Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts by Lokesh on his ATRIP Winning Essay, the Delhi High Court’s decision in Vans v. FCB and the Delhi High Court’s decision awarding Rs. 200 crore damages in a patent infringement suit. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly […]
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Introduction For the scholarly communications community to extract the most value from scientific research, as well as to successfully move from subscription to open access publishing models, it is essential to have clean metadata and a robust infrastructure to build the required workflows, processes and systems to support effective use of that metadata. To support
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Why AI-Generated Art Should Be Copyrightable The expression that artists will put AI in their toolbox points to the reason why AI-generated art should be copyrightable. AI-generated art should be copyrightable because it is indeed possible to create AI-generated art with enough human intervention and creativity to satisfy the requirements for copyright. Further, we argue
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The Copyright Office celebrates Women’s History Month and this year’s theme, “Women who advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion.” As part of this year’s celebration, Copyright Office staff sat down with Sarah Beth Morgan, an animation director, illustrator, and muralist who has practiced art across the country. Morgan attended Savannah College of Art and Design
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Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on DHC’s decision in Seagate v. Daichi, Genus-Species patents, and GI inspection mechanism in India. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of
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By Rob Johnson, managing director at Research Consulting With the number of independent learned society publishers in sharp decline and revenues failing to keep pace with inflation, Rob Johnson, Founder and Managing Director at Research Consulting Ltd., looks at what the world’s oldest journal publishers must do to remain relevant in an open access world.
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How To Get Permission from a Copyright Owner Identify Copyright Owner Identifying who the owner is of the copyrighted work you want to use is a crucial step in ensuring that you have the proper permissions to use copyrighted material. Whether you’re seeking to reproduce, distribute, perform, or adapt a work, understanding who holds the
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The following is a guest post by Jessica Chinnadurai, an attorney-advisor in the Office of Public Information and Education. “When Sandra Day O’Connor, the ‘cowgirl from out west,’ became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, she changed the world and made history.” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote these words about her former
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Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the post on DHC’s decision in Forest Essentials v. Baby Forest. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week Initial Interest Confusion
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The Newest Edition of The State of Scholarly Metadata Report Will Provide an Updated Snapshot of the Current Metadata Supply Chain and Highlight Industry Initiatives to Improve Metadata Management Across the Research Lifecycle May 23, 2024 – Danvers, Mass. – CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces that the newest