Category: Trademark
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You Now Own the Mickey Mouse Copyright. How Did We Get Here and What Does This Mean?
It’s finally happened. The Mickey Mouse copyright has entered the public domain. You, and everyone else, now owns Mickey Mouse – with some caveats. The public domain is a wonderful idea. Artists are allowed to profit from their creations, and then after a period of time the work enters the public domain where it can…
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IP Dangers When Using AI Assets in Video Games
In my last post, we went over the recent rise of images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), how they work, and some of the legal risks of using AI assets in video games. There are many legal questions surrounding this, including unsettled ones like whether or not incorporating copyright-protected art into an AI model as…
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What is Intellectual Property? How to Protect Your Ideas and Works
If you’re an aspiring game developer or any other type of artist, you probably recognize that your creations are valuable to you. It’s your intellectual property! You have probably thought about protecting your ideas, and are wondering how to do that. While an idea on its own is fairly useless, you’ve worked hard on your…