Kashishipr

JUNE 1, 2022

For every business or brand owner at present, the design of a product has become a crucial concern, and why won’t it be, after all, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” ” The unique design of a product, such as that of Mini Cooper and Coca-Cola, forms brand identity. Infringement of Industrial Designs .

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The IPKat

APRIL 4, 2024

The disproportionate remuneration stemmed from contracts entered into with dominant players, especially in the music industry, and this has over time been a major source of worry for the South African government. The MITT and CRC found the Copyright Act to be inadequate in addressing the issues.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Design Patent No. D450,839 looks like a set of clown feet (image below), but, in actuality it covers “the ornamental design for a handle for introducer sheath” and is used as part of a medical catheter kit. Junker designed the handle with “large, rounded Mickey-Mouse-shaped ears” to make it easier to handle.

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2024

By Dennis crouch The international IP community is moving toward further harmonizing legal protection for industrial designs. In the US, these are design patent rights. ” Several years ago, the US implemented the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague System).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Generally speaking, the approved transposition follows the text of the Directive rather closely, similarly to other delayed implementations such as the Irish one , without embracing a more “creative” legislative design, as has been the case for instance in Germany and Greece. 19 CDSM Directive.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

China has taken a further step towards aligning its regulations with the international protection system for designs. On June 1, 2021, the most recent reform of the country’s Patent Act entered into force, which includes significant changes to how industrial designs are regulated. Key reforms.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The following are just five (of the infinite number) of reasons you should not sign a severance offer without seeking legal advice: 1) Employers are trying to protect themselves, not you: A severance offer is a contract, usually drafted by the employer’s lawyers or human resources team, meant to reduce its financial and legal risk.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

Many contracts assigning IP have detailed provisions dealing with the incidents of the assignment. Other contracts are brief, but all are written against the background of default rules such as those on estoppel. What if they got nothing extra from patenting or design registration? For example, in the U.K. ,

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Intepat

MARCH 7, 2022

Nearly, none of the IP laws i.e., The Patents Act, 1970, [1] The Trade Marks Act, 1999, [2] [“ TM Act ”] The Designs Act, 2000, [3] prohibit minors to obtain protection for their intellectual property. Therefore, if a minor enters into any contract then the contract will be termed as void ab initio and will not be enforceable.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The Facts : On February 7, 2000 , the inventor’s company (MCE) offered to sell and install a butane-blending system to Equilon. On appeal, the Federal Circuit looked to the contract and its own prior precedent to conclude that a purchase agreement is a classic offer to sell. ” = = = =.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Text and data mining The first among these changes concerns, in Part 2 of the Regulations, the introduction of a text and data mining exception for purposes of non-commercial research into the Copyright and Related Rights Act (CRRA) 2000 (cf. Section 53A). The exception is broadly similar to that contained in Article 3 of the Directive.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS. These are protected under the Designs Act, 2000, corresponding to Design (Amendment) Rules, 2014.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § 7, 1999, was a commercial offer for sale of a product embodying the claimed design. Medical Components, Inc. , 2021-1649 (Fed. Wells Elecs., 55, 67–68 (1998).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § 7, 1999, was a commercial offer for sale of a product embodying the claimed design. § 102. Medical Components, Inc. , 2021-1649 (Fed. Wells Elecs.,

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 29, 2022

Trade secrets uphold the secrecy of integral information of an enterprise relating to its strategies, programs, designs, patterns, or more. Contract Law- the supply regarding restraint of commerce in Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act makes this clear. Principles Of Equity- within the case of John Richard Brady And Ors.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In its December 2018 decision, the Board concluded that Petitioner Australian lacked "standing": it could not show an interest in the proceeding or a reasonable belief of damage because it had contracted away its proprietary rights in its unregistered marks. He conducted clinical trials in 2000 and manufacturing began in 2002-2003.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

” They argued that had Twain really written the book, Clemens’ estate would own the copyright and Harper would have the exclusive right under contract to publish it. The humanized skeleton figure on the right is Curly, a character designed for Scholastic’s popular “Goosebumps” series of books.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The following are just five (of the infinite number) of reasons you should not sign a severance offer without seeking legal advice: 1) Employers are trying to protect themselves, not you: A severance offer is a contract , usually drafted by the employer’s lawyers or human resources team, meant to reduce its financial and legal risk.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The platform integrates platforms, digital accelerators, domain and design skills, and solid partnerships in a “rich creator-partner economy.” The general public could view the collection’s three-dimensional designs by scanning a QR code. It ought to function similarly to how online contracts are upheld.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

Peripheral issues relating to Mr Aughton's duties under his employment contract overlapped with these three core issues. Thus, in Cantor Fitzgerald International v Tradition (UK) Ltd [ 2000] RPC 95, at p.193, and (3) was InSPC v2 copied from ProSPC, either directly or – more likely – indirectly via InSPC v1?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Copyright, contract, and the rewards for UGC ’ and is based on the findings of the You Can Play project. In 2000, D&D introduced the Open Game Licence (OGL) to permit the use of portions of the game’s third edition. Photo by Alperen Yazgı on Unsplash This blog is a continuation of an earlier Kluwer post ‘ Getting paid to play?

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Computer-generated” is defined as “generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work” (Section 178, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA)). 2018) (citing Design Data Corp. Rearden and Design Data , together with Torah Soft Ltd. 16 Casa Duse, LLC v. Merkin , 791 F.3d 3d 247 (2d Cir.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The approach towards such an issue must be resolved through granting injunctions to stop the ongoing unauthorized use of copyrighted content, encouraging a clear licensing agreement and contract ; and using legal tools to gather enhanced evidence. Similarly, the same is covered under S.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Now, further initiatives are needed to support the tailoring of a copyright regime, in contract and statute, to encourage the use of reversion provisions. Finally, Thomas queries whether copyright or contract is the more apt regulator of online platforms.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

“Computer-generated” is defined as “generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work” (Section 178, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA)). 2018) (citing Design Data Corp. Rearden and Design Data , together with Torah Soft Ltd. ” 16 Casa Duse, LLC v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2023

Extension for response to Office Action– 1 st request. Information Disclosure Statement. Post Issuance Fees. First Maintenance Fee, due at 3.5 Second Maintenance Fee, due at 7.5 Third Maintenance Fee, due at 11.5 Reductions in PCT Filing Fees. receiving office. As set out in 37 CFR 1.27

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

There are different legislations and acts such as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, Copyright (Amendment) Act 1999, The Trademark Act 1999, The Designs Act 2005, and many more to regulate and protect India’s intellectual property rights. Dr. Cluadio De Simone & Anr. v. & Ors. These are the first steps toward paperless trade.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Instead, trade secrets are generally protected under contract law and common law principles. The Indian Contract Act of 1872 provides a foundation for companies to include confidentiality clauses in employment agreements, which serve as a primary method of protecting sensitive information.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

Colt and Smith & Wesson had functional prototypes by 2000, followed by dozens of startups. 21 million in Louisiana to “harden” schools, half a billion in Texas; schools designed with curving walls to decrease damage done by active shooters; bulletproof backpacks. installation of Shot Spotter all over. $21 stair climing wheelchairs.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2021

for the losses caused by intentionally and wrongfully interfering with the Debtors’ customer contracts and good will. Diecast Marketing Innovations, LLC (In re Collecting Concepts), 2000 Bankr. The court found that yes, Charter was in contempt of the automatic stay, and should be sanctioned $19,179,329.45

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Unlike chapter 7 liquidation proceedings, a case under chapter 11 is designed to allow a business to continue operating while the owner and its creditors reorganize the company’s debts. By 2000, Mark Ross had also filed bankruptcy, with Lil’ Joe claiming that Ross owed him money.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

slide] Annual number of TTAB decisions under failure to function and related categories: 2000-2020—you can see an increase with a fall in 2020 due to the fact of 2020; 2021 looks to have regained the momentum of failure to function. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There is no defined segregation, either by design or by implication of any of plaintiff’s expressions of his thoughts and opinions on the subjects discussed which would aid in identifying plaintiff’s purported copyrighted material. If the parties wanted to claim authorship of an interviews as a joint work, they may do so. Lee , 202 F.3d

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