Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution. Firstly, intellectual property rights grant startups exclusive ownership over their innovative ideas and inventions.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

.” This four-part miniseries of posts provides a birds-eye view of protections available in China for two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) design elements of products or packaging under trademark, copyright, design patent, and anti-unfair competition laws. Design Patent (overall design; partial claiming).

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Larson & Larson

JULY 13, 2023

Unlike patents, trademarks don’t expire after a set term of years and they don’t have to be novel or non-obvious. Key Differences: Patents protect inventions and new technologies, while trademarks protect brand identities, names, logos and designs. The post Patent Protection vs.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Jump To: Trademark Protection for Branding. Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for Ownership. Trademark Protection for Branding. However, a trademark can be a protective and competitive measure for securing branding elements that identify, market, or sell your product. Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for Ownership.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. 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. ” [8].

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. When consumers see a particular brand, the mark tells them that the product comes from a particular company. Customers might expect to pay more, or less, depending upon the brand of the product.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

NFTs have indeed transformed the world of digital assets and ownership, with sales as high as $2.47bn only 6 months into 2021. Tokenisation and Ownership of Digital Assets under NFTs. For instance, the $66K NFT sold by the popular American digital artist Beeple carried a resale value of $6.6mn dollars. IP Implications under NFTs.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Though your work is automatically protected by copyright the moment it is created, voluntary registration will provide proof of ownership, which can save you time and money in case of a dispute later on. can still lead to brand dilution, lost customer loyalty and lost profits. website, software, catalogue, customer database, etc.),

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

35: TTAB Grants MIRAGE BRANDS Cancellation Petition Due To Likelihood of Reverse Confusion On Remand from the CAFC, TTAB Denies Petition for Cancellation of "NAKED" Registration for Condoms TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(d) Inter Partes Cases - How Did They Come Out? Guess What? Yes] Precedential No.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

But a combination of federal copyright registration and state trademark registration for these goods and services may provide an opportunity for cannabis companies to protect the substantial investments made in their brands and offerings. ” Some of THC’s intellectual property include designs of the terms WHOA!

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs. While, as Partridge explains, the need to register domain names was not obvious to brand owners at first, they soon resorted to litigation over the ownership of domain names that included their trade marks.

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. 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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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As to the third question, the Board concluded that applicant's ownership of a registration for IFG for partly identical goods ("live plants, namely, table grape vines, cherry trees") did not alter the result here. Applicant could have chosen a designation other than IFG to associate as a brand name and file for trademark protection.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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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 has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership. The United States.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

This type of Intellectual Property protects words, symbols, slogans, or even sounds that identify products or services and distinguishes the brand from competitors. Anyone who then tries to use the name Alligator for their shirt brand would be infringing the trademark. Utility and Design Patents. Your Copy-Rights.

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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. It has been debated whether NFTs/DC could be protected in China by design patents. Ownership and Enforcement. Copyright Ownership. The United States.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

The idea isn’t just to protect the owner of the trademark but also to protect potential buyers from purchasing a product from one brand, thinking it is actually a different brand because the name is so similar. Anyone who then tries to use the name Alligator for their shirt brand would be infringing the trademark.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Industry pushed very hard against cheap copying, and yet as of 2019 there were only 538 registrations in 20 years versus hundreds of thousands of utility patents. For patent, this makes sense of utility, novelty, and lack of independent creation defense. Ownership is of linguistic description of structural properties of invention.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

A membership group might not have brand value (Happy Valley PTA example) v signaling I can afford LV, which does depend on brand value). Janis: reminds him of design patent story, which also needs labels for validity and scope. Meaning accrued over time might beat back aesthetic functionality in that world.

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The TTABlog

APRIL 2, 2025

Section 2(e)(5) - Functionality: TTAB Lets Stand Bifusal of Leveling Leg Configuration: De Jure Functional and Non-Distinctive TTAB Affirms 2e5 Functionality Refusal of Fire Extinguisher Pressure Gauge Configuration, Despite Applicant's Design Patent CAFC Affirms TTAB: Pink Color De Jure Functional for Hip Joint Implants Precedential No.

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