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Copyright, AI, and Personality Rights
Oliver Fairhurst covered the long-awaited High Court of England and Wales judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI, in which the majority of Getty’s claims were rejected and only a limited trade mark infringement was found.
Wissam Bentazar reported on Saudi Arabia’s first publicly known AI-related copyright fine, in which a user was penalized for modifying another person’s photograph with an AI tool and publishing it without permission.
Georgia Jenkins commented on a Berlin Regional Court judgment in which Manfred Lehmann successfully sued a YouTube channel operator for unauthorized commercial exploitation of an AI-generated imitation of his voice, based on the general right of personality.
Patents
In the second of two posts, Katfriend Greg Corcoran analysed the recent Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/23 on prior use and explored its practical implications.
Rose Hughes examined the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 0878/23, where a Nestlé probiotic patent was revoked for insufficiency after mutually exclusive claim definitions made the invention technically impossible to perform.
Trade Marks
Oliver Fairhurst discussed the recent judgment in Babek International v Iceland Foods, in which the England & Wales Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision not to declare the proprietor’s mark invalid, despite challenges that the mark’s description of embossing and colours was insufficient or confusing.
Opportunities and Events
Marcel Pemsel provided an overview of upcoming IP opportunities, including a seminar on copyright originality in Romania; an advanced IP licensing workshop at UCL; Milan Bar Association’s IP Week; the virtual 2025 Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR); CIPA’s long-arm jurisdiction and revocation practice seminar and Patent Case Law Tour; the EUI Law Department Virtual Open Day; and an Oxford Law Pro panel on AI and innovation.
Oliver Fairhurst covered the long-awaited High Court of England and Wales judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI, in which the majority of Getty’s claims were rejected and only a limited trade mark infringement was found.
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Wissam Bentazar reported on Saudi Arabia’s first publicly known AI-related copyright fine, in which a user was penalized for modifying another person’s photograph with an AI tool and publishing it without permission.
Georgia Jenkins commented on a Berlin Regional Court judgment in which Manfred Lehmann successfully sued a YouTube channel operator for unauthorized commercial exploitation of an AI-generated imitation of his voice, based on the general right of personality.
Patents
In the second of two posts, Katfriend Greg Corcoran analysed the recent Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/23 on prior use and explored its practical implications.
Rose Hughes examined the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 0878/23, where a Nestlé probiotic patent was revoked for insufficiency after mutually exclusive claim definitions made the invention technically impossible to perform.
Trade Marks
Oliver Fairhurst discussed the recent judgment in Babek International v Iceland Foods, in which the England & Wales Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision not to declare the proprietor’s mark invalid, despite challenges that the mark’s description of embossing and colours was insufficient or confusing.
Opportunities and Events
Marcel Pemsel provided an overview of upcoming IP opportunities, including a seminar on copyright originality in Romania; an advanced IP licensing workshop at UCL; Milan Bar Association’s IP Week; the virtual 2025 Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR); CIPA’s long-arm jurisdiction and revocation practice seminar and Patent Case Law Tour; the EUI Law Department Virtual Open Day; and an Oxford Law Pro panel on AI and innovation.
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