24th, 2023
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a federal district court decision that certain claims of digital imaging patents are patent-ineligible. The case involves a dispute between the patent owner, Sanderling Management Ltd., and Snap Inc., which operates t…
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Categories: Patents
Federal Court Dismisses Time-Tracking Patent Complaint
July 21st, 2023
A federal court in the Southern District of New York has granted a motion to dismiss a complaint for patent infringement because the patent was directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Realtime Tracker, Inc. v. RELX, Inc. involves a patent for b…
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Categories: Patents
インターネット・アーカイブに不利な判決、次はAIか？
July 18th, 2023
ニューヨークの連邦地裁判事は、書籍出版社がインターネット・アーカイブ（IA）を相手取り、著作権侵害を主張して提出した略式裁判の申し立てを認める判決を下した。 意見書による…
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Judge Rules against Internet Archive; Will AI Be Next?
July 18th, 2023
A US District Court judge in New York has issued a ruling granting a motion for summary judgement filed by book publishers against the Internet Archive (IA), alleging copyright infringement. According to the opinion, the four publishers (Hachette Boo…
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Categories: Patents
Picking an Outfit Isn’t Patentable
June 26th, 2023
A Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has recommended that the District Court grant defendant’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss patent claims for a method of picking outfits, finding that the c…
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Categories: Patents
LeBron James Weighs in on “Taco Tuesday” Trademark Battle
June 22nd, 2023
Many people who use the phrase on a regular basis may not realize that “Taco Tuesday” is actually protected by a US trademark. As NPR reported, the trademark is owned by Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based fast-food restaurant chain with about 380…
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Categories: Patents
US Copyright Office Launches AI Initiative
June 21st, 2023
The US Copyright Office has announced the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative. As the Office notes, This initiative is in direct response to the recent striking advances in generative AI technologies and their rapidly growing use…
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Categories: Copyright
Jury: Sheeran Didn’t Violate Gaye’s Copyright
June 20th, 2023
A New York federal jury has found that musician Ed Sheeran and his co-writer Amy Wadge did not copy Marvin Gaye’s hit 1973 song “Let’s Get It On.” The decision came after an eight-year-long legal battle in which it was alleged that Sheeran’…
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Categories: Patents
Copyright Office Denies Protection for AI-Generated Images
June 13th, 2023
The US Copyright Office has cancelled an attempt to register images created using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. In 2022, Kristina Kashtanova sought and received copyright registration for an 18-page comic book titled Zarya of the Dawn. On the…
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Categories: Copyright
