The Universal Music Group is accusing a TikTok creator of copyright infringement after they published an AI-Generated song that was made to sound like a Drake and Weeknd collaboration. Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss this dispute in this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog.Continue Reading The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: AI Generated Fake Drake Song – Legit or Lawsuit?
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Copyright Office Issues Guidance for Works Containing Material Generated by AI
The US Copyright Office issued a policy statement regarding the registration of works that contain material generated by AI technology.
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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Copyright Office Goes After Registration Issued to AI-Created Graphic Novel
The U.S. Copyright Office instituted an inquiry into a registration relating to a graphic novel that uses AI-generated artwork.
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Should AI Machines Have Rights?
In the last few years, the U.S. Copyright Office refused to allow a copyright registration for a work of art created by a machine, and a federal district court held that an artificial intelligence system could not be an inventor on a patent. However, before we decide whether an AI machine can have property rights, we will need to resolve a far more difficult question. Should AI machines have basic rights? This question requires consideration of ethical concepts, scientific knowledge, and legal issues. We cannot answer this question now because we do not have enough information.
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AI Systems May Invent, But Are They Inventors?
Previously, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) has found that a non-human may infringe patents. Arguably, an AI system, which is a non-human, can also create or invent. But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? The Federal Circuit recently addressed this issue in Thaler v. Vidal.
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