The IPKat

APRIL 19, 2023

If a new user re-registers a name whose registration is expired, a new token is created. However, and beyond the fact that the registration is expired, any name maintains in the blockchain its own history. McCoy’s registration on the Namecoin blockchain expired In January 2015. are applicable to it. are applicable to it.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

AI-Generated Art: Where Artistry Meets Algorithms Before diving into the intricacies of copyright registration /ownership, let’s set the stage by understanding the birth of AI-generated art. AI-generated art represents a fusion of human ingenuity in crafting algorithms and the machine’s ability to produce artworks autonomously.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Registration was sought as a work-for-hire to the owner of the Creativity Machine. As early as in Sarony (a seminal case concerning copyright protection of photographs), the US Supreme Court referred to authors as human. The application stated that the Work had been autonomously created by a computer algorithm running on a machine.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

CC has a recent trademark registration for a design mark “consist[ing] of the stylized wording ‘COLOR COPPER.COM”, [with] a diamond shape between the wording ‘COLOR’ and ‘COPPER’ made up of four smaller diamonds, each diamond having a pattern inside of it,” COPPER.COM disclaimed. There’s a similar copyright registration for this site.

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IIPRD

JUNE 29, 2022

The monogram was designed to help them brand their firm and prevent copycats from trespassing on their turf. Fashion and luxury goods manufacturing requires a great deal of imagination, from the designs of the garments to the patterns, shapes, logos, symbols, and names associated with them. IP PROTECTION LOUI VUITTON PRODUCTS HAVE.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Identify the type of infringement Facebook will remove listings and posts that infringe your intellectual property, covering five categories: counterfeits, copyright infringement, brand abuse (which includes other forms of trademark infringement), design infringement, and patent infringement.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. 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.

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IP Ownership Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Law 109

Corsearch

AUGUST 14, 2023

Trademark infringement A trademark is a distinctive word, logo, phrase, design, or symbol used to identify the source of goods and services. Alternatively, lookalikes and replica products omit trademarks from their design and packaging, and copyright, design rights, and patents can be utilized to combat these illicit products.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While Morison branded its medicine with the generic “PARACETAMOL”, with reference to its registered trademarks “MSJ” and “MORISON” on the packaging, CPL used the name “CONPHAMOL”. CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging.

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Copyright IP Ownership Copyright Infringement 89

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In Two Pesos, the Supreme Court tells us that “the general principles qualifying a mark for registration under § 2 of the Lanham Act are for the most part applicable in determining whether an unregistered mark is entitled to protection under § 43(a).” Tam and Brunetti, striking down various bars on registration. Then, in Lexmark v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. To avoid this risk, the Chinese market has created a different Chinese name for NFTs: Digital Collection (数字藏品, hereafter also referred as “DC”).

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The only mention in leg history of facts refers to the sweat of the brow doctrine. Fact also delineates specific categories—1960 report of meaning of “writings” that is a precursor to 102(b) lists ideas, dress designs, reports of current events, names/titles. Q: Why are photos rejected less than artwork? It’s tricky to find out.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. ” The brief further argued that the term METABIRKINS refers both “to the context in which he makes the art available (i.e.,

Trademark 52

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property Branding 52

IP Tech Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. The brief further argued that the term METABIRKINS refers both “to the context in which he makes the art available (i.e., His NFT sales have reportedly surpassed $1.1

Trademark 62

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. Unicolors, Inc. Factual and Procedural Background.

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

U’s registration for THE for clothing and other merchandise by putting THE on a hangtag. Registration v. Much of the law is a collection of rules of thumb from registration context. Hard to think coherently about TM status without thinking about registration v. artworks as TMs. acquisition is also a big deal.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

According to data provided by the company, by late April this year, more than 1 billion pieces of artwork had been removed from the Stable Diffusion training set using this tool (reported here ). The second refers to safeguards and can be viewed as a content moderation obligation.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

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 the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Virtual characters can play themed games, create original artwork, visit exhibition locations, shop for virtual clothing for their collections or gaming outfits, and partake in social events after arriving in “Gucci Town.” The general public could view the collection’s three-dimensional designs by scanning a QR code.

Trademark 87

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 15, 2022

It refers to a part which serves no useful purpose” — The Ultimate Computer , STAR TREK, THE ORIGINAL SERIES. But that is not the case because the party denied registration, Dr. Stephen Thaler, filed suit on June 2, 2022, challenging that denial. ” I just thought I would have a little longer respite. .”

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

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 the design on a T-shirt, the pattern of design on fabric, or a jewelry design, you should consider whether your work can be copyrighted.

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Patently-O

JUNE 8, 2023

The court offered the possibility (but did not decide) that a heightened situation could still apply in other situations such as use of another’s mark as artwork or for criticism, etc. .” Rather in this use-as-a-mark situation, standard principles of trademark law apply. 1125(c)(3)(A). It will be subject to liability regardless.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2022

After the USPTO denied Elster, consistent with express regulations, registration of the mark because Donald Trump had not consented to the registration, the appellate court vacated that result and ordered that the registration issue. As one commentator has made clear, “ Elster may have opened the gates for such marks.”

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