IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Beneficial Ownership. A beneficiary owner is defined as a natural person who owns or has control over a legal entity, such as a company, trust, or foundation, according to the OECD’s Beneficial Ownership Implementation Toolkit. [1]. The business must take note of this declaration and submit it to the registrar.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 16, 2022

– LimeWire is going from P2P to NFT as it plans a comeback in May – Business Insider. Several of the articles mention that the NFT project “ bought the rights to the company ” or “ LimeWire’s assets and all current business activities ” but that seems to be an overstatement.

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Nelligan Law

APRIL 22, 2024

This includes agreements outlining the terms of financing, ownership arrangements, and dispute resolution mechanisms. Legal documents must be carefully drafted to comply with both Sharia principles and Canadian law, addressing issues such as property ownership, risk-sharing, and enforcement of contractual rights.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2022

Trade mark ownership is an important consideration for any business. Ensuring that a business holds all rights to enable it to make full use of its trade mark should be front of mind in any branding consideration. This is particularly important if the trade mark contains graphic elements or is part of the business’ get up.

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Velocity of Content

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

AEI is an employee-owned property consulting firm that provides property due diligence, sustainability assessment, and consulting services for issues like climate risk and other natural hazards. The second post covered remarks by Maike Luiken, chair of IEEE’s Planet Positive 2030 Initiative. This webcast was supported by the U.S.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 18, 2022

Because all businesses today own some sort of intellectual property, whether registered or not, there is a connection between IP and M&A. In essence, mergers happen when two businesses of comparable sizes combine to establish a new organisation. IP due diligence. What are mergers and acquisitions?

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GDB Firm Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

Everyone is talking about marijuana businesses. Filing a SAR on bank customers in the marijuana business is a well-known issue. Is a SAR required because the indirect source of loan repayment is a marijuana business? When faced with indirect marijuana funds, do your due diligence. Today's take away?

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the key laws and regulations that govern businesses operating within the DIFC, creating an optimal environment for financial services and related industries to thrive. This new framework accommodates the evolving needs of businesses and promotes entrepreneurial growth. Dubai Law No.

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azrights

MARCH 23, 2022

Understanding the legal rules around names is important because they’re the single most valuable intellectual property asset a successful business builds. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Lessons in Business. There are various lessons businesses can learn from this case which is why I wanted to highlight it here.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Due diligence is critical. BASIC project’s listing agreement is internally inconsistent on the issue of ownership. Courts will either rule that the ownership of the punks was part of the minting or that an implied license accompanies the digital art, which is the Crypto Punk image.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Software powers a wide array of business functions, from simple applications, such as email and word processing, to more complex applications, such as automating web-based product sales and powering intricate server systems. Software products often have more than one author or developer, and layered copyright ownership.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Navigating these challenges in the proper way will be key to the selection of the appropriate business model for the exploitation and commercialization of the algorithms (e.g. licensing, assignment, JVs, cooperation and co-development etc.)

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2022

This article highlights for you a handful of issues that should be considered when conducting due diligence prior to the purchase or license of costly new software. Generally, the issues we will highlight for you pertain to: Copyright ownership. Copyright Ownership. Use of open source code. Existence of prior licenses.

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Intepat

JUNE 22, 2023

Commercialization Through Franchising Franchising is essentially a subset of licensing whereby the owner of an intellectual property grants the franchisee to replicate the entire business concept in a different location. The strategy varies greatly on the basis of different kinds of businesses, different business philosophies, etc.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Venture capital funding is the knight in shining Armor for potential businesses that may provide a huge return in the future. Venture capital funding is crucial for new/growing businesses as this funding can act as seed funding or growth funding. This creates a necessity to gain funds as the business has to run at its full scale.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

– Refine due diligence practices, in particular, taking extra care when undertaking clearance searches to ensure you are free to use a new trade mark in both the real and virtual worlds. This might include expanding the scope of your trade mark and marketplace monitoring to cover additional goods and services, or virtual uses.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

Keeping Records – Records form a valuable source when drafting patent applications and keeping records of one’s inventions help in proving the date and ownership of the said invention if and when needed. The ownership is not transferred. It can be understood as renting out one’s intellectual property.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The dilution theory is highly effective in identifying the dangers involved in the continuation of such an arbitrary business model. Chik, Lord of Your Domain, But Master of None: The Need to Harmonize and Recalibrate the Domain Name Regime of Ownership and Control, 16 I.J.L.T Bucci, 1997 WL 133313 (S.D.N.Y.1997). 1, 8-72, (2008).

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IIPRD

JANUARY 24, 2023

A robust and substantive IP portfolio does not only protect inventions but, also demonstrates the strength of the innovative business models of companies. Digital locks can be used by FinTech businesses to offer an extra layer of security to copies of their works. While a trademark has a localised scope, branding is international.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” It’s copyright infringement because an exclusive license is a transfer of copyright ownership. Petrella , 572 U.S. 17 U.S.C. § US case.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 17, 2023

Some of the key aspects of the commercial real estate law in the UAE include regulations on ownership and registration of commercial properties, lease agreements, zoning and land use regulations, mortgages and other forms of financing, property management and dispute resolution mechanisms.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Sure, in some instances (like real estate investing) there are times when an investor will agree to be “silent” and not have a say in how the business is run – but not in a new, nascent, startup. ” Mixing business and family matters is almost always a bad idea. ” Say what?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for Ownership. Failure to do your research and secure the appropriate trademark protections early on could result in costly implications for your business. Important Patent Considerations: Do your homework: Often, the best place to start is with Due Diligence.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 12, 2025

Reading Time: 5 minutes Mergers and Acquisitions are significant milestones for any business. For businesses in Ontario, these processes are governed by provincial and federal laws, which must be carefully navigated to ensure success. Merging with a complementary business can also create synergies.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 11, 2024

To add more clarity to this, ‘Trademark squatting’ – in which one person obtains registration for a trademark which does not actually belong to them nor do they have any right/ claim over the same – has evolved into an actual business today.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The International Business Machine (IBM) company was granted almost 4000 patents in 2017 for AI related advancements which included blockchains. 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.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The International Business Machine (IBM) company was granted almost 4000 patents in 2017 for AI related advancements which included blockchains. 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.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The International Business Machine (IBM) company was granted almost 4000 patents in 2017 for AI related advancements which included blockchains. 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.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2022

AML/CFT regime related to beneficial ownership, real estate, and investment advisers and nonfinancial gatekeepers before turning its attention to the high-value art market.” where due diligence requirements are rarely implemented and transactions occur without the interference of art market professionals. ” [26]. .”

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

There are also many businesses that use the name without registration, such as Ogopogo Giftland, Ogopogo Lawn Sprinklers, and the Ogopogo Motel. Many of the marks had lapsed due to non-renewal, and none was in the name of the City of Vernon. After all, the City of Vernon only owned the copyright to an unpublished work.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

4] SOLUTION IP audit and due diligence can help identify the IP rights and obligations of the parties involved, as well as the potential IP threats and opportunities. When considering Intellectual Property (IP), embracing the cloud is like a double-edged sword.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

The VPN review business is flourishing as well. Our bare metal servers are located in third-party data centers that are operated by trusted business partners with whom we have completed serious due diligence. We perform proper due diligence to ensure that the partners are reliable.

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