IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Third Circuit on Wednesday backed a lower court decision tossing FastShip LLC's 2017 trade secrets lawsuit against Lockheed Martin as filed one year too late, pointing to a 2010 memo from the ship design company's founder recognizing it had potential claims against the defense contractor.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 7, 2022

Since 2010—with the exception of outlier year 2016 (with 310 new filings!)—the the number of cases filed annually in US district courts asserting US design patents has remained fairly steady: between 236 (in 2019) and 293 (in 2017). 2021 was no different with 254 new design patent cases filed.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

1] LKQ, an auto parts repair vendor for GM, successfully petitioned for inter partes review of GM’s design patent for a front fender design, [2] arguing it was anticipated by a prior art reference (Lain) and obvious over Lian alone or in combination with a brochure for the 2010 Hyundai Tucson. Operations LLC. [1]

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The TTABlog

MAY 25, 2023

Applying the Morton-Norwich factors, and giving some weight to applicant's design patents, the Board concluded that the USPTO failed to make a prima facie case of functionality. There were no utility patents of record, nor any evidence showing that JBL touted any utilitarian advantages of this product design.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 12, 2021

Population Changes Across the Country Since the 2010 Census. metro areas grew by 9% from 2010 to 2020, resulting in 86% of the population living in U.S. metro areas in 2020, compared to 85% in 2010. metro areas gained population between 2010 and 2020. metro areas gained population between 2010 and 2020.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 24, 2022

Taylor Swift is facing a $1 million copyright suit in Tennessee federal court that alleges the graphic design elements for a book accompanying the musician's 2019 album "Lover" rips off the look of a 2010 poetry publication.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The observance was born in 1968 when Congress authorized the president to issue an annual proclamation designating National Hispanic Heritage Week. The designated period is also a nod to those from Mexico and Chile, which celebrate their independence September 16 and September 18, respectively. in 2010. .

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

2D designs and texts on a product or packaging may be protected as written, pictorial, photographic, and graphic works, or even works of fine art, depending on the nature of the design elements. The situation is much more complex for product designs and 3D packaging. copyright law. For comparison, U.S. Like in the U.S.,

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

A very popular design of one of these boots is based on a traditional Spanish riding boot - the Regina boot or Heeled Regina - which looks like the below (and for a closer look click here ). Although their products have the "country" look and feel about them, the products aren't designed for serious country wear.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Then read this really good article on Counterfeit Chic which stands for the proposition that designers shouldn’t use their own names on their labels. Originally posted 2010-08-10 17:08:47. Definitely laugh or cry. Then laugh.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

During 2010/2011, opportunity arose for Hollywood to convince the High Court in London that site-blocking would be a proportionate response to tackle a single Usenet indexing site called Newzbin. ” While it can be argued that manual systems are prone to errors, automated systems are designed to need much less oversight.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Mask work is a type of intellectual property protection designed to protect layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. Under the SCPA, a mask work is a series of related images that forms a design or part of a design used to produce an integrated circuit. Understanding Mask Work. In particular, Section 1213.2

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2024

Nike, a titan in the industry, has managed to register more than 3,000 trade marks throughout the years on a European level and owns the title of the second most successful applicant for registered Community designs at the EUIPO for the past decade, as per the EUIPO’s Design Focus Report (2010-2019).

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Marybeth Peters, formerly the Register of Copyrights from 1994 to 2010, passes away at the age of 83; Director Vidal allows OpenSky to remain a “silent understudy” in VLSI IPRs; the USPTO requests comments on agency initiatives designed to ensure robust and reliable patent rights; the White House Office of Science (..)

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 6, 2022

manufacturing experienced a substantial decline in employment from 2000 to 2010 due largely to the 2008 Great Recession but rebounded – until the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Many now are high-tech , from design and marketing to administration, finance and sales, and cybersecurity. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 13:30. Manufacturing.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2022

Figure 1 shows the number of Federal Circuit opinions and Rule 36 summary affirmances by origin since 2010. The type of opinion paints a different picture, however: as Figure 3 shows, while around half of the opinions arising from the district courts were designated as “precedential,” only 25% of the opinions arising from the PTO were.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

Julius Bencko, Graphic Designer In the United States government’s superseding indictment dated February 16, 2012, Julius Bencko is described as a citizen and resident of Slovakia. According to the United States government, this work earned Bencko more than $1 million in 2010 alone. of Megaupload’s shares.

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Intepat

MAY 12, 2023

It establishes an agreement where only a single application plus a prescribed fee is needed to get protection in the designated member states. This has economic benefits as well, where the export of goods takes place between designated member states that the parties want protection in.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Also, many have design errors due to their age. With that said, here’s some spooky copyright stories to send chills down your spine: 5 Copyright Issues for Halloween : Starting in October 2010, this article takes a look at some of the more broad copyright issues and how they impact Halloween. Many fans of the cult film Repo!

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The IPKat

JUNE 5, 2022

Use in an online environment The court first set out a recap on case law illustrating what constitutes “use” in an online environment, including the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Google France [2010] RPC 19 , L’Oréal v eBay [2011] RPC 27 , and Coty Germany v Amazon Services Europe [2020] ETMR 27.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5] ” [8]. .”

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Gardens Alive, Inc (“Gardens Alive”) is reported to be a family of brands that provide fertilizers, pest and design control products, seeds, perennials, bulbs, nursery stock, gifts, games and mores. In 2010, J&P Park Acquisitions, Inc. Gardens Alive’s family of brands include, among others, Weeks Roses. 4:21-cv-00113-SEB-DML.

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The TTABlog

MAY 26, 2022

95 USPQ2d 1509 (TTAB 2010) wherein the Board reversed a Section 2(d) refusal based on a determination that “personal headlamps” were unrelated to “lighting fixtures.” [ TTABlogged here ]. In re Louis Poulsen A/S , Serial No. 88933093 (May 18, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Angela Lykos).

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 3, 2022

Petitioner sunk its own claim that its marks acquired distinctiveness in 2008 by testifying that its sales that year were $256; furthermore there were no advertising expenditures during 2008-2010. Natural Dog Acquisition LLC v. Its sales figures prior to 2014 (totaling $514,798) were "unimpressive."

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 18, 2024

‘Three Strikes’ Still Going Strong The French graduated response system (previously dubbed ‘Three Strikes’) launched in 2009/2010 to tackle widespread piracy of copyrighted content, carried out by internet users on peer-to-peer networks, predominantly BitTorrent and eD2K networks.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

96 USPQ2d 1227, 1229 (TTAB 2010); In re Aerospace Optics, Inc., Hungerford Smith” to identify the source of its soft drink syrup; the proposed mark "Burgundy"appeared only as a flavor designation and not as a trademark. home brew supply shops, home brewers). In re Eagle Crest, Inc. , 78 USPQ2d 1861, 1862 (TTAB 2006).

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IIPRD

JUNE 24, 2024

‘The Paris Convention’, adopted in March 1883 and revised in the years 1900, 1911, 1925, 1934, 1958, 1967, and 1979, comprehensively addresses “patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and geographical indications”. [1] 14] “Nayoga Protocol, 2010, UN Doc. 105-17 (1997); 2186 U.N.T.S.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Three months after scrapping the preliminary exams for the recruitment of patent and designs examiners, the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has re-notified the preliminary exams to be conducted on December 21. a PSU under the Ministry of Education) for recruitment of Examiners till 2010 (see here ).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

First, following a Kat call announcing the initative, a questionnaire was designed to elict recommendations for titles to be included. We didn’t receive any recommendations for the book published in 2010. It took form and substance due to the indefatigable efforts of Kat friend Erva Akin (thank you so much, Erva!).

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

3, 2021) The parties compete in the market for custom landscape design services. “[I]n I]n February 2010, Natorp’s began using approximately 24 of McCleese’s photos on its commercial website.” McCleese v. Natorp’s, Inc., 2021 WL 2270511, No. 1:20-cv-118 (S.D. The parties disagree about how and whether they were authorized to do so.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration (issued in 2010) for the purported mark SMART WALLET for "wallets," on the ground of genericness. Significant evidence" convinced the Board that "wallets containing RFID blocking are referred to and understood by the public as 'smart wallets' —a sub-group of wallets."

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

The next time you would like to protect the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted. In the event that infringement occurs, a designer must show that the infringer copied the designers copyrighted work. [5]

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

280 (2010). The basic idea here is that we don’t need qui tam actions for publicly disclosed fraud since for serious cases the information should have also made its way into the hands of prosecutors, and we can put down failures to prosecute as a system design element that we call prosecutorial discretion. Graham Cnty.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 24, 2023

Introduction The Plaintiff is engaged in the construction business and is the proprietor of trademark BURJNOIDA in class 37 (for building and construction services) as of February 2, 2011, which it claims to have been using since December 24, 2010.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

I see potential legitimate trademark defenses for the design. There is conflicting evidence about when CFC created its Facebook account, and there is no evidence of the Terms from 2010 and whether CFC had to assent to the Terms to register its account. There is also no evidence that CFC received an e-mail containing the updated Terms.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

has offered design and marketing services under the name “Uber” since 1999. Uber Technologies, the one you know about, was incorporated in 2010. describes its business as including graphic design like logos, stationery and brochures; promotional events and mailings; and consumer-oriented campaigns, like magazine advertisements.

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