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It is no surprise that the Czech Republic consistently ranks among the leaders in drawing on the IP Scan grant. It is a valuable service and one that entrepreneurs genuinely need. After all, who wouldn't want cost-effective advice from a certified attorney?

And support for registering trademarks? That is undoubtedly a great opportunity to give your business a boost and protect it.

Inspiration is an inseparable part of the creative process. Artists, designers and creators of all kinds have, since time immemorial, drawn inspiration from the work of their predecessors and contemporaries. This process is natural and often leads to innovation and new artistic movements. However, the line between inspiration and robbing someone else's work is very thin. If it is crossed, it can have serious legal consequences. In this article we look at where this line lies, and why robbing someone else's work simply does not pay off.

Type “Technoviking” into an internet search engine. The result? Even after more than 25 years, an endless stream of YouTube videos, a dedicated Wikipedia page, a wealth of themed digital art, and sales of printed T-shirts, mugs, underwear, collectible figurines, toys and gaming characters based on this internet phenomenon from the year 2000. A legend was born – one that will never be forgotten…

It turns out that giving a prompt to an AI is more like handing a recipe to a chef – even if you provided the ingredients, the finished dish is not your work. The AI user is more of a kitchen assistant than the actual chef. In my view, what will matter greatly is what you do with the dish next and how you serve it…

On 18 August 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Copyright Office had not erred when it refused to register copyright protection for a work created by artificial intelligence.