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China’s Rise in U.S. Design Patent System

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WIPO administers the WIPO-administered Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. In 2015, the US linked its design patent system with Hague — this gives U.S. designers easier access to global design rights; and non-U.S. design patent system. by Dennis Crouch.

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

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The concept of Metaverse as an online framework for economic interoperability was born in and around 2020. Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

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Trademark: Uggs are generic in Australia, Can I import them without a license from UGG®?

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36 Judgment without any opinion (the original complaint included some design patents as well). 1064(3) for determining whether a registered trademark has “become” generic applies where a term originated as generic before registration. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed in a R.36 Supreme Court, asking two questions: 1.

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

LexBlog IP

The concept of Metaverse as an online framework for economic interoperability was born in and around 2020. Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

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Guest Post: Design Protection and Functionality: Does the PTO or the Copyright Office Apply a More Rubbery Stamp?

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So much so that the post-1902 Act regional circuit design patent cases invalidating design patents on functionality grounds would come out oppositely under the Federal Circuit’s lax standards. In 2015, it sought copyright registration of this useful article as a sculptural work.

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Amazon escapes liability for its Brand Registry advertising

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21, 2023) Deetsch alleged that he owned design patents for CPAP pillow products, which the Lei defendants infringed. They also allegedly used Deetch’s image in ads and on packaging, and allegedly falsely claimed on Amazon that their pillow products “were designed in the United States but are manufactured in China.”

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TTABlog Quarterly Index: October - December 2021

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35: TTAB Grants MIRAGE BRANDS Cancellation Petition Due To Likelihood of Reverse Confusion On Remand from the CAFC, TTAB Denies Petition for Cancellation of "NAKED" Registration for Condoms TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(d) Inter Partes Cases - How Did They Come Out? [Yes] Precedential No. Lack of Bona Fide Intent: Precedential No.