Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2023

Three US cases were brought claiming that the song Thinking Out Loud performed by Ed Sheeran, copied Let’s Get It On performed by Marvin Gaye. Kathryn Townsend Griffin, the daughter of Ed Townsend, inherited a third of Townsend’s share of the musical work when he died in 2003. A summary judgment was previously denied - covered here.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 5, 2022

350/2003 concerning the use of the wording 'Made in Italy' and the misleading use of trade marks on the origin of goods, with penalties depending on the conduct at administrative level (paragraph 49 bis ) and at criminal level (paragraph 49). The relevant rules are those set forth in Article 4, paragraphs 49 and 49 bis of Law No.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 31, 2023

All three shared a copy of the locally produced film “ Tu Mano Deimantas “ LRTK says this is the first time it has issued administrative fines for copyright violations carried out by individual pirates. Meanwhile, the LinkoManija website remains up and running, as it has done since 2003.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 17, 2022

The researchers examine the effect of software piracy on poverty in developing and Latin American economies between 2003 and 2017. It’s not hard to imagine that people living far below the poverty line aren’t particularly concerned with downloading copies of Photoshop.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 31, 2023

If any other person makes an unauthorized copy of that work, the owner shall have a right of action against him. While direct copying can easily be proven by showing that the defendant produced an exact copy of the original, indirect copying is a more complex event since it involves a modification of the original work.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

On the issue of casual connection, the Plaintiff must prove that the infringing work was copied or otherwise taken from their work. References to these identical sources do not necessarily mean that one is copied from the other. In Okilo v Dick Francis and Anor (2003-2007) 5 I.P.L.R In CBS Inc. &

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

16(2) Directive, the right holder may prohibit creating, downloading, copying and sharing or distributing to others any medium or software which records the design for the purpose of enabling a product in which the design is incorporated or to which the design is applied. 3D printing technology (Art. 19(2) Regulation, Art.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

Founded in 2003 by photographer, programmer and entrepreneur Jon Oringer, the American company had been a pioneer in its field which is now a leading platform, headquartered in New York and spanning across 150 countries [1] , that serves as a two-sided content marketplace to bridge the gap between content creators and end-users.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

23 (2003), false claims about the inventorship or authorship of a product are not actionable under the Lanham Act. In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 31, 2021

There apparently is no claim of copying of any lines of software, but instead it is copying of the functionality and use of the particular coding language. Posner, The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law (2003). In addition, SAS argues that the formatting of the reports is also copyrighted. Landes & Richard A.

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Copyright Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement 109

IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 12, 2023

Since copying was for the purpose of criticism, it amounted to fair dealing and did not constitute infringement of the copyright. 2003 (27) PTC 457 (Bom) (DB). Rather, the purpose was to criticise the idea propagated by the original drama, and to expose to the public that it had failed to achieve its real object.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The Act I’m referring is the 1954 Delivery of Public Books and Newspaper Act, which requires a couple of copies of every print publication in India to be delivered to certain central libraries. The UK Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 , for instance, in its section 3 lays down an enforcement procedure for legal despot in libraries.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2021

The case does not go into this, but the original application here is a copy of the nature biotechnology article published by the inventors in January 2002 along with 1-page of text all filed in May 2002. The issued claims are almost identical to those in the non-provisional filed in May 2003. Provisional App: 52334_60383872 ].

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Regarding the IPR matters, Cambodia has issued the following legal documents: • Law concerning Marks, Trade Name and Acts of Unfair Competition dated January 8, 2002; • Law on Patents, Utility Model Certificates and Industrial Designs, in force since January 2003; • Law on Copyright and Related Right, in force since March 2003.

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Intepat

MARCH 16, 2021

Traditionally, applicants have been placed under an obligation to obtain certified paper copies of documents from one office and then submit them to other offices. No requirement to provide a certified copy of priority document to each office of second filing individually. *No 49 in the First Schedule of the Patent Rules, 2003.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Johannsongs-Publishing claimed that You Raise Me Up, which was written by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham and released in 2001 by Secret Garden and later by Josh Groban in 2003 infringed on its rights in Soknodur. Rather, the defendants focused their attack by claiming there was no triable issue as to the element of copying.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. Challenges in IPR Regulation in e-commerce As per a survey, around 38% online buyers experienced counterfeit products and 1/3 rd people have gotten copied products. Kirsty Phillips et al., 379 (2022). 4] Alexander S.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The 2001 Documentary “sold 50,000 copies in two weeks and revolutionized the Baltimore dirt-bike culture,” inspiring a sequel and plans to make a third film. Monbo appeared as an actor in the 2001 and 2003 Documentaries, was interviewed in “[a]t least two” of the segments defendants used, and was not compensated for the use of his likeness.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 3, 2022

The songs, songwriters and the rightsholders Kelis is the performer of a song called “ Milkshake ” that was released in 2003. The problem for Kelis is with her producers, not Beyoncé. The credits and the royalties for this song go to Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, who produce together as “The Neptunes.”

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

speaks about the Copy and Translation of the Earlier Application. In India, under Rule 20 of Indian Patent Rules 2003, the translation requirement is specified if the application is not in English. Even in the PCT Rule 66 which talks about the Procedure before the International Preliminary Examining Authority, Rule 66.7

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SpicyIP

JULY 4, 2024

According to Sections 11A (Publication of applications), 11B (Request for examination) of the Patents Act and Rule 24 (Publication of application) of the Patents Rules 2003 (excerpts in the image below), a withdrawal request can be filed up to 3 months before the 18-month publication period.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The download numbers picked up later in the year when a high-quality copy appeared online. “The Fanimatrix” torrent was published in 2003 when BitTorrent was still a relatively new protocol. The Pirate Bay is Pretty Broken Right Now But Can Be Coaxed Back to Life (January).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 17, 2021

When Justin Timberlake hosted the show in 2003, he attempted to fulfill his life-long dream of singing with Kermit the Frog. But later cases, including Campbell , reformulated the standard by holding that a parody is entitled to copy at least as much as is necessary to “conjure up” the original.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2024

Thus, the Controller further directed the Appellant to file a fresh translated copy of the PCT application. The Appellant was again directed to file the verified copy of the English translation of the international patent application. The 2019 Patent Office Manual allows deletion of claims without filing an application of amendment.

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Copyright Lately

MAY 1, 2023

The comments from Michael Nash quoted above really only speak to the input phase, during which audio recordings are copied to a dataset that’s then used to train a voice model. It isn’t human-readable and does not contain copies of any audio recordings. No wonder I’m getting flashbacks to 2003. Ciccone , 824 F.3d

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In a time when the internet existed but the main income of artists and performers was still from selling " copies " of their albums, records, episodes and concerts, he probably would not have even been able to contemplate the existence of a " streaming service " that might change the rules just a few years later.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 18, 2024

For example, Patent Law aims to prevent copying or imitating patented goods by anyone other than the patentee. Introduction If we take a broader look at the Intellectual Property Laws, the primary objective of the legislation in framing these laws is to provide exclusive rights to the IP right holder as against the entire world.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

An example would be an artist copying a previous painting and merely altering the colors to pass it off as a new creation. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press , 2003, p. Such cases are prohibited by law and can result in civil and criminal penalties. Brazilian Law Review of Civil Law – RBDCivil, v. 37, 2018). [3]

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Johannsongs-Publishing claimed that You Raise Me Up, which was written by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham and released in 2001 by Secret Garden and later by Josh Groban in 2003 infringed on its rights in Soknodur. Rather, the defendants focused their attack by claiming there was no triable issue as to the element of copying.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Art Copying 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Set against a brief historical backdrop of “banana-centric art,” Judge Scola observed that, “to ultimately succeed on his claim of copyright infringement, Morford must establish ‘(1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original.’” ” [21]. .”

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Although it is obvious that someone has copied a fictional character if they use identical or substantially similar language to describe them, what happens more frequently is a copying of more abstract character traits and elements that only conjure up a mental image of that character for the reader.

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Fair Use Copyright Television Copying 77

IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Dojinshi artist works within the set boundary which makes their work not a mere copy but a parody and lets the consumer explore their fantasies through the world created by the author. Leo Burnett (India) Private Limited (2003) 27 PTC 81 The post IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga first appeared on IIPRD.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

418 (2003). The appellate court explained that, while labeling a copy does not avoid design patent infringement, logos still factor into the holistic comparison of the claimed and accused design appearances. For trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, likelihood of consumer confusion is a key requirement. Moseley v. 3d 1119 (Fed.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 2, 2021

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. A copy of the rights holder’s passport.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. This can a lesson for the companies interested in the metaverse.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

Design Rights: By registering their product designs, they can prevent third parties from copying the original and new, aesthetic, or ornamental components of their creations. Sword strategy: The brand uses its intellectual properties as “weapons,” attacking anyone who tries to copy or infringe on their protected assets in any way.

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