SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Interestingly, T-Series enjoys joint ownership of the franchise “Aashiqui” with Vishesh Films. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta (2015), the Supreme Court held that a film title, such as “Desi Boys,” cannot be subject to copyright infringement (paras 8-11). In Krishika Lulla v. Lyca Productions v.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Court was not satisfied that any of this evidence confirmed that Pugliese was a US citizen in April 2015, when photos were created. The Court spent more time analysing the admissibility of the Copyright Certificate of Registration as evidence of Pugliese’s citizenship. The Federal Court also dismissed this case. Further Reading.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

[Image Sources : Shutterstock] Icann Rules According to the ICANN rules, the domain name registrant is required to comply with all the standards, requirements, procedures and practices when entering into a Domain Name Registration Agreement with the Domain Name Registrar. CV 10-03738 AB, 2015 WL 5311085 (C.D. GoDaddy.com, Inc.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

26, 2021) Zamfir is a researcher in the field of cryptoeconomics and distributed systems; he and Vitalik Buterin are allegedly the two lead researchers of the proof-of-stake blockchain protocols known as Casper (name adopted around 2015). Thus, to prevail, Zamfir would need to rebut the presumptions created by the registration, and he didn’t.

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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. If a new user re-registers a name whose registration is expired, a new token is created. If a new user re-registers a name whose registration is expired, a new token is created.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the High Court found Morison liable for trademark infringement as well as passing-off, the trial judge did not make a finding of copyright infringement, stating that as the designer of the device was not called to testify, copyright ownership was not sufficiently proven.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

He served one prison term from 1989 to 2008, and another from 2012 to 2015. at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership. The plaintiffs responded by moving for partial summary judgment on the issue of ownership, based on the presumption of validity that attaches to timely copyright registrations.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2024

The dispute has its roots in 2015 when trade mark applications were filed by estranged members of the Club (represented by another member, Mr Nigel Jacobs), some of whom were founding members and who had subsequently formed a new club under the same name. The Court readily ruled in favour of the opponent on the relative grounds.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Genesis of the Dispute According to this report on Mint (paywalled), the Lodha siblings (Abhishek and Abhinandan) parted ways in 2015. Abhinandan, on the other hand, transferred his ownership to the real estate group in return for Rs. 500 crores (disputed figure).

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 4, 2022

It granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark DANTANNA’S for “steak and seafood restaurant” on the ground of fraud. Neither he nor Great Concepts notified the USPTO about the false statement, although they were aware of it since 2015. Respondent ACIGI became Fuji’s exclusive U.S.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. Registration of a Mask Work.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Deemed a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT), applicant was banned from doing business in the United States from 2008 to 2015. Although it did not resume use of the mark for seven years, it commenced TTAB litigation with ARSA in 2016 regarding ownership of the mark. In May 2015, applicant was removed from the SDNT list.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Because the plaintiff doesn’t own the relevant registration, its §32 claims fail, but the court allows §43(a) claims to proceed, partially reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment—but read on for more on what that might look like. In 2015, the crown mark was registered. Thus, the §32 claim failed as a matter of law.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2015, Mr. Jing co-founded Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd (ONI). In assessing unfairness, account should be taken of whether provisions favouring the university assignee of IP rights may also indirectly serve the interest of the DPhil student assignor, e.g., by funding legal teams to help students with IP registration.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As detailed in the opinion , the majority held that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board lacked the power to cancel a trademark registration based on fraud in a declaration of incontestability. In March 2005, the mark was registered ( Registration No. In 2015, Chutter, Inc. Section 14 of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the mark DANA DESIGN in the form shown below, for backpacks, hiking equipment, tents, and related goods, on the ground that the mark comprises the name of a living individual, Dana Gleason, without his consent and is therefore barred from registration by Section 2(c) of the Trademark Act.

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 2, 2021

For only the second time since the CAFC's 2009 decision in In re Bose , the Board upheld a claim of fraud, ordering cancellation of a registration for the mark FUJIIRYOKI for massage chairs. William Shen, the CEO of Respondent ACIGI, filed the underlying application and then assigned the registration to ACIGI soon after issuance.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 2013, things began to go bad as Restellini began attempting to purchase certain Modigliani material from WI, and in 2015, Restellini and WI discontinued their collaboration before the catalogue was completed. It will be enhanced by the drawings, which had been set aside with the Wildenstein Institute.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The company was found liable for copyright infringement and breach of contract for using the actor’s photographs picture for advertisements between December 2014 and April 2015 without getting his permission or authorization. The company was ordered to pay Ojo, ₦20 million (US$44 448) in damages.

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The TTABlog

MAY 25, 2023

However, Applicant JBL failed to prove that this design has acquired distinctiveness, and so registration was refused on the Principal Register, but the Board accepted JBL's alternative amendment to the Supplemental Register. JBL pointed to its ownership of seven design patents for rocking chairs of the same or a very similar configuration.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

26 , rejected the claim that taking away, or ignoring, the ability-to-control indicia of ownership amounts to a taking: Similarly, property rights, including copyright, have been described as ownership of a bundle of rights or interests. 973,] 980 [(2015) ]; [Pascal] Chapdelaine, [The Property Attributes of Copyright,] 10 Buff.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

” [1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward. Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Take, for example, a T shirt which features a painting, sculpture, or even graffiti.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This was done during 2012-2015 when it faced bankruptcy. The National IPR Policy of 2016 has resulted in increasing IP registration since its inception. The pendency in IP registration applications have also decreased. The registration at USPTO is required to protect the creditor from bona fide purchasers and mortgages.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

1] The best part about a copyright is that its registration is typically inexpensive and straightforward. Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Take, for example, a T shirt which features a painting, sculpture, or even graffiti.

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre (IPFC) at NRDC is a joint initiative of NRDC and MoMSME which aims to promote awareness among entrepreneurs and MSMEs in India, they organize training programs on IPR and provide services in assistance and guidance in the registration of Copyright, Design, Trademark, Patents, and GIs.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. courts have denied registration to religious marks as being offensive to other believers or to non-believers. ” (at page 9 and 13). .”

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Board granted a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark FREEDOM PARTY for "organizing and conducting dance parties" on the ground that Respondent Hyman was not the sole owner of the mark when he filed his underlying use-based application. Gilles , 115 USPQ2d 1296 (TTAB 2015). Edward Levy and Marc Padro v.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Mark eventually registered in 2003 (the Registration). Just Maradona not attracting any attention at Napoli In 2021, following Maradona's untimely passing the previous year, Sattvica SA, an Argentinean company established by the footballer's former IP lawyer, applied for the Registration to be transferred to it (the Application).

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Surveillance and analysis of IP-related activities on the internet, such as domain name registration, web crawling, social media monitoring, and online marketplace scanning which can help detect potential IP infringement cases, such as cybersquatting, phishing, counterfeiting, piracy, and plagiarism. Gourav Bajaj & Anr., Kurakar, L.T.

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JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As the music industry evolves, artists are looking to negotiate deals that allow them to maintain ownership of their masters so that they can have more flexibility in monetizing the very music they created. [5] Artists’ Frustrations with Transfer of Ownership in Record Agreements. BACKGROUND. 22, 2021). [2] 11, 2020), [link]. [3]

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The TTABlog

MARCH 21, 2025

Applicant Kason's ownership of a design patent for the same design "presumumptively indicated that the design is not de jure functional," In re Becton, Dickinson and Co. , If not, design patent protection is available, even if it's the best design (and so not registrable as a trademark). Read comments and post your comment here.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attention on IP issues in the country. to clarify that registration does not grant exclusive right in a part of the mark. Whats in a Colour?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. Fourth, if not, can Trump circumvent the registration requirement by seeking a declaratory judgment, or will he have to comply with the registration requirement? Finally, it is the practice of the Copyright Office to accept interviews for registration. “An

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