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Federal Circuit’s Determination on Whether Fraudulent Conduct in Obtaining Incontestable Status Warrants the Mark’s Cancellation

Intellectual Property Law Blog

In that litigation, the district court granted summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of Great Concepts, which the Eleventh Circuit affirmed on July 15, 2010. The Board then dismissed the cancellation action in December 2010 based on Tana’s failure to respond to its order to show cause.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

Along the way, we discussed why a knockoff Beetlejuice costume is titled “Juice Demon”, the ways that intellectual property laws govern Halloween costumes and the ways one could find themselves in trouble. Yesterday, we looked at the myriad of ways that copyright and trademark impact Halloween costumes.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Between 2010-2022, there are 646 mask works registered in the U.S. The individual/entity must physically appear at the Copyright Office in Washington D.C. to perform the inspection but is not allowed to make any copy of the deposited material of the registered Mask Work. when the mask work is involved in litigation. Id, section 2407.1(D)(2).

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Can Braille Be Registered As a Trademark?

IP and Legal Filings

NLSI Rev 67, 80 (2010). [3] NLSI Rev 67, 80 (2010). [3] Philip Morris Products SA, 2010 (42) PTC 572 (Del); Ramdev Food Products Pvt. 2010) 14 SCC 285. [9] As cited in Intellectual Property Law, Bently, Sherman, Gangjee, & Johnson at page 957. [11] NLSI Rev 67, 68 (2010) ; Qualitex Co.

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Insights from the Global Online Thesis Topic Meetings

IPilogue

Guadamuz is a reader in intellectual property law at the University of Sussex and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. NFTs are not a new concept; they have existed since 2010 , but only recently blew up during the pandemic. Dr. Andres Guadamuz. What I Am Taking Home.

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Should the EU unify copyright laws?

The IPKat

Just a few examples: in 2010, the Wittem Group of academics released a model EU copyright code. Why, how, and when unification? For copyright’s sake, being diverse in unity appears to be a more appealing proposition going forward than continuing to be “ United in diversity ”.

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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

The personality rights in India are generally enforced in the context of Intellectual Property Laws. The legal system has been called out on for the precedents to be in dockets, as the legal scrutiny is sought to clarify the bounds of what is a “derivative work” under intellectual property laws. Rajagopal v.