Communications Law
AI Copyright Act – Proposed EU Law
EU lawmakers have been working on a new legislation for the use of artificial intelligence in Europe for the past two years and they just published a draft. The new act, called the AI Act, will cover any service or product generated by AI, and any company using AI will be required to disclose any […]
Canadian Clothing Retailer Aritzia entangled in Copyright Lawsuit
Aritzia is facing an interesting new copyright infringement lawsuit, the fast growing fashion chain is being accused of “improperly displaying unauthorized and illegal sculptures” in its stores and thereby infringing Tangle Inc’s exclusive rights in the copyright protected designs. Richard X Zawitz, the owner of Tangle Creations says the retailer placed hot pink sculptures identical […]
Copyright in Jazz Improvisation
Hi everyone, Here is a post for the musicians amongst us. In class we discussed the role of copyright and DJ performance usage of copyrighted materials, and how the market incentive for producers of music to want their music played in clubs may be a major factor in why we don’t commonly see copyright claims […]
No Clothing- Centric Trademark Registrations for Vetements, Says TTAB
Hi everyone , i wanted to share this interesting article with you. It’s regarding an appeal made by Vetements, a Zurich based Clothing brand to the Trademark Trial and Appeal board to overturn an earlier refusal to register its name for use on apparel and related “online retail store services ” The appeal’s reason for […]