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Public Domain Day 2023 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

A new crop of copyrighted works (including rights in a certain famous British detective) will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023. public domain on January 1, 2023. Happy Public Domain Day 2023. On January 1, 2023, Putting Pants on Philip enters the public domain.

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Registering a trade mark even if you think that copyright is for losers? Not bad faith, says (finally) EUIPO BoA

The IPKat

Banksy's Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be In Charge A while ago The IPKat reported [ here and here ] on a string of cancellations of elusive artist Banksy ’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations relating to some of their best-known artworks. The reason? Let’s see how the Board reasoned. (Ir)relevance

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Volkswagen is a happy camper as BoA upholds its EU trade mark opposition

The IPKat

Background On 27th September 2019, European Flipper / Pinball Factory GmbH applied to register the following logo as an EU trade mark: The application covered the following goods and services and was published for opposition on 3rd October 2019: Class 11: Camping stoves. Its EUTM Registration No. International license.

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Generative AI, Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright: Towards a Statutory Remuneration Right grounded in Fundamental Rights – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2019, the U.S. On 21 February 2023, the USCO reviewed the registration of the comic book “Zarya of the Dawn” (Registration No. As a software-implemented creation, it was not in the public domain and the company willing to exploit the work had to clear the right to reproduction. of the CDSM Directive.

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A 512(f) Plaintiff Wins at Trial! ??–Alper Automotive v. Day to Day Imports

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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. The second comer/licensee assigned the exclusive license to a successor licensee, the defendant in this case. The registrant counternoticed each time.

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Geographic Awake: Bridging Gaps in Geographical Indication Awareness Across India

IP and Legal Filings

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods.

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Copyright Hygiene for Digital Content Creators

Velocity of Content

In March, 2019, the US Supreme Court released its decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. Public Domain work. Part I: Bloggers and the DMCA. Image Attribution: John Tenniel (1865). Imagine yourself just sitting down to building your own little media empire. The DMCA is Your First Line of Defense.