SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Yashi Agrawal on India’s recent accession to the Locarno Agreement, discussing inter alia the resultant amendments to India’s design laws and prospective benefits to India on becoming a part of the Locarno Special Union and Assembly. Yashi Agrawal. India and the Locarno Agreement.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Understanding Mask Work 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. In particular, Section 1213.2

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This Protocol was made under the framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) and was adopted in Arusha, Tanzania, on the 6th of July 2015. Furthermore, Article 4(1) states that the variety will have uniform effect, provided a designated contracting state has not refused the grant.

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Patently-O

JULY 20, 2023

2023) The Timberland Boot trade dress case is pending before the Fourth Circuit, raising some interesting questions about the role of product trade dress vs design patents vs copyright vs utility patents. Timberland boots were first sold in the 1970s with a unique design that quickly resonated with consumers. Vidal (4th Cir.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 13, 2023

My 2015 article, The Patented Design , was mentioned several times during the argument. In that article, I argued that a design patent’s scope should be limited to the design as applied to a specific type of product. Sarah Burstein, The Patented Design , 83 Tenn. 161, 219–20 (2015) (footnotes omitted).

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The trend of the US International Trade Commission issuing remedial orders for design patents at higher percentages than for utility patents continued in 2023.1 From 2015-2023, 356 such investigations were concluded. And of those 356 investigations, 187 cases proceeded to Final Determination.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 31, 2022

New laws that took effect in 2015 made it easier for rightsholders to order sites within the country to shut down for repeated copyright violations. One country simply deciding to withdraw from that creates unique challenges that the current system is simply not designed to handle.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In 2015, The Publishers Association, a UK organization supporting members producing digital and print books, research journals and educational resources, broke new ground by becoming the first entity in the UK to use Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to obtain blocking measures.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

2015) [1] is one of the most cited cases in this context. Moreover, the Indian copyright law is not designed to meet any of the special challenges posed by artificial intelligence, such as global datasets and techno-creativity by AI. 2015) [2] Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Google, Inc. 1] Authors Guild v.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2024

This Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Paris Court of Appeal in a dispute over the allegedly unlawful reproduction of a t-shirt design. This ruling was an opportunity for the court to reiterate that a garment can be protected by copyright and design law. Opull’ence appealed.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For IndiGo, the 6E callsign has been an integral element of the official designator and a brand identifier for the past 18 years. IndiGo has also secured registration for the word mark 6E Link under multiple classes in 2015. Notably, 6E has become a dominant feature and exclusive to the Indigos brand and its associated services.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

AUGUST 11, 2021

Columbia first sued Seirus in 2013 in federal court in Washington, alleging infringement of its design patent by the HeatWave fabric included within Seirus’ HeatWave products. Columbia refiled the case in 2015 in federal court in Oregon and added two utility patents directed to partial coverage of heat-reflective materials on fabrics.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

Design patents allow breweries to safeguard these elements of aesthetic distinction, securing exclusive rights to their innovative designs. Some examples of beer glasses design patents in the US: BEER GLASS US D954,504 S Inventors: Nicolas Brouillac Assignee: PEUGEOT SAVEURS Date of Patent: Jun. Date of Patent: Feb.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

On August 30, the office of the Controller General of Patents, Design and Trademarks (CGPDTM) released a public notice inviting comments from stakeholders to revamp the different IP guidelines and manuals. The invitation is specific to the Patents, Designs, Trademarks, GI and Copyright Manuals and Guidelines.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But while 2017 was the year that the term freebooting came into our collective consciousness (thanks to YouTuber Destin Sandlin), the practice actually began to fist get attention in early 2015 , when Facebook’s video offering was still fairly new. Facebook has always prioritized engagement over originality.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

In July 2015, we looked at the case of The Dollop , which was accused of plagiarizing from the website Damn Interesting for its podcasts. The various anti-copying tools we have available were designed to solve a very specific problem that existed on the internet over 20 years ago. A Repeating Problem. This is not a new problem.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

So much so that the post-1902 Act regional circuit design patent cases invalidating design patents on functionality grounds would come out oppositely under the Federal Circuit’s lax standards. In 2015, it sought copyright registration of this useful article as a sculptural work.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Background In 2015, an individual person filed for registration of German word mark GTA. Volkswagen submitted evidence showing that GTI was used as a trim level designation. The use in combination with the model designations Golf and Polo was deemed not to alter the distinctive character of the sign.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

2015) in finding that manufacture and delivery of a product in a foreign country can infringe a US patent if sufficient sales-activity occurred within the US. Here, apparently the patentee provided substantial evidence that the multi-year process of designs, simulations, test, reworking, sampling, pricing, etc., by Dennis Crouch.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This dispute arises out of a 2015 transaction between the league and an entity formed to become the San Diego Gulls hockey team, which included the assignment of certain trademarks, including a logo, to the team. The court did not find anything ambiguous about the 2015 assignment agreement. What’s missing here?

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Dear Rich: I am adapting needlework-like designs used in pottery/chinaware by creating patterns for needleworkers. What are the laws covering those designs for which I cannot get permission? What are the laws covering those designs for which I cannot get permission? That depends on these factors: Do you need permission?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Patent Box was introduced in Italy in 2015. In a nutshell, the previous system provided for an increased exemption of 50% of the income deriving from the economic exploitation of intangible assets (in 2015 the percentage of exemption was 30%, in 2016 40%).

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The claim is sprinkled with the most obvious reason: the Canadian media companies want a settlement that involves OpenAI paying licence fees for the inclusion of their content in its large language models and the lawsuit is designed to kickstart negotiations.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Access controls on these devices are designed to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works,” the copyright holders wrote. Similar comments were made in 2015 when the Smart-TV exemption was discussed, and the Copyright Office sees no reason to change its position.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The IPKat is received the following report by Katfriend Caroline Theunis (ELSA International) on the recent discussion of a Design Law Treaty at WIPO. They constitute the “SCT”, referring to the Committee covering design law issues within WIPO. If so, what should that entail?

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In 2015, The Publishers Association, an organization supporting members producing digital and print books, research journals and educational resources, broke new ground by becoming the first publishing entity to use Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to obtain blocking measures. The Publishers Association.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Various jewelry designers have obtained IP protection for their jewelry pieces that range from trademark protection of the brand value to protection of the design itself either through copyright and/ or patents. From 2013 to 2015, Cartier filed various design patents for their iconic panther designed jewelry.

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The TTABlog

MARCH 11, 2025

Opposer offered the results of a survey on the fame issue, but the Board saw several flaws in the survey design that "sap the survey of the evidentiary impact Opposer urges." 91194974, 2015 WL 1646447, at *13 (TTAB 2015). First, it is a "aided awareness survey." ProMark Brands Inc. GFA Brands, Inc.,

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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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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

District Court in New Mexico, alleged that UO infringed the NAVAJO trademark in a way that inaccurately linked the Navajo Nation with designs printed on UO garments. On August 15, Chinatown revealed their rebrand and began promoting new designs emblazoned with their new name, “Market”. As individuals, we can shop consciously.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

In February 2015, Nomm suddenly surfaced in Alexandria, Virginia, the district where the Megaupload indictment had been filed three years earlier. 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.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal designated new precedent Wednesday that post-America Invents Act patents don't have to worry about a Federal Circuit ruling regarding the relationship between priority applications and follow-up applications in prior art analysis.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2025

In 2015, the Modi regime announced discussions about potentially reintroducing hereditary pattern taxes in some physique, but no concrete policy changes have occurred since then. As a result, the tax got rid of. What is Inheritance Tax (Wealth Tax)?

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Also, many have design errors due to their age. At the time, it was facing accusations that it was as plagiarism of a 2015 short student film. Please bear in mind that many of these stories are old and are not written to the standards of the current site. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (March 10, 2023) (designated: November 15, 2023) (regarding prior art status under AIA § 102) The Director designated as precedential a final written decision holding that, for AIA patents, an analysis under Dynamic Drinkware v. 2015) is not required for determining whether a reference patent is prior art.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Trade Marks and Designs Anna Maria Stein commented the latest decision ( T-537/22 ) about the validity of Lego's registered Community design for “Building blocks from a toy building set”. Alessandro Cerri discussed the recent CJEU decision on the scope of the referential use exception as amended by the 2015 Trade Mark Directive.

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