As a general rule, a copyright registration covers an individual work, and you must prepare a separate application and submit a separate filing fee and deposit for each work you want to register. Under the recently proposed copyright rules, artist can register multiple works of two-dimensional artwork, such as illustrations, paintings and drawings in a single application.
Every January 15th, we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American history. His vision of a society where people are judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, inspired millions of people to fight for justice and Read more about Celebrating Dr. King’s Dream with Copyright Protection for Words and Speeches[…]
Its hard to believe that what once was lived at the Laugh-O-Gram studio at the corner of Forest Avenue and 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri has become a symbol of ingenuity and creativity around the globe for nearly a century. Since the early 1920s, Mickey Mouse has been the grinning emblem of Disney’s empire, protected by a copyright as ironclad as his yellow shoes. But the copyright countdown is ticking away on its exclusivity, and on January 1st, 2024, the original “Steamboat Willie” Mickey will sail into the uncharted waters of the public domain.
Under current US Copyright Office policy, AI-generated content cannot be copyrighted unless it contains sufficient human authorship. This means that the copyright of AI content, including game content created through AI-generated elements, without sufficient creative additions involving human creativity and ingenuity, are not eligible for copyright protection.
In a landmark ruling, on September 25, 2023, a federal judge in Delaware denied summary judgment over a legal research software companies use of copyrighted material to train its artifical intelligence database. The federal court ruled that it will be up to a jury to decide whether Ross Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters’ copyrights by copying material from its legal research platform, Westlaw. The case has been closely watched by legal experts, as it could set a precedent for how copyright law applies to artificial intelligence (AI).
On February 24th, the US Supreme Court ruled that errors in a copyright application do not automatically invalidate a copyright. The case provided a win for artists avoiding copyright technicality defenses.
On Monday, the Supreme Court ended a 2005 copyright infringement case between Google and Oracle based on the Copyright Fair Use doctrine. In the ruling, the Court handed Google and software developers a ruling which will have rippling effects for years to come. In the ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that Google’s copying of Oracles Read more about High Court Finds Easy End to Google’s Copyright Battle[…]
For centuries, in the art world supply, demand and consumer impression have dictated the value of a work of art. The scarcity of a highly demanded work is often one of the key components in determining the price. However, in a digital world the price is deflated by uncontrolled and uncontrollable reproduction of the image. Read more about NFTs Huge Impact on Sale of Digital Artwork[…]
COVID Relief includes Copyright provisions Last night, as part of the latest round of COVID relief, Congress enacted new intellectual property regulations within the proposed legislation. There are almost 100 pages of new intellectual property regulations within the COVID-19 appropriations bill. The new legislation has not yet been signed by the President. Based on the Read more about In surprise move, Copyright Office can decide Copyright Infringement Cases[…]
When protecting computer code, your failure to properly protect the trade secret can result in a loss of IP rights. If you wish to protect a trade secret, the copyright office allows you to keep portions of the computer code a secre.