IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Prediction and control of output have taken an outsized role in recent registrability and policy statements from the U.S. 2018) (citing Design Data Corp.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Board disagreed, observing that "[c]onsumers, like competitors, may have a real interest in keeping merely descriptive or generic words in the public domain." 91241083 (December 28, 2018) [not precedential]. Rebecca Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc. Opposition No. Corcamore , 2020 USPQ2d 11277, at *6-7; cf.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This registration application for trademark of the hue, was sternly opposed by Cadbury’s staunch foe, Nestle. The mark should be ruled out from the registration because it does not contain a distinctive character. Courts in India have generally practised registration of combination of colours, and not of a single patch of colour.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

On 23 October 2018, the Applicant, Baidu Europe B.V., The concern is whether there is a genuine intention to engage in commercial activities under the registered mark, rather than token use for the sole purpose of preserving the registration. Facts Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co.,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

” the Office’s recent registrability decision regarding the graphic novel created by Kris Kashtanova creates nearly insurmountable, unnecessary hurdles to all kinds of AI authorship. Prediction and control of output have taken an outsized role in recent registrability and policy statements from the U.S. Walt Disney Co. ,

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

However, the High Court did direct the Trial Court to decide the original suit, filed in 2018, in an expeditious manner, preferably within 6 months from the date of the present order. Auto Sales on the ground that these marks are registered in favor of H.S The above injunction order against Sahni’s and its enterprise’s use of the mark “M.G

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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. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time. However, at least one copy made it to the United States, where the original book was already in public domain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. ” Nevertheless, the successor licensee sent DMCA takedown notices to Amazon targeting the registrant’s stripped-down sticker. .”

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2022

My previous posts in the series examined the incredible array of authors and political figures that helped shape Canada for decades who will have their works locked out of the public domain. The best approach for the government to address these concerns is the implementation of a registration requirement.

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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.” says the author.

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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.” says the author.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. public domain for failure to comply with the various formalities (e.g., copyright terms.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 8, 2022

The best approach – as recommended by the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology in its extensive review on Canadian copyright – is to establish a registration requirement for the additional years of copyright protection. Heald has characterized copyright term extension as a “tax on consumers.”.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused registration of “Trump Too Small” under Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act ( 15 USC 1052(c) ) because the phrase includes a living individual’s name without his written consent. Tam (2017) and Iancu v. The text of Section 2(c) is viewpoint-neutral.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2024

public domain officially welcomes the comic debuts of Popeye and Buck Rogers, alongside classic works by Faulkner, Hemingway, and landmark sound films from the year talkies took over. The public domain offers endless opportunities to breathe new life into timeless works—chainsaws optional. public domain.

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