Tag: Copyright

The responsibility for the management of an intellectual property (IP) portfolio for any business is a daunting task. For that reason, many entities create a dedicated position within their broader legal team to oversee and safeguard their IP. Having been thrown into this role myself in my career, I have compiled a list of a few tips and tricks which may stand you in good stead on your first day on the job as in-house counsel, tasked with protecting your company’s IP.

The New York Times (NYT) is taking on tech giant Microsoft (MS) and The Disrupters - the OpenAI group of companies (OAI) - in the New York District Court, alleging that MS and OAI are copying and using NYT's work and "massive investment in journalism" without permission or payment to create generative AI (GenAI) tools and products, like Microsoft's Co-Pilot (formerly Bing Chat) and OpenAI's ChatGPT, that compete with it. This, according to NYT, translates into vast savings and profits for MS and OAI.

The issue of ownership of intellectual property created by artificial intelligence (AI) is provoking heated discussions as the new chatbot “ChatGPT” takes the world by storm. It has raised questions about copyright in the work generated, ownership of copyright, and even possible plagiarism of works by AI.

Read our exclusive cover story titled ChatGPT - who owns the IP? by Lodewyk Cilliers and Dina Biagio, Partners at Spoor & Fisher, and ChatGPT, Language Model Computer Program, OpenAI, plus a host of other topical management articles written by professionals, consultants and academics in the February/March 2023 edition.

In September 2022, the Copyright Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly – giving South African artists, creators and entrepreneurs more benefits and rights, including receiving adequate remuneration.

There are many legal solutions for enforcing your Intellectual Property (IP) rights once you have created an invention.

In Dockside Reading, Isabel Hofmeyr traces the relationships among print culture, colonialism, and the ocean through the institution of the British colonial Custom House.

Tourism Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu has faced criticism after the publication on 7 January 2022 of her opinion piece entitled 'Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice' in which she criticised the South African judiciary, amongst others. She was accused of committing plagiarism as it was claimed that a large section of her opinion piece incorporated parts of a speech given by former United Kingdom Attorney-General, Dominic Grieve in 2013.

Virtual reality has been on the rise in the past years and is a growing and dynamic area of technological advancement and development. In 2020, through necessity, many of us have found ourselves conducting various aspects of our lives, everything from business meetings to birthday parties, through virtual platforms.

An interview with Darren Olivier, Partner Adams & Adams, and Dr Ivor Blumenthal, CEO, ArkKonsult, discussing the legal implications of remote working with respect to an organisation's intellectual property.