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Logos Remain Relevant: Source Confusion and Design Patent Infringement

Patently-O

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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Audi and the Challenge of Cross-Media Plagiarism Detection

Plagiarism Today

Mange, who has nearly 4 million followers, pointed out the copying in a video comparing the two works. This kicked off a firestorm of controversy in China, with Audi, M&C and Lau all apologizing for the copying. All these systems are remarkable feats of technology and have helped shape our understanding of copying.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. 23 (2003), false claims about the inventorship or authorship of a product are not actionable under the Lanham Act. Dawgs’ (“Dawgs”) counterclaim for false advertising under the Lanham Act.

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[Guest post] 'Made in Italy' and false indications of origin under the scrutiny of the Italian Supreme Court

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the guest contribution below by Anna Maria Stein (Eversheds Sutherland), who comments on two recent decisions of the Italian Supreme Court concerning use of the designation 'Made in Italy'. The relevant rules are those set forth in Article 4, paragraphs 49 and 49 bis of Law No. With decision No.

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Research Suggests That Software Piracy Lowers Poverty

TorrentFreak

The Internet is rife with examples of top designers who started with a piece of pirated software, mastered their skills, and went on to become a professional. The researchers examine the effect of software piracy on poverty in developing and Latin American economies between 2003 and 2017.

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Loui Vuitton: In Charge Of 18,000 Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

The monogram was designed to help them brand their firm and prevent copycats from trespassing on their turf. Fashion and luxury goods manufacturing requires a great deal of imagination, from the designs of the garments to the patterns, shapes, logos, symbols, and names associated with them. IP PROTECTION LOUI VUITTON PRODUCTS HAVE.

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Copyrightability of a Programming Language

Patently-O

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. My understanding is that WPL designed its software so that its software would execute the same input-procedure used on SAS and produce an equivalent output. 1821 (2013).

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