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Webtoon DMCA subpoena targets over 170 pirate websites
29 August 2024Webtoon says ‘operations, financial position, reputation and prospects’ may suffer.
Voice ownership: When your voice becomes a digital doppelgänger
27 August 2024As AI continues its march forward, actors are increasingly finding themselves on the outside of the voice over business. Cathy Li examines who owns an actor’s voice when AI and voice cloning tools can sound like just about anyone.
Couples in (and out of) love: Intellectual property issues in a relationship
01 August 2024Are IPs created during a relationship considered shared property, or are they retained solely by the creator?
Japan’s news association calls for legal reforms against AI ‘free-riding’ on copyrighted content
01 August 2024AI-powered search engines are using news articles without permission, potentially infringing on copyrights and harming the creator’s financial returns.
Spotlight on fair dealing: Pakistani content creator’s YouTube video taken down and then restored
01 August 2024No clear answers as to what usage would be protected under “fair dealing,” says lawyer.
ByteDance web novel platform’s AI clause sparks author outrage
26 July 2024The clause requires authors to agree to allow their works to be used by the platform’s AI for content development.
The Philippines’ IP Experts 2024
01 July 2024Intellectual property filings in the Philippines continued to rise, up 2.5 percent in 2023, an increase which the Intellectual Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has attributed to increased awareness of the importance of IP.
Taiwan’s IP Experts 2024
01 July 2024Taiwan boasts a strong legal market, thanks in part to its leading role in semiconductor and other high-tech manufacturing. The legal market in Taipei – and, indeed, elsewhere around Taiwan – is robust and competitive, giving it outsize strength for...
Who owns this photo of Donald Trump?
24 July 2024The viral photograph of Donald Trump has sparked a debate over copyright infringement.
Dismissed copyright case in India has significant implications for IP practice in the country
04 July 2024The limitations of copyright in protecting industrial design and other key takeaways from the case
Indonesia’s IP Experts 2024
31 May 2024If Min Usihen, Indonesia’s director general of intellectual property, has her way, women-owned micro, small and medium enterprises will soon be taking advantage of the country’s IP laws to improve their businesses.
Thailand’s IP Experts 2024
31 May 2024Thailand remains on the United States Trade Representative’s Special 301 Report watchlist, despite praise from the U.S. government for the Thai government for its work in improving the country’s IP system, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP...
Interesting argument in copyright infringement case involving Harper’s Bazaar India, celebrity news...
02 July 2024Disabling an entire social media page v. disabling just the infringing content
Singaporean writers reject use of their works to train LLM for gov’t project
28 June 2024An email sent to the writers described the project but failed to address copyright matters.
2024 Paris Olympics: Touting the novelty of an opening ceremony by the river
31 May 2024Can a boat parade of athletes on the Seine be protected by copyright law?