IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, providing a snapshot of IP filing activities across the globe during 2023.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2024

As we do each year, were dedicating the last day of December to readers' comments on what the IP landscape would look like to them if a little thing called reality was not an issue. So, below are our participants heartfelt IP wishes for 2025.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

trademark owners intellectual property, and threaten the safety of U.S. This article provides highlights of legislative activities undertaken in 2024 in this regard. In 2024, Americas legislators continued their effort to fight against the harmful impact of counterfeit products being sold to American consumers.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

2023, the Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench) delivered a salient judgement , with significant implications for both the SC/ST Act and Intellectual Property. Moreover, does equating IP with tangible property risk distorting its fundamental purpose? Thus, the question stood- does damage to property include damage or loss to IP?

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2023

IPKat-approved game on Steam For those interested in the interplay between IP rights's territorial character and free competition, the judgment issued by the General Court (GC) in Valve Corporation , T-172/21 earlier this week is a must-read. This also applies to non-exclusive licensing agreements and distribution agreements.

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2025

Another eventful week in the IP world has passedheres what to keep in mind! A Kat awaiting weekly IP updates Designs Katfriend Henning Hartwig reviewed the interpretation of Articles 6 and 14 of Regulation 6/2002 (CDR). The BoA decided that the sign MAGIC PUSSY would not fall under the Article 7(1)(f) EUTMR.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 2, 2025

The article then turns its attention to how social media culture is violating owners’ copyrights. In order to safeguard intellectual property rights and promote responsible social media use, platforms, producers, and users must work together in tandem with India’s legal system. Vs Myspace Inc & Anr. 1 (2022). [5]

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The withdrawal was expected, with panelists at IPWatchdog’s Life Sciences Masters Program in October predicting based on USPTO Director Kathi Vidal’s comments at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Annual Meeting that the rule was unlikely to be finalized before her departure from the Office.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established World IP Day (WIPD) 19 years ago to celebrate the day on which the WIPO Convention entered into force: April 26, 1970. And this year, WIPO has set as the theme for World IP Day 2024, “IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.”

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The post Blockchain’s Very Big (and Very Bad) IP Day appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Yesterday, two major rulings came out that impact Bitcoin and other blockchain-based technologies. Here's what happened.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Enjoying the seasonal foliage Another week has come to an end and, as usual, it is time to catch up with opportunities and events in the IP world, as well as some news regarding the IPKat Team. Sustainability & IP Management (24 October) On 24 October, OxFirst is running a webinar focusing on sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits precedential decision in Kroy IP Holdings LLC v. Kroy IP) has significant strategic implications for patent litigation and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. The holding, facts, and procedural aspects of Kroy IP are well covered here. Groupon Inc.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The bill seeks to provide for intellectual property (IP) rights in an individual’s voice and likeness as well as remedies including statutory damages and disgorged profits.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 17, 2024

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), a foundation in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examination and post grant proceedings, in patent and trademark federal court cases and in International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings, has been implemented more or less faithfully under U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 27, 2025

The United States has long relied on robust economic sanctions and export controls to protect national security and safeguard intellectual property (IP) from foreign adversaries. patents.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Intellectual property rights are greatly important to Americas economy, and an efficient and well-functioning USPTO is critical to ensuring that such rights are protected. I liked reading the always-excellent Rob Greenspoon's post about five (almost) instant fixes to the patent system. The next U.S.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

Architectural designs came to be recognised as a form of intellectual property capable of protection after the 1908 Amendment to the Berne Convention, 1886. In India, the protection of architectural designs falls under three main categories of the Indian IP regime, namely copyrights, designs and trademarks.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

One’s persona is a valuable property that a person might wish his successors to protect and commercially exploit just like other intellectual properties. [10] In the United States, following the Feist publication, a work that has a modicrum of creativity is sufficient to benefit from copyright protection.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Our conversation this week focuses on Spaceport Technologies, which is a technology company that enables brand owners to monetize their IP and game platforms to offer content creators the ability to license the use of those brands within their game environment.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Note: First published in The Intellectual Property Strategist and Law.com. This article is Part Two of a Three-Part Article Series. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part Three Preview.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2024

District Court for the Central District of California ruled on Friday that Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son of Ehud Yonay, who authored a 1983 magazine article that inspired the renowned film, Top Gun, were not entitled to damages for copyright infringement related to the 2022 sequel to the film.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy [CIPRA] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad is organizing its first blog writing competition in collaboration with us on the theme of Literature, Journalism and IP. Kickstarting February with some exciting news for our readers!

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

Design patents cover the “new, original, and ornamental design embodied in or applied to an article of manufacture.” Strategically considered design patents are also a valuable component of an overall IP strategy. Design patents can be obtained for computer generated icons, including GUIs and GUI elements. See here for more.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

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. The Articles that were proposed in the Treaty can be accessed here. Article 3.2

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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet today held a hearing, titled “IP Litigation and the U.S. Issa said these voices claim the forum is being leveraged in ways that distort the IP system.

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The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

This builds on the work of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), established in 2000. A more inclusive and diverse IP system is not just a more dynamic IP system, it is a stronger IP system.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supreme Court issued an order list that denied petitions for writ of certiorari filed in at least five intellectual property cases. While none of these cases induced large numbers of amici to ask the Court to grant cert, they do represent several current issues in IP law that remain unaddressed.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By now, most IP practitioners are familiar with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. VIP Products, Inc. The highly publicized ruling came after almost a decade of litigation between the parties over VIP’s “Bad Spaniels” parody dog toy designed to mimic a bottle of Jack Daniel’s.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In this article, we delve into the complexities surrounding injunctive relief in patent cases that are sure to impact Xockets’ chances of obtaining an injunction in a post?eBay As is often the case in patent cases, Xockets seeks an injunction in addition to monetary damages. eBay world.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Note: First published in The Intellectual Property Strategist and Law.com. This article is Part Three of a Three-Part Article Series. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Key Takeaways.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 16, 2024

Two days after comments closed on the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have reached different conclusions regarding “the creative and conceiving capabilities of machines,” which leads to intellectual property (IP) law being self-contradictory. Copyright Office (USCO) and the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We discuss the ongoing Bayh-Dole march-in rights drama being caused by his old agency—NIST, the diverging approach to commercialization between universities who can own and license patent rights and federal agencies, the upward trajectory of China vis-à-vis innovation and intellectual property, and the stagnation within the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The deadline for comments on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) updated subject matter eligibility guidance was October 16, and the Office received 24 total submissions.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 25, 2024

Just one year into the AIA, Chief Judge Randall Rader famously referred to the PTAB as a “death squad” at the 2013 American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) annual meeting because the invalidation rate was so high.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A new inventors’ rights group was launched Thursday, September 19, with the aim of “helping startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.”

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 1, 2025

Yesterday, we heard what our readers would like to see happen in their wildest IP dreams this year, but some wishes are more likely than others to come true.

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