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A present assignment of future continuation applications

Patently-O

The decision is lacking though because the court does not ground its decision in any particular contract or property tradition. Although it did not state directly, the court appears to have based its contract interpretation on federal patent law as it has done in prior cases. The quote above comes from the employment agreement.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 5] The content creator reached out to the artist for a commissioned artwork which is a unique character design. 6] Stuart D. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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Africa IP highlights 2023: Copyright

The IPKat

January: The year kicked off in Tanzania with the news that the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Tanzania received a report from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports addressing its efforts to review and improve the loopholes found in the Copyright Licensing and Rights to Benefit from Re-Sale Regulations, 2022. Katpost on that here.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2004, the Ninth Circuit eviscerated it (in the Rossi case) by requiring plaintiffs to show that senders subjectively believed their takedown notices were abusive. Diebold from 2004, which led to a $125k damages award. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case.

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IP Audit: What is it all about?

IIPRD

designed wireless chips, which are manufactured by third parties under contract. Since 1993, IBM has been making some US$1 billion per year from licensing non?core billion through licensing R&D sharing, and Joint Ventures. In the EU more than half of all large companies leave IP outside the scope of internal audits.

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Precedential No. 11: TTAB Dismisses SKËNDERBEU Brandy Opposition for Failure to Prove Priority and Fraud

The TTABlog

Priority: Applicant ADOL proved that it first used the subject marks in the United States in April 2004. As in Moreno , the agreement the written agreement between Illyrian and GKS did not give Illyrian any ownership interest in the marks, but only a license permitting it to use the marks as the distributor of the brandy. ADOL Sh.p.k.

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Trade mark ownership: As easy as A-B-C?

LexBlog IP

In some cases this will be an internal employee, in other cases a founder of the business, in other cases a contracted graphic designer and so on. Even font designs can attract specific intellectual property rights. PLM operated a hotel and resort in Bali under the trade name Viceroy, which was promoted in Australia from 2004.