LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2023

Cannabis remains federally illegal and thus, attempts to enforce patents against competitors in federal court were doomed to fail under the illegality doctrine. For example, a contract used to hire thieves to rob a bank couldn’t be enforced by a court of law for the purpose of robbing the bank. 23, 2022). [1] Lifted Ltd.,

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § 8, 1999 letter before the D’839 Patent’s critical date, i.e., Feb. 7, 1999, was a commercial offer for sale of a product embodying the claimed design.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

turned out to be almost identical, and Gassée believed this to be a breach of contract. The devices were found to infringe on Apple’s design patents that cover the front of the phones, and the arrangement of icons on the home screen. However, Windows 2.0 So, without warning, Apple filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in 1988.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § 8, 1999 letter before the D’839 Patent’s critical date, i.e., Feb. § 102. Medical Components, Inc. , 2021-1649 (Fed. Wells Elecs.,

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The TTABlog

MARCH 2, 2022

In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision [ TTABlogged here ] sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL and TEEN TINK & Design for dolls. Text Copyright John L. Welch 2022.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

10, 2022), serves as a warning to prospective filers that making pre-filing offers for sale, or engaging in discussions for future sales, can be detrimental to one’s ability to obtain both design and utility patents. Design Patent No. D450,839 (the D‘839 Patent) for a catheter introducer sheath.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Suppose that you have an invention disclosure for a design of an article that you want to protect. When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the design is ornamental, for example, a pattern, on an article such as a chair. You want to file a patent application to protect the design. The answer is YES.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Businesses regularly create articles, photographs, drawings, designs, models, websites, computer software, etc., Unlike Europe where computer software is protected by patents, software is expressly protected under copyright in China. Industrial and graphic designs, applied art, architectural buildings are also protected by copyright.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Second, be on the lookout for competitors and opportunists knocking off your design patents, goods, and services, or causing consumer confusion. Design patents can also apply depending on the goods and circumstances. Design patents can also apply depending on the goods and circumstances.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The development of these tokens has marked a new age of transparency and digital security as it is now possible to create and store a plethora of creations consisting of art, music, contracts, records, pictures, and even tweets as digital assets.

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Patently-O

APRIL 12, 2024

By Dennis crouch The international IP community is moving toward further harmonizing legal protection for industrial designs. In the US, these are design patent rights. ” Several years ago, the US implemented the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague System).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. These contracts can be used for establishing and enforcing IP agreements like licenses and permit payment transfers in real-time to the IP owners.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 5, 2021

Standard debate assumes semi omniscience of designer neutrally concerned with social welfare. Bespoke systems are often underutilized by their own designers and outmoded. Examples: Vessel Hull Design Protection Act. He sees this as something about teleology of patent and ©: what they are and what ends they’re for.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals. The Court limited the scope of Section 17(c) to apply to contracts where the relationship between the parties is akin to that of an apprenticeship.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Isn’t this only a regular trade dress/design patent issue; otherwise product-jacking means “the market working the way we want it to”? Sounds like an antitrust enforcement issue, but could be a general retail data right. using data to do what? Can you recruit other sellers for Etsy by showing that macrame is selling well?]

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