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The real story here is the lost argument to have ‘trade marks’ appear as two words. Appeals to the Constitution, the vibe and even the Act were not enough! Lovely working with Marie Hadley & Vicki Huang for this piece: theconversation.com/rayguns-claim-…

News from down under by Sarah Hook

Does it get any better than intellectual property law, Raygun, and a collaboration with Sarah Hook and Vicki Huang? I think not! Read our take on the strength of Raygun's IP claims against comedian Steph Broadbridge's Raygun: The Musical here theconversation.com/rayguns-claim-…

Raygun’s claim against a parody musical likely won’t stand up: here's what the law says Marie Hadley University of Newcastle Deakin University Western Sydney University theconversation.com/rayguns-claim-…

Battle of the Beige: As two influencers duke it out in court over allegations of copying a minimalist aesthetic on social media, broader questions emerge about creativity, commerce, and copyright. My take, up now on Copyright Lately! copyrightlately.com/social-media-c…

New Report by our colleagues Kristofer Erickson and Felix Rodriguez Perez which explore how Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) delay the preservation of historical video games, creating significant challenges for education, research, and cultural heritage 🤖

"Who's Suing Who?" - Kate Knibbs 🏄🏻‍♀️ at WIRED has a new piece out today, with a scorecard featuring some handy visualizations of all of the pending AI copyright lawsuits:

"Music Publishers Reach Deal With AI Giant Anthropic Over Copyrighted Song Lyrics". This isn't a full settlement, but perhaps a sign of things to come. My guess is that we could see quite a few cases being settled in 2025. hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

#Copyright ~ if you were busy over New Year's & missed this blog about the bad and worst copyright rulings by courts during 2024, then you're welcome -- Aaron Moss copyrightlately.com/the-5-worst-co…

On the same day last week, two Southern District of New York judges issued copyright rulings with sharply different results, fueling one big embedding debate. What does it mean for content creators and publishers? Full story now on Copyright Lately: copyrightlately.com/sdny-social-me…

The Vatican has recently released its AI Guidelines, also touching upon copyright-relevant aspects. The most interesting bit? The Vatican shall be deemed to be the author of and shall own AI-generated outputs within the borders of the Vatican City State ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-va…

A jury sided with Apple, M. Night Shyamalan, and others in the "Servant" copyright trial, finding they lacked access to Francesca Gregorini’s indie film "The Truth About Emanuel." No access = no copying = no infringement. Full story on Copyright Lately! copyrightlately.com/jury-clears-ap…

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🎨🧠 Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Dr Marie Hadley (Marie Hadley) from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for an engaging session with our early career researchers across disciplines. Marie generously shared her experiences navigating artistic–academic

New issue out now, articles from James Greenwood-Reeves Law's a Drag, Stephen Young, William P. MacNeil, Anna Muś, and editorial from David Gurnham Dr Elena Cooper & Matteo Nicolini, with news of our Exeter Law School event Jane Austen's Legal World Rebecca Jane Probert tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The Getty v Stability UK trial starts today, exciting times! A lot of the trial will rest on whether the training of the Stability models took place in the UK, which was an important part of why the judge almost threw out the case back in late 2023. technollama.co.uk/high-court-rul…

Exhibition now on: 'Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict', Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museums , London (until Nov 2025). Anyone interested in reviewing this for Law and Humanities Journal should contact Dr Elena Cooper by email. tinyurl.com/4wtjay4d