Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And the number of active trademark registrations in the USPTO database is larger than ever. Additionally, since late December 2021, when new procedures went into effect, the USPTO has received around 100 expungement petitions and about 100 re-examination petitions to get rid of registrations for marks that are allegedly not in use.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 6, 2024

A while ago, the IPKat reported [ here , here , and here ] on a number of cancellation actions directed at Banks’s EU trade mark (EUTM) registrations representing his artworks.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

The US Copyright Office has determined that some AI artworks cannot be copyrighted in the United States. Last Monday, the Copyright Office issued a fresh ruling rejecting a request to copyright an AI-generated artwork. “Visions of a Dying Brain” created by AI. ” An Exchange of Letters with the Copyright Office.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

This position was reiterated through several decisions, the most significant ruling for an export artwork was by the U.S. AI-generated artworks, such as the ones generated by DALLE, bring data from big databases of existing pictures, and it raises the question of whether these works meet the originality requirement. Copyright Office.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

State of Tamil Nadu (2021) This case involved the unauthorized use of an artwork created by an unknown artist. Unknown (2020) In this case, a non-profit organization sought to use ancient manuscripts whose authorship was unclear. Recent Case Law on Pseudonymous and Anonymous Works S. Society for the Promotion of Cultural Heritage v.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 16, 2025

Case Summaries Vst Industries Limited vs Asd Tobacco Private Limited & Anr on 6 March, 2025 (Delhi High Court) The petitioner, filed the petition to remove the respondents registration for the mark CHUMS from the Trade Mark Register. In 2020, the plaintiff issued legal notice to the defendants. Living Media India Limited & Anr.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here. 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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Copyright registration may be obtained to create a public record of the work and to assist the copyright owner in enforcement of their rights. Copyright registration in the U.S. On 5 February 2020, the U.S. Copyright Office have failed to show sufficient human involvement to allow their registration to proceed.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to a Bloomberg Intelligence report [2] , the worldwide revenue opportunity from the metaverse is predicted to hit $800 billion in 2024, up from the estimated $500 billion in revenue generated by the metaverse in 2020. The trademark registration safeguards the owner’s rights and establishes the business’s legal standing.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2021

On June 1, 2021, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on the question of whether Section 411(b) of the Copyright Act is intended to be a “fraud” statute that requires scienter for cancellation of a copyright registration. The court held that there were no valid grounds for cancellation of the registration, since fraud was not proven.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Regulations also protect the rights of authors of an original applied or fine artwork to a share in the proceeds of sale of that work as long as copyright subsists. A presentation of the report was made by Hon. Katpost on that here. March: Nigeria’s Copyright Bill, 2022 was signed into law.

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Copyright Lately

JULY 10, 2022

Plaintiff Joe Morford claims that the copyright in his artwork (L) has been infringed by defendant Maurizio Cattelan. He sold three versions of the artwork for a total of nearly four hundred thousand dollars before enormous selfie-seeking monkeys crowds forced him to split early. Why the Court Got It Wrong. Copyrightability.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

NFTs may be represented in the form of memes, artworks, or videos. Most prominently, through its 2020 report, IBM stated that several patents granted to them in 2017 also comprised of blockchain patents. The sole technology behind cryptocurrencies is called blockchain technology.

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IP Whiteboard

AUGUST 30, 2020

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Left: Chris Black’s Jarrangini (buffalo), 2018 © Chris Black/Copyright Agency, 2020.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in 2020, the famous Chinese brew company Tsingtao Beer filed an administrative complaint for trademark infringement against a smaller Chinese competitor for the use of recycled Tsingtao beer bottles. The smaller brewery was filling legitimately recycled Tsingtao bottles with their own beer.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form. What was sold are “NFTiffs,” which are digital passes that NFT holders can redeem for digital artwork based on CryptoPunks. The profit from this was over $12.5

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

Specimen of work in the copyright registration of Crosplus Home Furnishing (Shanghai) Co., in China a copyright is automatically attached to a work upon its completion without registration. Copyright registrations can also be recorded at China customs to stop infringing goods from being exported overseas. copyright law.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Review board 1995-2020: same basic story. 1937: set up a review board for appeals for registration but no further appeal; AG said it was constitutional in 1941. Q: Why are photos rejected less than artwork? Visual arts: technical drawings as pseudo-patents are rejected 20-25% of the time. Photos about 5-7% rejections.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The court then states plainly: “The [Copyright] Register did not err in denying the copyright registration application presented by plaintiff. 1] Refusal of First Request for Reconsideration from USCO to Ryan Abbott [Thaler’s attorney] at 1-2 (March 30, 2020). [2] Perlmutter , 1:22-cv-01564, 6 (D.D.C. photographs).

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Banksy Case: registration of a trademark in bad faith and the price of anonymity. The EUIPO has cancelled street artist Banksy’s trademark for the well-known artwork ‘Flower Bomber” on the grounds that it was filed in bad faith. Mandarins arrive in Luxembourg… the IP ‘case of the year 2020’. There will be a sequel!

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India Can AI (co)author art? The court had granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in 2020. without any registration and later in 2020, they applied to register “Khimji Jewels”. Khimji Dayabhai Co.”,

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. For example, in 2020, @karmanverdi – a Russian Musical Artist – created a novel approach to take photos in Lockdown and titled the series “There are so many ghosts at my site.” Trademarks.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. Both the parties have registrations over their respective “Karim” and “Kareem” trademarks.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 15, 2022

In my recent attempt at spring cleaning, I mentioned that “ the Copyright Office’s ‘refusal to register a two-dimensional artwork claim in the work titled ‘A Recent Entrance to Paradise’ (‘Work’).” 263, 265-66 (2020) ]. 263, 319-320 (2020) ]. But the author is never the machine.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in 2020, the famous Chinese brew company Tsingtao Beer filed an administrative complaint for trademark infringement against a smaller Chinese competitor for the use of recycled Tsingtao beer bottles. The smaller brewery was filling legitimately recycled Tsingtao bottles with their own beer.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

NFTs have a variety of uses which extend far beyond digital artwork. million USD sale of his “Warrior” painting, which became the most expensive Western artwork sold in Asia. By contrast, in the United States, registration of copyright is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

If the other opinion becomes the standard, whoever mints the artwork first will be the copyright owner and the artist could be at risk of losing their artwork in NFT form. What was sold are “NFTiffs,” which are digital passes that NFT holders can redeem for digital artwork based on CryptoPunks.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

2020-2205, slip op. After the USPTO denied Elster, consistent with express regulations, registration of the mark because Donald Trump had not consented to the registration, the appellate court vacated that result and ordered that the registration issue.

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