Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

Next up today, Chis Randall at Elecrive.com reports that Italian Vespa manufacturer Piaggio has lost yet another round in its long-running war with German electric scooter manufacturer Kumpan Electric over the latter’s design. 3: Warhol’s Images of Prince: Social Commentary or Copyright Infringement?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 31, 2022

This was backed up by the Business Software Alliance, which released a survey in 2018 that said some 62% of all software installed in the country was unlicensed. This was coupled with site blocking legislation, which often targets local sites as well as international ones, and by September 2018 had blocked some 6,000 sites.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

It will also inspire plaintiffs to bring more negligent design claims against Internet services–a looming tsunami of litigation. I’ve blogged this case three times before, in 2017 , 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the intermediate court reversed. The Facts. The lower court initially dismissed the case on 230 grounds.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

2: Designer for Poler Branding Sues the Outdoor Apparel Brand’s New Owner. According to the lawsuit, Poler and Land Art & Design had an oral agreement at Poler’s launch to allow for use of the designs in question. However, Poler went bankrupt in 2018 and was acquired by Pacific & Everest.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 15, 2023

An auto parts maker fighting with General Motors has laid out its case before the full Federal Circuit to discard rules the court adopted that set a high bar for invalidating design patents, in what is poised to become the appeals court's first en banc review of a patent case since 2018.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 12, 2022

1: LEGO is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Leather Jacket Design. First off today, The Fashion Law reports that LEGO is facing a lawsuit from artist James Concannon following the inclusion of a jacket similar to one that he designed as part of a recent LEGO set. According to Concannon, he designed the jacked in 2018.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2024

In a dispute over the validity of design patents covering the fenders of GM’s 2018-2020 Chevrolet Equinox, the Federal Circuit overturned its own long-standing Rosen-Durling “rigid” standard for assessing obviousness of design patents, returning to a “flexible” standard that will make it easier for parties to challenge the validity of design patents (..)

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The USPTO refused to register the mark BEDLAM VODKA in the word-plus-design form shown below left, for vodka [VODKA disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark BEDLAM! in the word-plus-design form shown below right, for beer. How do you think this appeal came out? In re Graybeard Distillery, Inc.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Also, many have design errors due to their age. A Story of Missed Attribution and Missed Opportunity : Finally, this September 2018 article tells the story of the musician Aurelio Voltaire and how his potential big break became something of a bust. I’m working to fix those, but it will take time.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2022

filed trademark applications for POTIFY in standard characters, and stylized with a design on July 17, 2017, and May 2, 2018, respectively. Applicant U.S. Software Inc.

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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. The asserted design patent, U.S. 607, 612 (2018).).

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

Copyright Office would oversee to designate standard technical measures through a public rulemaking process. Next up today, Bill Donahue at Billboard reports that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision that favored the electronic musician Marshmello over his 2018 hit song Happier.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

from 1990-2018. Some examples include specially designed hardware to improve training efficiency by working with GPU/TPU/NPU/xPU (e.g., For instance, a second deep neural network may be designed to compete against the first one to identify its weaknesses. In recent years, AI patent activity has exponentially increased.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 18, 2022

The Watch Tower filed a lawsuit against him in 2018 and has attempted to use DMCA subpoenas to unveil his identity. In addition to those issues, NetEase also claims that Tencent ripped off their app and interface designs. It is unclear what NetEase is seeking in the case in terms of either financial or injunctive relief.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

The website features information about the CCB, updates on the process, and users can register a CCB Designated Service Agent to receive notices and communication from the CCB. The program, which was founded in 2018, will provide guides for best practices for cloud providers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The precedent work is “a set of replacement stickers for the dashboard climate controls for certain GM vehicles”: The Copyright Office registered this design. The wranglings caused the registrant’s sticker to be removed from Amazon for a total of 44 days in 2018 across several different incidents.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash Europeans are the biggest producers of electronic equipment waste (‘e-waste’); according to recent numbers , in 2018 approximately 4 million tons of e-waste were discarded in the European Union. This choice may be influenced by the design of the product, the cost of repair or available repairers.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

SoClean’s problem back in 2018 was how to protect these filters with intellectual property. ” In general, that amount of evidence is insufficient to support a product design trade dress registration. The SoClean device has a compact filter that should be replaced every six-months–creating a nice subscription market.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 11, 2024

In Cyprus, Texas , Valcrum, LLC (“Valcrum”), a company specializing in trailer and axle market products, is engaged in a legal dispute with Dexter Axle Company, LLC (“Dexter”) from Indiana over trademark and trade dress infringement regarding a hubcap design.

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The IPKat

MAY 16, 2023

The threshold for design protection in the EU is low. The design must be new and have individual character ( Art. 4(1) Community Design Regulation , ‘CDR’). The purpose of this grace period is to allow the designer or its successor to test the products in which the design is embodied in the market ( Recital 20 CDR ).

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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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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The England and Wales Court of Appeal has upheld lower rulings that two patent applications designating an artificial intelligence called DABUS as the inventor were deemed to be withdrawn. Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks And Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374.)

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

However, it was in 2018 that she was offered an additional contract. For this, her payment jumped from $220,000 to $510,000 in 2018 and remained above $500,000 in 2019. It’s worth noting that McCorquodale says she worked on the book for two years without pay and also paid out of pocket for aides and design work.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Background of the case On 26 October 2018, the Estonian company Eco Oil OÜ filed the following EU Registered Design No. The decision The BoA focused its attention on the (unproven) disclosure of prior designs under Article 7 CDR by means of printed screenshots of web pages. 5809746-0001 (the contested RCD).

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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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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 24, 2024

The Bottle The bottle’s shape is generally not protected unless it has a novel, original design. However, those distinctive labels are protected under industrial design laws. Amelia Chardonnay 2018 from D.O. Patent Possibilities Wine recipes aren’t patented because they must be completely new and unique.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2024

Background On 24 October 2018, The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann GbR (‘KaiKai’) filed an application for the registration of twelve Community designs with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (‘EUIPO’), claiming priority based on a Patent Cooperation Treaty (‘PCT’) patent application filed on 26 October 2017.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This year, for the first time since 2018, we will be open, and we couldn’t be more excited. It’s an interesting area of nuance that incorporates the nuance of copyright and fashion design and mixes it with trademark issues. However, for the past few years, the haunt has been closed. Bottom Line.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The so-called NHK-Fintiv rule, resulting from Board-designated precedential cases in 2018 and 2020, allows the PTAB to decline review of a patent based on several discretionary factors, including whether the patent is being asserted in ongoing. By: Haug Partners LLP

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In a decision delivered this week, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (the Court) has upheld the design infringement claim brought by Marks and Spencer (M&S) against Aldi in respect of their gin-based flavoured liqueur range, in what may be a catalyst for a shift from trade mark law to design law for product "lookalike" claims.

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The IPKat

MAY 8, 2022

Here's what Hanne writes: Second time is a charm: Danish design company wins plant box war by Hanne Kirk On 22 April 2022, the Danish Eastern High Court handed down its decision in yet another dispute concerning applied art and the question of originality and infringement under copyright law. Its products are sold in more than 60 countries.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In a 2018 interview, he openly admitted that “All my ideas are stolen anyway,” which many of his fellow artists saw as an open confession to plagiarism. The system isn’t designed to punish plagiarism and likely won’t since it would also punish the earlier investors. It’s a sad, frustrating tale.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Back in 2018, that resulted in the European Commission handing down a 4.1-billion-euro That public needs to know that their government agencies are completing the work they are tasked with, providing independent oversight of their designated industries and activities. billion-euro ($4.3

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In R 2536/2018-4 , the same parties, Krasnyi Octyabr and Roshen, litigated over the packaging of “Kara-kum” candies, another famous Soviet sweet. In R 2496/2018-5 , Krasnyi Octyabr opposed the registration, by Steinhauer Holding, of a figurative mark used on the packaging for “Little Red Riding Hood” candy.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Design patents play a role when we have them, typically a handbag/jewelry/diamond cuts/chain designs/shoes. Issue: legal is often the last to know of new designs, so you need to know before the design is launched: need to explain that legal needs to be part of the process. More partial designs.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Since then, there have been various technological and design advancements to improve the wheelchair. 02, 2018 Introducing a dynamic seating and walking wheelchair with an active seat that smoothly shifts from sitting to standing. Assignee: University of Pittsburgh US Department of Veterans Affairs Date of Patent: May.

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Patently-O

JUNE 24, 2024

Albright sitting by designation. = = = In his first appellate opinion, Judge Alan D. Albright of the Western District of Texas (sitting by designation at the Federal Circuit) authored the appellate court’s recent unanimous decision in Apple v. 1348 (2018), and Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. Omni MedSci , No. 23-1034 (Fed.

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