Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

Earlier this week, independent fashion designer Bailey Prado took to Instagram to call attention to a different fashion label that, according to her, copied her “whole life.” But, as popular as the app is, it has also been highly divisive with many fashion designers accusing it of selling inferior rip-offs of their work.

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The IPKat

MARCH 10, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Henning Hartwig (Bardehle Pagenberg) on some recent EU design case law. The result in this change has been a very dramatic reduction in trade mark and design cases heard by the CJEU.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2022

The EUIPO’s Board of Appeal recently addressed whether consumables shall be regarded as component parts of complex products ( R2843/2019-3 ). 4(2) Design Regulation. The decision in R2843/2019-3 concerned an invalidity application brought against Community design No 1 292 122-0001. 4(2) is not met. 4(2) is not met.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

Green Label (of 23 August 2021), the BOA ruled that vacuum cleaner bags enjoy design right protection, overturning a previous decision by the Invalidity Division. Background of the case In 2008, Miele successfully registered a Community Design (‘CD’), consisting of a depiction of a vacuum cleaner bag, one of which is shown below.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Diplomatic Conference to Conclude and Adopt a Design Law Treaty – Plenary Sessions. It took nearly two decades of negotiation, but member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have finally adopted the landmark Design Law Treaty (DLT) during the Diplomatic Conference in Riyadh on November 22.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC / AB2273, just signed by Gov. Prior AADC coverage : Some Memes About California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273). An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). Comments on CA AB 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs: Revisting the CRI Guidelines and Ferid Allani Sukarm Sharma Software patenting remains one of the most contentious issues in patent law jurisprudence, with an ever ping-ponging legal position. Union of India order, passed in 2019, after the rejection of Microsoft ’s application to the patent office.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 16, 2021

3: Saga Over Garment Design Copyright Infringement Ends with Ceremonial Fire. The lawsuit began in 2019 when Rizal accused Nieman Marcus of “blatant” copyright infringement in their “Ravenstail” coat. Finally today, Michael S. The lawsuit was settled in March of this year, bringing the court case to an end.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

By decision of 24 January 2024 ( T-537/22 ), the General Court of the European Union (GC) confirmed the validity of the Registered Community Design (RCD) by Lego A/S (Lego) “Building blocks from a toy building set” by stating that an RCD is invalid only if all its features are excluded from protection. On 2 February 2010 Lego obtained RCD No.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 12, 2021

The 91-page report is part of an ongoing legal battle between Harrison/Erickson, a design firm that created the original Phanatic, and the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. Harrison/Erickson created the original costume in 1978 and licensed its use until 2019, when negotiations broke down.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2022

Winnie-the-Pooh is likely the most culturally relevant character to enter the public domain since 2019, when works started entering the public domain again in the United States due to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. It uses the art style and the meter of the original work, as well as the designs of characters from that book.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The decisions are: Ex parte Hannun (formerly Ex parte Linden), 2018-003323 (April 1, 2019) , which applies the 2019 Patent Eligible Guidance (PEG) to a method for “improving the transcription of speech into text” invention, and In re Appl. The Board also addressed the PTO examiner’s rejection under Step 2B.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

However, Google is far from the first to make this argument, as we saw something similar happen in the European Union in 2019. 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. Copy and Paste Roundup.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to Unicolors, the retailers infringed on one of their designs and sold various goods with it. Due to the Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998, nothing entered into the public domain in the United States between 1999 and 2019. 4: The Unicolors Case.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 21, 2022

Among that criteria is that they designate a DMCA agent to receive notices of copyright infringement and then work to remove or disable access to any works they are notified about. From there, the technical measure will become a designated technical measure (DTM). The CASE Act , for example, was only passed in 2019. Bottom Line.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2022

The complaint explains that Google changed the way it displays restaurant search results in 2019, confusing customers into ordering through Google-designed ordering buttons and pages, thereby robbing the restaurants of direct online orders.

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Likelihood of Confusion

JUNE 1, 2024

An appropriate question: This design squatting (I don't know what else to call it) is astounding in its utter shamelessness. link] — Sarah Burstein (@design_law) June 27, 2019 Funny thing: In certain contexts (or, perhaps, all contexts?), Sarah Burstein, by way of Julie Zerbo, or is it the other way around?

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 31, 2022

According to a 2019 survey , some 91% of Russians preferred pirated content over legal alternatives. One country simply deciding to withdraw from that creates unique challenges that the current system is simply not designed to handle. As grim as that number is, it actually represents some significant progress.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit’s involvement in UK pirate IPTV enforcement was confirmed in 2019 when the unit teamed up with the Federation Against Copyright Theft to shut down the Supremacy Kodi add-on repository. Organized Crime Unit Strikes Again. Millington was ultimately sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In July 2019, YouTuber James St. Graphic design is credited to award-winning graphic designer Jeremy Samples, so it's disappointing they would copy instead of producing original artwork. The graphic design credit for the show is Jeremy Samples, someone St. Onge identifies as an award-winning graphic designer.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The phrase comes from Lizzo’s 2017 song Truth Hurts (remade in 2019) that has become a viral sleeper hit. Unlike patents and copyrights, trademark law is not designed to reward the creative endeavor of invention or authorship. The original line in the song is “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that b h.”

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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

JUNE 8, 2022

Between 2009 and 2019, she held a very lucrative position at the Santa Clara County government. For this, her payment jumped from $220,000 to $510,000 in 2018 and remained above $500,000 in 2019. Jean McCorquodale is the wife of former California state senator Dan McCorquodale. Despite the payments, work on the book fell behind.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Sarley had previously threatened legal action back in 2019. ” 3: Berlin’s Beloved Transit Seat Design Escapes Legal Bind. She claims that the music video features “nearly forty seconds” from her three works, and that she was not asked nor gave permission for the use.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 10, 2023

5 September 2019 The petitioner instructed the Indian Patent Attorney to file the application. 6 September 2019 The 31 months’ time period from the priority date (i.e. 1 October 2019 The petitioner filed the National Phase Application before the Controller of Patents; but it was returned on 3 October 2019.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2021

The new Copyright Directive passed in March 2019, meaning that EU Member States are required to write the amendments into national law. The EU Commission launched a consultation last summer but it now appears that EU countries are struggling to meet their obligations. 23 Member States Failed To Meet June 2021 Deadline.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In 2019, it was due to road work on my street and both 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. 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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Regarding detentions at the border, the most infringed right was trademarks , followed by designs , copyright and geographical indications. In this regard, the most infringed right was trademarks , followed by designs , copyright and patents. billion in 2019.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

In November 2019, the US federal government shut down IPTV services operated by Bill Omar Carrasquillo, aka ‘Omi in a Hellcat’ IRS and FBI agents seized “at least” $5.2m According to the complaint, NuStar learned that Carrasquillo intended to launch an apparel business under the ‘Reloaded’ brand in July 2019.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Assistant Controller Of Patents And Design accepting an appeal against the Controller’s decision rejecting a patent application for “aerosol generating article with multi material susceptor.” The single judge bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of J. Mini Pushkarna on 4 July 2024 passed an order in Phillip Morris Products SA v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This time, the casus belli came from a question related to the requirements needed to allow the cumulation of design and copyright protection for works of industrial design and applied art (WAA). In addition, the Court of Appeal ruled out that the lamp was a protectable work of design under art.2(1)(10) With an order (Cass.,

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

23rd, 2019 Four pizzas distributed in two boxes each? This invention offers a unique design capable of carrying two full pizzas simultaneously. This pioneering invention introduced a circular conveyor system that automated the pizza production process, allowing for efficient and mass manufacturing of pizzas. Yes, please.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Case references: (2021) Beijing 73 Administrative First Instance No 18488; (2022) Beijing Administrative Final Instance No 2884] Background: On 26 December 2019, HMPTN WATER LLC, an American company, filed a trade mark application in China for the sign shown below (no 43349958 in class 33 for wines). of the TML.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

In September 2019, a massive operation took down IPTV management service Xtream-Codes, which was believed to have serviced around 50 million end-users. For the past several years, Italian law enforcement authorities have been attempting to reduce the local availability of pirate IPTV platforms and related services.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The decisions are: Ex parte Hannun (formerly Ex parte Linden), 2018-003323 (April 1, 2019) , which applies the 2019 Patent Eligible Guidance (PEG) to a method for “improving the transcription of speech into text” invention, and In re Appl. The Board also addressed the PTO examiner’s rejection under Step 2B.

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