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The IPKat is referenced in the recently released Part 2 of the U.S. Copyright Office Report on AI.
The IPKat has been referenced in Part 2 of the U.S. Copyright Office Report on the legal and policy issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and copyright. The Report is being released in three Parts. The first one, published in July 2024, recommended federal legislation to address unauthorized digital replicas. Review Part 1 here.
Part 2 of the Report (here), released on 29 January 2025, tackled the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI (GenAI), in which inter alia it was stated that:
- The existing principles of copyright law are flexible enough to apply to AI as they have applied to tech innovations in the past.
- The case has not been made for changes to existing law to provide additional protection for AI-generated outputs.
- AI usage for assisting creation processes or including AI-generated material in a more extensive human-generated work does not prevent copyrightability.
- Outputs of GenAI can be protected by copyright only where sufficient expressive elements have been determined by human authors (e.g., a human makes creative arrangements of the output but not the mere provision of prompts).
The final and forthcoming Part 3 will cover the legal implications of training AI models on works protected by copyright, including licensing and potential liability. More information here.
The IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2024.
The deadline for submissions to the IPKat Book of the Year awards has been extended to 10 February 2025. Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl., related rights, performers’ rights), trade marks (incl., geographical indications), designs, best foreign language/non-English IP book and IP in general (books covering diverse IP rights). Further details here.
Events
INTA 2025 Annual Meeting.
The International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting will take place from 17 to 21 May 2025 in San Diego, California, USA. The five-day program includes specialized tracks (law and policy, business and technology, professional development and career advancement) and a comprehensive series (regional update, in-house practitioners, and patent). As usual, networking activities are also part of the agenda. More information is available here.
oriGIn 2025 Biennial Meeting.
The Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network (oriGIn) will hold its Biennial Meeting from 8 to 10 October 2025 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. The programme covers an international conference on geographical indications (GIs), oriGIn's statutory general assembly, and social activities. The event will address key issues for GIs, focusing on developing craft GIs and strengthening GI groups in Latin America. Further details are here.
Opportunities
Call for papers: Max Planck Conference for Early Career European Scholars.
The Max Planck European Law Group is seeking submissions for the Fourth Max Planck Conference for Early Career European Scholars, which will address fairness as a guiding principle of European law in diverse areas such as IP law. The conference will take place on 4 and 5 September 2025 in Munich. The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2025. Further details here.
Call for papers: 2025 SERCI Annual Congress.
The Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) is calling for papers for its Annual Congress which will be held on 7 and 8 July 2025 in Hong Kong. The call welcomes contributions that explore economic analysis (theoretical or empirical) to address copyright issues. There are no registration fees, accommodation for all conference presenters will be covered, and travel scholarships for students and early career presenters will be available on a case-by-case basis. The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2025. More information is available here.
Other developments
EUIPO, EUROPOL and EMA launched the #EUvsFakeMedicines campaign.
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Europol, and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have launched the #EUvsFakeMedicines campaign to raise awareness about the risks of fake medicines to public health and the importance of protecting IP rights. Two videos have been released as part of the campaign. More information is available here.
Patry Copyright Blog Redux.
‘Patry Copyright Blog Redux’ was recently launched, in which current issues in copyright law are discussed. In the most recent post, Katfriend Bill Patry provides his views on Part 2 of the U.S. Copyright Office Report, which addresses the copyrightability of outputs created using GenAI. Read the blog here.
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