SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? . Shivam Kaushik.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Various jewelry designers have obtained IP protection for their jewelry pieces that range from trademark protection of the brand value to protection of the design itself either through copyright and/ or patents. From 2013 to 2015, Cartier filed various design patents for their iconic panther designed jewelry.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business. As an artist or designer, one should be aware of two forms of intellectual property (IP) rights: copyright and Industrial design.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

According to Ricketson , it was clearly understood that this was also a requirement for the purposes of protection under the Convention, and inherent in the phrase ‘literary and artistic works’ in Article 2.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As a result, intellectual property refers to creations such as innovations, industrial product designs, literary and creative works, and symbols that are later used in business. As an artist or designer, one should be aware of two forms of intellectual property (IP) rights: copyright and design rights.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

” Second, the Board determined that the separable portions of the design, in combination, met the minimum threshold of creative authorship necessary for some level of copyright protection to result. A copyright audit performed by a qualified design rights attorney may be able to identify these “slumbering” rights.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A decision dated August 5, 2022 from the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice has the potential to expand the definition of “artistic works of craftmanship” under UK copyright law. However, Liking argued that since the WaterRower could not be considered a “work of artistic craftmanship,” no copyright subsists in the WaterRower.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 25, 2021

Ares Design, an Italian car manufacturer, filed a cancellation action against Ferrari’s mark by arguing that it had not been used for a continuous five-year period. The shape was once eligible for protection as a registered design, but designs can only last for a maximum term of 25 years in the EU.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

A quick glance at last week analysis of wrongful obtainment in the Indian patent landscape, discussing Delhi High Courts jurisdiction in ANI vs OpenAI, and the implications of a MoU between screen writers and music composers. Keep up with the ever changing world of IP with SpicyIPs Weekly Review! Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan discusses this issue.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A design is that aspect of a product that constitutes its ornamental or visual features. An Industrial Design (ID) may be deemed as a process of designing a product that focuses on the functionality and manufacturability of the product apart from just the appearance of it. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Continuing our posts on the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report, I wrote a II-part post on the Report’s recommendations on patent law reform. India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules, 2001 & Other Impacts.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In this post , Praharsh discusses a Madras High Court Division Bench decision staying an interim injunction granted by the Single Judge Bench in a patent infringement dispute holding that the order “does not appear to be justified”. The E-filing and online services for patents in India have been resumed. September 13, 2021].

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Copyright Office explains, copyrights protect “original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.” As the U.S.

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The IPKat

APRIL 4, 2024

However, a careful and sincere reading of CAB will show that the Bill is designed to equally serve the public interest in empowering creators and performers to achieve fair remuneration for their creativity and performances and ensuring access to knowledge for education in South Africa.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) are essential elements of modern software, defining how users visually interact with applications and systems through various design components such as icons, menus, and layouts. The visual design of the button itself, such as its colour, shape, and placement, is covered as an artistic work.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The current generation of AI image generation tools such as Stable Diffusion , Midjourney and DALL·E 2 are designed to take a text description or prompt from a user and generate an image that matches the prompt. What is AI image generation software?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

AGA also relied on copyright in a design drawing of an AGA control panel and claimed copyright infringement by the Defendants’ control panel. However, the court found that the Defendants were entitled to rely on the defence afforded under section 51 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 16, 2022

One way in which the real estate owners designate the boundaries of their assets, which is the land, is by putting a fence around it. In this article, we will be throwing light on the 03 most common forms of IP, including trademarks, copyright, and patents, along with the different and varying levels of protection that they offer.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In light of WIPO’s recent announcement that Cambodia will be joining the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in March 2022, Katfriend Jørgen Blomqvist commented on the obsolescence of the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC).

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Intellectual Property incorporates the makings of the thoughts such as the discoveries, literary and artistic works, design, symbols, names, and images used in the business. It is safeguarded under the Patent Act, of 1970.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Computer-aided design (CAD) files are the most common type of digital file. Human tissues, spaceship components, and, more controversially, working firearms are all possible applications of the technique. However, many of these early technologies’ patent protections have expired. It was largely for industrial application.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 30, 2024

AGA also alleged that the control panels fitted by UKIG to the eControl Cookers infringed the copyright in its design drawing for the control panel of its own electronically controlled AGA Cookers. It therefore found that although copyright subsisted in the design drawing, UKIG's actions were permitted by section 51.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Introduction Software refers to a compilation of instructions, data, or programs designed to operate machinery and execute specific tasks. Protecting software innovations, which include inventions, creative works, and commercial symbols, is essential through the umbrella of Intellectual Property. It is given for 60 years.

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

This right can be related to music, a book, a logo, any art work, work related to science, designs of the industries. Work related to art or any rights which is related to literary, artistic, or scientific related matters. It is basically giving a right to the original creator, so that no one uses that work.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

trademark and patent registrations will not protect rights holders’ IP in the Philippines. The Philippines is a member of several international copyright treaties and conventions and offers copyright protection to foreign works in accordance with these treaties. For example, U.S. Image Source: iStock]. Conclusion.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

15(1) of the Berne Convention on the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1971 [ Berne ], which requires the author to prevail if their name appears on the work in the usual manner. The maker of a cinematographic work would be the odd one out in s. 13(1)’s grant of first ownership to the work’s author.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 12, 2023

The USCO rejected Kashtanova’s application to the extent it covered the images of the comic book (as opposed to the text) on the basis that AI-generated portions of the work lack the “human authorship” required to gain copyright protection in the USA.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Should the originality requirement focus on factors related to the creative process and the author’s account of the actual choices that they made, or rather factors concerning the work itself and the final result of the creative process?

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 1: of the blog discussed about history, development, fundamentals of IPR and explained Patents and Trademarks. PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

This post further explores the argument that the outputs of generative AI tools are unprotected in the UK, despite the language in section 9(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 UK (CDPA) relating to computer-generated works. Does UK copyright law protection extend to computer-generated works which are not original?

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azrights

AUGUST 11, 2022

Most of these computer-generated works are protected by copyright in the UK. Unlike other countries, the UK gives copyright to computer generated works which do not have a human creator. Section 178 Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) introduced this law in 1980s.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1883 and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1886 both acknowledged the significance of the intellectual property. Software and text-based HTML code used on websites may be protected by copyrights or patents.

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IIPRD

JUNE 24, 2024

From patents to copyrights, Trade Marks to trade secrets, the Berne Convention to TRIPS, knowing these accords is critical for individuals, corporations, and policymakers navigating the complexity of ‘intellectual property’ protection in the twenty-first century. ‘The

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

AI and intellectual property rights (IPR) aren’t just something for the patent and copyright geeks to nerd out on although it is that, it is something that going to have a lot of commercial and social impacts as AI challenges a lot of the ways we function in IPR.

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IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

Piracy and Fashion Design. Piracy may be defined as the unauthorized and illegal reproduction or distribution of materials protected by copyright, patent, or trademark law which is capable of eating up the whole industry slowly and steadily. Protection under the Designs Act, 2000. That is their main asset, their main product.”

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

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Corsearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Intellectual property rights are defined as legal rights that protect the ownership of artistic, literary, and other creative works. You should prepare links and screenshots as evidence for your claims of copyright, or trademark, patent, or design right infringement on Alibaba.

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