SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2021

We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Yashi Agrawal on India’s recent accession to the Locarno Agreement, discussing inter alia the resultant amendments to India’s design laws and prospective benefits to India on becoming a part of the Locarno Special Union and Assembly. Yashi Agrawal. India and the Locarno Agreement.

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Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

2: Textile Designer Sues Zulily for Copyright Infringement. Next up today, Guy Demarco at Law Street Media reports that fabric maker EKB Textiles has filed a lawsuit against ecommerce platform Zulily alleging copyright infringement of their fabric designs. The lawsuit seeks an injunction as well as damages, costs and other relief.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

The CCB became a reality in December 2020 when the U.S. government passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act). The website features information about the CCB, updates on the process, and users can register a CCB Designated Service Agent to receive notices and communication from the CCB.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has fundamentally altered the law on prior art anticipation for design patent applications. 2020-1940 (Oct. In this decision, captioned In re: SurgiSil, L.L.P. 4, 2021), the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal….

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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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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2022

IP, design, development, and engineering are cornerstones of this sport, with teams having to design, build, and race their cars. With large sums of prize money at stake and teams’ inability to patent the designs on which they spend millions in innovation , F1 is in a difficult position. New Name, Same Concerns?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We learnt that at the core of the EPO’s AI integration are several specialised tools designed to streamline the search process. A key advancement in the EPO’s AI efforts came in 2020 with the introduction of the EP-AutoCla model, an AI-powered classification system. A similar model is being designed for chemical formulae.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

It will also inspire plaintiffs to bring more negligent design claims against Internet services–a looming tsunami of litigation. I’ve blogged this case three times before, in 2017 , 2018 and 2020. In 2020, the intermediate court affirmed that decision 2-1. The Facts. In 2018, the intermediate court reversed.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

copyright law in December 2020 with the signing of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). . The system is designed to be navigable by non-lawyers and, instead of a judge and/or jury, the case is heard by a panel of three officers and the entire process is held online.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2024

In a dispute over the validity of design patents covering the fenders of GM’s 2018-2020 Chevrolet Equinox, the Federal Circuit overturned its own long-standing Rosen-Durling “rigid” standard for assessing obviousness of design patents, returning to a “flexible” standard that will make it easier for parties to challenge the validity of design patents (..)

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

Back in November 2020, video game composer Tommy Tallarico discovered the use of the sound effect in Roblox and, rather than pull it, struck a licensing deal with Roblox for its continued use. This required Roblox designers to pay $1 (or 100 Robux) to include the sound effect in their creations.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 5, 2025

The sentencing doesn’t come as a surprise, as Kanda pleaded guilty to three charges; violating the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and Fraud Act 2006. In a Reddit post from 2020, Kanda showed an interest in rebranding an APK, which could then be used to resell subscriptions.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Next up today, Judy Harrison at the Bangor Daily News reports that Maine costume designer Ellen Okolita has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Amazon and eBay alleging that the three sites are unlawfully using photos and descriptions of her costumes on their site.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 30, 2024

This Kat has found a recent decision issued by the Paris Court of Appeal in a dispute over the allegedly unlawful reproduction of a t-shirt design. This ruling was an opportunity for the court to reiterate that a garment can be protected by copyright and design law. Consequently, no copyright infringement could be found.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The Beginning of the End In April 2020, an investigator made a test purchase from Media Maverick, paying £10 through PayPal to an account operated by Merrell. Merrell suspected nothing, and when the investigator bought another subscription in November 2020, that didn’t change.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( DG TAXUD ) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office ( EUIPO ) recently released the first joint annual report on EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the EU internal market 2020.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Hiker has been in the business of designing and manufacturing customizable trailers for over a decade, earning a reputation for quality and durability. Hiker is the registered owner of the “HIKER TRAILER” and “HIKER DESIGN” marks, which are used in connection with trailers and related goods.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Justice Moshinsky of the Federal Court of Australia found that Aldi had crossed the line from borrowing the "look and feel" of the Puffs packaging into taking the actual forms of expression in the design, layout, colours, fonts, and figures. In 2019, Aldi undertook a re-design of its MAMIA range of baby food products.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2022

The CCB was implemented as part of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act enacted under a larger omnibus bill on COVID-19 issues in December 2020. district court covering their own copyright claim.

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The IPKat

MAY 6, 2024

Determining the informed user and the way the informed user perceives the design of a specific product are important steps in the assessment whether two designs produce the same overall impression. 002138008-0031 for ‘door and window handles’: The design was registered on 27 November 2017.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

1 are defined in an article published in 2020 by the USPTO. Some examples include specially designed hardware to improve training efficiency by working with GPU/TPU/NPU/xPU (e.g., For instance, a second deep neural network may be designed to compete against the first one to identify its weaknesses. from 1990-2018.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

And it accounted for 69% of all applications filed in Asia in 2021. applications We celebrate China’s triumph and wish everyone a Happy Chinese-New-Year! La entrada Infographic | China’s growth se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Tucked into last December’s stimulus and relief package were critical reforms in intellectual property law, designed to empower trademark and copyright owners by providing stronger enforcement tools. trademark statute in more than 20 years.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In a decision delivered this week, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (the Court) has upheld the design infringement claim brought by Marks and Spencer (M&S) against Aldi in respect of their gin-based flavoured liqueur range, in what may be a catalyst for a shift from trade mark law to design law for product "lookalike" claims.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

In February 2020, the focus shifted towards end-users of such services. It was triggered in the early months of 2020 when the GdF of Rome identified a 60-year-old man who later admitted to be a reseller of pirate IPTV services. The investigation was carried out by GdF and coordinated by public prosecutor Antonio Colonna.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 8, 2021

These chains of events often begin with a raid against a supplier, such as the one that targeted ‘IPTV Special’ in July 2020. In July 2020, this was followed up by a Guardia di Finanza (GdF) operation, which at the time included 72 searches across 32 Italian provinces, targeting 71 people involved in the IPTV operation.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

For the first time since 2020, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion finding claims of a computer-related invention to be eligible. Although designated as non-precedential, the case may signal a key claim feature that the court will look for in future Section 101 cases involving computer-related inventions. By: Fox Rothschild LLP

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Behind every costume is a designer whose vision and design breathes life into characters. But behind every designer, other figures may undercut and miscredit them. Disney’s Cruella , released in May 2021 , tells the story of two haute couture designers battling for recognition in the fashion industry.

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IP Close Up

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Between 2005 and 2020 the number of U.S. design patent grants almost tripled. The increased focus on product form (“look”) as a part of function, Continue reading

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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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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On January 11, 2022, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) released a report entitled Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases: Canadian Trends and International Comparisons, 2011-2020 as part of the National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System (NPDUIS) initiative.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Plainfield, Indiana – Allen Lee Asher-Butler has filed a copyright infringement suit against Amazon KDP and Jeff Bezos , claiming they are committing copyright infringement regarding four books that he designed and illustrated the covers for. Asher filed the original lawsuit in November 2020, but from the outset, he faced difficulties.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 8, 2021

36 Judgment without any opinion (the original complaint included some design patents as well). This is an interesting new trademark petition that suggests some nuance from the Court’s 2020 decision in BOOKING.COM. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed in a R.36 Australian Leather has now petitioned to the U.S. Petition ].

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The so-called NHK-Fintiv rule, resulting from Board-designated precedential cases in 2018 and 2020, allows the PTAB to decline review of a patent based on several discretionary factors, including whether the patent is being asserted in ongoing. By: Haug Partners LLP

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As we’ve discussed recently, the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) is the new copyright small claims court that was introduced as part of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act) of 2020. According to this claim, Hiro originally hired Dragvertising to design their mobile app.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 10, 2023

If we go back to 2020, ‘only’ 514 subreddits were banned. In 2020, 303 users were banned, increasing to 2,813 users in 2021, reaching 5,853 last year. A copyright notice must come from either the copyright owner or an expressly designated agent, so Reddit declined to process these notices.”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

In 2020, a contribution to this blog reaffirmed that metadata matter for the future of copyright. The 2020 metadata post noted the then recent Feasibility study for the establishment of a European Music Observatory ,issued by the European Commission (EC). This makes for a fragmented landscape full of data silos.

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