IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The termination of this seven-year partnership, most famously known for its development of the Yeezy sneakers, raises important questions about IP ownership when business collaborations collapse. A licensing agreement between Mascotte and Adidas exists for the “Yeezy” trademarks. While Ye’s company, Mascotte Holdings Inc.

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IPilogue

JULY 15, 2021

Then, in May 2021, the fashion brand Rag & Bone advertised a new, officially-licensed Cruella -inspired collection—without Beavan’s knowledge or attribution. In 2020, a licensed Harley Quinn-inspired Birds of Prey collection by Her Universe did not involve the film’s costume designer, Erin Benach. CDG President Salvador Pérez Jr.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

The idea fairly simple, since an NFT is basically a contract signed in the blockchain, combine that with Safe Creative’s own database of works to enable the NFTs to convey copyright information including ownership and licensing. This, in turn, is why pirate NFTs became such big business.

Copyright 279

Copyright Non-Fungible Tokens Technology Plagiarism 279

The TTABlog

MAY 15, 2024

The Board ruled that the band was entitled to challenge the registration, had not abandoned the mark, and had proved its claim of ownership of the mark and likelihood of confusion based on its prior use of the same mark for the same services. The Plimsouls v. Edward David Munoz , Cancellation No.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

” NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have seen both big sales and big business in the past year. They are essentially a receipt that is placed on the blockchain that allows a purchaser to claim “ownership” over that particular NFT. It’s an attempt to add scarcity to digital goods.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 24, 2023

Introduction Shutterstock is a global provider of licensed images, videos, audio and editing tools, that has revolutionized the way visual content can be accessed and used. Content creators contribute their work to the platform, making it available for licensing, while end users can easily browse, license and utilize them.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

Trade Wings Hotels Limited , the Single Bench (SB) held that organizations such as Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and Novex Communications can grant licenses for the musical works owned by them, even if they are not officially registered as copyright societies under Section 33(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957. The SB was adjudicating w.r.t.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has reduced the patent fees for small businesses and certain other applicants. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. A small entity is defined under 37 CFR § 1.27

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

The protection of the trade secrets (the specific and confidential information about the production of the company and give the business a competitive advantage in the industry) can be legalized under major sub pars including: Patents – the protection comes with time strain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Yet especially in the business-to-consumer or “B2C” context, these ToS have often been reviled as largely unread, not understood, and creating an abusive relationship of imbalance of power in monopolistic or oligopolistic markets. Is it a proper copyright ownership or an assigned license? user, service)?

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IP Law 360

APRIL 8, 2025

As businesses increasingly integrate artificial intelligence technology into their operations, they must prepare to address complex intellectual property challenges and questions surrounding licensing AI-based innovations, which require careful consideration of ownership, usage rights and regulatory compliance, says Lestin Kenton at Sterne Kessler. (..)

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s business landscape, the significance of intellectual property (IP) assets is on the rise and is becoming increasingly crucial in various sectors. The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The dispute centers around the use of copyrighted music to train AI models and the broader implications for the future of the music business. They argue that AI models trained on their catalog without permission amount to copyright infringement, much like streaming services before licensing agreements were established.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? are intellectual properties owned by individuals and/or businesses. These rights include exclusive ownership benefits and rights against any misuse, alteration, modification etc.

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 14, 2022

Because, of course, if the content is on your business’ website or social media, it’s ultimately the business that’s going to be responsible for any issues or problems or disputes. There are sites that have free licenses for a certain type of content. I want to talk about two types of issues to think about.

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Social Media Copyright Cease and Desist Contracts 147

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

While the copyright conditions in the user agreements of the applications in question are always important, it will be assumed for the purposes of this post that the apps do not claim ownership through these user agreements. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. written in advance).

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Tanzim Rashid is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 2L JD/MBA Student at Osgoode Hall Law School & the Schulich School of Business. Taylor Swift’s dispute with Big Machine Records shines a spotlight on the legal and business considerations artists should keep in mind when making decisions about how to manage their catalogue. .

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In recent years, the concept of tokenization of assets has gained a lot of attention in the business world. Tokenization refers to the process of creating digital tokens that represent ownership of an asset. This can provide a way to fractionalize ownership, enhance liquidity, and facilitate more efficient trading of IP rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 16, 2021

The company must understand the best protection of its IP and how it can leverage the protection in the business to create value. The business must establish itself as a brand which must be in a sense which can provide the distinctive nature of the business in the market.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. Your NFT drop will license your copyright-protected digital asset (i.e., What Rights Are Licensed To Purchasers Buying NFTS? When you buy the Bored Ape NFT, you receive a license to the image.

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Non-Fungible Tokens Artwork Licensing Branding 131

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 10, 2024

Indian Copyright Act, 1957 – sections 30 to 32 provide for licensing. It allows for both voluntary and compulsory licensing. Further Trademarks Act, 1999 and Designs Act, 2000 allow licensing of trademarks and designs respectively. Image Sources: Shutterstock] The transfer is initiated by a license agreement.

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Every business starts with an idea, and every business owns or uses intellectual property (IP). Your IP can include your web site, business name or logo. A business can't manage what it doesn’t measure, and we recommend the IPO's IP Health Check as a great place to start your IP journey. Invest NI covers Northern Ireland.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 24, 2025

Further, mere ownership and control is not a sufficient ground to pierce the corporate veil, it should be shown that control and impropriety by the defendant resulted in deprivation of legal rights, as noted by the Supreme Court in Balwant Rai Saluja v.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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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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Kashishipr

JUNE 3, 2021

In the modern world, things such as overseas inter-company transactions of IP, franchising models, licensing, mergers, and acquisitions, etc., Even for authentic inter-company transactions for royalties or license fees, tax authorities of most developed nations necessitate tax on IP assets. The United States of America.

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Intepat

JANUARY 24, 2024

*Written by Uttara Nair INTRODUCTION The administration and assignment of intellectual property rights, encompassing patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, geographical indications, and proprietary knowledge, are critical for all business entities, particularly those in the technology sector.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

Also, ignoring copyright licenses is at least arguably copyright infringement, and your fair use claim probably won’t get you out of the lawsuit at the motion to dismiss stage. The court also held that the coders did not have standing to seek damages, but they did have standing to pursue injunctive relief. Complaint at 2. Complaint at 31.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 26, 2022

Many digital file formats allow creators to embed additional data to provide details of ownership or any other relevant information. Between 2013 and 2017, Elias took photographs of hotels and licensed their owning companies to use them in promotional activities. Victor Elias specializes in hotel and resort photography.

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Moral Rights Copyright Public Domain Copyright Infringement 144

IP Tech Blog

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.) This will help avoid surprises from the application of unfamiliar Chinese laws and regulations.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 12, 2022

There have been no public developments on that front but Carrasquillo now faces new problems relating to a spin-off business. The YouTuber was already considering the apparel/merchandising business and has since used his already well-known ‘Reloaded’ IPTV brand to sell a range of clothing and sneakers through ReloadedMerch.com.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. What will the future trademark licensing deals in the Metaverse look like?

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

Bose, represented by its authorized signatory in India, laid out a comprehensive case: Trademark Ownership: Bose is the registered proprietor of the trademark “BOSE” in India across several classes, including electronics, and has common law rights stemming from decades of use.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 21, 2024

In the dynamic world of finance, where businesses seek expert guidance on budgeting, debt management, and fundraising, financial advisors play an essential role. Let’s explore this important question: Do financial advisors in the UAE need licenses to sell investments?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The issue of access to and re-use of scientific publication is highlighted by the dysfunctions that characterise the current scientific publishing business. Current practice in scientific publishing requires copyright assignments or the issue of exclusive licenses by researcher-authors to publishers. Legislative Initiatives.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has reduced the patent fees for small businesses and certain other applicants. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing.

Business 52

Business Inventor Patent Licensing 52

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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