Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2022

The most notable change for 2021 was a drop in the number of decisions arising from the district courts: from 197 in 2020 to 142 in 2021. Overall, the Federal Circuit issued 653 merits decisions in regular appeals in 2021 as compared with 690 in 2020. Nor did they increase in 2021.

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Patently-O

JULY 30, 2021

A potentially important product design trademark case is pending before the U.S. 20-1817 (Supreme Court 2021). . Glico sued for trademark infringement, asserting Glico’s trademark rights in the product design of chocolate-covered elongated rod biscuits. by Dennis Crouch. Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Petition ].

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 30, 2022

Spanish Companies Sign Protocol in 2021. In April 2021, the Coalition of Content Creators and Industries, an association representing the local entertainment sector, plus partners including internet service providers (98% of ISPs in the country), signed a voluntary protocol designed to protect intellectual property rights.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an en banc opinion overruling the long-standing Rosen-Durling test for obviousness of design patents in favor of the analytical framework used for utility patents outlined in Graham v. 2021-2348 (Fed. John Deere Co. and KSR Int’l Co. Teleflex Inc.

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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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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) did not issue any final written decisions involving design patents. However, it did issue three decisions granting review of challenged design patents and three decisions denying review of challenged design patents, maintaining 2021’s design patent institution rate of 50%.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

design patents: three precedential opinions and three unprecedential opinions. Unlike 2021 (where the two precedential opinions on design patents issued by the Federal Circuit both involved appeals that originated at the Patent Office), all three precedential opinions in 2022 involved appeals that originated from district courts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

2021 WL 221878 (9th Cir Jan. 22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. 2021 WL 2435307 (N.D. June 15, 2021). 2021 WL 151978 (N.D. 2021 WL 2476853 (E.D. La Marque, 2021 WL 1997376 (D. Advertising/E-Commerce. Ariix, LLC v.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Regarding Blue Gentian’s argument about the sufficiency of ties between contributed elements and claims, the Federal Circuit highlighted it was undisputed that each of the asserted patents includes one or more claims that require Ragner’s design elements that distinguished the claims from prior art.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2022

2021 USPQ2d 164 (TTAB 2021) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cynthia C. 2021 USPQ2d 1191 (TTAB 2021) [precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark Lebow). A single-color mark on a product design is registrable only upon a showing of acquired distinctiveness. Welch 2020-2021. The United States Olympic Committee v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Intellectual Property Appellate Board abolished through the Tribunals Reform Act, 2021. Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

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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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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In July 2021, Disney debuted a new series entitled Behind the Attraction , which among its initial episodes, featured their own episode about the attraction. Right is from Behind the Attraction on Disney+ pic.twitter.com/Sf1biymTSz — James St.Onge – Art of Engineering (@aoEngineering) September 16, 2021. And this one.

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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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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

According to the claim, JMC infringed on two of their films, the 1988 film Coming to America and its 2021 sequel Coming 2 America. According to the filing, in February 2021, as the second film was preparing to be released, JMC announced that it would host a “McDowell’s” themed pop up in April. Bottom Line.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn [link] — OBS (@OBSProject) November 17, 2021. pic.twitter.com/00sjHsmntF — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 17, 2021. — Streamlabs (@streamlabs) November 16, 2021.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2021-2299, 2021-2338 (Fed. 15, 2023) , the Federal Circuit vacated a jury verdict of non-infringement in a design-patent infringement action filed by Columbia Sportswear against Seirus Innovative Accessories. Design Patent No. gloves) have a wavy pattern with the “Seirus” logo throughout the design.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 30, 2024

As outlined in our previous post, partial design claiming in China continues to be a moving target, as variations in the interpretation of partial design claims persist among Chinese examiners. Still, trends. By: Quarles & Brady LLP

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 7, 2022

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. The launch of the CCB website is the first latest step in starting the new board. This includes works originally uploaded to social media.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 28, 2024

This week, the full Federal Circuit overruled its decades-old test for deciding whether a design patent is invalid as obvious. 2021-2348, 2024 WL 2280728 (Fed. Operations LLC, No. May 21, 2024). The en banc court held that the “Rosen-Durling” test was “improperly rigid” and that the Graham v.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Diplomatic Conference to Conclude and Adopt a Design Law Treaty – Plenary Sessions. It took nearly two decades of negotiation, but member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have finally adopted the landmark Design Law Treaty (DLT) during the Diplomatic Conference in Riyadh on November 22.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 5, 2024

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC [OPINION] (2021-2348, 5/21/24) Moore, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, and Stark - Stoll, J. The Court vacated a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding a design patent nonobvious and remanded. By: WilmerHale

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

A new year is upon us and, while 2021 proved that a new year doesn’t mean a fresh start, it is still an opportunity to both reflect on the past and look ahead. In December 2021, Spotify made the abrupt decision to remove a long list of comedy performers from their streaming service. 2: The Battle Over Comedy Tracks.

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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. If you want a more complete list of the Halloween-related articles that have been featured on this site, check out this post from October 2021. However, for the past few years, the haunt has been closed. Bottom Line.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2021

On August 3, 2021, the U.S. On June 7, 2021, the U.S. Similarly, in May 2021, the U.S. These recent rulings underscore the increasingly important role well-designed surveys play in courts’ consideration of evidence of consumer confusion and/or secondary meaning in trademark and trade dress cases.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 23, 2022

Instead, it was published in 2021 on Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, by a prominent video blogger that uses the name Beida Mange. Similarly, in October 2021, we discussed the Cinemassacre Monster Madness plagiarism allegations. However, the monologue was not his, nor was it written by Audi or M&C. Bottom Line.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

in 2021, according to a report published November 21 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Industrial design filing activity also rose by 9.2% Worldwide IP filings increased by 3.6% The biggest increase in patent filings was in Asia, where 67.6% of worldwide patent applications were filed. The United States saw a 1.2%

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Senate’s United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021. House of Representatives passed a major piece of legislation known as the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022, which is the House’s counterpart to the U.S.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I also challenge you to at least try to draw a similar style before (1/2) — PokerPaint (@PokerPaint) September 25, 2021. pic.twitter.com/ToJt79iwa3 — PokerPaint (@PokerPaint) September 27, 2021. However, when that failed to soothe things over with the creators, they took back to Twitter with a more thorough apology.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

China’s IP performance in 2021 showed to be no less than that: it was the country with the most patent filings according to the World Intellectual Property Indicators of 2022. And it accounted for 69% of all applications filed in Asia in 2021. The year of the Rabbit begins today. Here, we share with you a summary of the results.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 31, 2022

In 2021, the United States Trade Representative released its Special 301 , which highlights countries that it claims are not doing enough to protect intellectual property rights. One country simply deciding to withdraw from that creates unique challenges that the current system is simply not designed to handle. A Checkered History.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The implementation of the CDSM Directive is still far from over, despite the fact that the implementation deadline passed more than a year ago, on 7 June 2021. WIPO, Agreement on diplomatic conference on Design Law Treaty. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. CDSM Directive implementation.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 19, 2022

Designated Public Office Holders. 2021-12-15. 2021-12-15. 2021-11-18. 2021-11-18. 2021-11-18. 2021-11-18. 2021-11-16. 2021-11-05. 2021-11-01. 2021-10-13. 2021-10-12. 2021-09-28. Communication Date. 2022-04-14. Lisa Hepfner , Member of. Parliament. 2022-04-13.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 6, 2023

On the defendant’s argument that the shape of the extension of the central motorhead is different in the competing designs, the court held that such a minor difference will not suffice to distinguish the impugned design from the suit design.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2022

An operation in March 2021, for example , saw NWROCU-affiliated cybercrime police execute five warrants for IPTV-related offenses. High-value assets, including a Range Rover Sport SVR V8 and an Audi A5 convertible, were seized along with designer clothing, designer bags, and jewelry.

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Patently-O

JULY 19, 2021

2021-000765, 2021 WL 2982136 (PTAB). Lawrence Ausubel is a Professor of Economics at Maryland and has published dozens of articles on efficient auction design and holds several patents. 2021-000035, 2021 WL 3015118 (PTAB) (Philips Medizin). 2021-000816, 2021 WL 3015120 (PTAB) (Alpine Electronics).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 31, 2023

On August 30, the office of the Controller General of Patents, Design and Trademarks (CGPDTM) released a public notice inviting comments from stakeholders to revamp the different IP guidelines and manuals. The invitation is specific to the Patents, Designs, Trademarks, GI and Copyright Manuals and Guidelines.

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