Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L. The data has confirmed this prediction.

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IPilogue

MARCH 14, 2022

On February 3, 2022, Nike filed a trademark lawsuit in New York’s federal trial court claiming the online sneaker reseller, StockX, sells unauthorized pictures of Nike’s shoes through NFTs. Like with many new technologies these days, the laws around NFTs are constantly updating to accommodate this new concept of digital assets.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

on 2 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court) . However, the patent on Apaxiban expired in September 2022 and via the present order, the court ruled that “ there can be no injunction on the manufactured stock lying with the Defendants, from being sold as on date. ”. vs Dr. Tajinder Bhatti on 2 November, 2022 (Delhi High Court) .

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 14, 2022

patent law grants patent owners the right to grant licenses to their patents in analogy to landlords granting rents to real property as a license to use without obtaining ownership. 35 U.S.C. §§ 261-262.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

and So Lacked Statutory Standing Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, July-August 2022 Issue Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter, May-June 2022 Issue Recommended Reading: Prof. Welch 2022. Abandonment: Precedential No. Abandonment: Precedential No. Anti-Aging Preparations Related to Clothing?

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JD Supra Law

MAY 27, 2022

Web3 is a tech buzzword for a blockchain-powered phase of the internet (different from the current internet state of user-generated media in Web 2.0); in other words, Web3 is a network powered by blockchain where NFTs signal ownership in the online world, which some bloggers hope will decentralize the internet to put power in the hands of consumers.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The year 2022 has been an extremely important year for the development of trademark jurisprudence in India. Mentioned below are some crucial judgements passed in the year 2022 on matters dealing with trademark infringement. Vijaya Sai And Others (19 th January 2022). Frost Falcon Distilleries Limited (2 nd March 2022).

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO ( , ) (@TheSpiceDAO) January 15, 2022. — Michael Engard (@Kaelri) January 16, 2022. Produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service 3. I guess this is the natural result of NFT culture.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 27, 2022

The consequences of joint development agreements, particularly under circumstances where later development is pursued independently by the parties, can create, inter alia, allegations of improper ownership and infringement if the agreements do not contemplate these possibilities and account (or attempt to account) for them.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 18, 2022

In January 2022, StockX announced its plans to launch The Vault, which uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to allow buyers to track ownership of physical products resold on its e-market and warrant their authenticity, including Nike shoes. Nike, Inc. StockX LLC, 1:22-cv-00983-VEC.

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 2, 2023

Dismisses "GREEN GOO" Infringement Action Due to Incontestability of Defendant's Right to Use the Mark TTAB Posts October 2022 Hearing Schedule: Nine Virtual and Three In-Person Hearings Text ©John L. Welch 2022. 34: "IFG" Fails to Function as a Trademark For Live Plants Because It's a Varietal Name Precedential No.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO (@the_spice_club) January 15, 2022. In countries where there is no government recordation of copyright, blockchain offers a decentralized and transparent process to record copyright ownership, transfers and licenses.

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

Previously, IPilogue reported that Australia has granted patent ownership to an AI inventor. In February 2022, however, the Federal Court of Australia joined the ranks of the United States and the United Kingdom in disallowing AI to be owners of patents, even if the product is solely created by AI.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

According to McKinsey & Company’s 2022 American Opportunity Survey, approximately 58 million Americans identified as independent workers participating in the gig economy. In today’s agile business environment, the line between permanent staff and short-term talent has become increasingly blurred. By: Brooks Kushman P.C.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Image generated with Midjourney In the middle of 2022, three significant AI text-to-image generators were made available to the public: Dall-E 2 (April 2022), Midjourney (July 2022), and Stability Diffusion (August 2022). The August 2022 date is reflective of the change in technology between April and August 2022.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Based on the assertion that the assignment agreements relied upon by the publishers do not confer ownership of copyrights relating to the allegedly infringed works, Elbakyan declared them void. which was dismissed by this Court by way of a detailed order dated 3rd November, 2022.” After suspending Sci-Hub’s.SE

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license? There was almost no reference to ownership of training data that had come from parties other than the contractual partners. There was almost no reference to ownership of training data that had come from parties other than the contractual partners. user, service)?

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The TTABlog

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Board issued 38 precedential opinions in calendar 2022, a number that is consistent with recent yearly totals. 22: TTAB Grants Petition to Cancel CHENOA FUND Registration for Mortgage Services Due to Non-Ownership Precedential No. Welch 2022-23. Section 2(e)(5) - Functionality Precedential No. Text Copyright John L.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

This is a case focusing on ownership of social media accounts. See “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ” and “ Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. (See We blogged this case twice before.

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IPilogue

JUNE 21, 2022

On February 3 rd 2022 Nike Inc. NFTs are unique digital assets that are digital representations of ownership of real-world items. Nike argued that the NFTs’ inflated prices and terms of purchase and ownership have led to public criticism and opinion that the StockX NFTs are a scam. The Nike Suit. StockX Vault NFTs.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. Western District of Texas On July 25, 2022, WDTX’s Chief Judge Orlando L. The data has confirmed this prediction.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 14, 2022

Whilst on the face of it a recent Hong Kong court decision was about copyright ownership in an online game, the decision in Emagist Entertainment Ltd v Nether Games (Hong Kong) Ltd [2022] HKCFI 899 raises a host of other important issues for tech start-ups to consider. By: Hogan Lovells

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Cogency Global

JUNE 15, 2023

In order to provide greater transparency and to help prevent money laundering, the UK government has introduced a Register of Entities through the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (ECTEA), that came into force on August 1, 2022.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 20, 2025

The defendant appealed the decision claiming, amongst others, the inexistence of the unregistered trade mark related to the jersey (whose ownership, in any case, would be Adidass and not Juventuss, as the former designed the shirt) and its infringement, as well as the lack of any unfair competition.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As we near the end of the 2021, here are seven resolutions – not including the obligatory “get in shape” or “be more organized” – that you may want to consider for 2022. Copyright Ownership.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

billion) fine over allegations that the company abused its ownership of the Android mobile operating system to unlawfully push its other products. In October 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Google some 13.38 Google, like many tech companies, is facing increased scrutiny from international regulators.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2024

There’s also a growing trend of sites with common ownership operating from dozens of confusingly-similar domains by design. Similar behavior can be seen across dozens of similar domains, although not always under common ownership or even in direct response to enforcement measures. Now redirecting to ACE, kooora4.us Kooralive.io

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Factual background The underlying claims relate to the ownership, exploitation and infringement of copyright and performers rights relating to the musical works and sound recordings of JHE. The Claimants claim ownership of Reddings and Mitchells shares of copyright in the Recordings and associated performers rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! On 24 March 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in the Austro-Mechana case which tackles the private copying exception and the compensation for the reproduction and storage of copyright material in the cloud. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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CopyrightsWorld

MAY 7, 2022

How are NFTs Transforming Digital Ownership Today, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) give a comprehensive history and evidence of ownership for digital assets and any other asset recognised as a non-fungible token. However, this is only the early stages of the capabilities that non-fungible tokens offer to the web 3.0

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Patently-O

JANUARY 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In 2022, the Federal Circuit held that an invention is only eligible for a US patent if a human conceived of the invention. In addition, standard property law principles of ownership, as well as the work-for-hire doctrine, apply to make Plaintiff Dr. Stephen Thaler the copyright’s owner. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works. NFTs are governed by smart contracts, which divide ownership and limit transferability. iii] NFTs are limited to having a single owner.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the context of certain questions that arose in the proceedings, Tanvi then brings up an interesting hypothetical i.e. what if the defendants had challenged the ownership of the copyright early on, instead of the attempt to amendment later on. Tanvi is a second-year student pursuing BA LLB at the National University of Juridical Sciences.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. District Judge Fischer granted the defendant’s motion , stating, “Given that one of the core disputes in this case concerns ownership of the copyright in the Illustration, which is governed by U.K.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

1 (2022). [5] [link] Yudo Kamaru, Legal Analysis of Copyright Issues in YouTube (Sept. link] Jamir O Neil, Lowering Barriers to Entry- YouTube, Fair Use and the Copyright Claims Board, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol 33 No. 7] Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2022-1751, 2022-1813 (Fed. The court added that Weber’s copyright ownership of the operating manuals does not negate Weber’s ability to make the operating manuals publicly accessible. In Weber, Inc. Provisur Techs., Weber , slip op.,

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IPilogue

MARCH 9, 2022

As of January 31, 2022, Sony Interactive Entertainment (“Sony”) is behind the video game publisher Bungie. In Sony’s case, it is likely more cost-efficient to purchase Bungie and gain some ownership over its future games than to create games itself for its PlayStation consoles. Behind every video game, there is a video game designer.

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