Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

Also, the photo doesn’t reveal who owns the copyright in the photo, but it may not be “Brave.” ” Did the account operator have the authority to speak on behalf of the copyright owner? Copyright Infringement. 1 Hotel West Hollywood LLC , 2024 WL 3015504 (C.D. ” This is confused.

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2024

Events E-course – Intellectual Property for Sustainable Innovations (16-27 September 2024) with 10% IPKat readers’ discount NOVA School of Law is organizing an online course aimed at providing a comprehensive knowledge of IP and reflecting on how it can help sustainable innovators. Can material created using AI be protected by copyright?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

This case revisits the venerable topic of if, and when, cloning-and-revising a legal document can be copyright infringement. UIRC obtained copyright registrations for two versions of its documents. UIRC sued William Blair for copyright infringement. UIRC retained William Blair to help promote its bonds.

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Corsearch

MARCH 13, 2023

The copyright for one of the first depictions of Mickey Mouse will expire in 2024. Copyright © Walt Disney Animation Studios Interestingly, Mickey started as a character known as “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit”. Copyright protection is usually granted for 95 years to works published between 1923 and 1977. Steamboat Willie.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 1, 2024

AI and copyright: Prompts and Intellectual Inputs This Time from China Recently in a copyright infringement dispute concerning a work generated by using an AI, the Beijing Internet Court held that it qualifies as an original work of human intellectual achievement. Srinivas Rao & Anr.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Case Summaries Therelek Machines Private Limited vs Therelek Engineers Private Limited on 28 February, 2024 (Karnataka High Court) The petitioner challenged the rejection of its interim application under Section 124 of the Trade Marks Act, seeking a stay in a suit for trademark infringement.

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The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

Comments are due by 29 June 2024. Marcel Pemsel considered the recent EUIPO Cancellation Division decision, in which Louis Vuitton successfully opposed the registration of a trade mark that was similar to its earlier "monogram" mark. Details here.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Madi Hapi Annsley Merelle Ward informed readers of the latest commitment from the EPO to accelerate opposition proceedings when informed of both infringement actions and revocation proceedings pending before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) or a national court/authority of a member state.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 13, 2024

Fresh on the heels of filing an infringement lawsuit against OpenAI , The New York Times Co. is flexing its copyright muscles once again, this time targeting the developers of hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular word game the Times purchased in 2022. ” The New York Times Co.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Trade mark infringement – Lidl’s trade mark for the Lidl logo was infringed by Tesco’s Clubcard Price(s) signs, which took unfair advantage of Lidl’s reputation for low prices and damaged the distinctive character of Lidl’s logo. These are currently expected to be heard by September / October of 2024.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

In light of the recent Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024, we are pleased to bring this post by Prashant Reddy T., Hardik Mukeshbhai Pansheriya and Ors, Mathews shares his thoughts on safeguards intermediaries can employ to preclude trademark infringements. The case is set to be re-notified on July 12, 2024, for further proceedings.

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The IPKat

JULY 21, 2023

Metaverse Kat The EC’s strategy is centred around four pillars: Empowering people and reinforcing skills – the EC is seeking to develop guidance for the general public by Q1 2024; Business: supporting a European Web 4.0 If doing so constitutes copyright infringement, the full destruction of the infringing NFTs may be difficult.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The short-listed candidates will have to send their essays before 15 February 2024. Registration closes on 12 October 2023. Copyright and AI News The Authors Guild and several prominent writers, including Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Candidates must send a one-page summary of the essay before 15 November 2023. Dr. Alexander J.

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2024

by Spyridon Sipetas Le sac Swoosh - Instagram (@Jacquemus) On February 26, Jacquemus and Nike revealed their latest collaborative piece, ‘Le sac Swoosh’ (or ‘The Swoosh bag’), teasing their upcoming Spring/Summer 2024 collection, in the context of their partnership, dating back to 2022.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Though the defendant’s mark was also registered, the court reiterated that the prior use of the mark has to be protected and the registration will not have any bearing. The respondent had rejected the application holding that the mark is devoid of distinctive character and is ineligible for registration under Section 9(1)(a) or 9(1)(b).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Image generated from DALL-E 3 with the prompt ‘ ASEAN Ministers discussing the ASEAN AI Framework Guidelines during the ASEAN Summit 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.’ ’ Setting the Scene Much ink has been spilled on the legal discourse surrounding generative AI (GenAI) and copyright.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The claimant had goodwill dating back to 1992 and registrations from October 2015. The defendant had been using since 2013 with registrations from June 2015. The claimant successfully claimed infringement and the invalidity of the defendant’s registrations before HHJ Melissa Clarke sitting in the IPEC.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The policy based considerations include the internal policies of e-commerce sites as well as registrations of companies for their IP. [6] The e-platforms themselves might need to copyright their interface and service if the same is endangered [7]. For example, Amazon holds patent over auto-authentications of transactions in India.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

May 9, 2024). In so holding, however, the Court declined to resolve the logically antecedent question of whether the discovery rule applies to the three-year copyright statute of limitations, finding “that issue is not properly presented here, because Warner Chappell never challenged the Eleventh Circuit’s use of the discovery rule below.”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

In a significant order, delivered on 24 January 2024 by the Bombay High Court in Novex Communications Pvt Ltd. For some context: After the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, it was understood that the right to collect royalties can only be assigned to a Copyright Society, under Section 34 (1)(a) (for instance see here ).

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Highlights of the Week Announcing the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law Prof (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer’s 48th birth anniversary today, we are excited to announce the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! Drop a comment below to let us know. On the occasion of Prof.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2024

Kitchen Cube LLC, 2024 WL 1829620, No. 17, 2024) Leszczynski invented a measuring cube that combines various measuring volumes into a single cubical structure. Kitchen Cube cube Leszczynski sued for (1) copyright infringement; (2) violation of Creative Commons license terms; and (3) false advertising and misrepresentation.

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

Natco v Novartis 2024: Delhi High Court’s Novartis Moment & Indian Patent Law’s Déjà Vu Pic from here The Delhi High Court, on 24th April, passed an order that our patent law enthusiast readers will be very interested in! The plaintiff also holds trademark registration for “Serpenti ” etc. Bulgari S.P.A

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

on 14 February 2024 (Delhi High Court) The petitioner sought the removal of the respondent’s mark ‘CLOVER,’ registered in Class 9. The petitioner, with a prior registration since 2010 and evidence of use since 2000, argued against the respondent’s mark registered in December 2018 on a proposed-to-be-used basis.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

From an in-depth discussion on the terms of copyright and translations in India to the recent UK Supreme Court’s order regarding the patentability of inventions by an AI, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. To read these, along with a round up of IP developments around the country, and world, read on below. Inventprise Inc.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 8, 2024

Wrapping up the first week of 2024, here is a brief recap of our hard-hitting post on TKDL, the detailed comments on the draft Calcutta High Court IPR Division Rules, and an informative take on scandalous and obscene trademark prosecution in India. Discussing the historical foundation of refusing registration to such marks Prof.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including copyright and education, transparency and clinical trial data, Google ad-word cases, and more! However, it submitted that it would have no objection to the defendant using remix or cover versions of the plaintiff’s copyright content or user generated content.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Calcutta High Court allowed an application for rectification directing the Trademarks Registrar to cancel the registration granted to and remove the impugned mark ‘Neemyle’. Copyright infringement claims in Kantara Vaha Roopam case dismissed. Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Capital General Store and Anr. Image from here.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Thus clarifying that copyright in the screenplay exists independently of the copyright in the film. HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. the licensee. Warner Bros.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Trump is actively litigating a copyright infringement lawsuit over the Eddy Grant song “Electric Avenue” while trying to keep relevant deposition testimony in the case permanently under seal. ” So much for Trump having a basic understanding of copyright law. 14· · · · · Q.· ·Mr. 17· · · · · A.· ·I

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