An ‘ordinary’ copyright case on the limits of fair use for non-generative AI-powered search engines By Georgia Jenkins at Wednesday, October 21, 2026 AI AI training Artificial Intelligence fair use Georgia Jenkins legal reporting originality transformative USA +
USM Haller II – Copyright protection for a furniture system? Maybe! By Marcel Pemsel at Thursday, July 23, 2026 copyright Marcel Pemsel MIO originality USM Haller works of applied art +
[Book Review] Art and Copyright Law: An Interdisciplinary Study on Interpictoriality By Söğüt Atilla-Aydın at Tuesday, May 19, 2026 art Book review copyright Copyright exceptions imitation interpictoriality originality Söğüt Atilla-Aydın +
CJEU rules that derivative works enjoy copyright protection if they are … original By Eleonora Rosati at Sunday, March 22, 2026 C-649/23 CJEU copyright critical editions derivative works Eleonora Rosati Institutul G. Călinescu originality +
Is authorship inherently anthropocentric? Thaler, human authorship and the contracts quietly filling the gap By Georgia Jenkins at Tuesday, March 10, 2026 A Recent Entrance to Paradise AI Artificial Intelligence authorship Creativity Machine Georgia Jenkins originality SCOTUS Stephen Thaler US copyright law USA +
Skating between human magic and machine, the fragile fate of generative AI ‘works’ By Georgia Jenkins at Friday, February 20, 2026 AI AI generated creations Artificial Intelligence author's own intellectual creation copyright work cultural production Georgia Jenkins German copyright law human creativity logos originality +
[Guest post] Copyright in photographs: a pivotal moment? By Eleonora Rosati at Sunday, December 21, 2025 copyright Guest post Mio konektra originality photographs Robert Dickens UK +
Belgian Court spares rich-kid inner turmoil-driven plotlines from copyright protection By Georgia Jenkins at Friday, December 12, 2025 adaptation Belgian copyright law Belgium character Georgia Jenkins idea/expression dichotomy originality plots etc storylines +
[Book Review] Cinematic Algorithms: The Rise of Generative AI in Video Art and Visual Culture By Söğüt Atilla-Aydın at Monday, December 08, 2025 Artificial Intelligence authorship Book review copyright deepfake filmmaking originality Söğüt Atilla-Aydın storytelling +
CJEU broadly follows AG and recognizability approach in Mio/konektra judgment By Eleonora Rosati at Friday, December 05, 2025 CJEU copyright Copyright infringement copyright subsistence Eleonora Rosati konektra C-795/23 Mio C-580/23 originality works of applied art +
[Guest post] The Birkenstock saga continues: Dutch court acknowledges copyright protection in sandal designs By Eleonora Rosati at Sunday, November 23, 2025 Birkenstock Brompton Bycicle Cofemel copyright Guest post infringement Mio/konektra Netherlands originality Spyros Sipetas works of applied art +
Heavy metal meets artistic copyright: Originality and authorship of Venom’s images By Söğüt Atilla-Aydın at Saturday, October 11, 2025 artistic works authorship copyright independent creation originality Söğüt Atilla-Aydın Venom +