The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

Indeed, in 1997, the proposal for what would be eventually adopted as the InfoSoc Directive in 2001 was released. That said, the question whether unification – rather than approximation – is the way forward has been at least in the air for nearly thirty years already. Why, how, and when unification?

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND BIODIVERSITY. The latter is safeguarded by the geographical indications system created by intellectual property law. Given that innovations and goods are derived from the resources found in biodiversity, both of these concepts are highly interdependent.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

The status of IP teaching and research was dire in many countries in the 1980s, suggested the participants in the ATRIP’s Regional Symposium on Intellectual Property Law Teaching and Research in Asia and the Pacific , held at Peking University, Beijing, in November 1987. Please let us know if any reader is aware of the same).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001. Source: official public catalog from Copyright.gov.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Also, “[i]nsufficient prior understanding of the inherent properties of a known composition does not defeat a finding of anticipation.” The Federal Circuit further explained that “[n]ewly discovered results of known processes directed to the same purpose are not patentable because such results are inherent.” Bristol–Myers Squibb Co.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

Does the fact that the copyright on a work of applied art is considered an integral part of the, by virtue of article 17(2) Charter, enshrined right of the protection of intellectual property law, lead to EU law, in particular article 52(1) Charter, prescribing that for a limitation of copyright (in the sense of Directive 2001/29/EG) of a work of applied (..)

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

3] [Image Sources: Shutterstock] Starbucks vs. Charbucks: This long-running dispute from 2001 to 2013 over a small New Hampshire coffee roaster’s use of “Charbucks” for dark roast coffee, arguing that Starbucks had diluted its famous trademark, places a number of issues regarding trademark dilution and parody at the very centre of this case.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 1990, Dr Llewelyn was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Central Lancashire, at Preston, which was followed in 1993 by a move to the University of Sheffield, initially as a ‘Common Law Institute for Intellectual Property (CLIP) Lecturer in Intellectual Property.’

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2023

[Image Sources : Shutterstock] The Coca-Cola firm is the best illustration of how much intellectual property rights (IPRs) might be worth. billion in 2001 to USD 120 billion now. References Intellectual Property Law | Color Trademarks: What Protection Can They Have?,

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In consonance with the UPOV, the Indian Parliament had enacted the Protection of Plant Varieties And Farmers Right Act, 2001 which I will discuss later. Plant Varieties And Farmers Right Act, 2001. Apart from the Biodiversity Act , the Indian Parliament had also passed the Protection of Plant Varieties And Farmers Right Act, 2001.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

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.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Germany has regulated exploitation rights, as harmonised under European law in Articles 2 to 4 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29), in Sections 15 to 22 UrhG. The right of distribution, as set out in European law in Article 4(1) of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29), is found in Germany in Section 17(1) UrhG.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2022

Given these concerns, Hugenholtz would have been relieved, no doubt, when the CJEU apparently declared that “sporting events cannot be regarded as intellectual creations classifiable as works” within the meaning of Directive 2001/29 on Copyright in the Information Society. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

New plant breeds were included under the Plant Protection Act of 2001.In Patent attorneys keep themselves updated about the intellectual property laws and conduct searches to ensure the proper execution of the researcher’s innovation to the patent office.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The exception provisions harmonised in Article 5 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29) are regulated in Germany in Sections 44a – 63 UrhG. The freedom of panorama, regulated in European law under Article 5(3)(h) in conjunction with (4) of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29) is found in German law under Section 59 UrhG.

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Texas Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 30, 2020

On the other side of the coin, in 2001, two breweries discovered that they both had beers named “Salvation.” .” To some, this could seem like a spurious claim; after all, there isn’t much that a very small brewery could realistically do to affect a well-known and popular television show.

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Texas Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 30, 2020

On the other side of the coin, in 2001, two breweries discovered that they both had beers named “Salvation.” .” To some, this could seem like a spurious claim; after all, there isn’t much that a very small brewery could realistically do to affect a well-known and popular television show.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this way, intellectual property laws encourage the breeding and discovery of new plant varieties. Laws regulating the Plant Varieties in the UAE. To clarify, plant breeding is the process of creating genetic variations of plants that perpetuate desirable traits in a way that can be reproduced.

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IIPRD

APRIL 4, 2023

In India, farmers have traditionally had a keen sense of community ownership over their agricultural practices and knowledge, and their rights have been recognized under the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PVFR) Act of 2001. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001, Government of India. REFERENCES: 1.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

Hrdy, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at University of Akron School of Law, and Daniel H. Brean, Senior In-House Intellectual Property Counsel, Respiratory Care, Philips. Guest post by Camilla A. Are inventions described in works of science fiction patentable?

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Intepat

MAY 15, 2024

The Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2001) represented a consensus on intellectual property and public health. Inconclusive arguments have persisted in other sectors, nevertheless.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Such a conclusion is, moreover, supported by one of the principal objectives pursued by Directive 2001/29, namely to ensure that copyright protection in the EU did not become outdated and obsolete by virtue of the march of technological development and the emergence of new forms of exploitation of copyright-protected content.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

2001/02:150, p. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. by Jan Bernd Nordemann, Christian Czychowski. € by Christopher Heath. €

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

In 2017, Pakistan amended its Customs Rules, 2001, to incorporate a new chapter that deals with border enforcement of IPRs. It has simplified the procedure for action against the import of counterfeit goods, which are already prohibited under Pakistan’s Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001 , read with The Customs Act, 1969.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 and his B.S., Dr. Caleb Bates focuses his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and worldwide patent portfolio management in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. Thomas in 2001.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 27, 2023

The reputation of the defendant is harmed and laws of the land sometimes fail to identify cases of infringement as it is impossible to trace them. This dives into the necessary and impetus role of the intellectual property laws to protect the business and goodwill of companies being subject to trademark infringement left, right and centre.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Section 95a UrhG stipulates that technical measures employed for the protection of a copyrighted work or protected subject matter may not be circumvented without the authorisation of the rightholder, Section 95a UrhG being the transposition into German law of Article 6 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29). by Christopher Heath. €

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

2001), the court found that: if the promise [in a contract] amounts only to a promise to refrain from reproducing, performing, distributing or displaying the work, then the contract claim is preempted. This logic has been adopted by the Fifth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits (and maybe the First Circuit). In Wrench Ltd. Taco Bell Corp. ,

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Claire Germain, a US law professor, wrote a 2019 article comparing French and US intellectual property law on the question of recipe rights. 2001), which itself carried on the notion described in Publications International, Limited, v. Head , 178 F. 2d 758, 764 (S.D. ” Belford, Clarke & Co.

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Garrigues Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Can they drive their new sports car to reach that beach without first having to stop by the factory to ask for permission?’

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The helpful Summary of the request for a preliminary ruling pursuant to Article 98 (1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice can be found here.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2025

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg; Chair of the Committee for Design Law of the German Association for Intellectual Property Law) on the comments the GRUR Committee for Design Law submitted on the request made by the Juzgado de lo Mercantil Nmero 1 de Alicante, (..)

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