Join us on 1 June 2026 in Lisbon for the NOVA IPSI Annual Lecture. A full day dedicated to Intellectual Property and Sustainable Innovation, featuring leading academic experts from across Europe.

I’ll be moderating a panel on emerging approaches to teaching Intellectual Property Law.

https://novalaw.unl.pt/en/nova-ipsi-annual-lecture-2025-2/

#IntellectualProperty #Copyright #Sustainability

TorrentFreak: Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers ‘Lame Excuses’. “In an effort to gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna’s Archive and other shadow libraries. According to several authors, Meta facilitated the infringement of others by ‘seeding’ these torrents. This week, the court granted the […]

USPTO Nullifies Nintendo’s "Summon and Fight" Patent Claims

Nintendo's patent for summoning characters in fights is rejected by USPTO. This affects 26 claims and is based on older patents.

#NintendoPatent, #USPO, #GameMechanics, #IntellectualProperty, #GamingNews

https://newsletter.tf/uspto-rejects-nintendos-summon-fight-patent/

Nintendo's patent for summoning characters in games has been rejected by the USPTO. This is because the idea is similar to older game mechanics.

#NintendoPatent, #USPO, #GameMechanics, #IntellectualProperty, #GamingNews
https://newsletter.tf/uspto-rejects-nintendos-summon-fight-patent/

Navigating copyright as a self-published author can feel daunting. But understanding permissions is crucial! Always check the usage rights before including any third-party material in your book. What are your go-to resources for copyright info? #Copyright #IntellectualProperty #SelfPublishing #Permissions #SelfPublishingTips

#Copyright #IntellectualProperty #SelfPublishing #Permissions #SelfPublishingTips

FStoppers: What Happens to Your Photos When You Die and What to Do About It Now. “Most photographers spend years building an archive worth protecting, but very few have a plan for what happens to it after they die. Copyright, physical media, cloud accounts, and stock licensing don’t sort themselves out automatically, and without a plan, decades of work can vanish or get tied up in legal chaos. […]

AI companies fiercely defend their own IP while helping themselves to everyone else’s. The Atlantic argues copyright infringement isn’t a side issue in the AI boom — it’s central to their business model

#Copyright #AI #IntellectualProperty #AuthorsRights

@TheAtlantic @AuthorsGuild @EWC_Writers @EFJEUROPE @epceurope @Soc_of_Authors @CISACNews @kr21org

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/hypocrisy-ai-industry/686477/

TorrentFreak: Spotify and Labels Seek $322 Million Default Judgment Against Anna’s Archive. “Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, seek a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. They argue that the shadow library failed to appear in court and ignored the preliminary injunction by releasing millions of tracks that were […]

I get 50 years of copyright. It reasonably balances the needs of the holders with the public's desires for freedom. 70 years is the upper limit, after which arguments for a longer term start to turn specious. 95 years is plainly absurd. Let's hope the term limits never get abolished, such that everything we do gets controlled by the few holders indefinitely.

#copyright #copyrightLaw #copyrightTerm #DMCA #DRM #intellectualProperty #publicDomain

Techdirt: Announcing The Winners Of The 8th Annual Public Domain Game Jam. “It’s finally time! Once again it took us a little while to get through all the entries this year, but we’ve now selected the winners in the latest installment of our public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1930! As usual, we’ve got winners in six categories. Plus, at the end, we’ve got some honorable mentions […]