Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. It is recommended for the applicant to keep an unredacted version of the design along with the redacted version used for registration. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. The Office has answered that question with a resounding “maybe.” ” U.S.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

The Legal Battle In 2014, Drs. The laptop contained the raw data collected during the survey conducted in 2014 and other research data. The DHC, in a case ,had observed that IPcan be dealtwith and ownedlike rights associated and analogous with ownership of tangible propertyfor it can be assigned/transferred, mortgaged or licensed.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 2, 2023

Know locally as the ‘Quebec Hugh Hefner’ due to his links with the adult industry, Grenier’s ownership of a strip club and appearances on a Canadian reality TV series sit alongside claims in the media, citing police sources, of alleged connections to a Hells Angels motorcycle club.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2014, a German anti-piracy outfit identified more than 18,000 pirated videos stored on Google’s servers, noting that more than a dozen pirate sites were using the library as fuel for their own sites. Afdah Was Originally Fueled By Content Stored on Google. MPA/ACE Get Results After Years of Legal Action.

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IPilogue

APRIL 20, 2022

In the meantime, Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 released in 2014 was met with criticism, ending the reboot series. In 2015, Marvel and Sony made an unprecedented deal that the two companies would share joint-ownership in Spider-Man’s copyright.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 30, 2023

Shemaroo entered into assignment deeds with the producers and owners of the suit films between 2004-2016, acquiring sole, exclusive and absolute ownership of all the vested copyrights. It granted a temporary and non-exclusive licence to Defendant No 2 for one year during 2014-15 for use of some of the content of the suit films.

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The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

Ownership of every name periodically expires and, at that point, anyone may freely claim it on Namecoin by re-registering the expired name. When a name expires, the original token attached to that name cannot be traded any longer but technically still exists in the blockchain. This is generally considered to be the first ever created NFT.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 28, 2022

Reduced market share ownership raises the number of shares possessed by investors. Companies (share capital and debentures) Rules, 2014 – Rule 17. Buyback of securities that were issued to employees as part of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or sweat equity. Companies can invest in themselves through buybacks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California Civil Code section 980(a)(2) , which grants “exclusive ownership” of a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to its “author,” provides only an exclusive right of reproduction and distribution, and does not provide an exclusive right of public performance. 17-55844 (9th Cir.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. It is recommended for the applicant to keep an unredacted version of the design along with the redacted version used for registration. Here is the number of mask works registered with the U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) benefit both the corporation and its employees. Issuance Of Esop ESOPs can be granted to the following employees, according to Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014. Employees are given shares in the company where they work, which gives them a sense of ownership.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The candidate will obtain a certificate file right away confirming that they—and they alone—now possess ownership of this digital creation. When it comes to NFTs, the token is a distinct digital address that stands in for a particular asset and grants the NFT owner sole ownership of the asset it represents.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 21, 2021

In the United States, the first financial exchange focusing on the IP asset was established in 2014. Information with regards to the ownership and validity needs to be checked. The main aim was to facilitate the non-exclusive licensing and trading of IP assets.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

However, if your 3-D printed work relies on the files created by another, or is the result of scanning the sculpture of another, you may have to make proper attribution of ownership to the file owner. An example of this is a 2014 initiative by Hasbro, Inc. , the toy company that owns the My Little Pony intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, Plaintiff has pled the ownership of two registered trade dresses (with words and without). The registrations would seem to be incontestable (having been registered in 2014). The trade dress is on the packaging and is not a component or the configuration of the product.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Abhinandan, on the other hand, transferred his ownership to the real estate group in return for Rs. Varun Gems (2014), the SC said that section 35 applies only if the name is used in a bona fide manner. 500 crores (disputed figure). Abhinandan was also given two businesses- Lodha Ventures and Lodha FinServ. In Precious Jewels v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

In a footnote, the court acknowledges the law is “evolving” with respect to employer ownership of social media accounts: The law on the ownership of a social media pages created by employees for employers is evolving rapidly and varies between jurisdictions. 1459 (2014); Zoe Argento, Whose Social Network Account? TELECOMM. &

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

HoB is a storytelling platform and claims operation since 2014 through its website, Instagram, and YouTube. This opens up multiple questions concerning the ownership of the work, its expression, and whether there is any actual infringement or not?

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Additionally, courts are concerned that separated patents (especially if ownership is separated) could put defendants at risk of facing multiple lawsuits asserting what is essentially the same invention. And, as you recall, Pasteur’s 2014 patent is not prior art. See Baxter.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Joint ownership of IP rights is one of the areas that, in practice, may generate some of the biggest headaches, in particular when it comes to determining what each and every joint owner can do independently of the other owner(s). It is also an area in which historically different legal systems have had different rules in place.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Historically, the exceptions for teaching, education and research have never been qualified by the nature of ownership of the institution where the use of the work is carried out. According to the AISHE Report 2019-20, 66.3% of all college students in India attend private institutions. Most worrying is the stand to weaken Section 52(1).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

The law school was established in 2014, inheriting the splendid novelty, dynamism and excellence in education of Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Pune. The ownership of copyright in the posts shall remain with the participants.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 22, 2023

Auckland lawyer Phil Creagh, who according to his bio was involved in all Kim Dotcom-related litigation matters since 2014, was a Bitcache director until September 2020. I’m still investigating who has ultimate ownership,” Nellies said. . “There Are Fees Owed and Not Paid” The day before Megaupload 2.0/Bitcache

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The plaintiff in question is the managing partner and founder of a Delhi-based IP firm Sujata Chaudhri and Associates, which has been using its trade mark since 2014, 3 years prior to the defendant. Image from here And of course, who can forget the Delhi High Court’s 2014 order in Prathiba M. My heart will. the list goes on!

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The TTABlog

JUNE 14, 2021

4 (2014)). The problem with the first argument was that, although AWP pleaded ownership of the application, it failed to submit the application into the record. Since AWP neither made the application of record nor provided testimony as to its ownership, the Board ruled that AWP could not base its "standing" on the refusal to register.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This declaration was however superseded by the Law on Geographical Indications, dated January 20, 2014. The first Declaration (Prakas) on the Procedures for Registration and Protection of Geographical Indications, dated May 18, 2009, served as the basis for the registration of Kampot Pepper and Kampong Speu Palm Sugar.

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 2, 2022

And unlike the vast majority of songwriters and performing artists who have relinquished ownership rights to musical publishers and record labels, Barlow & Bear decided to release “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” themselves, which means keeping more of the earnings. 1962, 1976 (2014). Petrella v.

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The TTABlog

JULY 6, 2021

Coca-Cola submitted evidence of its ownership of the marks THUMS UP and LIMCA in India for soft drinks, where the marks are well known. 2014) (“In the proceedings before the Board, however, Cubatabaco need not own the mark to cancel the Registrations under [Section 14(3)].”)). Corcamore, LLC v. SFM, LLC , 978 F.3d 2020), cert.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

However, in a tale of legislative fortune, India’s Bayh Dole Bill was withdrawn in 2014. In this context, Swaraj and Anupriya also discussed the issue of IP Ownership in Publicly Funded Research in 2021 highlighting various departmental policies and guidelines governing public-funded R&D and the issues therein.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Although NFTs have been around since 2014 , this asset class has only just experienced its first and quite remarkable outgrowth , thus staking its claim in the broader blockchain industry. Otherwise, Yuga Labs would be modifying the ownership of a Bored Ape because the art would no longer even exist. With an astounding $17.7

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Registrant Harwood International enjoyed a constructive first use date of October 6, 2014, the filing date of its underlying application. Opposer JNF had filed an application to register its mark, with a claimed first use date "at least as early as October 10/00/2014." TMEP Section 903.06 (2022). Emphasis by the Board). See Couture v.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Most of the provisions in the Law on Copyright and Related Rights from 2003 are similar to those in the RCEP, including the acknowledgment of the exclusive ownership rights of the original creator, the categories of works/creations, and the creation of collective management organisations.

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Traverse Legal Blog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The first known NFT was minted in 2014 and since then has seen rapid growth. An NFT or “non-fungible token” is a digital asset that links ownership to unique digital items. Non-fungible tokens have been designed to give you ownership of something that cannot be replicated or copied. What are NFTs? What are NFTs? NFT Technology.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The applicant disclaimed any element of human authorship, but asserted ownership by reason of ownership of the “Creativity Machine.”) 663 (2014). [5] In the Board’s view “the work-for-hire doctrine only speaks to the identity of a work’s owner, not whether a work is protected by copyright.”. [1] 4 th 1034 (9 th Cir. 2] Taylor v.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2022

In 2014, the Milan Court of First Instance dismissed the action in its entirety.

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