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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

The IPKat

DESIGNS The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU (Case C-684/21) on the role of alternative designs in the examination of Article 8(1) of Regulation 6/2002. Background, analysis and comments are provided by GuestKat Anastasiia Kyrylenko.

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GEORGIA V. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND HOW THE COURT SHOULD SOLVE THEM

JIPL Online

xxi] Therefore, the Court held that this placed the annotations in the public domain, and thus not eligible for copyright protection. These lower court decisions help illustrate how the Supreme Court should protect the public in these kinds of situations. xxvi] Since “the Supreme Court’s holding [in Georgia v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 8- May 13)

SpicyIP

Other Posts World of Possibilities: Single Judge Bench of Delhi High Court Allows Use of Celebrity Information Available in Public Domain Delhi High Court specifies some contours of publicity rights in India! Deadline for the Applications: 11:59pm IST, 23rd June, 2023. Case: Atmabodh v.

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Trademarks and Market Distinctiveness: Analyzing the Antitrust Implications of Branding Strategies

IP and Legal Filings

Since descriptive and generic terms are fundamentally part of the public domain, giving them exclusive rights would unnecessarily limit competition. 1] [link] [2] [link] [3] Competition Act, 2002 S.4 4 [4] Competition Act, 2002 S.3(1) 3] The promotion of brands has to be fair and not be an Abuse of dominant power.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Effective January 1, 1978, the date of federal copyright protection was moved back from the date of first publication to the date the work was “fixed in a tangible medium of expression,” or permanently recorded in some form.

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