The US Copyright Office Clarifies that Copyright Protection Does Not Extend to (Exclusively) AI-Generated Work

Katie Graham is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In March 2022, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) allowed its first artificial intelligence (AI)-authored copyright registration of a painting co-created by the AI tool, RAGHAV Painting App (“RAGHAV”), and the IP lawyer who created RAGHAV, Ankit Sahni. RAGHAV is the […]

Intellectual Property of Software: Laws and Protections for Developers

Vandals, Remixed: The Copyrightability of “Defaced” Works

Adam Del Gobbo’s recent post addressed some pertinent issues surrounding remix culture, which is outlined in Professor Lawrence Lessig’s 2008 book, Remix:  Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.

A Note On Incentives, Rights, And The Public Domain In Copyright Law

Featured here is the first section of a paper by Abraham Drassinower, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. The paper was originally published in the Notre Dame Law Review. The full article can be found here. The idea that the purpose of copyright law is to provide incentives for creativity is among the most […]

Should Copyright Law Rethink Authorship?

Daniel Kennedy is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. Like many words, “authorship” takes on distinct meaning in the realm of copyright law.  However, it may be difficult to divorce historical values associated with the term even when it is used in the legal realm.  In his article, “Copyright and […]