On 7 March 2025, the Changshu People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) announced that it had recently concluded a case on the topical issue of whether AI-generated works can be protected by copyright. In the case, a plaintiff surnamed Lin used the AI tool Midjourney to create an image, and
Continue Reading Another Chinese court finds that AI-generated images can be protected by copyright: the Changshu People’s Court and the ‘half heart’ case
As the first court in Germany, the Hamburg Regional Court (‘Landgericht Hamburg‘) ruled on Artificial Intelligence whether datasets used for AI training activities may infringe German copyright law (Judgment as of 27 September 2024 – file no. 310 O 227/23).
The plaintiff is a photographer who made
Continue Reading First of its Kind – Hamburg Regional Court Ruling on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in Germany
In November 2021, we reported on a consultation by the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”) on potential amendments to existing intellectual property law in light of AI created works and inventions. The consultation sought responses on three key issues:
Background: Initial Call for Views and UK Government Response
Earlier this year DLA Piper reported on the UK government’s response to its consultation on AI and potential amendments to existing intellectual property law. The initial call for views sought to gain insight into how individuals and organisations believe that AI
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