The TTABlog

AUGUST 18, 2022

In deciding the issue of ownership, the Board was guided by Lyons v. An application filed by one who is not the owner of the mark is a "void application." of Veterinary Sports Med. & Rehab. 3d 1023, 123 USPQ2d 1024, 1028 (Fed.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2022

Between 2017 and April 30, 2021, Fernandez and Teran began monetizing music on YouTube for a vast library of more than 50,000 songs, none of which they owned the rights to. I falsely claimed legal ownership over them and began receiving royalty payments. In early 2017, Teran and I created an entity called MediaMuv L.L.C.,

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In 2017, Phoenix USA sold to the current owners Chuck and Tina Cooper. Many of the employees became unhappy with the direction of the company under new ownership. They left the company and started Hoosier Custom Cruisers LLC.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 22, 2022

This exception allows a buyer to enforce non-compete agreements against a seller if the seller is an “owner of a business entity selling or otherwise disposing of all of his or her ownership interests in the business entity.”. In Blue Mountain Enterprises, LLC v. Owen , 74 Cal. Silvermark).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 17, 2024

TorrentFreak spoke to one of the TorrentGalaxy’s original founders, who confirmed the change of ownership. The origin story takes us back to late 2017, when ExtraTorrent had just shut down. The initial ‘maintenance’ was presumably part of this handover and could also play a role in other recent issues.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Despite UMG’s lack of ownership in the beat, UMG’s “content protection specialist” found the song Oi! It’s not like UMG had some colorable reason to think it owned the beat; its takedown notice was the direct and foreseeable consequence of its own incomplete tracking of its asset ownership and licensing status.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 22, 2023

Set to launch in January 2017, every file transfer on the platform would be linked to a bitcoin transaction, taking “decentralization, anonymity & encryption to the next level. With the launch suddenly and inexplicably back on, January 20, 2017, spectacularly failed to deliver. In an effort to raise capital, Megaupload 2.0

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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. The Plaintiff’s excuse of documents being voluminous was rejected and assertion of copyright ownership for 9 of the suit films was rejected.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In March 2017 , Kat Von D inked a tattoo of Sedlik’s Davis photograph on the arm of lighting technician Blake Farmer (“Farmer”) for free. On March 18, 2017, Kat Von D posted an image on her personal Instagram of herself using the Davis image as a reference while inking the tattoo. On May 31, 2022, Judge Dale S. Background.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. Recommendations vis-à-vis Inventorship and Ownership. Granting AI inventorship and ownership, is not as simple as amending a few provisions in the patent law.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Introduction Prior to 2017, China was the largest cryptocurrency market in the world, with 80% of Bitcoin transactions, the most popular digital currency, taking place in yuan 1. With “blockchain” in their name, almost 5,000 companies have been formally registered, up from 500 in 2017.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In such cases, ownership may be attributed to the publisher or another designated entity. 2017) This case addressed the rights of anonymous works in the context of digital distribution. Users seeking to utilize orphan works may face uncertainties due to the inability to ascertain ownership, which can result in legal repercussions.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Under Australian law, if a trademark applicant was not the owner of the mark at the time the application was filed, then the incorrect ownership cannot be cured by an assignment of the mark to the correct owner, and, unfortunately, the application or registration will be vulnerable, including to opposition or cancellation proceedings.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

billion) fine over allegations that the company abused its ownership of the Android mobile operating system to unlawfully push its other products. In 2017, partially based upon that report, the European Union voted to renew the license for glyphosate. Back in 2018, that resulted in the European Commission handing down a 4.1-billion-euro

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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. Inspection of a Registered Mask Work.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages. Court orders have led to LibGen being blocked in several countries, but completely eliminating the threat has been extremely difficult.

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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. 3d 14 (2d Cir.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2017, the European Commission started exploring options to use blockchain technology to combat online piracy and counterfeiting. The EU sees them as unique “digital twins” of a physical product that signifies proof of legitimacy and ownership. The European Union recognized this potential several years ago.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

Many digital file formats allow creators to embed additional data to provide details of ownership or any other relevant information. Between 2013 and 2017, Elias took photographs of hotels and licensed their owning companies to use them in promotional activities. One is of particular interest. Photographer’s CMI Erased.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Image Sources: Shutterstock] Before 2017, trademarks in India were declared well-known based on court judgements and decisions of tribunals. However, the Trademark Rules of 2017 introduced a formal application process under Rule 124 which allowed trademark owners to request for a well-known status from the Registrar of the Trademarks.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2023

When it comes to AI, there are various entities for which a claim for copyright could be made: Programmer: One of the main contention of granting ownership to AI is that it is the programmer who designs, creates, or trains the computer software, without which the AI system would not have been created. 8] Who Owns The Copyright In Ai?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2023

The Court’s timeline of the dispute dates back to February 2017 when singer and claimed songwriter Mohammad Rahi emailed Kamraan Ahmed, a director of music publisher Moviebox Megastores International Limited. He alleges that the defendants falsely claimed ownership of his music and had no right to upload his songs to YouTube.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In September 2017 the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM) wrote to ResearchGate on behalf of 140 publishers. “This ruling has potentially far-reaching implications for the plaintiffs’ ability to assert their copyright ownership in the future,” the platform notes.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Regarding the material component, SME jobs helped rural residents raise and maintain their income, gave them equal access to, control over, and ownership of assets, and allowed them to access high-quality services for health care, nutrition, and education.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 4, 2022

That case was dismissed in 2017. Though YouTube likely has the best copyright bots in the world, they still have constant issues of non-infringing material being flagged for copyright violations , pirated content being uploaded and questionable claims of copyright ownership.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Under Rule 57 of Trade Marks Rules, 2017, an application for renewal may be filed through form TM – R along with the fees. After restoration and renewal of trade mark, a notice will be sent to the registered proprietor under Rule 61 of the Trade Marks Rule , 2017. Continuous Ownership Rights. Legal Protection.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2023

These examples represent just a handful of domains from a collection that has exploded since the 2017 launch of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Domain Shows No Sign of MPA/ACE Ownership Domains under full MPA/ACE control usually have a particular signature.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 6, 2022

124 USPQ2d 1028, 1033-34 (TTAB 2017). In Moreno , the Board held that, although exclusive licensee Julie Moreno could establish entitlement to a statutory cause of action, she could not prove priority based on use of the mark at issue by her licensor because that would "improperly recognize trademark ownership rights in a licensee."

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Construing these allegations as true and in Service’s favor, Service subjectively believed that he possessed an ownership interest and that he never approved the Comedy Dynamics deal. I’m pretty sure the drafters of 512(f) never contemplated that it would be invoked in disputes over ownership.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

billion in sales in 2021 alone, the non-fungible token (“NFT”) has recently undergone a dramatic rise in prominence in the cryptoverse, similar to the “crypto summer” of 2017-18 or the “DeFi summer” of 2020. With an astounding $17.7 The cat painting itself does not usually immutably exist on the blockchain.

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

According to Vogue , In the tradition of Bottega Veneta’s Kelly green, Valentino’s PP pink and Gucci’s Ancora red [IPKat here ] , Charli xcx has taken complete ownership of a colour that is already an ambient presence in modern life. Nonetheless, providing evidence of acquired distinctiveness in order to fulfil Art.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 26, 2023

7] They argued that since they paid for these elements to be used in their movie, they had legitimate ownership of the final product. Although the ownership of a work can be transferred by assigning the copyright, the author always remains the same and is not considered when referring to the owner of the work. 106A [3] Marley C.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2023

Florida-based Pound Law initially filed to protect #LAW on the Principal Register on December 18, 2017. The application claimed ownership of Pound Law’s prior Supplemental Register registration for #LAW (U.S. In re Pound Law, LLC , No. 87724338, 2022 WL 16960106 (TTAB Nov.

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SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2023

The move is seen as one of the series of significant changes that have been brought about in Twitter after Elon Musk taking ownership of the organization and tried to make it a diverse platform. But, in India, Rules of 2017 and the Act of 1999 lay down the effective standards of distinctiveness for the registration of a trademark.

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The TTABlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Applicant claimed ownership of the word-plus-design mark shown immediately below, for "clothing, namely, shirts, t-shirts, shorts, sweatshirts, pullovers, pants, jackets, coats, belts, socks, headwear and footwear." See , e.g., In re USA Warriors Ice Hockey Program, Inc. , See , e.g., In re USA Warriors Ice Hockey Program, Inc. ,

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

This article delves into the ongoing debate around the issue of right of ownership of copyright by AI generators for their novel artwork. There is a need to shed light on the legal status of AI which can help the courts determine whether they are eligible to ownership rights of copyright for their work or not. 5] Andersen v.

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