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Trade Dress Protection for Non-Traditional Marks in the Fashion Industry

IP and Legal Filings

In fact, if a competitor merely copies a distinctive design like Louis Vuitton’s handbag pattern to make consumers believe that a particular product is coming from them, this gives a potential for confusion. 6] Christian Louboutin v Yves Saint Laurent (2012) US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [7] Christian Louboutin v.

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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

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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HOW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CAN SOLVE LITIGATION SURROUNDING THE HATCH-WAXMAN ACT BROUGHT BY THE COURT’S DECISION IN BRAEBURN V. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

JIPL Online

Intellectual Property Law: Cases & Materials 124 (5th ed. 102 (2012). i] Robert A. Bohrer & John T. Prince, The Tail of Two Proteins: The FDA’s Uncertain Interpretation of the Orphan Drug Act , 12 Harv. & Tech. 365, 387 (1999). Org. , [link] (last visited Apr. xix] Joseph Scott Miller et al., 3d 1, 23 (2019).

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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

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. The deposit can be either a physical copy of the mask work or a digital copy in a format specified by the Office. It is authorized by the federal Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA).

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Roll for Initiative! How Wizards of the Coast’s trademark dispute is helping to keep the nasties out of tabletop gaming

IPilogue

After a test copy of New Genesis was leaked online, WOTC took issue with development company TSR LLC’s use of their IP rights in the game. This is an interesting example of how intellectual property law can be utilized to smother the proliferation of harmful views.

Trademark 101
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Would Sending a Cease-and-Desist Notice Harm Your Chances of Securing an Ex Parte Ad Interim Injunction? Some Perspectives

SpicyIP

His predominant areas of practise are Arbitration, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws. Hons) LLB from NALSAR, Hyderabad in 2011 and MSc from Oxford, UK in 2012. The similarity/copying should be slavish and of a high degree between the product of the plaintiff and the product of the defendant.

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Donald C. Brace Memorial Lecture by Professor David Vaver – “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond”

IPilogue

In Hubbard v Vosper [1972] 2 QB 84 , the Church of Scientology sued a former member for publishing a book criticizing Scientology that contained material copied from Scientology books and documents, as well as confidential information pertaining to Scientology courses. And, while one is at it, why not for all intellectual property laws?”. [1]

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