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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001.

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Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken

JIPEL Copyright Blog

Melee is a GameCube game that was released in 2001; unlike most competitive esports, Melee was released without any online features. This means that TOs have been tasked with getting enough GameCubes, Wiis, copies of the game, and clunky CRT TVs to play on. Super Smash Bros.

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Cloud Services and private copying levy: further developments in the AG Opinion on the Austro-Mechana case

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Even though that Court’s judgment was very specific to the V-Cast service, it left room, arguing a contrario and subject to certain conditions, to consider the mere provision of Cloud storage services of audio-visual content, with reproductions made on individual requests of end-users, to be covered by the private copying exception.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law. This categorisation of NFTs suggests that a single copy might be sold repeatedly, much like a tangible work.

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Landmark Trademark Battles: Shaping Brand Protection Globally and in India

IP and Legal Filings

Apple had accused Samsung of copying the features of the iPhone, like the rounded-rectangle shape, home button, and the grid icon layout. 7] CONCLUSION The analysis of the following landmark cases of trademark infringement, both international and Indian in nature, establishes the ever-complex and dynamic system of intellectual property law.

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Customs Intervention for IP in the Indian Sub-Continent

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Hard copies of the documents uploaded in the online application are sent along with the UTRN to the Customs Office. Documents required to be filed online along with the application are as follows: Proof of ownership of the IPR and copies of the corresponding registration certificate. Demand draft of Rs.

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