News of the Week; February 26, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1. Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain: Damien Riehl & Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a drive, then turned it around to the commons.
2. Attempt To Put Every Musical Melody Into The Public Domain Demonstrates Craziness Of Modern Copyright
3. Can a Machine Be Considered an ‘Inventor’ for Patent Purposes?
4. Drake’s Sampling is a Fair Use
5. Judge upholds decision awarding $6.75 million (£5.2 million) damages to 5 Pointz graffiti artists
6. Second Circuit Affirms Visual Artists Rights Act Protects Famed Graffiti-ed Building
7. An introduction to copyright for creatives
8. Merchandising Monsters – European Commission imposes €14.3 million fine on NBCUniversal
9. The NCAA Blocks the Use of “March Madness” in Trademark Dispute
10. Brakes put on Bentley Motors’ use of trademark
11. Infringement by ReTweet?
12. Copyright term under Disney’s spell?
13. Can You License A Video You Don’t Hold The Copyright Over?
14. Copyright Can’t Bend Far Enough to Be Used Like a Patent
15. Protecting the Design of Consumer Goods
16. Compete, monetise, abandon: the strategic path to IP value
17. Intellectual Property Alert: Where and How You Store Your Servers May Subject You to Patent Litigation in a Distant Jurisdiction
18. Canadian patent law: 2019 year in review
19. Obtaining patent protection for software in Europe
20. 2019 U.S. Patents Hit All Time High
21. Is Chinese IP Theft Coming to an End?
22. The US Spent Years Telling China To Take Patents Seriously; Now It’s Freaking Out That China Is Doing So
23. Design Patent Guidance Found in Recent Court Decisions
24. Intellectual Property and Brexit
25. IP after Brexit: consequences and checklists
26. Revolution in enforcement of intellectual property rights in Poland – Introduction of specialised IP courts
27. Hiding Actualities: Whether Art Should Exist Independent of the Artist (Derek Diemer)
28. Open source licenses: What, which, and why
29. The Next Risk In Buying An IOT Product Is Having It Bricked By A Patent Dispute
30. Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images And 3D Models Into The Public Domain
31. The system is rigged against users: Another reason why getting compensated for data is not a good idea (Beatriz Botero Arcila)
32. Companies are stealing influencers’ faces
33. Facebook offers to pay users for their voice recordings
34. Facebook will now pay you for your voice recordings: But it won’t pay much
35. Who’s protecting the machines? Will IP law offer incentives to AI developers in the battle to beat bacteria?
36. Corona Beer Takes a Hit From Coronavirus as Brand Image Suffers
37. Crytek’s lawsuit against Star Citizen devs ends in settlement
38. Copyright In The Modern Era: Fortnite Lets Players Mute Emote To Avoid Auto-Copyright Claims Against YouTubers
39. UK High Court Confirms That Grand Theft Auto Cheat Software Infringes Copyright
40. Activision subpoenas Reddit in hopes of tracking down Call of Duty leaker
41. Activision goes after Reddit to expose Call of Duty leaker: DMCA subpoena issued to identify user who posted new screenshot
42. Well Then: Activision Issues DMCA Subpoena To Have Reddit Unmask Whoever Posted That CoD Image Leak

Jon