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Swiss Supreme Court invalidates the Nespresso Capsule 3D Mark

The IPKat

In 2000, Nestlé filed an application with the Swiss Trademark Office for registration of a 3D trade mark in class 30 for coffee, coffee extracts and coffee preparations. Picture on bottom left is in the public domain. The Office registered the mark based on acquired distinctiveness. Nestlé appealed to the Federal Supreme Court.

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The Copyright Quandary regarding the Delhi High Court Rules on Live-streaming of Court Proceedings

SpicyIP

prescribes that unauthorized use of the live streaming will be punishable “ as an offence under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Information Technology Act, 2000, and other provisions of law, including the law of Contemp t.” The Copyright Dilemma Perhaps to counter the obvious and non-obvious ills of live-streaming judicial hearings, Rule 9.2

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Traditional Knowledge on the agenda for 2024

The IPKat

The WIPO IGC was established in 2000. WIPO Diplomatic Conference In a few months, the Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge will take place in Geneva to conclude the final stage of negotiations before the adoption of an international legal instrument. Image from Pixabay.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

LexBlog IP

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast. But this does not mean use without restriction.

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Alfred v. Walt Disney Company: Decoding the concept of Substantial Similarity with respect to the Pirates of the Caribbean lawsuit

IP and Legal Filings

In 2000, the plaintiff had penned down a screenplay involving pirates and their adventures. Unprotectable elements such as ideas, concepts and elements in the public domain are filtered out of this test. The defendants were provided with a copy of the screenplay.

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Copyright Evidence: 21 for 2021 (a year in review)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this post, we offer an overview of the project to date, stratified across CREATe’s core research themes : Creative Industries , the Public Domain , and Competition and Markets. Public Domain. In a wider sense, what is public and what is private has important innovation and societal effects. Creative Industries.

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Dilution of Fictional Characters: A Remedy to Trademark Infringement

IP and Legal Filings

It was also contended by scholars that dilution would go on to replace copyright law as well as conventional trademark protection, since it could create trademark rights in gross by permanently removing fictional characters in the public domain. [3] 11] Kristen Knudsen, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ (2000) 2 VAND. 1125(c)(1). [7]