LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2023

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. Understanding Mask Work. In particular, Section 1213.2

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Supreme Court is merely considering whether an AI may be formally designated as an inventor on a UK patent. Unsurprisingly, the Examining Division has indicated that the divisional application will be refused for failing to designate an inventor. Sceptical Kat Has DABUS invented?

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

March 2019, St. John's approached SW to design a new logo and she invested numerous uncompensated hours into drawing and editing the logo until it was approved by the Board of Directors. John's wrongfully used the copyrighted logo without permission, claiming ownership and profiting from its use without compensating SW.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

billion photos were stolen daily in 2019. Get proof of ownership by registering your copyright. It can help you mitigate the risk of expensive and timely litigation, whether you are a claimant or a defendant, as you have proof of ownership. A very good way to have a proof of ownership is by digitally signing all of your photos.

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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 Company Claims Ownership of ‘Reloaded’ Trademark. from his bank accounts along with a fleet of supercars.

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The TTABlog

JUNE 13, 2022

The Board has re-designated as precedential its April 2001 decision dismissing an opposition to registration of the mark SPINTIRES for computer games and software. 91248894 (April 2, 2021) (re-designated as precedential, June 1, 2022). PAVE , 2019 USPQ2d 370880 (TTAB 2019). Saber Interactive Incorporated v.

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IPilogue

MARCH 18, 2022

He designed the Flag in 1971 as a symbol of Indigenous resilience and representation. Provisions for copyright ownership by the Crown are a consistent feature of copyright laws in commonwealth countries. These provisions have been used to retain Crown ownership over literary, artistic, or otherwise creative expressions.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 16, 2021

One version of CoStar logo (which is elsewhere usually accompanied by its name) Although CoStar alleged that this identified its ownership of the image, that was a legal conclusion; the logo itself didn’t contain any identifying information about the author of the work as required by § 1202(c). DMI Holdings, CV 18-4837, 2019 U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging. The Court of Appeal however found that there was enough evidence before the court to prove CPL’s ownership of the copyright in the artwork (as it had commissioned and paid for the artwork).

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The similarities in the marks and the goods, "Opposer’s history of renaming and restructuring itself, combined with Opposer’s prior ownership of Applicant’s brass division, industry norms concerning legal entity changes," outweighed any purchaser sophistication. KME Germany GmbH v. Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Seems like a nonsequitur to me - ed.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In 2019, the Copyright Office rejected the application, holding that human authorship is necessary to support a copyright claim. Secondly, the doctrine is about ownership, not existence of a valid copyright. The application stated that the Work had been autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 31, 2022

Joint ownership of Intellectual property. Joint ownership by the company and the customer/consultant/contractor involved, joint ownership has the potential to create business and enforcement challenges. Every now and again, significant IP gets left out of a sale by accident or design. Pitfalls to Check. Missing IP.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Early in 2019, the Nepali government proposed a comprehensive IT Bill to replace the current Electronic Transaction Act. And a public proof of ownership for the NFT can be provided via blockchain technology. NFTs are viewed as the future of ownership by enthusiasts. If the buzz fades, losses may accumulate.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Hilti claimed that it didn’t design the label, but that defendant RectorSeal did the final design. In 2019, RectorSeal requested that Hilti’s Firestop Box Insert be added back. Hilti and RectorSeal no doubt designed the label to entice customers into purchasing the product.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In 2019, the U.S. However, in another judgment of 24 December 2019, the Nanshan District Court of Shenzhen awarded copyright to an AI-generated text since it complied with the formal requirement of written work. Lately, IP offices and the judiciary have started to decide on the copyrightability of AI-generated outputs. Secondly, para.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

A three-person board was entrusted with reviewing a 2019 verdict against a man called Steven Thaler, who had applied for the copyright of an art piece titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, created by an AI system he called Creativity Machine. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office. .”

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

A three-person board was entrusted with reviewing a 2019 verdict against a man called Steven Thaler, who had applied for the copyright of an art piece titled A Recent Entrance to Paradise, created by an AI system he called Creativity Machine. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office. .”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 14, 2023

Two years later in October 2019, Rahi began filing applications at the Intellectual Property Office in Pakistan seeking copyright certificates for a number of songs, and a book in which several songs were written. 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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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge. Economics & Law , 14. Atanasova, I.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Larson first commenced legal action at the start of 2019 following a number of attempts by Ms. Dorland will need to show: (1) ownership of a valid copyright, and (2) copying of constituent elements of the work that are original. Dorland originally posted on Facebook.? . On June 10, 2018, Ms. Copyright Office. 19-cv-10203-IT), Ms.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Now, by November 2019, all involved nations hope to have a pact finalised and signed. Additionally, it requires Cambodia to maintain online databases with data on applications and registrations for patents, industrial designs, and trademarks. In November 2012, in Cambodia, at the 21st Asean Summit, the RCEP discussions were launched.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Instead, vendors had operated laissez-faire , selling a wide range of goods until December 2019, when a Florida company acquired the exclusive right to use the Louise Brooks trademark on over 40 types of merchandise (listed below). The story behind the trademark. 15 USC Sec. What to do?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 19, 2021

Their agreements terminated in late 2019. According to CasperLabs, Zamfir was well-aware of its intent to use the Casper name as early as June 2019. Without assessing whether Zamfir owned any valid interest, reasoning that ownership of a valid mark is not a requirement under §43(a), the court jumped straight to the Sleekcraft factors.

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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. Defendant had not obtained the Deposit Design from the Copyright Office. 2019 WL 13109708 (S.D. Tierra Caliente Music Group SA v. Serca Discos, Inc.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The EcoDesign Directive’s 2019 Implementing Regulations obligate manufacturers of certain products to provide access to repair information, but these obligations are limited to professional repairers and they permit manufacturers to charge fees and create other restrictions in providing access. by Alexander Puutio. € by Edward J.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 13, 2021

This may include novel inventions, an MSME’s brand name, or an industrial design. In 2019, the Government introduced a relaxation in IPR filing fees for MSMEs. This included reducing the amount required to file a patent and a design by 60 percent and 50 percent respectively.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Standard debate assumes semi omniscience of designer neutrally concerned with social welfare. Bespoke systems are often underutilized by their own designers and outmoded. Examples: Vessel Hull Design Protection Act. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention.

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azrights

MARCH 15, 2021

A distinctive asset such as the Nike Swoosh would have been capable of registration as a trademark as soon as the design was created. Coca Cola was able to secure trademark ownership of its iconic bottle shape by firstly having the right legal agreement in place when it commissioned the bottle design.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. But as I will discuss in this post, they fulfill the eligibility criteria as provided under the Copyright Act, 1957. Before we begin, let me lay down the glossary for this post.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 17, 2022

According to Tammy’s complaint, her grandfather set up a number of trusts which were “specifically designed in more than 15 years of estate planning legal advice with competent estate planning counsel” to hold Jay songwriter’s royalties and “to assure his daughter and granddaughter received their respective shares.”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Appeal 2019-004127 (Decided August 19, 2020) . The application recognizes disadvantages of blockchain transactions such as long processing time, payee’s inability to identify payor, and sole reliance on electronic credentials to establish ownership to digital currencies. Decision: 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of claims 1-16 reversed.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Ownership in copyrights vests upon creation of the work. [7] Additionally, in lieu of pursuing full-blown federal copyright litigation, the recently enacted Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (“CASE Act”), which becomes effective December 27, 2021, offers a great alternative. [9] 13, 2021). [2]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 2, 2022

In 2019, the Ninth Circuit upheld the district court’s injunction ruling in favor of hiQ. The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. LinkedIn lawsuit started in 2017.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

The UK proceedings meanwhile were commenced in September 2019 alleging that Mr Aughton copied or otherwise made use of the PQ software ProSPC when he wrote InSPC v1 and v2 (either by use of automatic translation software, or manually, or a combination of the two). If the code is dictated by technical function (i.e.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Board looked to decisions that analyzed the inherent distinctiveness of trade dress used with a variety of services, not just building designs: the “Cuffs and Collars” costume in Chippendales and the monster truck design in Frankish. The Board’s conclusion was “further supported” by the Seabrook test for inherent distinctiveness.

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