The Copyright Amendment Bill will have a significant impact on publishers. The bill aims to balance creators’ rights and public access to copyrighted works. While there are some much needed updates in the bill, it has sparked considerable debate about [...]
Generative AI has irrevocably changed the business landscape. While its potential is immense, so too are the legal complexities it introduces. Copyright law, designed for a pre-AI world, is struggling to keep pace with the technology’s breakneck speed. Join us [...]
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement. The New York Times claims groundbreaking generative AI such as ChatGPT, Copilot and other chatbots developed by OpenAI and Microsoft breach copyright laws. This case is the first [...]
The blend of creativity and copyright concerns In the realm of music creation, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has sparked both excitement and questions about legalities. As AI tools become more common in making music, it's important to understand [...]
How can you protect fictional characters from exploitation? Considering the potential brand value that fictional characters have for creators in video games and books, the following questions spring to mind: Does copyright provide an appropriate level of protection? What else [...]
You are in discussions with a potential investor, a potential joint venture partner, a licensee or a distributor of your intellectual property. Â Protecting your intellectual property is critical. Â Can you trust them? Â Will they walk away with your intellectual property? [...]
Do you have a robust intellectual property strategy? And why does it matter? Intellectual property is one of the key assets of an organisation. It is becoming of ever-increasing importance in this digital world where ideas and information can be [...]
When it comes to legal issues writers face, the challenges may differ according to the category each writer falls into. Academic writers, for example, may face completely different legal issues compared to novelists and poets. The one thing that is certain [...]
3D printing law is a collective term for the areas of law that are likely to be impacted by the technology of the moment - 3D printing. Already 3D printers have been used to make customised prosthetic limbs, surgical implants, [...]
Intellectual property or IP is property created by someone's mind or intellect the mind, including literary and artistic works, inventions, designs, symbols, names and images. We often have to help clients understand intellectual property, come up with an intellectual property strategy, [...]
A common issue nowadays is who owns the copyright in content posted to website posts or blogs - content in the form of text, visual images or the like, where a website allows this sort of participation by users. We [...]
Your employee develops software for his own use as a way improve his work performance, or for use by the employer. Who owns the copyright in the software? At a first glance, the answer seems obvious: The Copyright Act 98 of [...]
