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Africa IP highlights 2021 #1: The copyright field

The IPKat

While Morison branded its medicine with the generic “PARACETAMOL”, with reference to its registered trademarks “MSJ” and “MORISON” on the packaging, CPL used the name “CONPHAMOL”. CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging.

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Tokenization of intellectual property for IP rights management

The IPKat

The result is that the smart contract allows you to represent any IP, e.g., trademarks, designs, patents or copyrights, with a token. The advantage of using standardized tokens with a sufficiently distributed blockchain is the possibility to digitally display ownership of IP in a secure, transparent and immutable manner.

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Catching up: Meta wins (one) infringement claim about its rebrand on motion to dismiss

43(B)log

Users can download “dapps” (or decentralized applications) which allow users to design and develop software using the Internet Computer blockchain. In 2021, Dfinity announced its Developer Grant Program, a grant fund of $200 million “to support initiatives for developers to work on the Internet Computer.”

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What is the process of getting a trademark? A step-by-step timeline.

LexBlog IP

trademark TIMELINE OVERVIEW. As of December 2021, the currently estimated pendency of the USPTO trademark registration process is about 11.2 Trademark rights, in particular, can be a powerful asset.   What happens once i file a trademark application? Trademark Search. Publication.

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Federal Court of Canada Issues Default Judgment to Stop Online Infringement

LexBlog IP

AMUL Canada , 2021 FC 636 is the most recent example of the effectiveness of default judgment. Kaira has registered the AMUL trademark in Canada for use in association with milk products. Kaira also owns common law design marks which are displayed on the websites www.amul.com and www.amuldairy.com. Disposition.

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43(a)(1)(A) claims are hard to win against a TM registrant

43(B)log

CasperLabs, LLC, 2021 WL 1164985, No. 26, 2021) Zamfir is a researcher in the field of cryptoeconomics and distributed systems; he and Vitalik Buterin are allegedly the two lead researchers of the proof-of-stake blockchain protocols known as Casper (name adopted around 2015). 21cv474-GPC(AHG) (S.D. 1) The marks were identical. (2)

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Metaverse: Fashion Trademark Battles to Watch

JIPEL Copyright Blog

According to a statement from StockX, the NFTs would only represent proof of ownership of physical goods that customers can trade on their platform. However, for Nike, the NFTs would significantly differ from paper receipts because its trademark is not being used only in connection with the purchased shoe, but as a source designator.