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How to Get IP When It’s Too Late to Patent

Patent Trademark Blog

It’s not the function, but the looks of your product that might be protectable if it’s too late to file a patent. These are the visual features that would have been appropriate for design patent protection. Notice I said ornamental features, not ornamental products.

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Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

Above the Fold

Just as every piece of artwork is unique, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to protecting your fashion goods with intellectual property tools. The next time you would like to protect a great innovative design you expect will be a big hit on the market, you should consider obtaining a design patent.

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Influencers, bullfighting, deepfakes, AI, biopics… the Garrigues IP Blog celebrates its first birthday, covering all the hot topics.

Garrigues Blog

For many, bullfighting is an art, but this does not necessarily mean that a bullfight is a work in which the bullfighter holds a copyright. The EUIPO has cancelled street artist Banksy’s trademark for the well-known artwork ‘Flower Bomber” on the grounds that it was filed in bad faith. There will be a sequel!

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Rise Of IP Issues Due To The Increasing Popularity Of NFTs

IIPRD

The development of these tokens has marked a new age of transparency and digital security as it is now possible to create and store a plethora of creations consisting of art, music, contracts, records, pictures, and even tweets as digital assets. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs.

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TM Scholars' Roundable: Session 1: The Relevance of Ornamentality in Trademark Law: Acquisition of Rights

43(B)log

Other IP rights: utility patent creates presumption of functionality; wonders about whether presence of non-TM IP protection for ornamental features—design patent, ©--might create a presumption of mere ornamentality w/o further evidence of source signification. artworks as TMs. Banksy failed to register a bunch of his?

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

It covers architectural design, software, graphic arts, motions pictures, sound recordings, and more, and it is adaptive to new technological advances that would likely apply to NFTs. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. Applicable IP rights. The profit from this was over $12.5

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What Protects The Intellectual Property Created By Artists Or Designers?

Intepat

Further, the Copyright protects the following types of original artwork. It’s important to understand that while copyright law allows you to protect your design, it does not cover the article’s utilitarian aspect. Industrial Design. Hence, the maximum period of protection in design patents is fifteen years.