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Miller Nash LLP

When Man Beats Machine: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence and Copyright

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Summer must be coming, because the courts are starting to heat up with copyright decisions in artificial intelligence (AI) cases. We’ve previously written here, here, and here about Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to register...more

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Copyright Protection for Works Resulting From Some Use of Artificial Intelligence in the United States

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17 USC 102(a) provides copyright protection for original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated,...more

Morgan Lewis

Copycats Beware: Unintentional Mistake of Law in Copyright Application Does Not Render Registrations Invalid

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The US Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act’s safe harbor provision for unintentional mistakes made in copyright registrations applies equally to mistakes of law and fact. ...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Copyright Act's Safe Harbor Protects against Unknown Inaccuracies of Facts or Law

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The Supreme Court of the United States held that lack of factual or legal knowledge can excuse an inaccuracy in a copyright registration under a safe harbor contained in the Copyright Act. As a result, an applicant’s...more

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Supreme Court Will Hear Copyright Case: How its Decision May Impact the Validity of Future Copyright Registrations

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A copyright claimant may commence an infringement suit when the Copyright Office registers a copyright. See Fourth Est. Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 881, 885, 203 L. Ed. 2d 147 (2019); 17 U.S.C. §...more

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Copyright clarity

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Most of us have at least a basic understanding of the laws that impact our daily lives. We understand, for example, that drivers are supposed to carry vehicle insurance and that they shouldn’t run a red light. We might be...more

Sunstein LLP

March 2019 IP Update: Copyright Owners Must Wait to File Infringement Claims

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Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no civil action for infringement of . . . copyright . . . shall be instituted until . . . registration of the copyright claim has been made in accordance with this title.” A...more

Jackson Walker

Two New Supreme Court Decisions Alter the Landscape for Litigating Copyright Infringement Cases

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Copyright litigants should take note of the pair of unanimous decisions handed down by the Supreme Court on Monday: Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, No. 17-571, 2019 LEXIS 1730 (Mar. 4, 2019), and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Can Science be Copyrighted? You Might be Surprised…

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Biotechnology. For many, the mere mention of the word stirs up a thought of people in white lab coats working in underground bunkers trying to create superhuman mutant weapons, with beakers of green goo bubbling in the...more

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Can I get a C-O-P-Y-R-I-G-H-T? Sixth Circuit Holds Cheerleading Uniform Designs Copyrightable

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When are clothing designs sufficiently severable from the utilitarian aspects of the clothing so that the designs can be protected by copyright? That is a question courts have wrestled with for years, and the Sixth Circuit...more

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