1. Denial of protection for AI-generated works: the case of “Zarya of the Dawn” The United States Copyright Office, with its decision on February 21, 2023, denied protection to artificial intelligence (AI) generated images under US copyright law. The case involved Kristina Kashtanova, the author of the graphic novel “Zarya of the Dawn”, who used …
1. The ball in the Court’s court In July 2022, the Court of Rome issued the first Italian decision on the subject of NFT ( the abbreviation for ‘non fungible token’), marking the first point of jurisprudence with an extremely contemporary issue. The dispute concerned the use by a company specialised in blockchain technology called …
JUVENTUS – NFT: 1 – 0
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LVMH’s “Vendôme” trademark cancelled for lack of inherent distinctiveness. In 2019, the City of Vendôme filed the “Vendôme” trademark in France for jewellery and watchmaking products. In May 2021, the City sold its trademark to the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy group (LVMH). The transfer caused a stir in the press, both for the amount (€10,000), …
The impressive development of artificial intelligence in recent years raises new questions in every field. One of the most affected areas, also thanks to NFT and the emergence of digital art, is the market for art. Leaving aside the question of the protection of these works on the basis of copyright and the ownership of …
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In the first episode of our newsletter “Blockchain and copyright – Part 1: A matter of date”, we introduced the concepts of blockchain and NFTs and saw how these technologies can solve the problem of proving the precise date of creation in the context of copyright law. In this second episode we will see how …
The rise of blockchain has been a revolutionary event in many areas, including copyright. Providing a guaranteed date of creation is only the tip of the iceberg of new opportunities for artists, but it still deserves to be addressed. The ownership of a work, a matter of date The rule is simple: the author of …
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